CN111142900A

CN111142900A - Program updating method and device and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111142900A
Application number: CN201911304717.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨昆; 王轶丹; 魏沙原; 崔宁; 熊友军
Original assignee: Ubtech Robotics Corp
Current assignee: Ubtech Robotics Corp
Priority date: 2019-12-17
Filing date: 2019-12-17
Publication date: 2020-05-12

Abstract

The application is applicable to the technical field of data processing, and provides a program updating method, a device and terminal equipment, wherein the program updating method comprises the following steps: under the condition that a target program needs to be updated and the automatic updating function of the target program is started, establishing a downloading thread for downloading an updating file; downloading the update file for updating the target program through the downloading thread; receiving a pause updating instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program; and controlling the downloading thread to suspend downloading the update file based on the update suspending instruction. The method and the device do not influence the network use of the user when the program is updated, and can improve the user experience.

Description

Program updating method and device and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The present application belongs to the technical field of data processing, and in particular, to a program updating method, apparatus and terminal device.

Background

Most computer programs have an updating function and are used for upgrading programs installed by users, and repairing existing BUGs BUGs of the programs or adding new functions. When a program is updated, a file to be updated needs to be downloaded, and further, a certain network bandwidth is occupied, which may affect the network use of a user, so that the user closes the current program update, resulting in a failure in program update.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, embodiments of the present application provide a program updating method, apparatus, and terminal device.

The application is realized by the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a program updating method, including:

under the condition that a target program needs to be updated and the automatic updating function of the target program is started, establishing a downloading thread for downloading an updating file;

downloading the update file for updating the target program based on the download thread;

receiving a pause updating instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program;

and controlling the downloading thread to suspend downloading the update file based on the update suspending instruction.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the suspend update instruction includes a name of the download thread and a parameter of the update file; the controlling the downloading thread to suspend downloading the update file based on the update suspending instruction comprises:

determining the downloading thread corresponding to the update suspending instruction according to the name of the downloading thread;

and under the condition that the parameters of the file being downloaded by the downloading thread are the same as the parameters of the update file, responding to the update suspending instruction, suspending downloading of the update file, and recording an interruption point of the update file corresponding to the suspended downloading.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the step of controlling the download thread to suspend downloading the update file based on the update suspension instruction, the method further includes:

receiving a continuous updating instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program;

controlling the downloading thread to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point based on the update continuing instruction;

and after the downloading of the update file is completed, updating the target program based on the update file.

detecting the occupation condition of the network bandwidth under the condition that a continuous updating instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program is not received after the preset time is exceeded;

and controlling the downloading thread to continuously download the update file from the interruption point under the condition that the occupation condition of the network bandwidth meets a preset condition.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

and acquiring current version information and latest version information of the target program, and determining that the target program needs to be updated under the condition that the current version information is different from the latest version information.

In a possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the step of downloading the update file for updating the target program based on the download thread, the method further includes:

detecting the current downloading progress of downloading the update file through the downloading thread;

and presenting the current updating progress of the target program on a user interface of the target program based on the current downloading progress.

generating prompt information capable of updating a target program under the condition that the target program needs to be updated and an automatic updating function of the target program is not started;

establishing a downloading thread for downloading the update file based on an update starting instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program;

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a program updating apparatus, including:

the download thread establishing module is used for establishing a download thread for downloading the update file under the condition that the target program needs to be updated and the automatic update function of the target program is started;

a download module configured to download the update file for updating the target program based on the download thread;

the instruction receiving module is used for receiving a pause updating instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program;

and the pause control module is used for controlling the downloading thread to pause downloading the update file based on the pause update instruction.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, which includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the processor implements the program updating method according to any one of the first aspect when executing the computer program.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the program updating method according to any one of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which, when run on a terminal device, causes the terminal device to execute the program updating method according to any one of the first aspect.

It is understood that the beneficial effects of the second aspect to the fifth aspect can be referred to the related description of the first aspect, and are not described herein again.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the application has the advantages that:

according to the method and the device, under the condition that the target program needs to be updated and the automatic updating function of the target program is started, the downloading thread for downloading the updating file is established, the updating file for updating the target program is downloaded through the downloading thread, at this time, if the network bandwidth occupied by downloading the updating file is large, the network use experience of a user is likely to be influenced, the user can input the updating suspension instruction at the user interface of the target program, the downloading thread is controlled to suspend downloading of the updating file based on the updating suspension instruction, the updating of the target program only needs to be suspended, the target program does not need to be closed to stop updating, the network use of the user is not influenced by updating of the target program, and the user experience can be improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the specification.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an application scenario provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a program update method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a program update method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a program update method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a program update method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a program update method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a program update method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a program update apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a program update apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a program update apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer to which a program updating method according to an embodiment of the present application is applied.

