CN1204224A - Method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network. It is characterized by that firstly, the computer and hand-held electronic device are connected with communication network, then the updated module code is transfered to communication network by means of computer, and the module transfered from the communication network is readed in by using hand-held electronic device, then the read-in updated module is stored in a memory by using CPU of the hand-held electronic device, and then is stored in the memory of writing system module. Said invention can be used in the hand-held electronic devices (such as personal digital assitant device, computer, electronic dictionary or electronic notebook, etc.).
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The prosperity of mechanics of communication has made the electronic communication equipment (as: computer, personal digital aid (PDA), computer, electronic dictionary or electronical record book etc.) of the two places that are separated by, can transmit information mutually in quite quick and economic mode, and portable electric device (as: personal digital aid (PDA), computer, electronic dictionary or electronic notebook) is because of quite abreast of the times demand on the function, and because its price reduces day by day, so use more universal, this can be announced one after another by how tame hardware vendor, with the Hand Personal Computer of production small-scale operating system, i.e. its pouplarity as can be known.
Press, in general portable electric device, use the module of executable operations, in the memory that is stored in system's module, and this module is because of the progressing greatly day by day and the continuous change of the market demand of research and development speed, and causing promptly has the new edition module to come out at set intervals, in sum, how to make portable electric device can finish the upgrading of system's module apace, be emphasis of the present invention place.
Press, its composition structure of the portable electric device of generally commonly using (as: personal digital aid (PDA), computer, electronic dictionary or electronical record book etc.) includes members such as CPU, system's module, memory and communication terminal; Wherein, system's module is the memory cell that stores module, but the program that makes portable electric device mat system module provide the user to operate, and the user can carry out every function that module provided on portable electric device.
Again, portable electric device is with the main difference of general computer, computer has enough hardware and memory storage space, be available for users to the program software that is stored in different memory in order to read, and have enough spaces and can supply stored routine software, this portable electric device product is then little because of volume, and there is no related hardware can read in and be stored in different memory (as: floppy disc, hard disk or CD) software, therefore, the manufacturer of portable electric device is made in exploitation, before product is made, be about to module and write direct in ROM, that is in the memory that module is write direct by mask ROM (MASK ROM).
But mask ROM is after the content input of finishing module, and the program in the mask ROM promptly can't be changed again.Moreover the manufacturing of mask ROM also can only be finished in the professional production factory that possesses read-only memory burning equipment.So, the portable electric device module of prior art method rises the method for group, have only portable electric device is delivered to the original manufacturer merchant, and extracted by the mask ROM that this manufacturer will store the old edition module, the mask ROM that will store the new edition module again inserts.So, this prior art method needs the bigger cost of cost not only for producing the manufacturer of this product, and for buying the person of using, also quite inconvenient.
In addition, manufacturer in the development phase, also often needs the use by the user at module, and to verify the feasibility of this module, its reason is that the programmer of program development company installs to the module debug limitation that has it to deal with problems with debug (DEBUG).Moreover the module designer is also not objective to the mode of problem debug with DEBUG.So, whether module development company is often correct for a designed little module of checking its module designer, and specially allows hardware production plant burning module in ROM again, and is installed in the portable electric device, manipulate for the user, with the correctness of checking module.Right this mode is not only lost time, and does not also allow on the cost.
Moreover with the development speed of present module, often a module is released in the near future, promptly has the better module of renewal to be delivered.And, when portable electric device such as desire are upgraded, promptly need to change original mask ROM into store the upgraded edition module mask ROM, otherwise, promptly can't finish upgrading, therefore, known technology by mask ROM stocking system module is quite undesirable.
Because known portable electric device is when upgrading, all need the whole replacing of system's module (mask ROM), the inventor loses this and according to being engaged in the correlation experience that manufactures a product for many years, the concentrated observation and research, and development and Design goes out the present invention finally.
The present invention is a kind of method of modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network,, this method handheld electronic device is in the computer that module is provided reads over connection state; Then, this computer transfers to this communication network with system's module of upgraded edition again, this communication network of mat transfers to this portable electric device with module again, by above-mentioned implementation, make this hold hand formula electronic installation and upgraded module quickly and easily, and finish the upgrading of portable electric device.
Main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network, this method can portable portable electric device when upgrading, only need by communication network and the pc connection that the upgraded edition module is provided, can carry out the renewal of module, and no longer need be as known techniques, need the whole system module is changed (comprising software and hardware), so, can make required time and the expense of portable electric device upgrading all can significantly reduce.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network, the communication network media that this method is utilized, no matter be Wide Area Network, Local Area Network or even general transmission line or telephone wire, all can be in order to carry out the transmission of module, so the present invention is quite convenient on practice.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network, not only can make the user need not increase the expense that extra memory changes the outfit by this method, can obtain the latest services that manufacturer provides.The programmer who makes things convenient for manufacturer on the other hand by this cost-effective mode, found the problem that module may exist, thereby further improves the quality of product in product development period.
