Patent ID: 7457310

Claim:
A method for remote-controlled testing of a device, comprising: providing data at a control unit, the data in a first format that corresponds to a transmission protocol used for an unsecured transmission of the data, the data having a command for testing the device to be tested; transmitting the data toward the device to be tested and according to the unsecured transmission protocol; converting the data from the first format into a second format, the second format corresponding to a transmission protocol used for a secured transmission of data; transmitting the converted data in the second format toward the device to be tested and according to the secured transmission protocol; converting the converted data in the second format back to the format corresponding to the first transmission protocol; transmitting the converted data in the first format toward the device to be tested and according to the unsecured transmission protocol; receiving the converted data in the first format by the device to be tested; performing a test at the device to be tested by using the command in the received data; providing a response data by the device to be tested, the response data having a result from the performed test and in the first format transmitting the response data toward the control unit and according to the unsecured transmission protocol; converting the response data from the first format into the second format; transmitting the converted response data in the second format toward the control unit and according to the secured transmission protocol; converting the converted response data in the second format back to the format corresponding to the first transmission protocol; transmitting the converted response data in the first format toward the control unit and according to the unsecured transmission protocol; receiving the converted response data in the first format by the control unit, whereby the device to be tested is remotely tested.