CN1869931A - Update system and method for operation system of mobile terminal apparatus - Google Patents

Update system and method for operation system of mobile terminal apparatus Download PDF

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CN1869931A
CN1869931A CN 200510040175 CN200510040175A CN1869931A CN 1869931 A CN1869931 A CN 1869931A CN 200510040175 CN200510040175 CN 200510040175 CN 200510040175 A CN200510040175 A CN 200510040175A CN 1869931 A CN1869931 A CN 1869931A
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A method for updating operation system of mobile terminal includes switching power supply on mobile terminal and operating multilead loading program, downloading the second operation system image being stored in current read only storage and being different to the first operation system, backing up lead loading programs in current real only storage and the first operation system in specific storing media, storing data stored in current read only storage into the second operation system image, downloading lead loading programs and the second operation system image, quickly erasing all images downloaded in data storage and restarting up mobile terminal.

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The operating system update system and method for mobile phone
Technical field
The present invention relates to mobile phone, be particularly related to a plurality of operating systems (OS) that in a mobile phone, have in order to use, even when changing operating system, still can keep the operating system update system and method for mobile phone of the fundamental property of data.
Background technology
Recently, along with making constant progress of science and technology, mobile phones such as intelligent telephone, personal digital assistant no longer just are used for commercial object, and it becomes popular product gradually.It not only has the function of individual schedule management, also has multiple functions such as electronic notebook, playback digital music, game machine simultaneously.
This mobile phone is different with common personal computer, and it is loading operation system (Operating system:OS) and application program in ROM (read-only memory) in advance.Use mask-type ROM in the past, be characterized in that record afterwards just can not be erasable.What use now is to wipe type storer and short-access storage soon, and characteristics are after the record, can also upgrade it.
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram that has the tectonic embodiment of ROM (read-only memory) that has in the mobile phone now.As shown in Figure 1, the ROM (read-only memory) of existing mobile phone structure is made of following components: Boot loader zone 110; Zone 120 with various operating systems and various application programs; The storage area 150 of storage system composition data.
If open the power supply of mobile phone, move above-mentioned Boot loader, above-mentioned Boot loader initialization mobile phone hardware plays effect from control hardware to operating system that deliver.Then, operating system plays the control action to hardware, opens operation according to general order.In addition, in ROM (read-only memory), also write down information intrinsic in hardware and the mobile phone.
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram that has tectonic another embodiment of ROM (read-only memory) that has in the mobile phone now.
By among Fig. 2 we as can be seen, the structure difference of the ROM (read-only memory) that itself and Fig. 1 show is that it has Boot loader in advance (the pre boot loader) zone 210 that can upgrade above-mentioned Boot loader.
In this case, if open above-mentioned mobile phone power supply, at first move Boot loader in advance, the above-mentioned initialization of Boot loader in advance mobile phone hardware, when having operations such as upgrading Boot loader, bootup window if do not move, plays effect from control to Boot loader that deliver.
When there was operations such as upgrading ROM (read-only memory) in Boot loader, bootup window if do not move, was taken on effect from control to operating system that deliver.
If deliver control, according to common sequence starting and operation to operating system.In addition, writing down intrinsic information in hardware and the personal digital assistant on the ROM (read-only memory) in addition.
In order to revise and to improve software and the mistake that has in the above-mentioned mobile phone, need a kind ofly carry out method for updating to above-mentioned mobile phone ROM (read-only memory) and Boot loader.
Above-mentioned mobile phone ROM (read-only memory) under the prior art and Boot loader update method can be divided into following two:
First method is exactly above-mentioned ROM (read-only memory) by the storage form, is data with the file storage of necessity, and needed part downloads in the system storage in the time of only will upgrading, and the method for use.In this case, in ROM (read-only memory) (for example flash memory), file is stored with the data form.The storage of this data and update method not only can be upgraded the part of necessity, and can manage according to the classification of software module.
Second method is exactly that operating system and software with above-mentioned use all is made into single reflection, and it is whole to remove ROM (read-only memory), writes the method for new reflection again.
But there is the shortcoming of only supporting the operating system of storing in the above-mentioned ROM (read-only memory) in above-mentioned two kinds of update methods.
For example, use the Boot loader of the operating system of company of Microsoft (MS) to exist and the incompatible shortcoming of (SuSE) Linux OS (a kind of UNIX operating system that can freely use) and palm system (a kind of popular palm PC platform).
