JP4561484B2 - Software update interface, method, program, server, and portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a software update interface for updating software of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the present invention relates to a software update interface and method for updating software according to the model of a mobile communication terminal, a program executed by a computer, a mobile communication terminal, and a server.

The mobile communication terminal can update its software to the latest version. However, there are many models of mobile communication terminals that are the premise of the present invention, and if the user cannot recognize the model of his / her mobile communication terminal, there is a problem that the software of the mobile communication terminal cannot be updated to the latest version. is there.
Furthermore, there is a problem that the importance of the latest version of software cannot be recognized, and the update time of the latest version of software cannot be recognized, and the user has not obtained sufficient update information.

Even if the user can recognize the model of his / her mobile communication terminal, there are few users who have stored the model of his / her mobile communication terminal, so check the model of the mobile communication terminal in advance when updating software Because it is necessary, there is a problem that software cannot be easily updated.
Therefore, there is a problem that the software needs to be easily updated to the latest version according to the model of the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, there are the following prior arts related to the problem with respect to the mobile communication terminal which is the premise of the present invention.
Conventionally, in order to allow a user of a mobile terminal device to use the latest version of the program without knowing the installation operation, the mobile terminal device is connected to an Internet service provider server and then connected to the Internet service provider. The latest AP version information is acquired from the provider's server and compared with the terminal AP version information managed in the mobile terminal device, and the version information of each application is recorded in the terminal AP version information and the latest AP version information. If the version of the application on the mobile terminal device side is old, the latest version of the program is downloaded from the server, and the application program on the mobile terminal device side is automatically updated (for example, see Patent Document 1). ).

However, in Patent Document 1 described above, the latest version of the program is downloaded from the server and the application program on the mobile terminal device side is automatically updated. However, the software can be easily installed according to the model of the mobile communication terminal. It does not update to the latest version.
Conventionally, in order to always automatically update the version of the information on the mobile terminal and appropriately perform the accounting process, the information stored in the mobile terminal that performs information processing alone is updated, and the accounting process is performed as the price. Disclosed is an information update method to be performed, and includes a server that provides the latest version of information to be updated, and an information processing apparatus connected to the server via the Internet. The information processing apparatus stores information stored in the server If the version of is newer than the version of the information stored in the mobile terminal, after acquiring the new version of the information, when the mobile terminal is connected, the new version of the information is transmitted to the mobile terminal (for example, , See Patent Document 2).

  However, in Patent Document 2, if the version of the information stored in the server is newer than the version of the information stored in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is connected after acquiring the new version information, The new version information is transmitted to the mobile terminal, but as described above, the software is not easily updated to the latest version according to the model of the mobile communication terminal.

JP 2000-276335 A JP 2001-29695 A

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention provides a software update interface, a method, a program executed by a computer, a mobile communication terminal, and a server for easily updating software to the latest version according to the model of the mobile communication terminal. The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a software update interface for updating software by downloading from a server to a mobile communication terminal, and the latest version of software together with the latest version of software for each model of the mobile communication terminal. A storage unit of a server that holds update information including version information, importance of software, and expected update time of software, and the mobile communication from the storage unit of the server in response to an inquiry from the mobile communication terminal The latest version information of the terminal model and software is retrieved and responded to the mobile communication terminal from the server; the model of the mobile communication terminal and the software version are updated from the storage unit of the server in response to the update request from the mobile communication terminal. Latest version information, software importance, and expected software update time The update information that is included is extracted and transmitted from the server to the mobile communication terminal; the latest version software of the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the storage unit of the server in response to the update determination from the mobile communication terminal, and the server A portable communication terminal that stores a software management unit of a server to be downloaded to a portable communication terminal, an information display unit of the portable communication terminal, software of the portable communication terminal, software version information, and model information of the portable communication terminal The software version information is extracted from the storage device unit and the storage device unit of the portable communication terminal, and the extracted version information is displayed on the information display unit; the model information of the portable communication terminal is extracted and the extracted model information is displayed. Query the server for the latest software version information for the server. The mobile phone model that has responded from the software management unit, the latest version information of the software, and the importance level of the software are displayed on the information display unit; the model information of the mobile communication terminal is extracted and the model is taken out A software update request for information is made to the server and received from the software management unit of the server, the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, the importance of the software, the expected update time of the software Update information including: is displayed on the information display unit; an update decision for an update request is transmitted to the server, and the latest version software of the mobile communication terminal model downloaded from the software management unit of the server is transmitted to the server. Update the software stored in the storage device of the mobile communication terminal, and Updating the software version information held in the storage device of the mobile communication terminal to the latest version information of the software, and displaying the update end on the information display unit after the update ends, and a software management unit of the mobile communication terminal A software update interface is provided.

