CN1383061A - System and method for installing driver program of extending card for portable electronic device - Google Patents

System and method for installing driver program of extending card for portable electronic device Download PDF

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CN1383061A
CN1383061A CN 01109794 CN01109794A CN1383061A CN 1383061 A CN1383061 A CN 1383061A CN 01109794 CN01109794 CN 01109794 CN 01109794 A CN01109794 A CN 01109794A CN 1383061 A CN1383061 A CN 1383061A
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The ivnention relates to the system for installing the drive program to the expansion board in portable electric devices. The portable electric device includes the storage device for the driver program, the computer link device and the network link device. The said computer link device provides the computer set, which stores at least one drive program, for the portable electric device. The network link device provides the connection for the portable electric device to link to network. The invented system for installing the driver program includes the module for managing the driver program. The driver program management module fetches the driver program from one among following equipment: the storage device for the driver program, the computer set and Internet, making the expansion board execute normally.

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Driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system and method
The invention relates to a kind of driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system and method, automatically obtain driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system and the method that the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation is installed expansion board about a kind of especially.
Because the progress of electronics technology, be inconjunction with to make and have compact and powerful portable electronic device and just arise at the historic moment, and these electronic equipments have more and more cheaply, more and more general trend.The PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) that the title of palmtop computer is especially arranged, it not only can provide multinomial functions such as calendar, address book, notepad, counter, clock, recreation, but also lighter, par more.In order to make portable electronic device that greater functionality can gentlyer but be arranged, alleviate the purpose that portable electronic device weight can provide more function again so utilize the mode of external other accessory to reach, therefore, utilizing external expansion board that multi-purpose mode is provided, has been the main flow of external other accessory of existing portable electronic device.
When portable electronic device is wanted external accessories, usually must select to drive the driver of external accessories at the model of the model of portable electronic device, the operating system of portable electronic device (Operating System) and external accessories, and above-mentioned driver is installed in the portable electronic device, can use the function of external accessories normally.Above-mentioned driver must be by manufacturer's design of external accessories, and offer the portable electronic device user, the driver that some manufacturer provides can be obtained in the data storage device of portable electronic device, the driver that some manufacturer provides must be obtained in computing machine, and more the driver that provides of some manufacturer must be downloaded in the website of manufacturer; If driver can be obtained in the data storage device of portable electronic device, then the user searches the driver in the portable electronic device and it is installed, just can bring into use external accessories as long as portable electronic device is connected with external accessories; If driver must be obtained in computing machine, then the user must connect portable electronic device and computing machine earlier, searches the driver in the computing machine then and it is installed, and just can bring into use external accessories; If driver must be downloaded in the website of manufacturer, then the user must connect portable electronic device and computing machine earlier, the network function that sees through computing machine is then searched the driver in the website of manufacturer and it is installed, just can bring into use external accessories, or connect portable electronic device and the device that can surf the Net earlier, just can search the driver in the website of manufacturer and it is installed then via world-wide web, just can bring into use external accessories then, wherein the device that can surf the Net is as mobile phone or the modulator-demodular unit of can surfing the Net.
From the above, general user is when installing new external accessories for portable electronic device, usually expending many times is searching on the driver with spirit, some beginner more may be when searching with install driver, misoperation takes place, cause the confusion of portable electronic device operating system, thereby cause can't operating or damage of portable electronic device and external accessories, so, how user's a kind of driver easily installation system and method are provided, and will be best solutions.
At the problems referred to above, purpose of the present invention is for providing a kind of driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system, it can be at the model of the model of portable electronic device, the operating system of portable electronic device (Operating System) and external accessories, automatically from the website of data storage device, computing machine and the manufacturer of portable electronic device, search the driver that is suitable for automatically, install then and can drive the driver of expansion board so that can normally use external accessories.
