CN106487557B

CN106487557B - Application service updating method and device, server and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN106487557B
Application number: CN201510548438.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王杉
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Yayue Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2015-08-31
Filing date: 2015-08-31
Publication date: 2019-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 2035-08-31
Also published as: CN106487557A

Abstract

the embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device, a server and terminal equipment for updating service of an application, wherein the method comprises the following steps: collecting service description information of target application loaded by terminal equipment; determining the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information; sending notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment; receiving a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment; and sending the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment. The method and the device have the advantage that the process of updating the application of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment is simpler and more convenient.

Description

application service updating method and device, server and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of terminal application, in particular to a method, a device, a server and terminal equipment for updating application service.

Background

more and more applications are loaded in terminal equipment such as mobile phones, tablet computers and notebooks, and in order to improve the versions of the applications loaded in the terminal equipment or patch the applications, the applications loaded in the terminal equipment often need to be updated; the service types of the application needing to be updated are various, such as application content, function switches, policy logic and the like; correspondingly, the content of the application can be updated, the function switch can be updated, the policy logic can be updated, and the like.

the research process of the inventor of the invention mainly realizes the service updating of the application through the data interaction between the server and the terminal equipment at present, and the service updating process of the application is troublesome because the application needs more service types to be updated; therefore, how to simplify the business update flow of the application becomes a problem to be considered by those skilled in the art.

disclosure of Invention

in view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, a server, and a terminal device for updating an application service, so as to solve the problem that a service updating process of an existing application is troublesome.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiments of the present invention provide the following technical solutions:

a service updating method of an application is applied to a server, and the method comprises the following steps:

Collecting service description information of target application loaded by terminal equipment;

determining the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

Sending notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment;

receiving a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

And sending the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment.

the embodiment of the invention also provides an application service updating method, which is applied to the terminal equipment and comprises the following steps:

uploading the loaded service description information of the target application to a server;

Receiving notification information which is sent by the server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application;

Sending a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the server;

and receiving service updating data which is sent by the server and corresponds to the service type to be updated, and updating the service of the target application according to the service updating data.

the embodiment of the invention also provides an applied service updating device, which is applied to a server, and the device comprises:

the collection module is used for collecting service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

The type determining module is used for determining the service type to be updated of the target application according to the service description information;

a notification module, configured to send notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device;

a request receiving module, configured to receive a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, where the request is sent by the terminal device;

And the update data sending module is used for sending the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a server which comprises the service updating device of the application.

the embodiment of the invention also provides an applied service updating device, which is applied to terminal equipment, and the device comprises:

the uploading module is used for uploading the loaded service description information of the target application to the server;

the notification receiving module is used for receiving notification information which is sent by the server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application;

A request sending module, configured to send a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the server;

and the update data receiving module is used for receiving the service update data which is sent by the server and corresponds to the service type to be updated, and updating the service of the target application according to the service update data.

the embodiment of the invention also provides terminal equipment which comprises the service updating device of the application.

based on the above technical solution, in the method for updating an application service provided in the embodiments of the present invention, after collecting service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device, a server may notify the terminal device of a service type of the loaded target application that needs to be updated, so that the terminal device sends a service update data pull request corresponding to the service type that needs to be updated, thereby obtaining service update data corresponding to the service type that needs to be updated by the terminal device, and the terminal device does not need to query the server one by one whether each service type has service update data, so that an application update process of the target application loaded by the terminal device is simpler and more convenient.

drawings

in order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

fig. 1 is a block diagram of a service update system of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a signaling flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a server interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is another structural block diagram of a service update system of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is another signaling flowchart of a service update method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is another flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart of a method for updating a service of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a flowchart of a method for determining a service type that needs to be updated for a target application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is yet another flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an application service update method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a service updating apparatus for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 14 is a block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is another block diagram of a service update apparatus for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

fig. 1 is a block diagram of a service updating system for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the system may be used to implement a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention; referring to fig. 1, the service update system of the application may include: at least one terminal device 01 and a server 02; the terminal device 01 may be a user device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer and the like which can be loaded with applications, and the server 02 may be a server group consisting of a plurality of servers or a single server;

fig. 2 shows a signaling flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method may be implemented by the service updating system for the application shown in fig. 1, and with reference to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the service updating method for the application may include:

step S100, the terminal equipment sends the loaded service description information of the target application to a server;

step S110, a server collects service description information of a target application loaded by terminal equipment;

optionally, the target application may be a certain application loaded by the terminal device, or may be multiple applications loaded by the terminal device, and the target application may be specified by the server;