And, owing in an operating system, comprise multiple function, cause that development cost increase and the hardware resource utilization is restricted, cause carrying out fully the problem that (full performance) is difficult to action thus.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is in order to address the above problem, its objective is to the user provides in a kind of ROM (read-only memory) structure by having in mobile phone, append and form the multihoming load module, irrelevant with the type of operating system, for the convenience in user's use, by a terminating machine, can support to use the operating system of multifrequency natureization, and support the operating system update system and method for the mobile phone of several operation systems such as use MS (Microsoft), Linux and palm system.
To achieve these goals, the feature of the operating system update system of mobile phone of the present invention is: in mobile phone, ROM (read-only memory) is made of following components: the 1st zone with multihoming load module; Has the 2nd zone of Boot loader in advance; The 3rd zone with Boot loader; The 4th zone with operating system and application program; The 5th zone of storage system composition data.In a terminating machine of the compatibility of the operating system that can support mobile phone and Microsoft, (SuSE) Linux OS, palm system and other operating system, the multihoming load module that has in above-mentioned the 1st zone can ensure the preservation of existing data, and carries out the renewal of several operation systems.
And the method for updating OS of mobile phone of the present invention comprises following several stages, and as feature: open the mobile phone power supply, the stage of operation multihoming load module; If move above-mentioned multihoming load module, downloaded stored is different from the stage of the 2nd operation system image of the 1st operating system in current ROM (read-only memory); The Boot loader in the 3rd, 4 zone of above-mentioned current ROM (read-only memory) and the stage that the 1st operating system backs up in the specific memory medium will be stored in; With the data storage of storing in the 5th zone on the above-mentioned current ROM (read-only memory) stage in the 2nd operation system image of above-mentioned download; Download above-mentioned Boot loader, Boot loader, the 2nd operation system image in advance in the data memory region of above-mentioned mobile phone, and the fast stage of wiping whole reflections of in above-mentioned data-carrier store, downloading; Restart the stage of above-mentioned mobile phone system.
The feature of the method for updating OS of mobile phone is: in a terminating machine of the compatibility of the operating system that can support mobile phone and Microsoft, (SuSE) Linux OS, palm system and other operating system, the multihoming load module that has in above-mentioned the 1st zone can ensure the preservation of existing data, and carries out the renewal of several operation systems.
The operating system update system and method for mobile phone of the present invention has with the type of operating system irrelevant, for the convenience in user's use, by a terminating machine, can support to use the operating system of multifrequency natureization, and support to use the advantage of several operation systems such as MS, Linux and palm.
And, the application of the invention in order to satisfy the requirement that the consumer is various, change, does not need to append in addition personal digital assistant and the embedded system terminal machine bought, only need can create the market economy interests of very big scope by providing and sell the several operation systems of characterization.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram that has the tectonic embodiment of ROM (read-only memory) that has in the mobile phone now;
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram that has tectonic another embodiment of ROM (read-only memory) that has in the mobile phone now;
Fig. 3 is the tectonic synoptic diagram of ROM (read-only memory) that has in the mobile phone of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of an embodiment of the method for updating OS of mobile phone of the present invention.
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Embodiment to the operating system update system and method for mobile phone of the present invention is elaborated below with reference to accompanying drawings.
Fig. 3 is the tectonic synoptic diagram of ROM (read-only memory) that has in the mobile phone of one embodiment of the present of invention.
As shown in Figure 3, the ROM (read-only memory) of suitable mobile phone of the present invention is made of following components: the 1st zone 310 with multihoming load module; Has the 2nd zone 320 of Boot loader in advance; The 3rd zone 330 with Boot loader; The 4th zone 340 with operating system and application program; The 5th zone 350 of storage system composition data.
In a terminating machine of the compatibility of the operating system that can support mobile phone and Microsoft, (SuSE) Linux OS, palm system and other operating system, the multihoming load module that has in above-mentioned the 1st zone can ensure the preservation of existing data, and carries out the renewal of several operation systems.
And, utilize above-mentioned multihoming load module, can support change such as multifrequency nature operating systems such as MP3 player characterization operating system, camera character operating system, wire/radio network characterization operating systems.
That is, be suitable for mobile phone of the present invention and utilize the multihoming load module, in other operating system data character beyond the operating system that in keeping existing ROM (read-only memory), has, can download.By like this, irrelevant with the kind of operating system, for the convenience in user's use,, can support to use multifrequency nature operating system, and support to use several operation systems such as MS, Linux and palm by a terminating machine.