In order to achieve the above object, according to driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system of the present invention, be imposed in a portable electronic device, portable electronic device comprises an expansion board receiving trap, one driver storage device, one computer connecting device and a network connection device, the expansion board receiving trap receives an external expansion board, the driver storage device is arranged at and stores at least one driver in the portable electronic device, computer connecting device provides portable electronic device to be connected to a computer installation that stores at least one driver, network connection device provides portable electronic device to be connected to world-wide web, above-mentionedly comprise a driver management module according to driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system of the present invention, it is the slave driver storage device automatically, computer installation and world-wide web wherein one obtain a driver that can make the expansion board normal operation.The driver management module is searched the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation earlier in the driver storage device.When the driver management module can't obtain the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation in the driver storage device, then the driver management module automatically was connected to and obtains the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation in the computer connecting device or in the world-wide web.
The present invention also provides a kind of driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation method in addition, comprises a resident driver searching procedure and an extraneous driver searching procedure.Resident driver searching procedure is automatically obtained this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation in a driver storage device, when resident driver searching procedure can't be obtained the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation, automatically one of them obtained the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation to then extraneous driver searching procedure at a computer installation and a world-wide web.In the time can't connecting portable electronic device and world-wide web, a construction network requirement program is sent and is required to carry out the requirement that portable electronic device is connected with world-wide web.
Owing to can search in the data storage device of portable electronic device automatically according to driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system of the present invention, in the computing machine and the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation in the website of manufacturer, the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation is installed then, so that can normally use external accessories, so the user does not need manual operation to search the driver that can make the expansion board normal operation, therefore can not expend user's spirit and can save user's time, especially can help smoothly and easily install driver of beginner.
Fig. 1 is a synoptic diagram, shows the framework according to the PDA driver program of extending card installation system of preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a process flow diagram, shows the flow process according to the PDA driver program of extending card installation method of preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a synoptic diagram, shows the situation that the PDA driver program of extending card installation system according to preferred embodiment of the present invention cooperates with the computer installation and the webserver 70.
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1 portable electronic device
11 expansion board receiving traps
12 driver management modules
13 driver storage devices
14 computer connecting devices
15 network connection devices
2 PDA driver program of extending card installation methods
21 expansion boards receive program
22 resident driver searching procedures
23 computer installation driver searching procedures
24 world-wide web driver searching procedures
25 installation procedures
26 construction network requirement programs
50 expansion boards
60 computer installations
61 driver management by synchronization modules
62 databases
70 webservers
71 driver search module
72 network data bases
80 networks
Hereinafter with reference to correlative type, the driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system according to preferred embodiment of the present invention is described, wherein identical assembly will be illustrated with identical reference marks.
Please refer to shown in Figure 1ly, be implemented in the portable electronic device 1 according to the driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system of preferred embodiment of the present invention.Portable electronic device 1 comprises an expansion board receiving trap 11, a driver storage device 13, a computer connecting device 14 and a network connection device 15; PDA driver program of extending card installation system then comprises a driver management module 12 at least.In the present embodiment, portable electronic device 1 is a PDA, and expansion board receiving trap 11 receives the function that an external expansion board 50 is strengthened PDA.For example, expansion board receiving trap 11 can receive the data storage amount that a flash memory (CF Memory Card) increases PDA, according to present CF Memory Card product, the data storage amount of CF Memory Card can be divided into 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, even can be up to 340 MB, so can roll up the data quantity that PDA stores.Again for example, expansion board receiving trap 11 can connect the expansion board 50 of a PDA modulator-demodular unit, thus can allow PDA reach speech communication and the function of taking action and surfing the Net, so the PDA online no longer needs to see through mobile phone or telephone set.
Driver management module 12 provides a driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations that expansion board receiving trap 11 received.In the present embodiment, driver management module 12 is for to write the software module that forms by Visual C++ program language.With PDA modulator-demodular unit expansion board is example, the PDA modulator-demodular unit expansion board that different manufacturers are produced has different drivers, even the PDA modulator-demodular unit expansion board of the different model that same manufacturer produced also may need different drivers.So 12 meetings of driver management module hunt out corresponding driver at the PDA modulator-demodular unit expansion board that expansion board receiving trap 11 is received, and do further installation action.
Driver storage device 13 is arranged at and stores at least one driver among the PDA.For example, driver storage device 13 is the internal memory of PDA, and the capacity of the internal memory of PDA is generally 8 MB, enough stores several drivers, so driver management module 12 can be searched the internal memory of PDA to obtain the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations; But because the finite capacity of the internal memory of PDA, and driver kind, quantity are various, so the internal memory of PDA only stores the only a few in all drivers.
