玖、_明說明 (發明說明應敘明·發明所屬之技術領域、先前技術、內容、實施方式及圖式簡單麵) 一、發明所屬之技術領域 本發明係關於主動式(Push)無線下載之技術領域,尤 指一種無線裝置應用程式之主動式無線下載方法及系 統0 二、先前技術 按,隨著近幾年來無線通訊產業的蓬勃發展,手機 已成為日常生活中不可或缺的資訊裝置,並逐漸取代傳 統使用固接電話的模式,且消f者對於手機的要求不再 只侷限於通話功能,因而目前研發出具有可透過無線傳 輸(over the air,0TA)方式以即時下載應用程式至手機中 的多元化功能,藉此滿足消費者多樣化的需求。 請參閱圖1習知使用手機下載應用程式之環境示意 圖,當使用者欲自程式下載中心63(例如WAp網頁)下載應 用程式(通常為『>』檔案)時,需自行使用手機61透= 電信網路62來與程式下載中心⑽行連線,才能取得目 前最新的應用程式資訊,也就是所謂的『被動式(Pull)無 線下載方法』。此時,手機螢幕611將一一顯示出連線視 窗們至連線視窗W,6的内容讓使用者確認來產生 結,且在成功建立連線之後,❹者仍必須在程式下載 中心63中檢查目前是否有最新穎的服務程式或是更新的 版本,待確3忍後方可進行下載作業。 根據上述之說明’ 知作法對使用者造成相告 大的困擾。—來使㈣必須自行使用手機61連結至程二 下栽中心63,且必須在經歷連線視窗們至連線視窗^ 的繁瑣詢問確認流程後,才能開始建立連線,過程十分 麻填;此外,在連線线後,必須再耗f時間在程式下 栽中心63所提供的界面中作搜尋,將明顯增加網路連線 費用,又’極有可能程式下栽中心63内並沒有可供更新 的服務程式版本’而讓使用者在花f 了時間和金錢後無 功而返,以上均非十分理想。由此可知,習知無線裝置 應用程式之被動式下載方法仍存在有諸多缺失而有予以 改進之必要。 三、發明内容 本I明之主要目的係在提供—種無線裝置應用程式 之=動式無線下載方法及系統,係結合主動式無線應用 協疋(WAP push)技術、及無線應用程式下載(jar 〇ta download)技術,俾使舰端具備主動告知細办 push)事件之能力’以簡化使用者透過线裝置連線至祠 服端之繁瑣過程,因而加速程式下載效率。 本發明之另—目的係在提供—種無線裝置應用程式 之主動式無線下載方法及系統,俾供使用者在簡單按下 選紐(oneclick)後,料完成最新的應用程式下載作業。 為達成上述之目的,於本發明所提出之無線裝置應 用程式之主動式無線下載方法及系統中,係由—無線下 載模組經由資訊服務端將—主動訊息傳送到至少一無線 裝置上俾供無線裝置自無線下載模組中下載一應用程 式’其中’無線下載模組包括有—制界面單元用以整 合複數個應用程式、—主動式訊息通知單元、—應用程 578433 式下載單元、以及一檔案資料庫用以儲存應用程式,資 訊服務端則包括有至少一基地台分別用以與複數個無線 裝置進行無線連結。 首先,應用界面單元擷取一新版之應用程式;並根 據應用程式之定義以將一訊息通知設定導入主動式訊息 通知單兀、將一程式下載設定導入應用程式下載單元、 並將應用程式儲存於檔案資料庫中,其中,訊息通知設 定包括-下載資訊及-傳送名單;接著,主動式訊息通 知單元根據傳送名單以產生一主動訊息用以將下載資訊 傳送至對應之資訊服務端;且資訊服務端可經由其核心 修 網路用以將主動訊息經由一基地台傳送至無線裝置;之 後,由無線裝置透過資訊服務端以將一連線確認訊息傳 送至無線下載模組之應用程式下載單元;以利應用程式 下載單元可根據連線確認訊息、及先前導入之程式下載 設定,自檔案資料庫中擷取出對應之應用程式;最後, 將應用程式傳回至無線裝置,以供無線裝置進行下載。 四、實施方式 馨 為能讓貴審查委員能更瞭解本發明之技術内容,特 舉一較佳具體實施例說明如下。 請一併參閱圖2本發明實施環境之示意圖、及圖3之 流程圖,其顯示本實施例之主動式無線下載系統主要包 括有一無線裝置1(即手機10)、一資訊服務端2(即電信服 務業者20)、一主動式無線下載模組3(active 〇ver 也 (OTA) download module)、以及一程式設計廠商4。本實 施例之流程主要具有兩階段,第一階段係應用主動式無 8 578433 線應用協定(WAP Push)技術,利用主動式訊息通知單元 32將最新的應用程式訊息以主動方式送達到手機1〇上; 第一階段則應用無線應用程式下載(jar 〇丁A 技術,以在手機1〇用戶決定下載應用程式時,與應用程 式下載單元33進行連線來完成應用程式的下載作業。 首先,程式設計廠商4可將應用程式41及其描述檔42 上傳至應用界面單元3l(applicati〇n pr〇gram丨咖响“ (API) unit)(步驟S3〇1),其中,應用程式41係為一副檔名 為.jar』之JAVA應用程式,描述檔42為一副檔名為『jad』 之檔案,用以定義應用程式41的相關基本資訊,例如應 用程式41本身的大小、目前版本編號…等必要的程式資 訊。且在本實施例中,應用界面單元31係使用網頁方式 與外界進行互動,其藉由提供一選項式之網頁界面,以 讓程式設計廠商4於選項式設定網頁中進行各項需求的 β又定,而在設定完成之後,設定網頁會將程式設計廠商4 所提供的應用程式41、描述檔42、及各項需求一併饋入 應用界面單元31中來進行整合。因此,程式設計廠商4可 在不需額外撰寫連結程式的前提下,輕易引用主動式無 線下載模組3所提供的各項功能。其中,設定網頁所提供 的各員。又疋’係依其功能不同而區分為用以定義與訊息 通知相關設定的訊息通知設定4U(push n〇tify seUing)、 及用以定義與手機10的程式傳送相關設定的程式下載設 疋 412(Jar download setting)兩大類。 接著,應用界面單元31會依照應用程式41的定義來 刀別將訊息通知設定411導入主動式訊息通知單元32、將 578433 程式下載設定導入應用程式下載單元33、並將應用程式 41儲存至檀案資料庫34中(步驟請2)。其中,訊息通知設 疋411具有傳达名單、應用程式“之說明和相關的通告訊 息、以及描述樯42儲存在檔案資料庫辦的下載位址。 主動式訊息通知單元32在把描述檔42、對應的下载 資訊、與程式設計廠商4欲傳遞給使用者的各項通知訊自 予以彙整後,隨即產生-主動訊息321,並透過電信服務 業者2〇的核心網路21(core netw〇rk),以經由基地台功 來將主動訊息321傳遞至傳送名單所钱的手㈣(步驟 S303)。而在手機10接收到主動訊息321後(步驟s3〇4),將 於手機螢幕11上顯示如圖2所示之主動訊息視窗wi,用 以,知使用者目前有—即時的下載資訊到達,讓使用者 自打決定是否要下載新版的應用程式41。#中,本實施 例主動式無線下載模組3之客戶f料庫h係用以健存對 應於手機1G的用戶編號(通常為手機門號)及其型號,由於 P刀手機10無法提供應用程式41的無線下載功能,因此 應用界面單元31可根據客戶資料庫35來判斷傳送名單所 列a出的手機1G是否符合這次欲發送的應用程式41,偏若 =符合則主動式訊息通知32單元將不會把主動訊息辦 送給此手機10,並回報通知程式設計廠商4。 μ „若使用者同意下載應用程式41(步驟S305),則僅需 :早的按下手機1G上的確認鍵12,即單__按鍵操作流 程’就可以開始進行應用程式41的下載作業(步驟s3〇6), 此時將於手機螢幕U上顯示『連線中』的連線視窗心 10 578433 並同樣透過電信服務業者20的基地台221及核心網路 21,將連線確認訊息U1傳送至應用程式下載單元33。 應用程式下載單元33在接到連線確認訊息m後,將 進一步與手機10建立下載連線331(步驟S3〇7)。請一併參 閱圖4關於應用程式下載作業之之流程圖,首先應用程式 下載單元33自檔案資料庫34中擷取出描述檔42(步驟 S401),並透過下载連線331將描述檔42傳送至手機⑺(步 驟S402)。接著手機1〇將把描述檔42交由手機⑺中的應用 私式f理員(appllcati〇n manager)來解析描述檔42的内容 (例如版本是否正確,格式是否相容等),待確認無誤後(步 _ 驟S403) ’便送出一確認下載訊息來向應用程式下載單元 33要求實體應用程式41的下載(步驟S4〇4),這時候才後正 式開始將應用程式41下載至手機10中(步驟S4〇5)。當然於 圖4之流程中,手機1〇與應用程式下載單元33間的下载連 線33 1亦透過電仏服務業者2〇所提供的核心網路21及基 地台221作為傳輸媒介。 土 若下載作業中並未產生錯誤(步驟S3〇8),則手機1〇 將在應用程式41下載完畢且確定無誤後,自動將所下載 _ 的應用程式41存放到手機10的儲存媒介上,並將下載成 功的資訊透過下載連線3 3丨傳回至應用程式下載單元 33(步驟S309),告知下載作業已完成;否則將在發生錯誤 時終止下載作業,並回報錯誤訊息(步驟Μ 1〇)。 .根據上述之說明,顯示本發明所提出之無線裝置應 用程式之主動式無線下載方法及系統,係藉由結合主動 式無線應用協定技術及無線應用程式下載技術來進行協 11 578433 同運作’以使得無線裝置之應用程式在無線下載的過程 中,能夠兼具主動告知(active notify push)及簡易單一按 鍵操作(one click)的特性。