Detailed Description

In the following description, for purposes of explanation and not limitation, specific details are set forth, such as particular system structures, techniques, etc. in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the present application. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present application may be practiced in other embodiments that depart from these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present application with unnecessary detail.

It will be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification and the appended claims, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used in this specification and the appended claims refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "if" may be interpreted contextually as "when", "upon" or "in response to" determining "or" in response to detecting ". Similarly, the phrase "if it is determined" or "if a [ described condition or event ] is detected" may be interpreted contextually to mean "upon determining" or "in response to determining" or "upon detecting [ described condition or event ]" or "in response to detecting [ described condition or event ]".

Furthermore, in the description of the present application and the appended claims, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used for distinguishing between descriptions and not necessarily for describing or implying relative importance.

Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "some embodiments," or the like, means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in one or more embodiments of the present application. Thus, appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment," "in some embodiments," "in other embodiments," or the like, in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, but rather "one or more but not all embodiments" unless specifically stated otherwise. The terms "comprising," "including," "having," and variations thereof mean "including, but not limited to," unless expressly specified otherwise.

Most computer programs have an updating function and are used for upgrading programs installed by users, and repairing existing BUGs BUGs of the programs or adding new functions. At present, most of the program update strategies adopt a method of separating automatic update from manual update, namely, the automatic update is realized as a background task, and a user cannot see an ongoing automatic update task or can not perform interactive operation on an ongoing download task. The automatic updating strategy enables a user to be incapable of monitoring and controlling the software updating behavior. When a user finds that the automatic update of the program occupies system resources (such as network bandwidth) and affects the use of the user, the user may choose to close the current program update, resulting in a failure of the program update.

Based on the above problems, embodiments of the present application provide a program updating method, apparatus, and terminal device, where a downloading thread for downloading an update file is established when an object program needs to be updated and an automatic update function of the object program is enabled, and the update file for updating the object program is downloaded through the downloading thread, and at this time, if a network bandwidth occupied by downloading the update file is large, a user may possibly affect user network usage experience, and for this reason, the user may input a pause update instruction at a user interface of the object program, and control the downloading thread to pause downloading the update file based on the pause update instruction, so that only the update of the object program needs to be paused, and the object program does not need to be disabled to stop updating; and after the target program is suspended from being updated, the update file can be continuously downloaded according to the instruction of the user, so that the target program is continuously updated, the network use of the user is not influenced, and the user experience can be improved.

For example, the embodiment of the present application may be applied to an exemplary scenario as shown in fig. 1, in which an object program is installed in a terminal 10, whether the object program needs to be updated may be determined according to version information of the object program, in a case where the object program needs to be updated and an automatic update function is turned on, a download thread for downloading an update file may be established, the update file for updating the object program may be requested to be downloaded from a server 20 through the download thread, and automatic update of the object program may be implemented according to the downloaded update file; when the network bandwidth occupied by downloading the update file is large, the user network use experience is likely to be influenced, for this reason, the user can input a pause update instruction on the user interface of the target program through the terminal 10, and the terminal 10 controls the download thread to pause downloading the update file based on the pause update instruction; furthermore, the user can input a continuous update command through the terminal 10 on the user interface of the target program, and the terminal 10 controls the download thread to continuously download the update file based on the continuous update command.

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to fig. 1, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a program updating method provided in an embodiment of the present application, and with reference to fig. 2, the program updating method is described in detail as follows:

in step 101, when the target program needs to be updated and the automatic update function of the target program is turned on, a download thread for downloading an update file is established.

In this step, the user may start the automatic update function of the target program or close the automatic update function of the target program by setting. Under the condition that the automatic updating function of the target program is started, if the target program with a higher version is detected, the server of the target program can be directly requested to download the program package, and the target program is updated according to the program package without manual operation of a user.

For example, whether the target program needs to be updated may be determined by the version information of the target program. For example, before step 101, the program updating method may further include:

the method comprises the steps of obtaining current version information and latest version information of a target program, and determining that the target program needs to be updated under the condition that the current version information is different from the latest version information.

