Patent ID: 8543879

Claim:
A method for correcting at least one item of digital information that is transmitted by at least one information source to at least one information sink, the information source being connectable via a data transmission medium to both the information sink and to a correction apparatus, the information provided for the information sink by the information source includes a first variable name, the method comprising: a) providing listed variable names in a second memory area of the correction apparatus; b) transmitting an item of information containing the first variable name by the information source; c) extracting the first variable name from the transmitted information and storage in a first memory area; d) comparing the first variable name with a listed variable name and ascertainment of a decision criterion based on the comparison; and e) deciding, using the decision criterion, whether the first variable name remains unchanged or is replaced by the listed variable name from step d), or whether steps d) and e) are repeated using another listed variable name and via ascertainment of another decision criterion, wherein each of the first variable name and the listed variable names corresponds to a stored value that represents a defined state of a system component.