就程式設計廠商而言,本發明 係提供一以無線方式傳送應用程式給無線裝置的管道, 並提供廠商主動通知用戶的機制;就無線裝置而言,不 但可隨時接收廠商所發送之最新資訊,並僅利用簡單的 單一按鍵操作就可完成所有程式下載的步驟,實為一 進步。 、 上述實施例僅係為了方便說明而舉例而已,本發明 所主張之權利範圍自應以中請專利範圍所述為準, 僅限於上述實施例。 五、圖式簡單說明 圖1係習知手機下載應用程式之環境示意圖。 圖2係本發明實施環境之示意圖。 圖3係本發明實施例之流程圖。 圖4係本發明實施例應用 知式下載作業之流程圖 圖號說明 無線裝置1 手機螢幕1 1 確認鍵12 電信服務業者20 基地台221,222 應用界面單元3 1 主動訊息321玖, _Explanation (The description of the invention should state the technical field to which the invention belongs, the prior art, content, embodiments, and the simple aspects of the drawings) 1. The technical field to which the invention belongs The present invention relates to active (Push) wireless download In the technical field, especially an active wireless download method and system for wireless device applications. 2. Prior technology According to the booming wireless communication industry in recent years, mobile phones have become an indispensable information device in daily life. And gradually replace the traditional mode of using fixed-line telephones, and consumers ’requirements for mobile phones are no longer limited to call functions. Therefore, currently developed over the air (0TA) method to download applications to Diversified functions in mobile phones to meet the diverse needs of consumers. Please refer to Figure 1 for a schematic diagram of the environment for downloading an application using a mobile phone. When a user wants to download an application (usually a ">" file) from the program download center 63 (such as a WAp webpage), he needs to use the mobile phone 61 transparently = The telecommunication network 62 is connected to the program download center to obtain the latest application information, which is the so-called "Pull wireless download method". At this time, the mobile phone screen 611 will display the connection windows one by one to the connection window W, 6 for the user to confirm to generate a knot. After the connection is successfully established, the user must still be in the program download center 63. Check if there is currently the latest service program or a newer version, and download it after confirming it. According to the above description, the known practice will cause great distress to users. —To make it necessary, you must use your mobile phone 61 to connect to Cheng Er Download Center 63, and you must start the connection after the tedious inquiry and confirmation process of the connection window to the connection window ^. After the connection, you must spend more time searching in the interface provided by the program download center 63, which will significantly increase the network connection cost, and it is very likely that the program download center 63 is not available. The newer version of the service program 'allows users to return after spending time and money. None of the above is ideal. It can be seen that there are still many shortcomings in the passive downloading methods of conventional wireless device applications, and it is necessary to improve them. 3. Summary of the Invention The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a wireless device download method and system for wireless device applications, which combines active wireless application protocol (WAP push) technology and wireless application download (jar 〇). ta download) technology, so that the ship's side has the ability to actively notify the push) event 'in order to simplify the tedious process of users connecting to the shrine server through a line device, thereby speeding up program download efficiency. Another object of the present invention is to provide an active wireless downloading method and system for a wireless device application, so that the user can complete the latest application download operation after simply pressing a one-click button. In order to achieve the above object, in