  Further, the software management unit of the mobile communication terminal stores the model of the mobile phone that has responded to the inquiry from the software management unit of the server and the latest version information in the storage device of the mobile communication terminal. When the version of the held software is the same as the latest version, the information display unit displays that the software version is the latest version.

  Further, the software management unit of the mobile communication terminal receives the update request from the server software management unit of the server, the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, the software When the latest version is the same as the software version stored in the storage device of the mobile communication terminal for the update information including the expected update time, the software update is prohibited and the software cannot be updated. A message is displayed on the information display section.

  Further, when the information display unit is not provided in the mobile communication terminal and the LED is provided, the software management unit of the mobile communication terminal responds to the inquiry and the update request by managing the software of the server. When the software version information indicating that the latest version is different from or the same as the current version is obtained from the section, the software version information is displayed by the LED emission color or the number of flashes.

Further, when the software held in the storage unit of the server is updated to software with a high degree of urgency, the model information and version information of the mobile communication terminal are updated from the software management unit of the server to the update unit 105 of the mobile communication terminal. The software management unit of the mobile communication terminal displays the notified model information and software version information on the information display unit.
Furthermore, the present invention provides a software update method for updating software by downloading from a server to a mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, the latest version information of the software for each model of the mobile communication terminal, A step of holding update information including importance and an expected update time of software in a server, a step of holding software, software version information and model information in the portable communication terminal, and a step of holding in the portable communication terminal Displaying the version information of the current software on the information display unit of the mobile communication terminal, extracting the model information held in the mobile communication terminal, and sending the latest version of the software corresponding to the extracted model information to the server Responding to an inquiry from the mobile communication terminal The model information of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version information of the software, and the importance information of the software are extracted, transmitted from the server to the mobile communication terminal, responded, and displayed on the information display unit. Extracting the model information held in the mobile communication terminal, requesting the server to update the latest version of the software corresponding to the extracted model information, and responding to the update request from the mobile communication terminal Update information including the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, and the expected update time of the software, and is sent from the server to the mobile communication terminal and the information display And the server stores the update request for the update request from the mobile communication terminal. The latest version of the software that has been taken out, downloaded from the server to the mobile communication terminal, the software held in the mobile communication terminal, the software that downloaded the version information, updated to the latest version, and updated A software updating method comprising: displaying information on the information display unit.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a program for executing software update for downloading software from a server to a mobile communication terminal and updating the software on a computer, together with the latest version of software for each model of the mobile communication terminal. The latest version information, the importance level of the software, the procedure for holding the update information including the expected update time of the software in the server, the procedure for holding the software, software version information, model information in the mobile communication terminal, A procedure for displaying the version information of the software held in the mobile communication terminal on the information display unit of the mobile communication terminal, the model information held in the mobile communication terminal is taken out, and the software for the taken model information is taken out Query the server for the latest version of the software In order, in response to the inquiry from the mobile communication terminal, the model information of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version information of the software, and the importance information of the software are extracted, and the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the server. A procedure for transmitting and responding to display on the information display unit, a procedure for retrieving model information held in the portable communication terminal, a procedure for requesting the server to update the latest version of the software for the retrieved model information, In response to an update request from a mobile communication terminal, the server extracts the update information including the model of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version of software, the importance of software, and the expected update time of software, and To transmit to the mobile communication terminal and display on the information display unit; The latest version of software held in the server in response to the update determination of the update request is taken out, downloaded from the server to the mobile communication terminal, and the software and version information held in the mobile communication terminal There is provided a program for executing software update on a computer, the program comprising updating downloaded software, the latest version, and displaying information indicating the update on an information display unit.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a portable communication terminal that updates software by downloading from a server, an information display unit of the portable communication terminal, a storage unit that holds the software of the portable communication terminal, and the storage device A version information holding unit that holds version information of software to be held; a model information holding unit that holds model information of the mobile communication terminal; and a version information holding unit that extracts version information of the mobile communication terminal from the version information holding unit Version information confirmation unit for displaying the latest version information confirmation operation on the information display unit, and when there is an operation for confirming the latest version in the version information confirmation unit, from the model information holding unit to the portable communication terminal The latest version of the software for the extracted model information Inquiries to the server, and the model information of the mobile communication terminal that has responded from the server, the latest version information of the software, the inquiry unit for displaying the importance of the software on the information display unit, and the model information holding The model information of the mobile communication terminal is taken out from the unit, the software update request for the extracted model information is made to the server, the model of the mobile communication terminal received from the server, the latest version of the software, the software version Update information including the importance level and the expected update time of software is displayed on the information display unit, an update decision for an update request is transmitted to the server, and the latest version of the model of the mobile communication terminal downloaded from the server is updated. Update the software stored in the storage device to the software. And updating the software version information held in the version information holding unit to the latest version information of the software, and displaying an update end on the information display unit after the update ends. A mobile communication terminal is provided.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a server that downloads software to a mobile communication terminal and updates software, a storage device that holds software for each model of the mobile communication terminal, and software for each model of the mobile communication terminal. A software information holding unit that holds update information including the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, and the expected update time of the software;
In response to an inquiry about the latest version of the software for the model of the mobile communication terminal, the model information of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, and the importance level information of the software are extracted from the software information holding unit, A response unit that transmits and responds to the mobile communication terminal, and in response to a software update request for the model of the mobile communication terminal, from the software information holding unit, the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, the software Update information including the importance level of the wear and the expected update time is extracted and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and the corresponding software is extracted from the storage device in response to the update determination of the update request from the mobile communication terminal. Providing a server characterized by comprising a download unit for downloading to a terminal That.