Computer connecting device 14 provides PDA to be connected to a computer installation 60 that stores at least one driver, to obtain the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations.For example, computer connecting device 14 is a generic serial port (USB), generic serial port connects an end of a synchronous transmission pedestal, the other end of synchronous transmission pedestal connects the connectivity port of computer installation 60, therefore, driver management module 12 sees through generic serial port and is connected to computer installation 60, then searches computer installation 60 to obtain the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations.Again for example, computer connecting device 14 can be an infrared transmission device, wherein the infrared transmission device of PDA must be used with the infrared transmission device of computer installation 60, therefore, driver management module 12 sees through the mode of infrared transmission data, searches computer installation 60 to obtain the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations.In the present embodiment, computer installation 60 can more be connected to world-wide web, is connected to computer installation 60 so driver management module 12 sees through computer connecting device 14, obtains the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations via network then.
Network connection device 15 provides PDA to be connected to the world-wide web that stores at least one driver, to obtain the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations.For example, network connection device 15 is for having a mobile phone of function of surfing the Net, and therefore, driver management module 12 sees through the direct dialing netwok access of mobile phone, obtains the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations then in world-wide web.
For the easier quilt of content of the present invention is understood,, lift an example and illustrate according to PDA driver program of extending card installation method flow process of the present invention hereinafter with reference to correlative type.
Please refer to shown in Figure 2ly, comprise that according to the PDA driver program of extending card installation method 2 of preferred embodiment of the present invention an expansion board receives program 21, one resident driver searching procedure 22, the driver searching procedure 23 of a computer installation, driver searching procedure 24, an installation procedure 25 and a construction network requirement program 26 of a world-wide web.Wherein, expansion board receives program 21 and receives the function that an external expansion board 50 is strengthened a PDA.Resident driver searching procedure 22 is searched in PDA and can be made the driver of expansion board 50 normal operations, and judges whether driver is present among the PDA.The driver searching procedure 23 of computer installation judges whether PDA is connected to computer installation 60, and when PDA can be connected to computer installation 60, searches the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations in computer installation 60.The driver searching procedure 24 of world-wide web judges whether PDA can be connected to network, and can be through searching the driver that can make expansion board 50 normal operations in the world-wide web.Installation procedure 25 is installed on the driver that searches among the PDA.Below will be described in detail at each program.
Receive in the program 21 at expansion board, when expansion board 50 was inserted into the expansion slot of PDA, the operating system of PDA can produce one and interrupt signal (interrupt).When this interrupts the signal generation, resident driver searching procedure 22 can be activated, with according to the kenel of expansion board 50 (as, pcmcia card, CF card or Memory stick etc.), relevant information such as manufacturer, version, sequence number, whether in the driver storage device 13 of aforementioned PDA, searching has the driver that can drive this expansion board 50.If find qualified driver, then enter installation procedure 25, in PDA so that this driver to be installed.
Please refer to Fig. 3, if in driver storage device 13, can't find qualified driver, then in the driver searching procedure 23 of computer installation, driver management module 12 can attempt obtaining online with a driver management by synchronization module (driver sync manager) 61 that is arranged in computer installation 60.If obtain this driver management by synchronization module 61 responses, then driver management module 12 can be sent to aforesaid related data the driver management by synchronization module 61 in the computer installation 60, with in the database 62 of computer installation 60, search qualified driver.If search qualified driver, then this driver is sent to PDA, and this driver is installed in PDA by driver management module 12.
Referring again to Fig. 3, if in PDA with in the computer installation 60, all can't find the driver of eligible, then in the driver searching procedure 24 of world-wide web, driver management module 12 can be attempted via network 80, as, world-wide web or LAN, online with a webserver 70.Herein, if PDA can't be online with network 80, then 26 meetings of construction network requirement program show a message frame on the display screen of PDA, require the user to set up PDA and are connected with the signal of network.If PDA can be online with network 80, then the 12 meeting trials of driver management module are online via the network and a webserver 70, with in the webserver 70, search qualified driver.In this program, PDA can any mode and the webserver 70 online.For example, PDA can be by a pcmcia card, and the mode of dialing and connecting with telephone wire is connected with the world-wide web signal, and transmits data according to known ICP/IP protocol.The network address of the webserver 70 can in be built in the driver management module 12, also can set by the user.