Below, the embodiment that above-mentioned ROM (read-only memory) areal structure is moved is described as follows.At first, if open the mobile phone power supply, the above-mentioned multihoming load module of initial operation, above-mentioned multihoming load module initialization mobile phone hardware etc., when having operations such as Boot loader renewal in advance, bootup window if do not move, plays to Boot loader in advance and delivers the effect of control.
Then, when there was operations such as upgrading Boot loader in above-mentioned Boot loader in advance, bootup window if do not move, was delivered control to Boot loader; When there was operations such as upgrading ROM (read-only memory) in above-mentioned Boot loader, bootup window if do not move, was delivered control to operating system; If deliver control to operating system, according to general sequence starting, and bootup window.In addition, writing down intrinsic information in hardware and the personal digital assistant on the ROM (read-only memory) in addition.
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of an embodiment of the method for updating OS of mobile phone of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the method for updating OS to mobile phone of the present invention is elaborated below.
At first, if open the power supply of mobile phone, operation multihoming load module (ST40).
Just as explained above, in a terminating machine of the compatibility of the operating system that can support mobile phone and Microsoft, (SuSE) Linux OS, palm system and other operating system, above-mentioned multihoming load module can ensure the preservation of existing data, and carries out the renewal of several operation systems.
And, utilize above-mentioned multihoming load module, can support change such as multifrequency nature operating systems such as MP3 player characterization operating system, camera character operating system, wire/radio network characterization operating systems.
That is, if move above-mentioned multihoming load module, downloaded stored is different from the 2nd operation system image of the 1st operating system on current ROM (read-only memory).
Then, Boot loader and the 1st operating system that is stored in the 3rd, 4 zone of above-mentioned current ROM (read-only memory) is backed up (ST41) in the specific memory medium.
Then, with the data storage of storing in the 5th zone on the above-mentioned current ROM (read-only memory) in the 2nd operation system image of above-mentioned download (ST42).
Then, download above-mentioned Boot loader, Boot loader, the 2nd operation system image (ST43) in advance in the data memory region of above-mentioned mobile phone, and wipe whole reflections (ST44) of in above-mentioned data-carrier store, downloading soon.
At last, restart above-mentioned mobile phone system (ST45).By said process, even when the alter operation system, also can keep the character of data, and upgrade operating system.
By above-mentioned description, the related work personnel can carry out various change and modification fully in the scope that does not depart from this invention technological thought.
Therefore, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the content on the instructions, must determine its technical scope according to interest field.

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1, a kind of operating system update system of mobile phone, it is characterized in that: in mobile phone, ROM (read-only memory) comprises: the 1st zone with multihoming load module, has the 2nd zone of Boot loader in advance, the 3rd zone with Boot loader, the 4th zone with operating system and application program, the 5th zone of storage system composition data;
In a terminating machine of the compatibility of the operating system that can support mobile phone and Microsoft, (SuSE) Linux OS, palm system and other operating system, the multihoming load module that has in above-mentioned the 1st zone ensures the preservation of existing data, and carries out the renewal of several operation systems.
2, a kind of method for updating OS of mobile phone is characterized in that, comprising: open the mobile phone power supply, the stage of operation multihoming load module;
If above-mentioned operation multihoming load module, downloaded stored is different from the stage of the 2nd operation system image of the 1st operating system in current ROM (read-only memory);
The Boot loader in the 3rd, 4 zone of above-mentioned current ROM (read-only memory) and the stage that the 1st operating system backs up in the specific memory medium will be stored in;
With the data storage of storing in the 5th zone on the above-mentioned current ROM (read-only memory) stage in the 2nd operation system image of above-mentioned download;
On the data memory region of above-mentioned mobile phone, download above-mentioned Boot loader, Boot loader, the 2nd operation system image in advance, and the fast stage of wiping whole reflections of in above-mentioned data-carrier store, downloading;
Restart the stage of above-mentioned mobile phone system.
3, the method for updating OS of mobile phone as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: in a terminating machine of the compatibility of the operating system that can support mobile phone and Microsoft, (SuSE) Linux OS, palm system and other operating system, the multihoming load module that has in above-mentioned the 1st zone ensures the preservation of existing data, and carries out the renewal of several operation systems.
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