Optionally, the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device may be information describing a service update condition of the target application loaded by the terminal device, where the service update condition is reflected by updated service information, such as historical update information of the service, updated version information of the service, and the like;

optionally, the server may issue an instruction for collecting the service description information of the target application to the terminal device, and the terminal device sends the service description information of the target application to the server in response to the instruction; the terminal device may send the service description information of the loaded target application to the server at regular time, so as to collect the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device;

obviously, in order to facilitate the server to locate the terminal device, the terminal device needs to notify the server of a communication identifier of the terminal device when or before sending the service description information of the loaded target application, where the communication identifier may be a communication address, a user account, or the like;

the server can collect the service description information of the target application loaded by the plurality of terminal devices, and realize the service update of the target application loaded by the plurality of terminal devices; the service update process of each terminal device may be as shown in fig. 2.

Step S120, the server determines the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

Optionally, the server may carry information describing a service update condition in service description information of a target application loaded by the terminal device, and the server may compare the service update condition of the terminal device with latest service update information of the target application, so as to determine that a service not updated to the latest in the target application loaded by the terminal device is a service type that the target application loaded by the terminal device needs to be updated;

Optionally, when comparing the service update condition of the terminal device with the latest service update information of the target application, the service update conditions of all service types included in the collected service description information may be compared with the latest service update information corresponding to the service update condition, or only the service update conditions of one or some service types included in the collected service description information may be compared with the latest service update information corresponding to the service update condition, and the specific service type for comparison may be set in a user-defined manner.

step S130, the server sends notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment;

In the embodiment of the invention, the server determines the service type of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, which needs to be updated, by collecting the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, and further informs the service type of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, which needs to be updated, so that the operation that the terminal equipment inquires each service updating interface of the target application one by one to determine the service type of the target application, which needs to be updated, is avoided, and the determination process of the service type of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, which needs to be updated, is simpler and more convenient.

Step S140, the terminal device sends a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a server;

step S150, the server receives a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

after receiving the notification information of the service type to be updated of the target application, the terminal device needs to pull the corresponding service update data to implement the service update, so that after receiving the notification information, the terminal device can send a request for pulling the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the server, so that after subsequently receiving the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated sent by the server, the terminal device can implement the update of the corresponding service.

Step S160, the server sends the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment;

step S170, the terminal device receives the service update data, and performs service update on the target application.

optionally, an intermediate interface for performing communication between the terminal device and the service update interface may be configured in the server in the embodiment of the present invention, which is referred to as a first interface, where the first interface at least may implement collection of service description information, issuing of notification information, and the like;

fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a server interface, and in conjunction with fig. 3, a first interface may collect service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device, and send notification information including a service type to be updated to the terminal device after the server determines the service type to be updated of the target application;

optionally, on one hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first interface may call each service update interface, and the first interface may receive a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, where the request is sent by the terminal device; calling a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated through the first interface to pull corresponding service updating data, and sending the pulled service updating data to the terminal equipment through the first interface to realize service updating of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

Optionally, on the other hand, after receiving the notification information of the service type to be updated sent by the first interface, the terminal device may also send a request for pulling service update data to a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, where after pulling the service update data, the service update interface may directly send the service update data to the terminal device, so as to implement service update of the target application loaded by the terminal device.

optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the interface shown in fig. 3 may be a software interface or a hardware interface; the software interface can correspond to the condition of a single server, and the first interface and each service updating interface can be functional interfaces of software in the server; the hardware interface can correspond to the condition of a server group, the first interface corresponds to one server, one service updating interface corresponds to one server, and the condition that a plurality of service updating interfaces correspond to one server can also exist;

fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of an applied service update system in a case of hardware interfaces, where the server group illustrated in fig. 4 includes a first server 021 and a plurality of service update servers 022, a first interface is disposed in the first server, and one service update server may be correspondingly disposed with at least one service update interface;

fig. 5 is another signaling flow diagram of a service update method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, which can be implemented by the system shown in fig. 4; as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the method may include:

step S200, the terminal equipment sends the loaded service description information of the target application to a first server;

step S210, a first server collects service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device;

