Patent ID: 7346435

Claim:
Method for loading software into a target appliance in a vehicle control system having a plurality of appliances, comprising: subdividing the loading process for at least one software module into task elements, including at least one monitoring appliance task, one update appliance task and one receiving appliance task; and assigning performance of each task element to a respective one of a target appliance, other appliances in said plurality of appliances in said vehicle control system, and a control appliance situated outside the vehicle control system; wherein the monitoring appliance task includes processing and passing on control commands for loading of a first software module from outside the vehicle control system; the update appliance task includes controlling the loading of the software module between the target appliance, the other appliances and/or the control appliance; and the receiving appliance task includes provision of an interface for the first software module which is to be loaded from outside the vehicle control system.