Another purpose of the present invention is and the production marketing market of portable electric device class more easily can be extended to the international market.Just think, product far away from the portable electric device client of the U.S. as long as dial a phone simply, can utilize telephone wire to buying portable electric device (as the electronic dictionary) upgrading of ground for Taiwan, so, will definitely break the marketing character that in the past was confined to the zone.
Another purpose of the present invention is and can further revises original program, when the module of finding old edition has problem, also can in the shortest time, original module be read, understand the employed module version of client, and then can be located the problem that the client produced.
For enabling purpose, shape, constructing apparatus feature and effect thereof to invention, do further understanding and understanding, for the embodiment conjunction with figs., be described in detail as follows now:
Fig. 1 is the used block hardware diagram of the inventive method.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 carries out the embodiment that module writes for the present invention.
See also shown in Figure 1ly, the present invention is a kind of method of modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network, is provided with computer 1, handheld electronic device 2 and a communication network 3; Computer 1 and portable electric device 2 are connected with communication network 3 (communication network can be a wide area network, local area network (LAN) or general transmission line) respectively.
The function of computer 1 is with the new edition module, transfers to communication network 3; Computer 1 is provided with first CPU 10, first memory 11, first random access memory 12, first communication terminal 13, input unit 14 (this input unit can be keyboard) and output device 15 members such as (this output device can be display).
First CPU 10 is connected with first memory 11, first random access memory 12, first communication terminal 13, input unit 14 (this input unit can be keyboard) and output device 15 respectively, after upgrading the instruction of module in input unit 14 inputs, then first CPU 10 is about to be stored in first memory 11 interior modules and is loaded onto first random access memory 12, by first CPU 10 module is transferred to first communication terminal 13 again.
Portable electric device 2 is provided with members such as second CPU 20, system's module 21, second memory 220, second random access memory 221, second communication terminal 23, second input unit 24 and second output device 25.Second CPU 20 is connected with system module 21, second memory 22 and second communication terminal 23, second input unit 24 and second output device 25 respectively.When portable electric device 2 is carried out the renewal module, second CPU 20 is about to transfer to the module data of second communication terminal 23, be stored in second random access memory 221, to leave module data in second random access memory 221 in by second CPU 20 again, be upgraded in the writing system module 21.Again, second CPU 20 writes the module data to system's module 21 time in execution, and the data quantity of writing module can be presented on second output device 25, makes the user can watch the execution result that module upgrades at any time.
System's module 21 is that (this readable and writable memory can be a flash memory (FLASH Memory) to a readable and writable memory that stores module in an embodiment of the present invention, and readable and writable memory refers to and can carry out the memory that read or write the required module of portable electric device running for second CPU 20.
See also shown in Figure 2, the flow chart when Fig. 2 is the invention process.At first, portable electric device is before the more new element of carrying out module, need the input unit input validation order of elder generation at portable electric device, to confirm that refresh routine begins to carry out (61), the CPU of portable electric device is promptly according to the difference of its communication terminal specification then, this communication ends is carried out initialization (initial) (62), then portable electric device again with pc connection (63), and after portable electric device and computer carry out line, confirm that immediately this computer is the role who plays the part of service end (promptly transmitting the machine of module), and portable electric device is played the part of the role of client (promptly receiving the machine of module).
After the work of portable electric device and pc connection affirmation was finished, computer promptly began to transmit module, and portable electric device promptly begins to receive module (64).
The handling procedure that portable electric device receives behind the module is:
Communication terminal receives the part information of module earlier, and CPU is about to the received module data of communication terminal, and unloading is (65) to the memory of portable electric device;
If when not containing the bit mark of the end of transmission in the received module data of CPU (66), then CPU judges promptly whether the module data in the memory expires 64K (67), if stored module data has expired 64K, then CPU continues module data that communication terminal is received again, unloading is (65) to the memory of portable electric device, till the full 64K of the stored module data of memory;
If the received module data of CPU contains the position of the end of transmission during mark (66), the executive program of CPU then, promptly identical with program behind the full 64K of stored module data in the memory, the system's module data 40 (seeing also shown in Figure 3) in the memory of being stored in is updated in system's module of portable electric device (68), at this moment, after the memory of portable electric device was carried out the module renewal through CPU, stored program data amount then was zero (69) in it;
Then, CPU judges whether the module data of above-mentioned renewal contains the bit mark (70) of the end of transmission, if CPU is judged when not containing the bit mark of the end of transmission in the module data transmission, then CPU promptly receives the module data that communication terminal transmits again, and with the module data unloading of transmitting (65) to memory, and carry out according to above-mentioned execution in step again, the full 64K (67) of module data that the memory of waiting is stored, then CPU is updated to module data 40 and stores (68) in system's module group unit of portable electric device, and program data amount stored in the memory is removed (69).
