KR101273686B1 - Apparatus, Method, and Recording Medium for installing a preloading application in Mobile Terminal - Google Patents

Apparatus, Method, and Recording Medium for installing a preloading application in Mobile Terminal Download PDF

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KR101273686B1
KR101273686B1 KR1020100112503A KR20100112503A KR101273686B1 KR 101273686 B1 KR101273686 B1 KR 101273686B1 KR 1020100112503 A KR1020100112503 A KR 1020100112503A KR 20100112503 A KR20100112503 A KR 20100112503A KR 101273686 B1 KR101273686 B1 KR 101273686B1
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An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of preloading an application in a mobile terminal, which allows a preloading application to be downloaded and installed in a corresponding preloading region without using an overall upgrade method of an operating system (OS) after the release of the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a technology for installation, and a method for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to an aspect of the present invention includes preloading a dummy application having a package name identical to a package name of a specific application to a preload area. Installing; Downloading an application having the same package name as the dummy application; And installing the downloaded application by replacing the downloaded application with the dummy application in the preload area, and the downloaded application may be a higher version than the dummy application.

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Apparatus, Method, and Recording Medium for installing a preloading application in Mobile Terminal}

The present invention relates to a technology for installing a preload application on a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to download the preload application without using a full upgrade method of an operating system (OS) after the release of the mobile terminal. An apparatus, method, and recording medium for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal, which can be installed in an area.

In general, information and communication technology represented by the Internet and mobile communication has changed the life patterns of modern people. Nearly all homes, schools and offices have Internet-enabled personal computers that enable them to acquire information through Web sites, purchase products through e-commerce, and exchange news via e-mail. Only a few years ago, people could use mobile communication terminals to use only voice communication-oriented mobile communication services. However, a wireless internet service that can receive data communication service using the internet is also provided in a mobile communication terminal.

As such, as the mobile communication service develops, the mobile communication terminal has evolved into a mobile communication terminal having various functions such as a camcorder, a camera, and an MP3 player, out of the concept of an initial voice call-oriented mobile phone. In addition to the mobile terminal, the development of devices that can be supported by the mobile terminal is being promoted, and in order to support the effective use of the mobile terminal at the time when the utilization of the mobile terminal using each device is significantly increased. Development of applications related to is being activated.

With the development of mobile communication terminals, applications that increase the utilization of mobile communication terminals are also remarkably developing. In the text service, an application that allows you to put various emoticons, an application that manages photos and videos taken by the mobile terminal, and stores and plays music files on the mobile terminal using a wireless network or a wired cable. Data applications are increasing in number as well as applications.

Ringtones, games, chats, securities, lotteries, banks, movies, sports, news, horoscopes, and shopping are all available for content (or applications) using mobile networks on mobile terminals. Is providing most of the content, but the current mobile phone network is emerging with the emergence of smart phones, and accordingly it is expected that a number of companies that provide content to the mobile terminal.

In recent smart phones, the user can freely upgrade the OS version and download the desired application.In general OS, the area in which the downloaded application is installed (hereinafter referred to as a download area) and It is divided into an area where a preloaded application is installed (hereinafter referred to as a preload area). The preload area stores and installs essential applications made by a terminal manufacturer or a communication service provider. This area cannot be deleted or modified by a user like an OS. The download area is an area for storing and installing an application downloaded by the user after the terminal is released. This area can be deleted or modified by the user.

However, in order to add a new mandatory application to the preloaded area after the terminal is released in the aforementioned OS environment, there is a problem that it cannot be installed without upgrading the current OS as a whole, and the new mandatory application can be downloaded and installed in the download area. However, in this case, there was a problem that all the necessary applications can be exposed and deleted.