Specifically, the latest version information of the target program may be requested from the server of the target program at intervals, the current version information of the target program may be compared with the requested latest version information, and when the current version information is different from the latest version information, it is determined that the current version of the target program is low and the target program needs to be updated.

For example, the version information may include a version number, the latest version number of the target program may be requested from the server of the target program at intervals, then the current version number of the target program is compared with the latest version number requested, and when the current version number is different from the latest version number, it is determined that the current version of the target program is low and the target program needs to be updated.

It should be noted that, the automatic update function may be configured to start downloading an update file to update the target program when it is determined that the current version information of the target program is different from the latest version information; the automatic update function may also be configured to detect whether an update condition is reached when it is determined that the current version information of the target program is different from the latest version information, and start downloading the update file to update the target program only when the update condition is met, where the update condition may be whether a time interval from the last update of the target program meets a time interval set by a user.

In step 102, the update file for updating the target program is downloaded through the download thread.

The download thread is configured to download an update file from a server of a target program, and the establishment process of the download thread may be, for example: when the target program is determined to need to be updated, the terminal sends a downloading request for requesting to download the update file to a server of the target program, the server authenticates the downloading request, and after the downloading request passes the authentication, the terminal establishes a downloading thread for downloading the update file from the server of the target program.

For example, the update file may include a first program file for repairing a BUG currently existing in the object program, or a second program file for newly adding a function to the object program, or the first program file and the second program file, or may include other files, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In one possible implementation, the update file may be a package.

The number of the download threads may be one, or may be two or more, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. When the number of the download threads is one, the update file may be issued to the terminal sequentially through the one download thread. When the update file is large, more than two download threads can be adopted to download the update file in parallel. In this case, the update file may be divided into a plurality of portions, and the plurality of portions may be downloaded in parallel by a plurality of download threads, thereby increasing the download speed as much as possible.

In some embodiments, after step 102, the program updating method may further include:

detecting the current downloading progress of the update file;

The current updating progress of the target program can be presented on the user interface of the target program according to the current downloading progress of the updating file, so that a user can know the updating condition of the target program. It can be understood that downloading the update file occupies a certain network bandwidth, so that if the update of the target program affects the use of the network by the user, the user can choose to suspend updating the target program or continue updating the target program according to the current update progress of the target program.

In step 103, a pause update instruction input by a user at a user interface of the target program is received.

Specifically, in the case where the downloading of the update file affects the user's use of the network, the user may input an instruction for instructing suspension of updating of the object program at the user interface of the object program. For example, a first virtual key for triggering a pause update instruction may be set on the user interface, and when it is detected that the first virtual key is triggered by a user click, information of a download thread corresponding to the target program and information of an update file being downloaded are acquired, and then the pause update instruction is generated according to the information of the download thread and the information of the update file and by combining a function corresponding to the first virtual key.

In step 104, based on the update suspending instruction, the downloading thread is controlled to suspend downloading the update file.

The pause update instruction is used to control the download thread established in step 101 to pause downloading the update file, and for example, the pause update instruction may include a name of the download thread and a parameter of the update file. Referring to fig. 3, step 104 may include the steps of:

in step 1041, the download thread corresponding to the pause update instruction is determined according to the name of the download thread.

In step 1042, under the condition that the parameters of the file being downloaded by the download thread are the same as the parameters of the update file, the update file is suspended from being downloaded in response to the update suspension instruction, and the interruption point of the update file corresponding to the current suspended download is recorded.

Specifically, after receiving the pause update instruction, extracting the name of the thread from the instruction, and determining the download task of the download thread established in the step 101 to be paused according to the name of the thread; and detecting whether the parameters of the file currently downloaded by the downloading thread are consistent with the parameters of the update file in the update suspending instruction, responding to the update suspending instruction under the consistent condition, suspending downloading of the update file, and preventing the occurrence of mistakenly suspending other threads by two factors of the thread and the file.

In this embodiment, after the update file is suspended from being downloaded, an interruption point of the update file corresponding to the suspended downloading needs to be recorded, so that when the update file can be continuously downloaded, the server is requested to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point, and the entire update file does not need to be downloaded from the beginning.

Referring to fig. 4, in a possible embodiment, after step 104, the program updating method may further include the following steps:

in step 105, a continuous updating instruction input by a user at the user interface of the target program is received.

