Patent ID: 7809498

Claim:
A system for downloading of data comprising: a computer onboard a motor vehicle having available a memory medium on which the data can be recorded, and a data storage medium, external to the vehicle, from which the data are downloaded from, wherein the memory medium stores an index, the index being modified in the course of the downloading of the data; and an interruption unit configured to, in the event of interruption of the downloading of the data from the external storage medium, resume downloading for those of the data of the external medium that are identified with aid of the index as not having yet been recorded on the memory medium of the computer, wherein the computer uses mechanisms of read and write access to the memory medium to access other data of the memory medium during loading of a new database, the memory medium having available inherent resources for placing the data on standby awaiting use by virtue of buffer mechanisms, the placing on standby of the data to be loaded onto the memory medium permitting the computer to access the memory medium to use other data present on the memory medium, or to load other data.