Optionally, the first server may issue an instruction for collecting service description information of the target application to the terminal device, and the terminal device sends the service description information of the target application to the first server in response to the instruction; the terminal device may send the service description information of the loaded target application to the first server at regular time, so as to collect the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device by the first server.

step S220, the first server determines the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

Step S230, the first server sends notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device;

step S240, the terminal device sends a request of service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the first server;

step S250, the first server receives a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

step S260, the first server pulls corresponding service updating data to a service updating server of a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated;

step S270, the service updating server of the service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated sends the corresponding service updating data to the first server;

step S280, the first server sends the service updating data to the terminal equipment;

step S290, the terminal device receives the service update data, and performs service update on the target application.

optionally, in the method shown in fig. 5, after receiving the notification information sent by the first server, the terminal device may also send a request for pulling service update data to a service update server corresponding to the service type to be updated; after receiving the request, the service updating server can pull service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated and send the service updating data to the terminal equipment, so that the terminal equipment can update the service of the target application after receiving the service updating data.

optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first interface may call each service update interface (including in a hardware scenario or a software scenario), and the first interface may collect latest update information of a service corresponding to each service update interface, so as to record the latest update information of each service, and determine a service type that needs to be updated by the target application according to the collected service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device.

compared with the prior art, the server in the embodiment of the invention can collect the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, and after determining the service type to be updated of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment according to the collected service description information, the server can directly send the notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment does not need to inquire each service updating interface one by one to determine the operation of the service type to be updated; meanwhile, after receiving a request for pulling the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment, the server can pull the corresponding service updating data to send to the terminal equipment, so that the service updating of the terminal equipment to the target application is realized. In the embodiment of the invention, the server can inform the terminal equipment of the service type of the loaded target application to be updated, so that the terminal equipment sends the service update data pull request corresponding to the service type to be updated, the terminal equipment can acquire the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, the terminal equipment does not need to inquire the server one by one whether each service type has the operation of service update data, and the application update process of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment is simpler and more convenient.

The service updating method for the application provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced from the server perspective, and the service updating method for the application described below may be referred to in correspondence with the above system method content.

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method may be applied to a server, and the server may be a server group composed of multiple servers, or may be a single server; referring to fig. 6, the method may include:

step S300, collecting service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

step S310, determining the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

Step S320, sending notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment;

Step S330, receiving a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

step S340, sending the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal device.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present invention, after collecting the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device, the server may notify the terminal device of the service type of the loaded target application to be updated, so that the terminal device sends the service update data pull request corresponding to the service type to be updated, thereby implementing the acquisition of the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated by the terminal device, avoiding the operation of inquiring each service update interface one by the terminal device, and enabling the application update flow of the target application loaded by the terminal device to be simpler and more convenient.

optionally, the manner of collecting the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device by the server may be: the server can send an instruction for collecting the service description information of the target application to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment responds to the instruction to send the service description information of the target application to the server; the terminal device may send the service description information of the loaded target application to the server at regular time, so as to collect the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device;

Optionally, an implementation manner of issuing an instruction to collect service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device through a server may be: when the running state of the terminal equipment is in a preset running state, the server receives heartbeat information sent by the terminal equipment, and sends a request for collecting service description information of a target application to the terminal equipment according to the heartbeat information so as to obtain the service description information of the target application sent by the terminal equipment. Optionally, the predetermined running state may be a terminal device startup state, or a terminal device startup target application state, and the specific form of the predetermined running state may be set by a user. Obviously, the server may also issue an instruction for collecting the service description information of the target application to the terminal device at regular time.

optionally, in order to avoid an operation that an existing terminal device queries each service update interface one by one, in the embodiment of the present invention, an intermediate interface for performing communication between the terminal device and the service update interface may be configured in the server, where the embodiment of the present invention is referred to as a first interface, and the embodiment of the present invention may collect, at least through the first interface, service description information of a target application loaded by the terminal device, and send notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device through the first interface.

Fig. 7 shows another flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 7, the method may include:

Step S400, collecting service description information of a target application loaded by the terminal equipment through a first interface;

step S410, determining the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

step S420, sending notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device through the first interface;

step S430, receiving a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

Step S440, sending the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal device.

