CN101043404A - USB interface based portable apparatus online service method - Google Patents

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CN101043404A
CN101043404A CNA2007100175612A CN200710017561A CN101043404A CN 101043404 A CN101043404 A CN 101043404A CN A2007100175612 A CNA2007100175612 A CN A2007100175612A CN 200710017561 A CN200710017561 A CN 200710017561A CN 101043404 A CN101043404 A CN 101043404A
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陈淮琰
杨亚冬
韩召宁
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The disclosed portable device on-line service method based on USB interface comprises: the portable device connects with a computer through the USB interface; the built-in service program in the portable device builds virtual disk in a computer by USB Mass Storage Mechanism, and makes the portable device access a remote server for on-line service channel through Autorun Mechanism; and the remote server decides and generates dynamically content for updating, expansion and costuming. This invention saves extra manual operation.

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USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of online service method, particularly a kind of USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method, this method initiatively provides the mancarried device service by USB interface, and dynamically produces content according to the mancarried device identification code.
Background technology
Along with light, thin, short, the little development trend of mancarried device, the development and Design person of many mancarried devices is in order further to reduce the volume of mancarried device, tend to wish to take unified transfer of data to come to use, make mancarried device can both rely on unified data transmission interface to carry out when being connected with other external device (ED) equipment for mancarried device.USB interface wherein, one of main flow interface specification that present exactly all mancarried device unifications provide, because USB interface has the interface advantage of extensive support and plug and play, so almost present appliance arrangement all can connect by USB interface, therefore also can provide mancarried device to be connected transfer of data with other external device (ED) equipment.
So, for upgrade, content on expansion or the mounting portable device, usually these contents are all set up remote server by the manufacturer oneself of mancarried device or other services developers on network provides, common way is to be stored in computer computer that first utilization can be surfed the Net is downloaded needed content in the particular network server after, and then with after electrically connecting by USB interface between mancarried device and the computer, the content delivery that will originally be stored in the computer is used in mancarried device again.
Such way, at first the user must be connected on the specific remote server from the computer that can surf the Net earlier voluntarily, wherein the user just must will know the network address (WebAddress) at remote server place earlier, can correctly be connected on the remote server; Then the user must know the kind model of mancarried device, can in remote server, find corresponding renewable content, expansion content to download, even also must take a period of time and in unfamiliar remote server framework, make great efforts to look for the content of being wanted smoothly; Know at last need downloaded contents after, the user also must click one by one, downloading in the computer one by one, and then mancarried device is connected to computer downloaded contents is transferred in the mancarried device and can uses.
In the middle of the description of whole operation process, can find, the part of user's actual participation in whole process is too complicated, and for the user of general non-special essence, can't obtain needed content at short notice at all, even if therefore many good again contents are arranged on the remote server again, if can't promote the wish that the user is ready to be connected to remote server requirement service, also be difficult to satisfy the mancarried device user for the demand on the content really.
Therefore, if can reduce the program step of mancarried device required user's practical operation when received content, and can provide content to transfer to believe and to improve the disappearance of mancarried device on content provides greatly by passive accepting request for content initiatively is provided.
Summary of the invention
Above defective or deficiency at above-mentioned prior art existence, one object of the present invention is to provide a kind of USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method, this method can reduce the program of mancarried device required user's practical operation when received content, judge mancarried device and user's demand, dynamically produce the unsolicited content of wanting.
In order to realize that above-mentioned task reaches main purpose, the present invention takes following technical solution:
A kind of USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method, it is characterized in that, this method is electrically connected at the computer that can surf the Net with mancarried device by USB interface, be provided with service routine in the mancarried device, computer utilizes the service routine that is provided with in the mancarried device to set up virtual disk in computer, automatically be communicated with remote server by network, remote server is connected with database; Concrete online service comprises the following steps:
The disk that generates corresponding mancarried device between computer and the mancarried device in computer, predetermined service routine in the computer active drive disk;
Remote server is by the identification code of service routine acquisition mancarried device; Automatically the network that computer connected is sent to remote server with identification code by service routine;
When remote server confirms that identification code exists, receive according to identification code and dynamically produce content and the information that is back to service routine.
