A method for executing an agent code, wherein the agent code is saved in a read only memory, wherein an agent record containing data is saved in an erasable and programmable memory device, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: reading the agent code from the read only memory and loading it into a processing device, executing the agent code, thereby initiating reading the agent record from the erasable and programmable memory device and loading it into the processing device, and executing the agent record in the processing device.