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Method for operating an IT system, and IT system having at least one first processing unit and one second processing unit connected to one another

US9367297B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Meyer · Munich, DE
Stefan Pyka · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
David von Oheimb · Heimstetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2012
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/079
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An IT system includes at least one first processing unit and one second processing unit. The first and second processing units jointly execute an application program and are each associated with an installation routine designed to control updating of a first or second program part of the application program. A first actual state is associated with the first processing unit and a second actual state is associated with the second processing unit. After system reboot, or as soon as the first and second program part have been successfully stored, or an error is detected when storing the first and/or second program part, predefined processing steps are respectively carried out in a predefined order by the first processing unit aid the second processing unit depending on the actual state of the first processing unit and the actual state of the second processing unit.

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