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Method for replacing technologically aging sub-systems in a system

US6711738B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Christian Wolf · Arlington, US
Robert Hebel · Erlangen, DE
Arkadiusz Polacin · Erlangen, DE
Manfred Herbert · Biebertal, DE
Friedo Muehlenstedt · Nuremberg, DE
Martin Bauer · Birkenfeld, DE
Nikolaus Bolle · Baiersdorf, DE
Markus Lusser · Cary, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2000
Grant date	Mar 23, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/65
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for replacing technologically aging sub-systems and software in a system of which the sub-systems are components, a data bank is maintained by a service provider for each customer. In the data bank, the sub-system currently installed at the customer is indicated. Before replacing a part of a sub-system, the data bank is interrogated to determine whether, dependent on the age class of the sub-system, the entire sub-system should be replaced. If so, replacement of the entire sub-system is undertaken, and the data bank is updated. Similarly, before upgrading software for a customer's sub-system, the data bank is interrogated to determine whether replacement of the sub-system is required, given the age class of the sub-system. If so, the sub-system is replaced and software appropriate for the replaced sub-system is then installed.

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