Optionally, step S430 and step S440 may also be implemented by a first interface, where the first interface may call each service update interface; the embodiment of the invention can receive a request for pulling the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment, through the first interface, call the service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated through the first interface so as to pull the corresponding service updating data, and send the pulled service updating data to the terminal equipment through the first interface;

Optionally, after receiving the notification information of the service type to be updated sent by the first interface, the terminal device may also directly send a request for pulling service update data to a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, and after pulling the service update data, the service update interface may directly send the service update data to the terminal device, so as to implement service update of the target application loaded on the terminal device; correspondingly, the embodiment of the present invention may receive, through the service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, the request for pulling the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal device, and send, through the service update interface, the corresponding service update data to the terminal device after the service update interface pulls the corresponding service update data.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first interface and each service update interface shown above may be a software interface or a hardware interface; the software interface can correspond to the condition of a single server, and the first interface and each service updating interface can be functional interfaces of software in the server; the hardware interface can correspond to the condition of the server group, the first interface is arranged in the first server, and one service updating server can be correspondingly provided with at least one service updating interface.

Fig. 8 is a further flowchart illustrating a method for updating a service of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 8, the method may include:

step S500, a first server collects service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device;

step S510, the first server determines the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

Step S520, the first server sends notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment;

step S530, the first server receives a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

step S540, the first server pulls corresponding service update data from the service update server having the service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, and sends the pulled service update data to the terminal device.

optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, a service update server having a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated may also receive a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, where the request is sent by the terminal device; the service update server can send the pulled service update data to the terminal device after pulling the corresponding service update data.

Optionally, the embodiment of the present invention may set that only the terminal device with the target application loaded in a certain brand or a certain region is subjected to service update, so as to perform service update on the terminal device with the target application loaded in a targeted manner. Optionally, the embodiment of the present invention may add the description information of the terminal device in the service description information; fig. 9 shows another flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 9, the method may include:

Step S600, collecting service description information of target application loaded by terminal equipment;

step S610, determining whether the service description information corresponds to a predetermined application update condition, if not, performing step S620, and if so, performing step S630;

optionally, the description information of the terminal device carried in the service description information may be compared with a predetermined application update condition, and whether conditions such as a brand and a location area of the terminal device correspond to the predetermined application update condition or not may be determined;

Step S620, ending the process;

Step S630, determining the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

Step S640, sending notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment;

Step S650, receiving a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment;

Step S660, sending the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal device.

optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the server may compare the service update condition of the terminal device with the latest service update information of the target application, so as to determine that the service in the target application loaded by the terminal device is not updated to the latest service, where the service type of the service not updated to the latest is the service type that the target application loaded by the terminal device needs to be updated;

Optionally, for the update condition of the service of each service type, the embodiment of the present invention may be identified by an update identifier; the updating mark represents the current updated condition of the service; the embodiment of the invention can carry the update identification of each service type of the target application in the service description information of the target application; fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a service type that needs to be updated for a target application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 10, the method may include:

step S700, comparing the update identification of each service type in the collected service description information with the target update identification of each service type of the set target application;

Optionally, the target update identifier reflects a result of the service update, and may be an identifier indicating a latest update condition of the service; the embodiment of the invention can set the target updating mark for each service type of the target application, and can also set the target updating mark for one or more service types;

step S710, determining a service type, in the collected service description information, for which the update identifier does not correspond to the target update identifier, as the service type to be updated by the target application.

optionally, if a service type that does not correspond to the update identifier and the target update identifier exists in the service description information, it is indicated that the service that does not correspond to the update identifier and the target update identifier is not updated to the latest, and the service needs to be updated; if the service type which does not correspond to the target updating identifier does not exist in the service description information, the service updating of the target application is completed, and no service which needs to be updated exists.

fig. 11 shows yet another flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 11, the method may include:

step S800, when the running state of the terminal equipment is in a preset running state, receiving heartbeat information sent by the terminal equipment through a first interface;

step 810, according to the heartbeat information, sending a request for collecting service description information of a target application to the terminal equipment through a first interface so as to collect the service description information of the target application sent by the terminal equipment;

step S820, determining whether the service description information corresponds to a predetermined application update condition, if not, performing step S830, and if so, performing step S840;

Step S830, ending the process;

step 840, comparing the update identifier of each service type in the collected service description information with the target update identifier of each service type of the set target application;

step S850, determining the service type which does not correspond to the target update identifier in the collected service description information as the service type which needs to be updated by the target application;

step S860, sending notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device through the first interface;

Step S870, receiving, through the first interface, a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, where the request is sent by the terminal device;

The request may also be received via a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated.