The present invention is by the electric connection of USB interface, make mancarried device can be earlier in computer, set up disk corresponding to mancarried device, automatically activate in the disk default service routine then and be connected to automatically via the computer that can surf the Net and set up the online service channel in the predetermined remote server, reduce the program of user's practical operation with this.
Behind the online service channel of setting up between mancarried device and the remote server, utilize the service routine in the disk initiatively to send the identification code of mancarried device to remote server, make remote server can differentiate mancarried device and user's differentiation according to identification code, and then provide to mancarried device and load by dynamically producing required content in the database, perhaps be shown in the service routine and choose use for the user.
The present invention can reduce mancarried device required user's when receiving service with content practical operation, and can by passive accept request then for initiatively the effect of service with content be provided.
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Fig. 1 is the structured flowchart of system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is that the present invention dynamically sets up update content, expands the schematic diagram of content and visitor's system content.
Fig. 3 (a) and Fig. 3 (b) are the inventive method flow chart.
Fig. 4 is a service routine operation-interface schematic diagram of the present invention.
Label among the figure is represented respectively: 10, mancarried device, 11, identification code, 15, USB interface, 20, computer, 21, disk, 211, service routine, 25, network, 30, remote server, 31, the dynamic content maker, 301, update content, 302, expand content, 303, visitor's system content, 304, error message, 35, database, 351, mancarried device information, 352, client's set information, 353, upgrade, expand, visitor's system content.
The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with embodiment that accompanying drawing and inventor provide.
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USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method of the present invention, can provide the user of mancarried device not need under the prerequisite of special manual operation in the ordinary course of things, initiatively finish the online service to mancarried device, provide to comprise: content update, content expand and customized content.
The USB interface-based mancarried device online service system that method of the present invention realizes includes: remote server, mancarried device and the computer that can surf the Net.Wherein, mancarried device and intercomputer are to electrically connect by USB interface, and computer utilizes the service routine in the mancarried device to be connected communication via network with long-range remote server automatically.
Whole USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method includes the following step: set up the USB interface electrical connection between computer and the mancarried device; The disk that generates corresponding mancarried device is in computer; The service routine of being scheduled in the active drive disk; Identification code by service routine acquisition mancarried device; Automatically via the network that computer connected identification code is sent to remote server by service routine; When remote server confirms that identification code exists, receive according to identification code and dynamically produce content and the information that is back to service routine.
Referring to Fig. 1, this figure is system's basic block diagram that method of the present invention is made.Its structure comprises three parts: mancarried device 10, computer 20 and remote server 30, and three's defined declaration is as follows:
Mancarried device 10 (its covering scope comprises general consumption electronic products at least) includes usb 15, can be except having for the hardware of running, software and tough external, also contain service routine 211, this service routine 211 can be communicated with remote server 30 by network 25, service routine 211 can also provide the service routine operation-interface 212 of graphical interface (GUI) in the browser (not shown) of computer 20, be used to the service content and the information (referring to Fig. 4) that show that remote server 30 is returned, all comprise a group identification code 11 in addition in the mancarried device 10 of indication or claim product serial number (Product Serial Number), this identification code 11 or title product serial number are to be recorded in the hardware in the firmware mode by manufacturer before mancarried device 10 dispatches from the factory, as the information that mancarried device 10 is carried out unique identification;
Computer 20 has the ability of usb 15 and connection network 25, can normally connect the work of other appliance arrangement with usb 15, connection network 15 and object computer 20 runnings under the environment of known operation system (not shown);
Remote server 30 is connected with a database 35 and possesses the ability that connects network 25, can provide service content by the request that network 25 receives from other computer 20.Wherein, service routine 211 and remote server 30 all belong to Web page system architecture (Web-basedArchitecture).
