Nxp B.v.

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Infineon Technologies Ag

Gigaset Communications Gmbh

Ernst Haselsteiner

Christoph Tapler

Bruce Murray

Andreas Lessiak

Brigitte Wirtz

Dimitri Warnez

Stefan Jung

Thierry Gouraud

Henning Lorch

Claudia Windisch

Frank Siedel

Gerd Hribernig

Ernst Steiner

Wolfgang Marius

Kurt Heschgl

Arno Raunegger

Gregor Sueng

Christian Kirchstaetter

Rafael Jan Josef Meeusen

Robert Egger

Josef Birchbauer

Anton Schwaighofer

Bernd Wachmann

Robert Leeb

A computing device comprises: a memory; a processor; an interpreter; and a Memory Management Unit. The interpreter is for controlling the processor to execute a program comprising at least one first instruction in a format that is not native to the processor and at least one second instruction in machine code that is native to the processor. The Memory Management Unit is adapted to control access by the processor to the memory and possibly also to peripherals when the at least one second instruction is executed.

Secure execution of native code

There is disclosed a method of providing a software update to a secure element comprised in a host device, comprising converting the software update into a sequence of ciphertext blocks using a chained encryption scheme, and transmitting said sequence of ciphertext blocks to the host device. Furthermore, there is disclosed a method of installing a software update on a secure element comprised in a host device, comprising receiving, by the host device, a sequence of ciphertext blocks generated by a method of providing a software update of the kind set forth, converting said sequence of ciphertext blocks into the software update, and installing the software update on the secure element. Furthermore, corresponding computer program products and a corresponding host device are disclosed.

Updating software on a secure element

An automatically configurable smart card comprises&#x2014;a generic data structure provided for containing smart card specific data, and&#x2014;a smart card operating system being adapted to automatically detect the generic data structure and to migrate the generic data structure.

Automatically configurable smart card and method of automatically configuring a smart card

An embedded device () having a memory () that is organized to store both data objects (DO-DOx) and meta data (MD) which describes the locations at which the data objects are stored in the memory (), the embedded device () which is connectable to a remote defragmentation device () is disclosed. The embedded device () is adapted to transmit, at the request of the defragmentation device (), the meta data (MD) and optionally the data objects (DO-DOx) stored in the memory () to the defragmentation device () and, in accordance with instructions and data received from the defragmentation device (), to update in its memory () the meta data (MD) and to store the data objects (DO-DOx) at locations as defined in the updated meta data (MD).

Device for remote defragmentation of an embedded device

In a method of and circuit for identifying and/or verifying the hardware and/or software of an appliance and of a data carrier, for example a smartcard, cooperating with the appliance, it is provided that a first unit (E) for verifying the hardware and/or software of the appliance, in particular a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and a second unit (E) for verifying and/or identifying and authorizing the external data carrier, in particular a Secure Application Module (SAM), are coupled for direct data exchange via a communication interface () of the central arithmetic units (), in order to reduce or eliminate the possibility of attack or manipulation.

Method of and circuit for identifying and/or verifying hardware and/or software of an appliance and of a data carrier cooperating with the appliance

A method for analyzing fingerprint images includes picking up a sequence of images at very short time intervals, while a finger is being placed onto an electronic fingerprint sensor. A criterion for recognizing a live finger is extracted from variations in the images. The images are defined as a pixel raster having different gray values, with the aid of which the pixels are assigned binary values of zero or one. Significant changes in the values are detected and compared, with the aid of distinctive numbers or the like, to known typical changes that occur regularly in a particular image class.

Method for analyzing fingerprint images

The method enables automatic triggering of pattern recognition tasks. A histogram of the frequency distribution of the gray-scale values of the image is determined periodically and repeatedly from the available image information. The characteristics of the histogram are determined, and the characteristics are used as the basis for establishing whether a relevant pattern is present. If the relevant pattern is found to be present, the pattern recognition process is initiated.

Method of automatically triggering pattern recognition procedures

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Ernst Haselsteiner