Specifically, the user can input an instruction for instructing to continue updating the target program at the user interface of the target program without using the network or considering that downloading the update file does not affect using the network. For example, a second virtual key for triggering a continuous update instruction may be set on the user interface, and when it is detected that the second virtual key is triggered by a user click, information of a download thread corresponding to the target program and information of an update file that has been temporarily downloaded are obtained, and then a continuous update instruction is generated according to the information of the download thread, the information of the update file, and the interrupt point, in combination with a function corresponding to the second virtual key.

And in step 106, controlling the downloading thread to continuously download the update file from the interruption point based on the update continuing instruction.

Specifically, after receiving the update continuation instruction, the name of the download thread, the parameter of the update file, and the interruption point are extracted from the instruction, and the download thread that needs to continue downloading the file is determined as the download thread in step 104 according to the name of the download thread and the parameter of the update file, and the download thread starts to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point.

In step 107, after the downloading of the update file is completed, the target program is updated based on the update file.

For example, after the entire update file is downloaded, information prompting the user whether to update the target program may be generated, and after the user agrees to update, the update file may be used to replace a corresponding file in the target program, so as to complete the update of the target program.

Referring to fig. 5, in a possible implementation, after step 104, the program updating method may further include the following steps:

in step 108, the occupation situation of the network bandwidth is detected when the continuous updating instruction input by the user on the user interface of the target program is not received after the preset time.

The preset time can be set by a user or the default time of the system is adopted, if the update continuing instruction is not received after the preset time is exceeded, the response time from the update suspending instruction is longer, the requirement of the user on the network may possibly change, and at this time, whether the update file can be continuously downloaded can be determined according to the occupation condition of the current network bandwidth.

For example, when the response time from the pause update command exceeds 1 hour and the continue update command input by the user at the user interface of the target program is not received, the occupation situation of the network bandwidth can be detected. The occupation condition of the network bandwidth can reflect the requirement of the user on the network, if the network bandwidth occupation is large, the requirement of the user on the network is high, and if the network bandwidth occupation is small, the requirement of the user on the network is low.

In step 109, when the occupation condition of the network bandwidth meets a preset condition, the downloading thread is controlled to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point.

The preset condition may be an occupation ratio threshold of the network bandwidth, that is, when the occupation ratio of the network bandwidth is smaller than the occupation ratio threshold, it indicates that the user has a low demand on the network, and at this time, the downloading thread may be controlled to start downloading the update file continuously from the middle breakpoint; and when the occupation ratio of the network bandwidth is greater than or equal to the occupation ratio threshold, indicating that the user demand on the network is high, and returning to execute the step 108.

It should be noted that, under the condition that the occupation condition of the network bandwidth does not meet the preset condition, when a terminal shutdown instruction input by the user is detected, the target program may be requested to be updated continuously, so as to control the download thread to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point, update the target program according to the downloaded update file, and request the terminal device to be shutdown after the update is completed.

According to the program updating method, under the condition that the target program needs to be updated and the automatic updating function of the target program is started, a downloading thread for downloading the updating file is established, the updating file for updating the target program is downloaded through the downloading thread, at the moment, if the network bandwidth occupied by downloading the updating file is large, the network use experience of a user is likely to be influenced, the user can input a pause updating instruction into a user interface of the target program, the downloading thread is controlled to pause downloading of the updating file based on the pause updating instruction, and therefore only the updating of the target program needs to be paused, and the target program does not need to be closed to stop updating; and after the target program is suspended from being updated, the update file can be continuously downloaded according to the continuous update instruction of the user, so that the target program is continuously updated, the network use of the user is not influenced by the update of the target program, and the user experience can be improved.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a program updating method according to an embodiment of the present application, and with reference to fig. 6, the program updating method is described in detail as follows:

in step 201, when an object program needs to be updated and the automatic update function of the object program is not activated, a prompt message enabling the object program to be updated is generated.

Specifically, when the target program needs to be updated, if the automatic update function of the target program is not started, prompt information capable of updating the target program may be generated and displayed to the user, and the user manually operates the user interface of the target program to update the target program.

In step 202, a downloading thread for downloading the update file is established based on an update start instruction input by a user at a user interface of the target program.

Specifically, after receiving the prompt information generated in step 201, the user may determine when to update according to the network usage, and when determining that the target program can be updated, may start updating the target program according to an update start instruction input in the user interface of the target program.

