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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2019
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Pasquale Vastano, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, IT;
Amedeo Veneroso, Caserta, IT;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A method for managing storage of an operating system in an integrated circuit card, includes: subdividing an operating system into a plurality of operating system components; associating one or more operating system components of the plurality of operating system components to a descriptor indicating a version of the one or more operating system components; downloading the one or more operating system components to a memory of the integrated circuit card, wherein the downloading includes verifying if an operating system component stored in the integrated circuit card is a same version of the one or more operating system components being downloaded; based on the verifying, storing the one or more operating system components in the card if the version is different; and based on the verifying discarding the one or more operating system components from the download operation if the version is the same.