  As described above, according to the present invention, for each mobile communication terminal model, the latest version software, the latest version information of the software, the importance of the software, and the update information including the expected update time of the software are stored in the server. Software, software version information, and model information are held in the mobile communication terminal, and the software version information held in the mobile communication terminal is displayed on the information display unit of the mobile communication terminal. Retrieves model information held in the terminal, queries the server for the latest version of the software for the retrieved model information, and models information and software of the portable communication terminal held in the server in response to an inquiry from the portable communication terminal The latest version information of software and importance information of software are extracted and carried from the server. The model information stored in the portable communication terminal is retrieved, the latest version software for the retrieved model information is requested to be updated to the server, and the update is performed from the portable communication terminal. In response to the request, the model of the mobile communication terminal held by the server, the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, the update information including the expected update time of the software is taken out, sent from the server to the mobile communication terminal, The latest version of software that is displayed on the information display unit, held in the server in response to the update decision of the update request from the mobile communication terminal is taken out, downloaded from the server to the mobile communication terminal, and held in the mobile communication terminal Software, version information downloaded, updated to the latest version, and updated Is displayed on the information display unit, so that the current software version for the mobile communication terminal model can be confirmed, and the mobile communication terminal can be used as a server for managing the software of a large number of mobile communication terminal models. The latest version of the software for the model can be confirmed, and the user can easily determine whether to upgrade the software.

In addition, since update size information and update time information are stored in the server, the update time can be notified to the mobile communication terminal so that the user can update the software update time. It became possible to know before.
Furthermore, since it is possible to determine whether the current version of the software is the latest version based on the LED emission color, the number of blinks, etc., the present invention can also be applied to a portable communication terminal without a liquid crystal display unit.

  Furthermore, since software with a high degree of urgency is notified from the server to the mobile communication terminal together with the model information, it is possible to prompt the user to update important software.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a software update interface according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the mobile communication terminal 100 and the server 200 are connected to each other via a public network or a priority cable 121, and the software update interface according to the present invention responds to an inquiry from the mobile communication terminal 100 to the server 200. The server 200 provides the latest version information to the mobile communication terminal 100, downloads the latest version software, and updates the software of the mobile communication terminal 100 by program control. This will be described in detail below.

The mobile communication terminal 100 includes an input device unit 101, and the input device unit 101 has a function for a user to operate the mobile communication terminal 100 using a button or the like of the mobile communication terminal 100.
Furthermore, the mobile communication terminal 100 has an information display unit 102, which is a display such as a liquid crystal (LCD) and displays the state of software.
Further, an input / output device control unit 104 is connected to the input device unit 101 and the information display unit 102, and the input / output device control unit 104 receives information from the input device unit 101 and passes the information to the information display unit 102.

A software management unit 105 is connected to the input / output device control unit 104, and the software management unit 105 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and manages software used for the mobile communication terminal 100.
A storage device unit 106 is connected to the software management unit 105, and the storage device unit 106 holds software used for the mobile communication terminal 100.

Software used for the mobile communication terminal 100 includes an operating system, applications, and a database.
Further, the software control unit 107 is connected to the software management unit 105, and the communication control unit 107 is a communication device for connecting to the server 200 using the public network or the priority cable 121.