the active wireless downloading method and system for a wireless device application provided by the present invention, the-wireless download module transmits-an active message to at least one wireless device through an information server to provide The wireless device downloads an application program from the wireless download module 'wherein' the wireless download module includes a system interface unit for integrating multiple applications, an active message notification unit, an application process 578433 type download unit, and an The file database is used to store applications, and the information server includes at least one base station respectively for wirelessly connecting with a plurality of wireless devices. First, the application interface unit retrieves a new version of the application; according to the definition of the application, a message notification setting is introduced into the active message notification unit, a program download setting is introduced into the application download unit, and the application is stored in In the file database, the message notification settings include-download information and-transmission list; then, the active message notification unit generates an active message for transmitting the download information to the corresponding information server according to the transmission list; and the information service The terminal can use its core repair network to send the active message to the wireless device via a base station; after that, the wireless device sends a connection confirmation message to the application download unit of the wireless download module through the information server; The application download unit can retrieve the corresponding application from the file database according to the connection confirmation message and the previously downloaded program download settings. Finally, the application is returned to the wireless device for the wireless device to download . Fourth, the implementation method Xin In order to allow your review committee to better understand the technical content of the present invention, a preferred specific embodiment is described below. Please refer to FIG. 2 together with a schematic diagram of the implementation environment of the present invention and a flowchart of FIG. 3, which show that the active wireless download system of this embodiment mainly includes a wireless device 1 (ie, a mobile phone 10), an information server 2 (ie, Telecommunications service provider 20), an active wireless download module 3 (active download (OTA) download module), and a programming manufacturer 4. The process of this embodiment mainly has two stages. The first stage is to apply the active 8 578433 line push protocol (WAP Push) technology, and use the active message notification unit 32 to send the latest application message to the mobile phone 1 in an active manner. In the first stage, the wireless application download (jar 〇 D A technology) is applied to connect to the application download unit 33 to complete the download of the application when the mobile phone 10 user decides to download the application. First, the program The design manufacturer 4 may upload the application 41 and its description file 42 to the application interface unit 3l (applicatión pr0gram 丨 casonic unit (API) unit) (step S301), where the application 41 is a A JAVA application with the extension ".jar", and the description file 42 is a file with the extension "jad", which is used to define basic information about the application 41, such as the size of the application 41 itself, the current version number ... And other necessary program information. In this embodiment, the application interface unit 31 uses a web page to interact with the outside world. By providing an optional web interface, The programming manufacturer 4 determines the β of