WO2012016409A1

WO2012016409A1 - Terminal upgrade method, terminal upgrade downgrade method and upgrade management center

Info

Publication number: WO2012016409A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/079826
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李光勇; 喻红宇
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-08-03
Filing date: 2010-12-15
Publication date: 2012-02-09
Also published as: CN101916200B; CN101916200A

Abstract

A terminal upgrade method, a terminal upgrade downgrade method and an upgrade management center are provided. The method comprises: the upgrade management center obtains the corresponding relationship between a service and at least one of the terminals (S101); the upgrade management center sends an upgrade file to the terminal which needs to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship (S102); the terminal executes the upgrade operation according to the upgrade file (S103). The terminal upgrade method, the terminal upgrade downgrade method and the upgrade management center provided by the present invention ensure the consistency of the software versions of all terminals corresponding to the same service so as to ensure the normal operation of the service.

Description

Terminal upgrade method, terminal upgrade rollback method, and upgrade management center

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a terminal upgrade method, a terminal upgrade rollback method, and an upgrade management center. Background technique

Smart home is a residential, platform that combines architecture, network communication, information appliances, equipment automation and sensor networks. It integrates systems, structures, services and management into an efficient, comfortable, safe, convenient and environmentally friendly living environment. The goal of smart homes is to connect to a variety of ubiquitous services through a converged network environment and access a variety of services through standardized service interfaces provided by a unified business support platform. Provide a variety of terminal equipment, such as touch screen, multi-function remote control, mobile phone, etc., its operation is simple and reliable, can effectively complete the internal management of the home and external communication.

The smart home system includes a single business and a combined business. The single service is a service completed by a type of terminal device; the combined service is a service completed by a plurality of types of terminal devices. In the prior art, the software upgrade of the combined service is performed by simultaneously upgrading all the terminal devices corresponding to the service, but the process of upgrading the software of each terminal device and the upgrade result are not related to each other. This upgrade method is easy to cause some terminal device software upgrades to be successful, and some terminal device software upgrades fail, resulting in the combined services being unable to be used normally. Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a terminal upgrade method, a terminal upgrade rollback method, and an upgrade management center to ensure that all terminal software versions corresponding to the same service are consistent.

The invention provides a method for upgrading a terminal, which comprises the steps of:

The upgrade management center obtains a correspondence between the service and at least one terminal; The upgrade management center sends an upgrade file to the terminal that needs to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship; the terminal performs an upgrade operation according to the upgrade file.

Preferably, the upgrade management center acquires a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal, and uses the following methods:

The upgrade management center analyzes the service logic of the service, and obtains a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal; or

The upgrade management center acquires a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal according to a pre-configuration.

Preferably, the upgrade management center analyzes the service logic or acquires an upgrade sequence between the at least one terminal according to the pre-configuration;

And the upgrade management center sends the upgrade file one by one to the at least one terminal according to the upgrade sequence.

Preferably, after the terminal performs the upgrade operation according to the upgrade file, the method further includes: the upgrade management center determining at least one terminal that fails to be upgraded and at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and retired, and the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back Send a rollback instruction;

The terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back performs the upgrade and fallback operation according to the back-off instruction; the upgrade management center re-sends the upgrade file to the terminal that fails to be upgraded.

Preferably, the upgrade management center analyzes the service logic or obtains an upgrade rollback sequence of the at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the pre-configuration;

The upgrade management center sends an upgrade rollback instruction one by one to the at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the upgrade fallback order.

The invention further provides a method for terminal upgrade rollback, which comprises the steps of:

The upgrade management center obtains a correspondence between the service and at least one terminal;

The upgrade management center sends a back-off instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship; The terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation according to the backoff instruction.

Preferably, the method for upgrading the rollback of the terminal includes: before the sending, by the upgrade management center, the retracting command to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back, the method further includes:

The upgrade management center determines whether all the terminals corresponding to the service are successfully upgraded according to the corresponding relationship, and if the determination is no, sends a back-off instruction to the terminal.

Preferably, the method for upgrading the rollback of the terminal is performed, and before the terminal performs the upgrade operation, the upgrade management center determines that the terminal capability is insufficient to back up the file that is run before the upgrade, and obtains the file and stores the file;

The terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation according to the backoff instruction, specifically:

The terminal acquires the file, and runs the file to perform an upgrade rollback operation.

