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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventor:
Dirk Kröselberg, München, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 11/008 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods and to-devices for increasing the reliability of a software by applying a patch to the software, wherein the application of the patch is performed if a specifiable reliability status is indicated by reliability information associated with the patch, wherein an indicator for successful increasing of the reliability of the software by application of the patch is represented by the reliability information. The methods and devices can be used for the maintenance of industrial installations.