Step S880, the service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated is called through the first interface to pull the corresponding service update data, and the pulled service update data is sent to the terminal device.

Optionally, the corresponding service update data may also be directly pulled through a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, and sent to the terminal device.

it should be noted that, in the case of multiple terminal devices, the service update flow of each terminal device is consistent with the service update method of the application described above.

the service updating method for the application provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced in the following from the perspective of the terminal device, and the service updating method for the application described below may be referred to in correspondence with the service updating method for the application described above.

fig. 12 is a further flowchart of a service updating method for an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is applicable to a terminal device, and the terminal device may be a user device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and the like, which can be loaded with an application; referring to fig. 12, the method may include:

Step S900, uploading the loaded service description information of the target application to a server;

Step S910, receiving notification information which is sent by the server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application;

step S920, sending a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the server;

step S930, receiving service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, sent by the server, and performing service update on the target application according to the service update data.

optionally, the terminal device may send the service description information of the loaded target application to the server at regular time; or the terminal device responds to the instruction to send the service description information of the target application to the server after receiving the instruction for collecting the service description information of the target application sent by the server.

optionally, the terminal device may send heartbeat information to the server when the running state is in a predetermined running state; after receiving a request for collecting the service description information of the target application, which is sent by the server according to the heartbeat information, the terminal equipment can send the service description information of the target application to the server; optionally, the predetermined running state may be a state that can be set by a user in a self-defined manner, such as starting up the terminal device and starting up the target application.

optionally, the server is configured with a first interface and a service update interface corresponding to each service type; the terminal equipment can upload the loaded service description information of the target application to a first interface of the server; receiving notification information which is sent by a first interface of a server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application; sending a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a first interface of a server; receiving service updating data which is sent by a first interface of the server and corresponds to the service type to be updated, and updating the service of the target application according to the service updating data;

optionally, the terminal device may also upload the loaded service description information of the target application to the first interface of the server; receiving notification information which is sent by a first interface of a server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application; then directly sending a request for pulling the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated; correspondingly, the service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated can be received, the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated is sent, and the service updating is carried out on the target application according to the service updating data.

optionally, the first interface and each service update interface may be software interfaces or hardware interfaces; in the case of a hardware interface, the server may include: the system comprises a first server and a plurality of service updating servers; the first interface is arranged on the first server; one service updating server corresponds to at least one service updating interface;

optionally, the terminal device may upload the loaded service description information of the target application to the first server; receiving notification information which is sent by a first server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application; sending a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a first server; receiving service updating data which is sent by a first server and corresponds to the service type to be updated, and updating the service of the target application according to the service updating data;

Optionally, the terminal device may upload the loaded service description information of the target application to the first server; receiving notification information which is sent by a first server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application; sending a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a service updating server with a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated; and receiving a service updating server with a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, sending service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, and updating the service of the target application according to the service updating data.

in the service updating method for the application provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the terminal device uploads the loaded service description information of the target application to the server, the terminal device can receive the notification information which is sent by the server and contains the service type to be updated of the loaded target application, so that the terminal device can directly request the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated from the server, the operation that the terminal device inquires each service updating interface one by one is avoided, and the application updating process of the target application loaded by the terminal device is simpler and more convenient.