The invention also proposes an upgrade management center, which comprises:

An obtaining module, configured to acquire a correspondence between a service and at least one terminal;

And an upgrade management module, configured to send an upgrade file to the terminal that needs to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship, where the terminal performs an upgrade operation.

Preferably, the acquiring module includes at least the following units:

An analysis unit, configured to analyze business logic of the service, and obtain a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal; or

And a configuration unit, configured to configure a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal. Preferably, the foregoing upgrade management center further includes: The fallback management module is configured to send a backoff instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship, where the terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation.

Preferably, the foregoing upgrade management center further includes:

The determining module is configured to determine, according to the correspondence, whether all the terminals corresponding to the service are upgraded successfully. If the determination is no, the notification back-off management module sends a back-off instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back.

Preferably, the acquiring module is further configured to acquire an upgrade sequence between the at least one terminal;

The fallback management module is further configured to determine at least one terminal that fails to be upgraded and at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and retired;

The upgrade management module is further configured to: after the upgrade rollback operation is performed on the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back, send the upgrade file to the terminal that fails to be upgraded.

The terminal upgrade method, the terminal upgrade rollback method, and the upgrade management center provided by the present invention ensure the consistency of the software versions of all terminals corresponding to the same service, and ensure the normal operation of the service. DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for upgrading a terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a method for upgrading a terminal of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an upgrade management center of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an acquisition module of an upgrade management center according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of an acquisition module of an upgrade management center of the present invention; and FIG. 6 is another diagram of an upgrade management center of the present invention. A schematic structural view of an embodiment;

Figure 7 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the upgrade management center of the present invention. detailed description

It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an embodiment of a method for upgrading a terminal of the present invention is provided, which includes:

Step S101: The upgrade management center acquires a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal. Step S102: The upgrade management center sends an upgrade file to the terminal to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship.

Step S103: The terminal performs an upgrade operation according to the upgrade file.

In this embodiment, the service needs to be completed by at least one terminal, so the service corresponds to at least one terminal, and the service establishes a corresponding relationship with the terminal. If the service is running properly, you need to ensure that the software versions of all the terminals that are corresponding to the service are consistent. If the versions are inconsistent, you need to send the upgrade file to the terminal with low software version to upgrade the software. The software version is consistent.

In addition, when the software versions of all the terminals corresponding to the service are consistent according to the service requirements, the upgrade files are also sent to all the terminals, so that the software of all the terminals is upgraded to the same high version.

It can be seen from the above that this embodiment ensures the consistency of the software versions of all terminals corresponding to the same service, and ensures the normal operation of the service.

Further, the upgrade management center of the foregoing embodiment obtains the correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal, and uses the following methods:

The upgrade management center analyzes the business logic of the service, and obtains a correspondence between the service and at least one terminal; or

The upgrade management center obtains the correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal according to the pre-configuration.

The above business logic contains information about all terminals corresponding to the service, and therefore is based on the business logic. The analysis of the series can obtain the correspondence between the service and all the terminals, and all the terminals are at least one terminal. In addition, the correspondence between the service and the terminal can also be set in advance according to actual needs.

Further, the upgrade management center analyzes the service logic or obtains an upgrade sequence between the at least one terminal according to the pre-configuration; the upgrade management center sends the upgrade file to the at least one terminal one by one according to the upgrade sequence, that is, the upgrade management After sending the upgrade file to a terminal, the center waits for the upgrade of the terminal, sends the upgrade file to the next terminal, and so on, until the transmission is completed to the at least one terminal.

Further, in the foregoing embodiment, after the terminal performs the upgrade operation according to the upgrade file, the method further includes:

The upgrade management center determines at least one terminal that fails to be upgraded and at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolls back, and sends a back-off instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back;

The terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back performs an upgrade rollback operation according to the back instruction;

The upgrade management center resends the upgrade file to the terminal that failed to upgrade.

In this embodiment, after the terminal performs the upgrade operation according to the upgrade file, the upgrade management center determines which terminal upgrade fails according to the upgrade result of each terminal, and which upgrade failed terminal needs to perform the upgrade rollback operation.

There are two types of terminals that fail to be upgraded. One is that the files of the terminal are the same as those before the upgrade, and the upgrade and rollback operations are not required. The other is that the files of the terminal are inconsistent with the files before the upgrade. Inconsistent with the upgrade file, you need to perform an upgrade rollback operation.