Fig. 2 has illustrated then how remote server 30 dynamically sets up service content by the data in the database 35.By among the figure as can be known, the database 35 that remote server 30 is connected includes mancarried device information 351, client's set information 352 and all available renewals, expansion and visitor's system content 353 at least.Wherein, remote server 30 is to judge by dynamic content maker 31 wherein what the concrete service content that will provide is then by received identification code 11, and service routine 211 or mancarried device 10 are given in passback.Search the service content that renewal, expansion and visitor's system content 353 can return with dynamic generation in order to reach according to identification code 11, as: update content 301, expand content 302 and visitor's system content 303, in database 35, must establish the related contrast of identification code 11 and mancarried device information 351, identification code 11 and client's set information 352, and mancarried device information 351 with upgrade, expand and visitor's system content 353, client's set information and renewal, expansion and objective related contrast of making content 353.Therefore, when the dynamic content maker 31 in the remote server 30 is received identification code 11, can from database 35, find corresponding mancarried device information 351 and client's set information 352, so can from upgrade, expand and visitor's system content 353 filter out can be for the update content 301 of passback, expand content 302 and visitor's system content 303.Therefore database 35 relevant database that itself must be.
Described identification code 11 can be recorded in the database 35 one by one by manufacturer's information system (not shown) on the collocation production line when producing mancarried device 10; And described mancarried device information 351, record be the model or the out of Memory that can be used for discerning mancarried device 10 kinds, every kind of mancarried device 10 can correspond to one group of mancarried device information 351 according to its identification code 11; Client's set information 352, what write down is can be used for discerning purchase mancarried device 10 users to like attribute or out of Memory, each user can find one's own hobby attribute according to the identification code 11 of the mancarried device 10 of its purchase in database 35, these client's set informations 352 can directly build on to be connected to voluntarily in the remote server 30 in the database 35 or by the user when the user buys mancarried device 10 and fill in; Upgrade, expand and 353 of contents of visitor's system are to store imprinting, program or the information content that the mancarried device 10 of all kinds can be used, as upgrading, expand mancarried device 10 or the user being provided the customized information content.
The running of entire method will cooperate Fig. 3 (a) and Fig. 3 (b) to do and be described as follows:
At first, the usb 15 of accepting the mancarried device 10 of online service is electrically connected (step 100) with usb 15 on the computer 20 that is connected network 25; After the connection, computer 20 just can be set up a disk 21 corresponding to mancarried device 10 (or claiming virtual disk) in the operating system environment of computer 20 (step 110) according to USB high-capacity disk means (USB Mass Storage Mechanism), these USB high-capacity disk means have been built in the operating system in direct mostly at present and (perhaps also can be loaded in the operating system by the mode of install driver), therefore, as long as when any appliance arrangement with usb 15 is connected, will automatically perform these means; Then in disk 21, activate predetermined service routine 211 automatically, then with the identification code 11 of mancarried device 10 to acquisition come out (step 120), the relevant part that activates service routine 211 automatically, then realize by automatically performing means (Autorun Mechanism), these means also belong to the built-in and part supported in the operating system, set up portion in mancarried device 10 in advance automatically performs message file (Autorun.ini) to the common way that automatically performs exactly, in automatically performing message file, must configure the information (comprising: path and filename) of the service routine 211 that will activate, when the disk 21 corresponding to mancarried device 10 was established in computer 20, this automatically performs message file just can activate service routine 211 according to setting then.
After capturing the identification code 11 of mancarried device 10, service routine 211 just initiatively is sent to identification code 11 on the remote server 30 (step 130) via network, remote server 30 meetings be compared by dynamic content maker 31 and have received identification code 11 in the judgment data storehouse 35 this moment? (step 140) is if when can not find the record with same identification sign indicating number 11 in the database 35, expression identification code 11 can't be accepted by remote server 30 and any service content is provided, therefore will produce an error message 304 passbacks by dynamic content maker 31 and give service routine 211 (step 150), and the running of service system and method on the end lines.
Otherwise, if database 35 is compared when confirming to have the record of same identification sign indicating number 11 in Fig. 3 (a) in the step 140, expression remote server 30 can provide service content to this mancarried device 10, this moment, operation workflow just can enter into steps A, step B and the step C of (Fig. 3 b), be used for the service content that provides different respectively, three steps may be carried out simultaneously also in actual conditions and may only carry out wherein part steps:
(1) steps A, update content (step 141,142 and 143) is provided, in database 35, find out corresponding mancarried device information 351 by dynamic content maker 31 according to identification code 11, and then according to mancarried device information 351 from upgrade, expand, screening is set up update content 301 passbacks that meet and is directly upgraded for mancarried device 10 visitor's system content 353.These update content 301 mainly are to be used for some built-in firmwares or software program in the mancarried device 10 are done upgrading on the version, so that mancarried device 10 can remain on best operating state.
