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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Gemalto SA, Meudon, FR;
Stephane Durand, Meudon, FR;
Thales Dis France SA, Meudon, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for updating a firmware on a device, from a current version to a new version, said firmware being split into: —a core part, —an extended part comprising a plurality of entry points callable by the core part, said method comprising: —inhibiting the entry points between the core part of the current version, called current core part, and the extended part of the current version, called current extended part; —erasing the current extended part; —downloading the core part of the new version, called new core part; —erasing the current core part; —downloading—the extended part of the new version, called new extended part; —activating the entry points between the new core part and the new extended part.