Portable Chip Device and Method for Executing a Software Module Update in a Portable Chip Device

    公开(公告)号:US20230114775A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17958859

    申请日:2022-10-03

    Abstract: A portable chip device comprises a chip having an operating system and a loader, the loader being configured to load a software module onto the chip and/or to render the software module in the chip executable, a communications interface configured to communicate with an external reader, the portable chip device being configured to carry out a software module update by: receiving a second key in the loader via communication between the external reader and the communications interface, where the communication is encrypted with a first key, and storing the second key in the loader, the operating system being configured to provide the decryption of the communication encrypted with the first key, authenticating the external reader using the symmetric key stored in the loader, receiving software module update data in the loader via the communications interface, and executing the software module update with the software module update data.

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