Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for updating an operating system for a smart card or other secure element
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Application No.: US13946681Application Date: 2013-07-19
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Publication No.: US09779246B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Christophe Giraud , Olivier Chamley , Gregoire Godel
- Applicant: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
- Applicant Address: FR Colombes
- Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
- Current Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Colombes
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group, LLP
- Priority: FR1257062 20120720
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57 ; G06F21/51

Abstract:
A secure element includes a boot program comprises instructions for the execution a startup step to determine if a non-volatile memory stores an active operating system, and, in the affirmative, to launch execution of the operating system, an authentication step of a updater device, as a function of first authentication data determined by a secure element and second authentication data received from the updater device, and, in response to the authentication step, a storage step of a new operating system received from the update, device in the non-volatile memory and an activation step of the new operating system, when said instructions are executed by a microprocessor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140025940A1 UPDATING AN OPERATING SYSTEM FOR SECURE ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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