Further, the upgrade management center analyzes the service logic or obtains an upgrade rollback sequence of at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the pre-configuration; the upgrade management center ranks the upgrade rollback sequence to at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back one by one. After the upgrade management center sends an upgrade rollback command to the terminal, the upgrade management center waits for the upgrade to roll back, and then sends the upgrade rollback command to the next terminal, and so on.

The above business logic includes a logical sequence in which all terminals corresponding to the service perform services. Obtain the upgrade rollback sequence of the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the logical sequence of the execution service. In addition, the upgrade rollback order of the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back can also be pre-configured according to the user's wishes or actual needs. For example, the terminals corresponding to the service are: A, B, C, D, E, and F. In this case, when the six terminals need to be upgraded and rolled back, the upgrade rewind sequence is: A—B—C— D → E → F. Then, when only three terminals, C and E need to be upgraded and rolled back, the upgrade retreat sequence is: A→C→E, and so on.

Referring to FIG. 2, an embodiment of the method for the terminal to upgrade the rollback of the present invention is provided. The method includes the following steps: Step S201: The upgrade management center obtains a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal. Step S202: The upgrade management center sends a rollback instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship.

Step S203: The terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation according to the backoff instruction.

In this embodiment, the service needs to be completed by at least one terminal, so the service corresponds to at least one terminal, and the service establishes a corresponding relationship with the terminal. Whether the service can be operated normally, firstly, it is required to ensure that the software versions of all the terminals corresponding to the service are consistent. If the versions are inconsistent, the upgrade file needs to be sent to the terminal with a low software version, so that the software is upgraded, so that all the services are upgraded. The software version of the terminal remains the same.

In this example, the upgrade management center sends a rollback command to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back to perform the upgrade rollback operation, and prepares the terminal to perform the upgrade operation again, so that all terminal software corresponding to the service is upgraded to the same version.

The upgrade management center obtains the correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal according to the pre-configuration. The foregoing service logic includes the information of all the terminals corresponding to the service. Therefore, the correspondence between the service and all the terminals can be obtained according to the analysis of the service logic, and all the terminals are at least one terminal. In addition, the correspondence between the service and the terminal can also be set in advance according to actual needs.

Further, before the sending, by the upgrade management center, the redirection instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and retired according to the corresponding relationship, the method further includes:

The upgrade management center determines whether all the terminals corresponding to the service are successfully upgraded according to the corresponding relationship. If the determination is no, the terminal sends a backoff command to the terminal; if the determination is yes, the process is not performed.

In this embodiment, the upgrade management center sends a rollback command to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back. The premise that some of the terminals corresponding to the service fail to be upgraded, and some of the terminals that fail to upgrade need to be upgraded and rolled back. The ultimate purpose of sending a fallback command to the terminal to perform the upgrade rollback operation is as follows: All the terminals corresponding to the service are successfully upgraded. After the terminal performs the upgrade rollback operation, the upgrade management center sends the upgrade file to the upgraded terminal again to perform the upgrade operation until all the terminals are successfully upgraded.

There are two types of terminals that fail to be upgraded. One is that the files of the terminal are the same as those before the upgrade, and the upgrade and rollback operations are not required. The other is that the files of the terminal are inconsistent with the files before the upgrade. It is also inconsistent with the upgrade file and needs to perform the upgrade rollback operation.

Further, in the foregoing embodiment, before the terminal performs the upgrade operation, the upgrade management center determines that the terminal capability is insufficient to back up the file that is run before the upgrade, and obtains the file and stores the file; the terminal performs the upgrade rollback operation according to the rollback instruction, specifically For:

In this implementation, the upgrade management center obtains the file when the terminal capability is insufficient to back up the file that is run before the upgrade, and the file is obtained for performing the upgrade rollback operation for the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back.

When the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back performs the upgrade rollback, it first determines whether it has a backup. The file, if any, directly replaces the file with the current file, and runs the file to complete the upgrade rollback operation; if not, the file is obtained from the upgrade management center, and the file is replaced with the current file. And run the file to complete the upgrade rollback operation.

Referring to FIG. 3, an upgrade management center 100 of an embodiment of the present invention is provided, which includes: an acquisition module 10 and an upgrade management module 20. The obtaining module 10 is configured to obtain a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal. The upgrade management module 20 is configured to send an upgrade file to the terminal that needs to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship, and the terminal performs an upgrade operation.