An application example of the service updating method for application provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described below; taking the target application as the instant messaging application as an example, the embodiment of the invention can update the interface of the instant messaging application;

each terminal device can upload service description information of the instant messaging application to the server, wherein the service description information carries the update number of each service of the loaded instant messaging application, and the update number comprises the update number of an interface;

For each terminal device, the server can compare the update number of the interface in the service description information with the latest update number of the interface, if the update number is not consistent with the latest update number of the interface, the server can determine that the interface of the instant messaging application loaded by the terminal device needs to be updated currently, and can send notification information of the interface needing to be updated to the terminal device;

After receiving the notification information, the terminal device can pull the update data of the interface to the server, thereby realizing the interface update of the instant messaging application.

another application example of the service updating method for application provided in the embodiment of the present invention is described below, and taking a target application as a browser application as an example, the embodiment of the present invention may update the browser application, where the browser application referred to here may be a browser of a certain brand, such as a QQ browser developed by china Tencent corporation;

the terminal equipment can send heartbeat information to the first server in preset running states such as starting, starting a loaded browser or reaching a timing time; the first server is a server provided with a first interface, and the first interface is an intermediate interface for communication between the terminal equipment and the service updating interface;

the first server can determine that the terminal equipment is in an online state according to the heartbeat information, so that a request for collecting the service description information of the browser is sent to the terminal equipment;

after receiving the request, the terminal device may determine current service description information of the loaded browser (or after receiving the request, the terminal device may determine the current service description information through a configuration file of the browser; the service description information of the browser may also be predetermined and called by the terminal device after receiving the request), and upload the service description information of the browser to the first server, where the service description information carries an update number of each current service of the browser, such as an update number of a browser plug-in, a function switch, and the like;

the first server can compare the update number of the service in the service description information sent by the terminal equipment with the latest update number of the browser service; if the update numbers which are inconsistent in comparison exist, it can be determined that the services with inconsistent update numbers in the browser currently loaded by the terminal equipment need to be updated, and the first server can send notification information of the types of the services which need to be updated to the terminal equipment;

after receiving the notification information, the terminal device may send a request for pulling service update data of the service to be updated to a service update server corresponding to the type of the service to be updated (the pulled service update data may be a service to be updated by the browser, and the service data is different due to a difference between the current number and the latest number); the service updating server is a server provided with a service updating interface;

the service updating server corresponding to the type of the service to be updated extracts service updating data (the service updating data corresponding to the number difference can be extracted according to the difference between the current number and the latest number of the service to be updated) and sends the service updating data to the terminal equipment;

after receiving the service updating data, the terminal device can update the service to be updated in the browser according to the service updating data, thereby realizing the service updating of the browser loaded by the terminal device.

optionally, the terminal device may assist in updating the browser service through a process; next, taking a target application as a browser application as an example, a further application provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced;

After receiving the request, the terminal device may start a service update pre-process of the browser (the service update pre-process is a process in which service description information of the browser is determined and uploaded before the browser configured in the embodiment of the present invention performs service update, and when the service update pre-process determines that service update is required, the service update process may be triggered to start, so that service update is performed by the service update process), and the terminal device may upload service description information of the browser to the first server through the service update pre-process, where the service description information carries update numbers of each current service of the browser, such as update numbers of a browser plug-in, a function switch, and the like;

After the terminal equipment receives the notification information, the service updating pre-process of the browser judges that service updating is needed, and triggers the service updating process of the browser to start; the terminal equipment sends a request for pulling service updating data of the service to be updated to a service updating server corresponding to the type of the service to be updated through a service updating process (the pulled service updating data can be the service to be updated of the browser, and the service data is different due to the difference between the current number and the latest number); the service updating server is a server provided with a service updating interface;

after the terminal device receives the service updating data, the service updating process of the browser can update the service to be updated in the browser according to the service updating data, so that the service updating of the browser loaded by the terminal device is realized.

in the following, the service updating apparatus applied to the application of the server according to the embodiment of the present invention is introduced, and the service updating apparatus of the application described below may be referred to in correspondence with the service updating method described above in a server perspective.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram of a structure of an application service updating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the application service updating apparatus is applicable to a server, and referring to fig. 13, the application service updating apparatus may include:

A collecting module 100, configured to collect service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device;

a type determining module 110, configured to determine, according to the service description information, a service type that needs to be updated by the target application;

A notification module 120, configured to send notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device;

a request receiving module 130, configured to receive a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, where the request is sent by the terminal device;

an update data sending module 140, configured to send the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal device.