If CPU judges that then CPU promptly finishes the transmission and the upgrade job (71) of entire module when the module data of above-mentioned renewal contains the bit mark of the end of transmission (70).
After the flow process of finishing the present invention's execution, this new edition module is in the flash memory of writing system module 21.So, portable electric device 2 is scalable and be the device with new edition module.By said method, not only do not need to tear system's module 21 open work, upgrade new system's module 21 again, and required update time is also quite of short duration, even, when the user when external, also can carry out the upgrading of this portable electric device 2 by the Wide Area Network of prosperity.
Moreover, when the employed old edition module of portable electric device end has problem, then also can be by the method for the invention described above, the old edition module of portable electric device end is transferred to computer 1 end.At first, setting portable electric device 2 earlier in when transmission be service end, and setting computer 1 is client, and the first memory 11 that the old edition module can be sent to this computer 1 end is stored.At this, when transmitting the old edition module, computer 1 does not need need upgrade the action of module as above-mentioned program, and only needs module is written into first memory 11 interior the getting final product of computer 1.So, manufacturer can be in the shortest time, and analyze the problem that module that the client uses takes place, and understand its used module version, and and then solution client or problem that module produced.
In addition, when the work of portable electric device and pc connection affirmation is finished, and when carrying out the transmission of module data (67), computer can be checked earlier and originally be stored in the identification code on the module version in the portable electric device (for example ver10), and the identification code (for example ver12) on the module that itself and tendency to develop is defeated is compared, as the module version in the electronic installation is legacy version, and then this computer promptly continues the action doing to upgrade.Otherwise, consistent as the module version that module version in this electronic installation and tendency to develop are defeated, then stop transmission.
Press, as mentioned above, the present invention carries out method for updating automatically to the module of portable electric device, changed the update mode that needs in the past by mask ROM replacement, not only significantly reduce the update time of the job costs and the module of portable electric device, and in the research and development and sale for hand-held electronic product, all play a part quite actively and the front.
But, above-mentionedly disclose structure of the present invention and feature is not limited thereto, anyly be familiar with this operator in field of the present invention, can think easily and variation or modification, all can be encompassed in the following claim scope.
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1. the method for a modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network, this method be at described portable electric device and provide between the computer of new edition system module finish connection state by a communication network after, carry out the method for system's module upgrading of described portable electric device, it is characterized in that described method comprises the following steps:
At first, handheld electronic device is confirmed instruction in input unit input one;
The CPU of this portable electric device promptly according to the difference of its communication terminal specification, is carried out initialized action to this communication terminal then;
This portable electric device promptly with this pc connection, and receive the module data that the computer end transmission comes;
Then the CPU of this portable electric device with the module data in the communication terminal write memory;
This CPU judges whether this module data includes the bit mark of the end of transmission, if when judgement there is no the bit mark of the end of transmission, then carry out next step, if when judgement has the bit mark of the end of transmission, the module data updating that then directly will be stored in the memory arrives in system's module of this portable electric device;
Whether this CPU judgement expires a certain size data quantity in this memory storage data, if less than the data quantity of setting, then this CPU will heavily be covered abovementioned steps, the module data that order is received writes this memory, till the data quantity that the module data that stores in this memory is extremely set;
This CPU stores the module data updating in this memory in system's module of this portable electric device;
This CPU is removed the module data in this memory;
This CPU is judged in the module data of above-mentioned renewal then, whether contain the stop bits meta-tag, when not containing the stop bits meta-tag as yet, then return back to the above-mentioned execution in step that reads the module data from this communication terminal again, if when containing the stop bits meta-tag, then finish the transmission and the refresh routine of module.
2. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this method also can be: this CPU after the interior storage of system's module of this portable electric device, is not carried out the module data of removing in this memory with the module data updating in this memory; This CPU of waiting contains the stop bits meta-tag in judging the module data of being upgraded, remove all again and be stored in the interior module data of this memory.
3. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, this method also can be applicable to when the module of this portable electric device old edition has problem, with this portable electric device is the transmission end, and be receiving terminal with this computer, this is held the former old module of formula electronic installation, being sent to this computer end reads, when finding that this module of holding formula electronic installation old edition has problem, also can be in the shortest time, understand the employed module version of client, and then solve the problem that the client produces.
4. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, this method provides between the computer of new edition system module when finishing connection state by a communication network at this portable electric device and, computer can be checked earlier and originally be stored in the identification code on the module version in the portable electric device, and the identification code on the module that itself and tendency to develop is defeated is compared, as the module version in the electronic installation is legacy version, then this computer promptly continues the action doing to upgrade, otherwise, then stop to upgrade the action of module.
5. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the memory of this system's module is a flash memory.
6. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this communication network is a transmission line.
7. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this communication network is a local area network (LAN).
8. the method for modifying hand-held electronic device system by using communication network as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this communication network is a wide area network.
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