Receiving after search that PDA transmits via network requires, the webserver 70 can be searched qualified driver according to the data that PDA sends by the driver search module 71 of a correspondence in network data base 72.In other words, the user does not need the relevant information of the relevant driver of extra input again.Transmit to search when requiring, PDA can transmit simultaneously and login the required authenticated data of the webserver 70, as ID and password etc., with identification user's identity and login the webserver 70.After the driver search module 71 in the webserver 70 had found qualified driver, it can send back PDA via network 80 with this driver.After PDA receives this driver, i.e. the action of installing by driver management module 12.
Via above-mentioned flow process, PDA is the driver storage device in PDA, the database in the computer installation and three places such as network data base in the webserver automatically, search the required driver of expansion board, and finish the action of installation.So, can realize the function of expansion board plug and play.The user does not need can make with the manual mode search driver of expansion board normal operation.
The person of noting, aforesaid computer installation driver searching procedure 23 there is no certain sequencing with world-wide web driver searching procedure 24.In other words, can carry out world-wide web driver searching procedure 24 earlier, carry out computer installation driver searching procedure 23 again.Both can merge into an extraneous driver searching procedure, and can use above-mentioned any means in addition, in the suitable driver of the outside search of portable electronic device.
Anyly be familiar with this operator and all can carry out the modification of equivalence according to embodiments of the invention, and do not break away from its spirit and category above-mentioned.Therefore, the above only is an illustrative, but not is restricted person.Anyly do not break away from spirit of the present invention and category and, all should be included in the appended claim scope its equivalent modifications of carrying out or change.

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1, a kind of driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system is imposed in a portable electronic device, and this portable electronic device comprises an expansion board receiving trap, and it receives an external expansion board; One driver storage device, it is arranged at and stores at least one driver in the portable electronic device; One computer connecting device, it provides this portable electronic device to be connected to a computer installation that stores at least one driver; And a network connection device, it provides this portable electronic device to be connected to world-wide web, it is characterized in that:
This driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system comprises:
One driver management module, its automatically from this driver storage device, this computer connecting device and this network connection device wherein one obtain a driver that can make this expansion board normal operation that this expansion board receiving trap received.
2, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
This driver management module is searched this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation earlier in this driver storage device, when this driver management module can't obtain this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation in this driver storage device, this driver management module automatically is connected to this computer installation via this computer connecting device, to obtain this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation.
3, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
This driver management module is searched this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation earlier in this driver storage device, when this driver management module can't obtain this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation in this driver storage device, then this driver management module automatically is connected to world-wide web via this world-wide web coupling arrangement, to obtain this driver that can make this expansion board normal operation.
4, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this portable electronic device be a personal digital assistant (Personal DigitalAssistant, PDA).
5, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this computer installation also is connected to world-wide web, to obtain at least one driver via world-wide web.
6, a kind of driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation method comprises:
One resident driver searching procedure, it automatically obtains this driver of this expansion board normal operation that can make this expansion board reception program reception in a driver storage device; And
One extraneous driver searching procedure, its in the time should resident driver searching procedure can't in this driver storage device, obtaining this driver, automatically a computer installation and a world-wide web wherein one obtain this driver.
7, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation method as claimed in claim 6 wherein should comprise by external world's driver searching procedure:
One computer installation driver searching procedure, it automatically searches this driver in this computer installation; And
One world-wide web driver searching procedure, it automatically searches this driver via world-wide web in a webserver.
8, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation method as claimed in claim 6 also comprises:
One construction network requirement program, it is in the time can't connecting this portable electronic device and world-wide web, and this construction network requirement program is sent and is required to carry out the requirement that this portable electronic device is connected with this world-wide web.
9, driver program of extending card for portable electronic device installation method as claimed in claim 6, wherein this portable electronic device be a personal digital assistant (Personal DigitalAssistant, PDA).
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