Therefore, when an essential application such as a library application that needs to operate in conjunction with a communication service provider application or another application is installed and deleted in a download area, a problem such as an error or inoperability has occurred in providing a corresponding service.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to download a required application to be preloaded without using a full upgrade method of an operating system (OS) after the release of a mobile terminal, and to download the corresponding preload area. The present invention provides a mobile terminal, a method, and a recording medium for installing a preload application, which can be installed in a computer.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for installing a preloaded application in a mobile terminal according to an aspect of the present invention may store / install one or more preloaded applications in a preload area and have the same package name as a specific application. A preload storage unit for preloading a dummy application having a package name and storing / installing the dummy application in the preload area; A download storage unit to store / install one or more download applications in a download area; Download unit for downloading an application for a new installation or upgrade; And an OS unit configured to replace / store the downloaded specific application with the dummy application in the preload area of the preload storage unit when the specific application having the same package name as the dummy application is downloaded through the download unit. The downloaded specific application may be a higher version than the dummy application.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for installing a preloaded application in a mobile terminal according to another aspect of the present invention includes preloading a dummy application having a package name identical to a package name of a specific application and installing the preloaded application in a preload region. Making; Downloading an application having the same package name as the dummy application; And installing the downloaded application by replacing the downloaded application with the dummy application in the preload area, and the downloaded application may be a higher version than the dummy application.

In order to achieve the above object, a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon as a method for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to another aspect of the present invention may have a package name identical to a package name of a specific application. Preloading a dummy application having a location and installing the dummy application in a preload area; Downloading an application having the same package name as the dummy application; And a function of replacing and installing the downloaded application with the dummy application of the preload area, and the downloaded application may be a higher version than the dummy application.

As described above, according to various aspects of the present invention, since a specific application can be downloaded and installed in a preload area instead of a download area, the preload application can be installed by a simple download method without using the entire upgrade method of the OS. In addition, as in the application installation by preloading, there is an effect of preventing the deletion of the application.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart of a method for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components, and the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. The detailed description of the function will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the function may obscure the gist of the present invention.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the communication network 10 and the mutual communication via the communication network 10 as a medium. The mobile terminal 20 and the download server 30 may be included.

The communication network 10 according to the present embodiment may be any network alone or in combination that allows the mobile terminal 20 and the download server 30 to communicate by wire, wireless and / or the Internet.

The mobile terminal 20 according to the present embodiment may be, for example, a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, a smart phone, etc. capable of voice communication, data communication, and Internet communication, and may include an email service, a browser service, Alternatively, one or more applications for various services such as a message service may be pre-loaded, or may be downloaded through a communication network 10, and a specific operating system (OS) for driving the application may be installed. The OS may be downloaded through the communication network 10 to newly install or upgrade the version of the installed OS.

The download server 40 according to the present embodiment registers a plurality of applications, and communicates with the mobile terminal 20 to provide the selected application to the mobile terminal 20.

2 is a configuration diagram of an apparatus for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, FIG. 2 may be provided in the mobile terminal 20 of FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. , The preload storage unit 21, the download storage unit 23, the download unit 25, and the OS unit 27 may be included.

The preload storage unit 21 according to the present exemplary embodiment preloads an essential application made by a terminal manufacturer or a communication service provider before the terminal is released (hereinafter, referred to as a preload application) and stores and installs it in a preload area. Store and install one or more preloaded applications in the preload area (hereinafter referred to as save / install), and create a dummy application having the same package name as the package name of a specific application and having a dummy content. Preload and save / install in the preload area. In this embodiment, the specific application is, for example, pre-loaded before the terminal release, but is incomplete and is to be stored / installed in the preloaded area in a download manner after the terminal is released, or an application to be additionally installed in the preloaded area after the terminal is released. Can be.

In the present embodiment, an application (ie, a preload application including a dummy application) stored / installed in a preload area of the preload storage unit 21 is a terminal generally provided on the OS by a user of the mobile terminal 20. It cannot be deleted or modified by UI operation.

The download storage unit 23 according to the present embodiment stores / installs one or more applications (hereinafter referred to as download applications) downloaded from the download server 30 after the terminal is released in the download area. Refers to a new application not previously installed in any area including a preload area and a download area before downloading, and an upgraded application of an application previously installed in the download area.

The download unit 25 according to the present embodiment is for selectively downloading an application for newly installing or upgrading by communicating with the download server 30 via the communication network 10.