In an embodiment, the establishing process of the downloading thread in this step may be: after receiving an update starting instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program, determining that the target program needs to be updated, sending a downloading request for requesting to download an update file to a server of the target program by the terminal based on the update starting instruction, authenticating the downloading request by the server, and after the authentication of the downloading request is passed, establishing a downloading thread for downloading the update file from the server of the target program by the terminal.

It should be noted that, when the automatic update function of the target program is turned on, the update file may be downloaded by using the download thread in this step, that is, the download thread in step 101 and the download thread in this step may be the same thread.

In step 203, the update file for updating the target program is downloaded based on the download thread.

It should be noted that the number of download threads in this step may be one, or may be two or more, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. When the number of the download threads is one, the update file may be issued to the terminal sequentially through the one download thread. When the update file is large, more than two download threads can be adopted to download the update file in parallel. In this case, the update file may be divided into a plurality of portions, and the plurality of portions may be downloaded in parallel by a plurality of download threads, thereby increasing the download speed as much as possible.

In step 204, after the downloading of the update file is completed, the target program is updated based on the update file.

According to the program updating method, under the condition that the target program needs to be updated and the automatic updating function of the target program is not started, prompt information capable of updating the target program is generated and is informed to a user, the user can determine when the target program is updated according to the network use condition, when the target program is determined to be updated, an updating starting instruction input on a user interface of the target program can start updating the target program, a downloading thread for downloading the updating file is established, the updating file for updating the target program is downloaded through the downloading thread, the updating of the target program does not affect the network use of the user, and the user experience can be improved.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a program updating method according to an embodiment of the present application, and with reference to fig. 7, the program updating method is described in detail as follows:

starting a target program;

after starting the target program, detecting whether the target program starts an automatic updating function or not; if the target program starts the automatic updating function, the target program can be updated in an automatic updating mode; if the target program does not start the automatic updating function, the target program can be updated in a manual updating mode;

and (3) automatic updating flow: detecting whether the target program needs to be updated or not, and if the target program needs to be updated, establishing a downloading thread to download an update file from a server of the target program;

manual update flow: detecting whether the target program needs to be updated or not, and generating target program update prompt information when detecting that the target program needs to be updated; receiving an update starting instruction input by a user on a user upgrading interface of a target program, and establishing a downloading thread to download an update file from a server of the target program;

in the automatic updating process, a user can input an update suspending instruction, an update continuing instruction, an update canceling instruction and the like on a user interface of the target program, and the instructions control the previously established downloading thread to suspend downloading the update file, continue downloading the update file and cancel downloading the update file, so that the user can manually control the updating of the target program.

In addition, if the last update to the target program is a manual update, and when the next time it is detected that the target program needs to be updated again, if the automatic update function of the target program is already started at this time, the target program may be updated by using the automatic update function.

According to the program updating method, the threads of downloading the updated file of the automatic updating and the manual updating are unified, so that a user can interact with the automatic updating task in an upgrading interface, namely, the operations of suspending, continuing, canceling and the like can be carried out as for the manual updating task, the automatic updating task does not become a background invisible task, the user can see the downloading condition of the automatic updating, the updating task can be managed according to the consumption condition of system resources, and a program updating scheme with better interactivity is provided.

It should be understood that, the size of the serial number of each step in each embodiment of the program updating method does not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by the function and the inherent logic of each process, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 to 10 show structural block diagrams of the program updating apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application, corresponding to the program updating method described in the above embodiment, and only parts related to the embodiment of the present application are shown for convenience of description.

Referring to fig. 8, the program updating apparatus in the embodiment of the present application may include a first download thread establishing module 301, a first download module 302, a first instruction receiving module 303, and a suspend update control module 304.

The first downloading thread establishing module 301 is configured to establish a downloading thread for downloading an update file when a target program needs to be updated and an automatic update function of the target program is started;

a first downloading module 302, configured to download the update file for updating the target program based on the downloading thread;

a first instruction receiving module 303, configured to receive a pause update instruction input by a user at a user interface of the target program;

and a pause update control module 304, configured to control the download thread to pause downloading the update file based on the pause update instruction.

Referring to fig. 9, in some embodiments, the pause update control module 304 may include a determination unit 3041 and a pause unit 3042.

The determining unit 3041 is configured to determine, according to the name of the download thread, the download thread corresponding to the update suspension instruction;

a suspending unit 3042, configured to respond to the update suspending instruction and suspend downloading the update file when the parameter of the file being downloaded by the download thread is the same as the parameter of the update file, and record an interruption point of the update file corresponding to the current suspension of downloading.