(2) step B, provide and expand content (step 141,144 and 145), in database 35, find out corresponding mancarried device information 351 by dynamic content maker 31 according to identification code 11, and then according to mancarried device information 351 from upgrade, expand, screening is set up expansion content 302 passbacks that meet and is shown in the service routine operation-interface 212 for service routine 211 visitor's system content 353.These expand content 302, mainly are to comprise that some are used to provide the user and expand the used application program of mancarried device 10 functions, so that mancarried device 10 can have up-to-date function at any time.
(3) step C, visitor's system content (step 146,147 and 148) is provided, comparison finds out corresponding client set information 352 in the database 35 according to identification code 11 by dynamic content maker 31, and then makes content 303 passbacks and be shown in the service routine operation-interface 212 for service routine 211 from upgrading, expand, filter out visitor's system content 353 visitor who meets.These visitor's system contents 303 mainly are the information contents that comprises that some are personalized, so that the user to be provided extra value added service content.
Need to prove especially, except can directly returning by service routine 143, the part of update content 301 goes to carry out the more new element to mancarried device 10, remaining expands content 302 or visitor's system content 303 can directly not return execution, and can be by the mode of aforementioned service routine operation-interface 212 with display items display, allow the user from the browser that computer 20 is provided, confirm the service content which has can expand or load earlier, again by the user further confirm whether to want actual carry out to download carry out expansion or loading to mancarried device 10, by decide the way (as: choosing) of actual passback service content according to user's choosing in service routine operation-interface 212, can significantly reduce unnecessary passback flow by hyperlink to display items display.
After above-mentioned steps A, step B and step C are finished, will get back among Fig. 3 a, finish the whole process operation that mancarried device is carried out online service by the part of step D.
Fig. 4 is the execution mode (manifestation mode of physical interface can be carried out suitable change in the technical scheme that does not break away from method of the present invention, not as limit) of explanation service routine operation-interface 212 of the present invention.Basically, whole service routine operation-interface 212 can provide update content 301, expand content 302, visitor's system content 303, mancarried device information 351 and client's set information 352 ... etc. information, when remote server 30 is obtained these information, just can be back in the service routine operation-interface 212 and show, even when the identification code 11 of mancarried device 10 does not exist in the database 35, error message 304 can also be presented at wherein.
For instance, update content 301 can show the project that has been updated in the mancarried device 10, date and other details, expand content 302 can show manufacturer design newly developed extend to expansion project information in the corresponding mancarried device 10, visitor's system content 303 can show the customized value added project information that meets user's hobby, 351 models that are used for showing identification code 11 pairing associated portable devices 10 of mancarried device information, buy date and other particulars, 352 of client's set informations can be used for the previous information of filling in of user is done to present.
By method of the present invention, can set up out a kind of brand-new online service pattern, in the practical operation that not only can reduce mancarried device 10 required user when receiving service under this online service pattern with content, and can reach by the passive user's of acceptance request then for initiatively the effect of service with content be provided.
Though the present invention has made detailed description with above-mentioned preferred embodiment, be not to limit the present invention with the foregoing description.Those skilled in the art should recognize under the situation that does not break away from given technical characterictic of technical solution of the present invention and scope, and the increase that technical characterictic is done or with the replacement of some same contents of this area all should belong to protection scope of the present invention.

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1. USB interface-based portable apparatus online service method, it is characterized in that, this method is electrically connected at the computer that can surf the Net with mancarried device by USB interface, be provided with service routine in the mancarried device, computer utilizes the service routine that is provided with in the mancarried device to set up virtual disk in computer, automatically be communicated with remote server by network, remote server is connected with database; Concrete online service comprises the following steps:
The disk that generates corresponding mancarried device between computer and the mancarried device in computer, predetermined service routine in the computer active drive disk;
Remote server is by the identification code of service routine acquisition mancarried device; Automatically the network that computer connected is sent to remote server with identification code by service routine;
When remote server confirms that identification code exists, receive according to identification code and dynamically produce content and the information that is back to service routine.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described service routine also provides the browser of the service routine operation-interface of graphical interface to computer, is used to the service content and the information that show that remote server returns.
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