Further, referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the above obtaining module 10 includes at least the following units: an analyzing unit 11 or a configuration unit 12. The analyzing unit 11 is configured to analyze the service logic of the service, and obtain a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal. The configuration unit 12 is configured to configure a correspondence between the service and at least one terminal.

The foregoing service logic includes information about all the terminals corresponding to the service. Therefore, the correspondence between the service and all the terminals can be obtained according to the analysis of the service logic, and all the terminals are at least one terminal. In addition, the correspondence between the service and the terminal can also be set in advance according to actual needs.

Further, another embodiment of the upgrade management center 200 of the present invention is presented with reference to FIG. It includes: an acquisition module 30, an upgrade management module 40, and a fallback management module 50. The obtaining module 30 and the upgrade management module 40 are the obtaining module 10 and the upgrade management module 20 in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein again. The fallback management module 50 is configured to send a backoff instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship, where the terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation.

Further, referring to FIG. 7, another embodiment of the upgrade management center 300 of the present invention is provided, which includes: an obtaining module 60, an upgrade management module 70, a fallback management module 80, and a judging module 90. The obtaining module 60, the upgrade management module 70, and the fallback management module 80 are the above-mentioned obtaining module 30, the upgrade management module 40, and the fallback management module 50, and details are not described herein again. The determining module 90 is configured to determine, according to the correspondence, whether all the terminals corresponding to the service are upgraded successfully. If the determination is negative, the notification back-off management module 80 sends a back-off instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back.

Further, the obtaining module 60 is further configured to acquire an upgrade sequence between the at least one terminal;

The fallback management module 80 is further configured to determine at least one terminal that fails to be upgraded and needs to be upgraded and rolled back. At least one terminal;

The upgrade management module 70 is further configured to send the upgrade file to the terminal that fails to be upgraded after the upgrade rollback operation is performed on the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back.

It should be understood that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus the scope of the invention is not limited thereby, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformations made by the description of the invention and the drawings are used directly or indirectly. Other related technical fields are equally included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for upgrading a terminal, comprising the steps of:

The upgrade management center sends an upgrade file to the terminal that needs to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship; the terminal performs an upgrade operation according to the upgrade file.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the upgrade management center obtains a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal, and uses the following method:

The method according to claim 2, wherein the upgrade management center analyzes the service logic or acquires an upgrade sequence between the at least one terminal according to the pre-configuration;

The method according to claim 3, further comprising: after the terminal performs an upgrade operation according to the upgrade file,

The upgrade management center determines at least one terminal that fails to be upgraded and at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back, and sends a back-off instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back;

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

The upgrade management center analyzes the service logic or obtains the upgrade rollback sequence of the at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the pre-configuration; The upgrade management center sends an upgrade rollback instruction one by one to the at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the upgrade fallback order.

6. A method for upgrading a terminal to roll back, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

The upgrade management center sends a fallback instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship;

The terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation according to the backoff instruction.

The method according to claim 6, wherein the upgrade management center acquires a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal, and uses the following method:

The method according to claim 6, wherein before the upgrade management center sends a back-off instruction to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship, the method further includes: The corresponding relationship determines whether all the terminals corresponding to the service are successfully upgraded. If the determination is no, the device sends a back-off instruction to the terminal.

9. A method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that

Before the terminal performs the upgrade operation, the upgrade management center determines that the terminal capability is insufficient to backup the file that is run before the upgrade, and acquires the file and stores the file;

10. An upgrade management center, which is characterized by comprising:

An upgrade management module, configured to send an upgrade to the terminal that needs to be upgraded according to the corresponding relationship a file for the terminal to perform an upgrade operation.

11. The upgrade management center according to claim 10, wherein:

The obtaining module includes at least the following units:

And a configuration unit, configured to configure a correspondence between the service and the at least one terminal.

The upgrade management center according to claim 10 or 11, further comprising:

The fallback management module is configured to send a backoff command to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back according to the corresponding relationship, where the terminal performs an upgrade rollback operation.

The upgrade management center according to claim 12, further comprising: a determining module, configured to determine, according to the correspondence, whether all terminals corresponding to the service are upgraded successfully, and if the determination is negative, notify The fallback management module sends a backoff command to the terminal that needs to be upgraded and rolled back.

14. The upgrade management center according to claim 12, wherein:

The obtaining module is further configured to obtain an upgrade sequence between the at least one terminal; the fallback management module is further configured to determine at least one terminal that fails to be upgraded and at least one terminal that needs to be upgraded and retired;