each requirement on the option setting webpage. After the setting is completed, the setting page will include the application 41, the description file 42, and the requirements provided by the programming manufacturer 4 together. It is fed into the application interface unit 31 for integration. Therefore, the programming manufacturer 4 can easily quote various functions provided by the active wireless download module 3 without the need to write additional link programs. Among them, the setting page Provided by the members. According to their different functions, they are divided into message notification settings 4U (push n0tify seUing) to define settings related to message notification, and to define settings related to program transmission of the mobile phone 10. There are two types of program download settings: 412 (Jar download setting). Then, the application interface unit 31 will implement the message notification setting 411 into the active message notification unit 32 according to the definition of the application 41, and the 578433 program download setting into the application. Download unit 33, and store application 41 in the case database 34 (step 2). Among them, the message notification device 411 has a communication The description of the application, application and related announcements, and descriptions 42 are stored in the download address of the file database office. The active message notification unit 32 is copying the description file 42, the corresponding download information, and the programming manufacturer 4 After the notifications to be delivered to the users are aggregated, an active message 321 is generated, and the active message is transmitted through the core network 21 of the telecommunication service provider 20 (core network) through the base station function. 321 is passed to the transferer (step S303). After the mobile phone 10 receives the active message 321 (step s304), the active message window wi shown in FIG. 2 will be displayed on the mobile phone screen 11, It is used to know that the user currently has-the real-time download information arrives, so that the user can decide for himself whether to download a new version of the application 41. In #, the customer f library h of the active wireless download module 3 of this embodiment is used to store the user number (usually the mobile phone door number) and its model corresponding to the mobile phone 1G, because the P knife mobile phone 10 cannot provide applications The wireless download function of the program 41, so the application interface unit 31 can determine whether the mobile phone 1G listed in the transmission list meets the application 41 to be sent this time according to the customer database 35. If it is equal, then the active message notification unit 32 No active message will be sent to this phone 10, and the programmer 4 will be notified. μ „If the user agrees to download the application 41 (step S305), he only needs to press the confirmation key 12 on the mobile phone 1G early, that is, the single __button operation process' can start the download of the application 41 ( Step s3〇6), at this time, the connection window heart 10 578433 of "connecting" will be displayed on the mobile phone screen U, and the connection confirmation message U1 will also be transmitted through the base station 221 and the core network 21 of the telecommunication service provider 20 Send to the application download unit 33. After receiving the connection confirmation message m, the application download unit 33 will further establish a download connection 331 with the mobile phone 10 (step S307). Please also refer to FIG. 4 for application download For the flowchart of the operation, first, the application download unit 33 extracts the description file 42 from the file database 34 (step S401), and transmits the