An operating system (OS) unit according to the present embodiment has a specific OS for driving an application, and upgrades an application previously installed in a preload area of the preload storage unit 21 or a download area of the download storage unit 23. When downloaded through the download unit 25, the upgrade application is upgraded by storing / installing the upgraded application in the preload area or the download area in the corresponding area where the pre-installed application is stored, for example, in the preload storage unit 21. When a specific application having the same package name as the dummy application stored / installed in the preload area is downloaded through the download unit 25, the downloaded specific application is replaced with the dummy application in the preload area of the preload storage unit 21. Save / install. In the present embodiment, the downloaded specific application indicates an upgraded application of a higher version than the dummy application.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for installing a preload application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to the apparatus of FIGS. 1-2 and will be described in parallel with the operation of the apparatus.

First, the preload storage unit 21 of the mobile terminal 20 preloads a dummy application having the same package name as the package name of a specific application and stores / installs it in the preload region before the terminal is released (S301). ). In this embodiment, for example, the specific application may be preloaded before the terminal release, but may be an application that is incomplete and stored / installed in the preload region by a download method after the terminal release, or an application to be additionally installed in the preload region after the terminal release. have.

Meanwhile, when a specific application corresponding to the dummy application is completed after the release of the mobile terminal 20, the download server 30 registers the completed specific application as the same package name as the dummy application and a higher version (S303).

Next, the mobile terminal 20 accesses and downloads the download server 20 through the download unit 25, selects an application for newly installing or upgrading the mobile terminal 20, and requests the download of the selected application ( S305, the download server 30 downloads the requested application (S307).

Subsequently, the OS unit 27 of the mobile terminal 20 determines whether there is an application corresponding to the application downloaded through the download unit 25, that is, an application having the same package name. Check in the download area of the load area and the download storage unit 23 (S309), if there is no application of the same package name, the downloaded application is recognized as a new application and newly stored / installed in the download area through the download storage unit 23 If there is an application having the same package name (S311), the downloaded application is recognized as an upgraded application, and the package name of the downloaded application is the package name of the dummy application stored / installed in the preload area of the preload storage unit 21. It is determined whether or not the same (S313).

Finally, when the OS 27 of the mobile terminal 20 determines that the package name of the downloaded application is not the same as the package name of the dummy application, the OS unit 27 of the mobile terminal 20 stores / installs the corresponding area having the same package name (downloaded). Area or preload area) to store / install the downloaded application and upgrade the corresponding application (S315). If the package name of the downloaded application is the same as the package name of the dummy application, the downloaded application is stored as a preload storage unit ( In the preload area 21), the dummy application is replaced with the dummy application and stored / installed (S317). In the present embodiment, the downloaded application in step S317 is the same as the specific application registered in the server 30 in step S303.

A method for installing a preloaded application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 3 may be implemented as a computer readable recording medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. Can be. The computer-readable recording medium may include a program command, a local data file, a local data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. The recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments of the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The recording medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal line, a wave guide, or the like, including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a local data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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Preload for storing / installing one or more preload applications in a preload region, preloading a dummy application having the same package name as the package name of a specific application and having a dummy content, and storing / installing the preload region in the preload region Storage unit;
A download storage unit to store / install one or more download applications in a download area;
Download unit for downloading an application for a new installation or upgrade; And
When a specific application having the same package name as the dummy application is downloaded through the download unit, an OS (Operating System) unit for storing / installing the downloaded specific application in the preload area of the preload storage unit by replacing the dummy application with the dummy application. Apparatus for installation of a preload application in a mobile terminal comprising. The method of claim 1,
The downloaded specific application is a higher version than the dummy application device for installation of the preload application in the mobile terminal. Preloading a dummy application having a package name identical to a package name of a specific application and having a dummy content, and installing the dummy application in a preload area;
Downloading an application having the same package name as the dummy application; And
And replacing and installing the downloaded application with the dummy application of the preload area. The method of claim 3,
The downloaded application is a higher version than the dummy application, characterized in that the installation of the preload application in the mobile terminal. A function of preloading a dummy application having a package name identical to a package name of a specific application and having a dummy content and installing the dummy application in a preload area;
A function for downloading an application having the same package name as the dummy application; And
And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a function for installing and replacing the downloaded application with the dummy application in the preload area.
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