ROBUST OVER THE AIR REPROGRAMMING

1 . A method, comprising:

downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle;

determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory;

selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement; and

writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating an interruption flag if the download was interrupted;

determining the memory storage arrangement of the interrupted download coinciding with the interruption flag; and

resuming the download based on the memory storage arrangement.

3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining whether the download was complete; and

issuing an interruption flag if the download is incomplete.

4 . The method of claim 3 further comprising:

generating a magic number if the interruption flag is detected;

writing the magic number to the memory storage at a memory location where the download terminated; and

resuming the download at the memory location where the download terminated.

5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the magic number is randomly generated.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

writing the download to a temporary storage;

validating the download; and

copying the validated download from the temporary storage to the memory storage.

7 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating an interruption flag if the download was interrupted;

booting from the memory storage if no interruption flag was generated; and

booting from a previous memory storage if the interruption flag was generated.

8 . A system, comprising:

an engine control unit operatively coupled to the transport, the engine control unit;

downloads an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle;

determines whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory;

selects a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement; and

writes the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the engine control unit

generates an interruption flag if the download was interrupted;

determines the memory storage arrangement of the interrupted download coinciding with the interruption flag; and

resumes the download based on the memory storage arrangement.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the engine control unit

determines whether the download was complete; and

issues an interruption flag if the download is incomplete.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the engine control unit

generates a magic number if the interruption flag is detected;

writes the magic number to the memory storage at a memory location where the download terminated; and

resumes the download at the memory location where the download terminated.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the magic number is randomly generated.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the engine control unit

writes the download to a temporary storage;

validates the download; and

copies the validated download from the temporary storage to the memory storage.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the engine control unit

generates an interruption flag if the download was interrupted;

boots from the memory storage if no interruption flag was generated; and

boots from a previous memory storage if the interruption flag was generated.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle;

determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory;

selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement; and

writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising

generating an interruption flag if the download was interrupted;

determining the memory storage arrangement of the interrupted download coinciding with the interruption flag; and

resuming the download based on the memory storage arrangement.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising

determining whether the download was complete; and

issuing an interruption flag if the download is incomplete.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising

generating a magic number if the interruption flag is detected;

writing the magic number to the memory storage at a memory location where the download terminated; and

resuming the download at the memory location where the download terminated.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising

writing the download to a temporary storage;

validating the download; and

copying the validated download from the temporary storage to the memory storage.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising

generating an interruption flag if the download was interrupted;

booting from the memory storage if no interruption flag was generated; and

booting from a previous memory storage if the interruption flag was generated.