description file 42 to the mobile phone through the download connection 331 (step S402). Then the mobile phone 1 〇 The description file 42 will be handed over to the application private manager in the mobile phone⑺ to analyze the content of the description file 42 (such as whether the version is correct, the format is compatible, etc.), and after confirmation is correct (step _ Step S403) ' A confirmation download message is sent to request the application download unit 33 to download the physical application 41 (step S404), and then the official download of the application 41 to the mobile phone 10 is started (step S405). Of course In the process of FIG. 4, the download connection 33 1 between the mobile phone 10 and the application download unit 33 is also used as a transmission medium through the core network 21 and the base station 221 provided by the electric service provider 20. If no error occurs (step S308), the mobile phone 10 will automatically download the downloaded application 41 to the storage medium of the mobile phone 10 after the application 41 is downloaded and determined to be correct. The information is returned to the application download unit 33 via the download connection 3 3 丨 (step S309), informing that the download operation has been completed; otherwise, the download operation is terminated when an error occurs, and an error message is reported (step M 10). The above description shows the active wireless downloading method and system for the wireless device application program proposed by the present invention, by combining the active wireless application protocol technology and the wireless application process. Download technology for co-operation 11 578433, so that wireless device applications can have both active notify push and simple one-click operation during wireless download. As a programming manufacturer In other words, the present invention provides a channel for wirelessly transmitting application programs to wireless devices, and provides a mechanism for manufacturers to actively notify users; as far as wireless devices are concerned, not only can they receive the latest information sent by manufacturers at any time, but only use simple A single button operation can complete all the steps of program download, which is an improvement. The above-mentioned embodiments are merely examples for the convenience of description. The scope of the rights claimed in the present invention shall be subject to the scope of the patent application, and is limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. V. Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the environment for downloading applications on a conventional mobile phone. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an implementation environment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a known downloading operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. Explanation of the drawing numbers Wireless device 1 Mobile phone screen 1 1 Confirmation key 12 Telecommunications service provider 20 Base station 221, 222 Application interface unit 3 1 Active message 321
手機10 連線確認訊息1 i i 資訊服務端2 核心網路21 無線下載模組3 主動式訊息通知單元32 應用程式下載單元33 12 578433 下載連線331 客戶資料庫35 應用程式4 1 訊息通知設定411 主動訊息視窗W1 手機61 電信網路62 檔案資料庫34 程式設計廠商4 描述檔42 程式下載設定412 連線視窗W2 手機螢幕611 程式下載中心63 連線視窗 W’l,W’2, W’3, W’4, W’5, W’6Mobile phone 10 Connection confirmation message 1 ii Information server 2 Core network 21 Wireless download module 3 Active message notification unit 32 Application download unit 33 12 578433 Download connection 331 Customer database 35 Application 4 1 Message notification setting 411 Active message window W1 Mobile phone 61 Telecom network 62 File database 34 Programmer 4 Profile 42 Program download setting 412 Connection window W2 Phone screen 611 Program download center 63 Connection window W'l, W'2, W'3 , W'4, W'5, W'6