Method for defining a function existence of activated functions in a functional unit and functional unit operable according to the method

A technology of functional units and functions, which is applied in the field of functional existence, can solve problems such as inability to guarantee pre-installed functions, and achieve the effects of reducing liability risks, preventing overload, and preventing tampering with equipment

Active Publication Date: 2020-06-12
AUDI AG
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However, this method does not guarantee that pre-installed features will not be activated by unauthorized

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[0029] figure 1 A functional unit 10 is shown, which can be a motor vehicle, for example. A processor device 11 , an operating device 12 and a communication device 13 are shown in the functional unit, each of which can be provided, for example, in the functional unit 10 . The functional unit 10 can have at least one preinstalled function 14 and / or can provide or enable at least one subsequently installable function 15 . The functions 14 , 15 may respectively be program code-based functions or software functions that can be implemented or provided by the processor means 11 . For this purpose, the processor device 11 may comprise at least one microprocessor and / or at least one microcontroller. The processor means 11 can be realized eg by a controller or by a combination of several controllers. A user of the functional unit 10 can use the functions 14 , 15 if they are activated (that is to say actually installed in the functional unit 10 and also switched on / triggered). For e...

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The invention relates to a method for defining a function existence (16) of a functional unit (10), wherein at least one already installed function (14) can be enabled in the functional unit (10) andthus can be activated and / or at least one function (15) can be installed subsequently and thus can be activated, and wherein the function existence (16) of the functional unit (10) constitutes the quantity of functions actually activated. According to the invention, in the method, the current function existence (16) of the functional unit (10) is determined by a control device (18) of the functional unit (10) and an actual existence specification (26) describing the determined functional existence (16) is generated for the current functional existence (16), and a target existence specification(25) relating to a target functional existence (16') is queried at an external service device (19) from a predetermined blockchain credit account (24), and, if the determined actual existence specification (26) differs from the target existence specification (25), a predetermined acceleration measure (27) for specifying the target functional existence (16') is triggered.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for determining or specifying the presence of functions of activated functions in a functional unit. In the functional unit, at least one function is deactivatable and / or retrofittable, so that the presence of activated functions of the functional unit can be changed. The invention also includes functional units having a changeable functional presence. Background technique [0002] Such a functional unit is known, for example, from DE 10 2009 025 585 A1, in which a motor vehicle is described as the functional unit. In order to enable a function, payment for this function usually has to be made at the manufacturer of the functional unit or at the supplier of the function. This is called a feature on demand. However, since the functions may be pre-installed and only need to be enabled, for example, by means of an activation code, users are always trying to bypass the protection of the pre-installed functions in the fu...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L29/06G06F21/12
CPCG06F21/121H04L63/102H04L9/50G06F16/27G06F16/2379B60R25/01B60R25/24G05D1/0276G06F21/629G06Q20/127G06Q30/0185G06Q2240/00G06F21/1015
Inventor P·莫查尔C·格拉塞尔E·沙尔
Owner AUDI AG
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