Optionally, the server may be configured with a first interface and a service update interface corresponding to each service type; the collection module 100 may specifically collect service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device through a first interface; the notification module 120 may specifically send notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device through the first interface;

optionally, the request receiving module 130 may receive, through the first interface or through a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, where the request is sent by the terminal device; the update data sending module 140 may send the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal device through the first interface or through a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated.

the embodiment of the invention also provides a server, which can comprise the service updating device of the application; fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 14, the server may include: a processor 1, a communication interface 2, a memory 3 and a communication bus 4;

wherein, the processor 1, the communication interface 2 and the memory 3 complete the communication with each other through the communication bus 4;

Optionally, the communication interface 2 may be an interface of a communication module, such as an interface of a GSM module;

a processor 1 for executing a program;

a memory 3 for storing a program;

the program may include program code including computer operating instructions.

the processor 1 may be a central processing unit CPU or an application Specific Integrated circuit asic or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present invention.

the memory 3 may comprise a high-speed RAM memory and may also comprise a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory.

among them, the procedure can be specifically used for:

an embodiment of the present invention may further provide a server system, where the structure of the server system may be specifically shown in fig. 4, and is referred to for the description of fig. 4, and details are not repeated here.

In the following, the service updating apparatus applied to the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention is introduced, and the service updating apparatus applied to the following description may be referred to in correspondence with the service updating method described in the terminal device.

fig. 15 is another structural block diagram of an applied service updating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the applied service updating apparatus is applicable to a terminal device, and referring to fig. 15, the applied service updating apparatus may include:

An uploading module 200, configured to upload the loaded service description information of the target application to a server;

a notification receiving module 210, configured to receive notification information that includes a service type that needs to be updated by the target application and is sent by the server;

a request sending module 220, configured to send a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the server;

An update data receiving module 230, configured to receive service update data sent by the server and corresponding to the service type to be updated, and perform service update on the target application according to the service update data.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal device, which can comprise the service updating device of the application described in the terminal device angle; fig. 16 shows a block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 16, the terminal device may include: a processor 1 ', a communication interface 2', a memory 3 'and a communication bus 4';

the processor 1 ', the communication interface 2' and the memory 3 'are communicated with each other through a communication bus 4';

optionally, the communication interface 2' may be an interface of a communication module, such as an interface of a GSM module;

a processor 1' for executing a program;

A memory 3' for storing a program;

The program may include program code including computer operating instructions.

the processor 1' may be a central processing unit CPU or an application Specific Integrated circuit asic or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present invention.

the memory 3' may comprise a high-speed RAM memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory.

among them, the procedure can be specifically used for:

the embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. The device disclosed by the embodiment corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiment, so that the description is simple, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.

those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both, and that the various illustrative components and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality in order to clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module may reside in Random Access Memory (RAM), memory, Read Only Memory (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. a service updating method applied to a server is characterized by comprising the following steps:

Determining information carrying and describing service updating conditions from the service description information of the target application, comparing the information carrying and describing the service updating conditions with the latest service updating information of the target application, determining the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest in the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, and determining the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest as the service type which needs to be updated by the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

2. the method according to claim 1, wherein the server is configured with a first interface and a service update interface corresponding to each service type;

the collecting the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device comprises:

Collecting service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal equipment through the first interface;

The sending of the notification information including the service type to be updated to the terminal device includes:

and sending notification information containing the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment through the first interface.

3. the method of claim 2, wherein the receiving the request for pulling the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated sent by the terminal device comprises:

receiving a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal equipment, through a first interface; or, receiving a request for pulling service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the terminal device, through a service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated;

the sending the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal device includes:

Calling a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated through a first interface, pulling corresponding service updating data, and sending the pulled service updating data to the terminal equipment; or, pulling the corresponding service update data through the service update interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, and sending the pulled service update data to the terminal device.

4. The service updating method of the application according to claim 2, wherein the server comprises: the system comprises a first server and a plurality of service updating servers, wherein a first interface is arranged on the first server; one service updating server corresponds to at least one service updating interface;

the service description information is collected, the service type of the target application needing to be updated is determined, and the notification information containing the service type needing to be updated is sent to the terminal equipment, wherein the notification information is executed by a first server;

the request for receiving the service updating data is executed by a first server or a service updating server with a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated;

The first server pulls corresponding service updating data from a service updating server with a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated, and sends the pulled service updating data to the terminal equipment;

or, the service updating server with the service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated pulls the corresponding service updating data and sends the pulled service updating data to the terminal equipment.