Referring to fig. 9, in some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a second instruction receiving module 305, a first continuous update control module 306, and a first updating module 307.

The second instruction receiving module 305 is configured to receive a continuous update instruction input by a user at the user interface of the target program;

a first continuous update control module 306, configured to control the download thread to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point based on the continuous update instruction;

a first updating module 307, configured to update the target program based on the update file after the downloading of the update file is completed.

Referring to fig. 9, in some embodiments, the apparatus may further include a network bandwidth detection module 308 and a second continuous update control module 309.

The network bandwidth detection module 308 is configured to detect an occupation situation of a network bandwidth when a continuous update instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program is not received after a preset time;

and a second continuous update control module 309, configured to control the download thread to continue downloading the update file from the interruption point when the occupation condition of the network bandwidth meets a preset condition.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

and the update determining module is used for acquiring the current version information and the latest version information of the target program, and determining that the target program needs to be updated under the condition that the current version information is different from the latest version information.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

the download progress detection module is used for detecting the current download progress of downloading the update file through the download thread;

and the update progress presenting module is used for presenting the current update progress of the target program on the user interface of the target program based on the current download progress.

Referring to fig. 10, the program updating apparatus in the embodiment of the present application may include a prompt information generating module 401, a second download thread establishing module 402, a second download module 403, and a second updating module 404.

The prompt information generating module 401 is configured to generate prompt information capable of updating a target program when the target program needs to be updated and an automatic update function of the target program is not started;

a second downloading thread establishing module 402, configured to establish a downloading thread for downloading an update file based on an update start instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program;

a second downloading module 403, configured to download the update file for updating the target program based on the downloading thread;

a second updating module 404, configured to update the target program based on the update file after the downloading of the update file is completed.

It should be noted that, for the information interaction, execution process, and other contents between the above-mentioned devices/units, the specific functions and technical effects thereof are based on the same concept as those of the embodiment of the method of the present application, and specific reference may be made to the part of the embodiment of the method, which is not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-mentioned division of the functional units and modules is illustrated, and in practical applications, the above-mentioned function distribution may be performed by different functional units and modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional units or modules to perform all or part of the above-mentioned functions. Each functional unit and module in the embodiments may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated in one unit, and the integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or in a form of software functional unit. In addition, specific names of the functional units and modules are only for convenience of distinguishing from each other, and are not used for limiting the protection scope of the present application. The specific working processes of the units and modules in the system may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device, and referring to fig. 11, the terminal device 500 may include: at least one processor 510, a memory 520, and a computer program stored in the memory 520 and operable on the at least one processor 510, wherein the processor 510, when executing the computer program, implements the steps of any of the above-described method embodiments, such as the steps 101 to 104 in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, or the steps 201 to 204 in the embodiment shown in fig. 6. Alternatively, the processor 510, when executing the computer program, implements the functions of each module/unit in the above-described device embodiments, such as the functions of the modules 301 to 304 shown in fig. 8 or the functions of the modules 401 to 404 shown in fig. 10.

Illustratively, the computer program may be divided into one or more modules/units, which are stored in the memory 520 and executed by the processor 510 to accomplish the present application. The one or more modules/units may be a series of computer program segments capable of performing specific functions, which are used to describe the execution of the computer program in the terminal device 500.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 11 is merely an example of a terminal device and is not limiting and may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or different components such as input output devices, network access devices, buses, etc.

The Processor 510 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 520 may be an internal storage unit of the terminal device, or may be an external storage device of the terminal device, such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), and the like. The memory 520 is used for storing the computer programs and other programs and data required by the terminal device. The memory 520 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.

The bus may be an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended ISA (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, the buses in the figures of the present application are not limited to only one bus or one type of bus.

The program updating method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to terminal devices such as computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, netbooks and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and the embodiment of the application does not limit the specific types of the terminal devices.

Take the terminal device as a computer as an example. Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing a partial structure of a computer provided in an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 12, the computer includes: a communication circuit 610, a memory 620, an input unit 630, a display unit 640, an audio circuit 650, a wireless fidelity (WiFi) module 660, a processor 670, and a power supply 680. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the computer architecture shown in FIG. 12 is not intended to be limiting of computers, and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components in combination, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes each component of the computer in detail with reference to fig. 12:

communication circuit 610 may be used to send and receive information for processing by processor 670. Typically, the communication circuit includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one Amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the communication circuit 610 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to Global System for mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Messaging Service (SMS), etc.

