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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Opensynergy Gmbh, Berlin, DE;
Christian Goltz, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Smidt, Berlin, DE;
OpenSynergy GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for updating a control unit () for an automotive vehicle, the control unit comprising a runtime system () with a virtualization layer () adapted to run on the processor (), the virtualization layer being adapted to assign processor time and memory space to a plurality of guest systems (), the method comprising: downloading (), by a first update client () of a first untrusted guest system () running on the virtualization layer (), one or more first update files or data segments from a first remote server (); storing, by the first update client (), the one or more first update files or data segments in an untrusted memory () accessible to the first untrusted guest system; running an update operating system () adapted to update one or more files or data segments of the control unit; retrieving, by the updating operating system (), the one or more first update files or data segments from the untrusted memory (); and updating () the one or more files or data segments of the control unit ().