5. the method for updating service of application according to claim 1, after collecting service description information of a target application loaded by a terminal device, further comprising:

Judging whether the service description information corresponds to a preset application updating condition or not;

If yes, determining the service type of the target application to be updated according to the service description information;

and if not, canceling the service type required to be updated of the target application.

6. The service updating method of the application according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the service description information includes: updating identification of each service type; the determining the service type to be updated of the target application according to the service description information includes:

comparing the update identification of each service type in the collected service description information with the target update identification of each service type of the set target application;

and determining the service type of the collected service description information, wherein the updating identifier does not correspond to the target updating identifier, as the service type of the target application needing to be updated.

7. the method for updating service of application according to claim 1, wherein the collecting the service description information of the target application loaded by the terminal device comprises:

when the running state of the terminal equipment is in a preset running state, receiving heartbeat information sent by the terminal equipment;

and sending a request for collecting the service description information of the target application to the terminal equipment according to the heartbeat information so as to obtain the service description information of the target application sent by the terminal equipment.

8. A service updating method applied to a terminal device is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

receiving notification information which is sent by the server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application, wherein the determining process of the service type to be updated of the target application comprises the following steps: the server determines information carrying and describing service updating conditions from the service description information of the target application, compares the information carrying and describing the service updating conditions with the latest service updating information of the target application, determines the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest in the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, and determines the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest as the service type which needs to be updated by the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

9. the method according to claim 8, wherein the server is configured with a first interface and a service update interface corresponding to each service type;

the uploading the service description information of the loaded target application to the server includes:

uploading the loaded service description information of the target application to a first interface of a server;

the receiving the notification information which is sent by the server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application comprises the following steps:

And receiving notification information which is sent by a first interface of the server and contains the service type to be updated of the target application.

10. the method of claim 9, wherein the sending the request for pulling the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the server comprises:

Sending a request for pulling service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a first interface of a server; or sending a request for pulling the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated to a service updating interface of the server corresponding to the service type to be updated;

the receiving of the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by the server, includes:

receiving service updating data which is sent by a first interface of a server and corresponds to the service type to be updated; or receiving service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated, which is sent by a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated of the server.

11. The service updating method of the application according to claim 9, wherein the server comprises: the system comprises a first server and a plurality of service updating servers, wherein a first interface is arranged on the first server; one service updating server corresponds to at least one service updating interface;

the service description information is uploaded to a first server, and the received notification information containing the service type to be updated of the target application is sent by the first server;

the request for pulling the service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated is sent to a first server or a service updating server with a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated;

And the received service updating data corresponding to the service type to be updated is sent by the first server or sent by a service updating server with a service updating interface corresponding to the service type to be updated.

12. The method for updating service of application according to claim 8, wherein the uploading the service description information of the loaded target application to the server comprises:

when the running state of the terminal equipment is in a preset running state, sending heartbeat information to a server;

And the terminal equipment sends the service description information of the target application to the server after receiving a request for collecting the service description information of the target application sent by the server according to the heartbeat information.

13. an apparatus for updating service of an application, the apparatus being applied to a server, the apparatus comprising:

the type determining module is used for determining information carrying and describing service updating conditions from the service description information of the target application, comparing the information carrying and describing the service updating conditions with the latest service updating information of the target application, determining the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest in the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, and determining the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest as the service type which needs to be updated by the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

And the update data sending module is used for sending the service update data corresponding to the service type to be updated to the terminal equipment so as to facilitate the terminal equipment to update the service of the target application.

14. a server, characterized by a service update means comprising an application according to claim 13.

15. An apparatus for updating service of an application, the apparatus being applied to a terminal device, the apparatus comprising:

a notification receiving module, configured to receive notification information that includes a service type that needs to be updated by the target application and is sent by the server, where a determination process of the service type that needs to be updated by the target application includes: the server determines information carrying and describing service updating conditions from the service description information of the target application, compares the information carrying and describing the service updating conditions with the latest service updating information of the target application, determines the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest in the target application loaded by the terminal equipment, and determines the service type of the service which is not updated to the latest as the service type which needs to be updated by the target application loaded by the terminal equipment;

16. a terminal device, characterized by service updating means comprising an application according to claim 15.

17. A storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when loaded and executed by a processor, implement a method for service update of an application as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 and/or a method for service update of an application as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 12.