The memory 620 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 670 executes various functional applications of the computer and data processing by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 620. The memory 620 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the computer, etc. Further, the memory 620 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 630 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the computer. Specifically, the input unit 630 may include a touch panel 631 and other input devices 632. The touch panel 631, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations of a user (e.g., operations of the user on the touch panel 631 or near the touch panel 631 by using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus) thereon or nearby, and drive the corresponding connection device according to a preset program. Alternatively, the touch panel 631 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 670, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 670. In addition, the touch panel 631 may be implemented using various types, such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. The input unit 630 may include other input devices 632 in addition to the touch panel 631. In particular, other input devices 632 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 640 may be used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user and various menus of the computer. The display unit 640 may include a display panel 641, and optionally, the display panel 641 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like. Further, the touch panel 631 can cover the display panel 641, and when the touch panel 631 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 670 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 670 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 641 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 12, the touch panel 631 and the display panel 641 are two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the computer, in some embodiments, the touch panel 631 and the display panel 641 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the computer.

The audio circuit 650 may provide an audio interface between a user and a computer. The audio circuit 650 may transmit the received electrical signal converted from the audio data to a speaker, and convert the electrical signal into an audio signal for output; on the other hand, the microphone converts the collected sound signal into an electric signal, which is received by the audio circuit 650 and converted into audio data, which is then processed by the audio data output processor 670 and transmitted to, for example, another computer via the communication circuit 610, or the audio data is output to the memory 620 for further processing.

WiFi belongs to short-distance wireless transmission technology, and the computer can help a user to receive and send e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media and the like through the WiFi module 660, and provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 12 shows the WiFi module 660, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the computer, and may be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 670 is a control center of the computer, connects various parts of the entire computer using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the computer and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 620 and calling data stored in the memory 620, thereby monitoring the computer as a whole. Alternatively, processor 670 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 670 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 670.

The computer also includes a power supply 680 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and preferably, the power supply 680 is logically coupled to the processor 670 via a power management system such that the power management system performs the functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program can implement the steps in the embodiments of the program updating method.

The embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which when running on a mobile terminal, enables the mobile terminal to implement the steps in the embodiments of the program updating method when executed.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, all or part of the processes in the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium and can implement the steps of the embodiments of the methods described above when the computer program is executed by a processor. Wherein the computer program comprises computer program code, which may be in the form of source code, object code, an executable file or some intermediate form, etc. The computer readable medium may include at least: any entity or device capable of carrying computer program code to a photographing apparatus/terminal apparatus, a recording medium, computer Memory, Read-Only Memory (ROM), random-access Memory (RAM), an electrical carrier signal, a telecommunications signal, and a software distribution medium. Such as a usb-disk, a removable hard disk, a magnetic or optical disk, etc. In certain jurisdictions, computer-readable media may not be an electrical carrier signal or a telecommunications signal in accordance with legislative and patent practice.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments for parts that are not described or illustrated in a certain embodiment.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus/network device and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus/network device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions when actually implementing, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application and are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A program update method, comprising:

downloading the update file for updating the target program through the downloading thread;

2. The program updating method according to claim 1, wherein the suspend updating instruction includes a name of the download thread and a parameter of the update file; the controlling the downloading thread to suspend downloading the update file based on the update suspending instruction comprises:

3. The program updating method of claim 2, wherein after the step of controlling the download thread to suspend downloading of the update file based on the suspend update instruction, the method further comprises:

4. The program updating method of claim 1, wherein after the step of controlling the download thread to suspend downloading of the update file based on the suspend update instruction, the method further comprises:

5. The program updating method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

6. The program updating method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of downloading the update file for updating the target program based on the download thread, the method further comprises:

detecting the current downloading progress of the update file;

7. The program update method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the method further comprises:

8. A program update apparatus, comprising:

the device comprises a first downloading thread establishing module, a first updating module and a second downloading thread establishing module, wherein the first downloading thread establishing module is used for establishing a downloading thread for downloading an updating file under the condition that a target program needs to be updated and the automatic updating function of the target program is started;

a first downloading module, configured to download the update file for updating the target program based on the downloading thread;

the first instruction receiving module is used for receiving a pause updating instruction input by a user on a user interface of the target program;

and the update suspending control module is used for controlling the downloading thread to suspend downloading the update file based on the update suspending instruction.

9. A terminal device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the processor implements the method according to any of claims 1 to 7 when executing the computer program.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.