Furthermore, the database of the storage device unit 106 is provided with a version information holding unit 106A and a model information holding unit 106B.
Here, the version information holding unit 106 </ b> A holds software version information held in the storage device unit 106.
The model information holding unit 106B holds model information of the mobile communication terminal 100.

Further, the software management unit 105 is provided with a version information confirmation unit 105A, an inquiry unit 105B, and an update unit 105C.
Here, the version information confirmation unit 105 </ b> A takes out the version information from the version information holding unit 106 </ b> A of the storage device unit 106 in response to the request by the operation of the input device unit 101 and displays it on the information display unit 102.

The inquiry unit 105B retrieves the model information of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the model information holding unit 106B of the storage device unit 106 in response to a request by the operation of the input device unit 101, shows the retrieved model information, and sends the latest version information to the server 200. The latest version information obtained from the server 200 is displayed on the information display unit 102.
The updating unit 105C downloads software from the server 200 via the communication control unit 107, and updates the software held in the model information holding unit 106B to the downloaded software.

Next, the server 200 includes an input device unit 111. The input device unit 111 includes a keyboard, a mouse, an auxiliary disk device, and a sensor, and has a function of operating the server 200.
Further, the server 200 has an information display unit 112, which is a display such as a liquid crystal (LCD) and displays software information downloaded to the mobile phone 100.

Further, an input / output device control unit 113 is connected to the input device unit 111 and the information display unit 112, and the input / output device control unit 113 receives information from the input device unit 111 and passes the information to the information display unit 112.
A software management unit 115 is connected to the input / output device control unit 113. The software management unit 115 is constituted by a CPU, and manages software downloaded to the mobile communication terminal 100.

A storage device unit 114 is connected to the software management unit 115, and the storage device unit 114 includes a main storage device and an external storage device, and software to be downloaded to each type of mobile communication terminal 100 is stored in the external storage device. Is retained.
Software stored in the external storage device of the storage device unit 114 includes an operating system, an application, and a database.

Furthermore, a software information holding unit 114A is provided in the database of the external storage device of the storage device unit 114, and the software information holding unit 114A holds various pieces of software information for the model of the mobile communication terminal 100.
A communication control device unit 116 is connected to the software management unit 115, and the communication control device unit 116 is a communication device using a public network or a priority cable 121.

Further, a communication control unit 116 is connected to the software management unit 115, and the communication control unit 116 uses a public network or a priority cable 121 to communicate with the communication control unit 107 of the mobile communication terminal 100. Device.
The software management unit 115 is provided with a response unit 115A and a download unit 115B.

Here, the response unit 115A accesses the database of the storage device unit 114 using the model information sent from the mobile communication terminal 100 to the server 200 as a key, and the latest software version, importance, update size, update time. To the portable communication terminal 100.
In response to the update request sent from the mobile communication terminal 100 to the server 200, the download unit 115B downloads the latest software from the storage device 114 to the mobile communication terminal 100.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the software information held by the software information holding unit 114A in the database of the storage unit 114 of the server 200 in FIG. As shown in the figure, the software information holding unit 114A is provided with a model information column, a software version column, a size column, an expected update time column, an update module column, and an importance column.

In the model column, model information of the mobile communication terminal 100 handled by the server 200 is described.
In the software column, the latest version is described for the model of the mobile communication terminal 100.
The size column lists the software size for the latest version. This makes it possible to predict the download time.

The expected update time column describes the expected update time of the latest version of the software.
An update module is described in the update module column.
The importance column describes the importance of the software to be updated.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for displaying the current version of software on the information display unit 102 of the mobile communication terminal 100 in FIG. As shown in this figure, when the current version of the software of the mobile communication terminal 100 is confirmed, the version information confirmation unit 105A of the software management unit 105 receives the software from the version information holding unit 106A of the storage unit 106. The current version is taken out and displayed on the information display unit 102 so that the current version can be confirmed. The information display unit 102 further displays an OK button and a cancel button for confirming the latest version information.

  When the confirmation of the latest version is requested by clicking the display OK button, the inquiry unit 105B extracts the model information of the portable communication terminal 100 from the model information holding unit 106B of the storage unit 106, and the public network from the communication control unit 107 Alternatively, the information is transmitted to the communication control unit 116 of the server 200 via the priority cable 121 and the server 200 is inquired about the latest version. The response unit 115A of the software management unit 115 receives the software information holding unit 114A of the storage unit 114. The latest version information and importance level information for the corresponding model information are transmitted from the communication control unit 116 to the communication control unit 107 via the public network or the priority cable 121, and a response to the inquiry of the inquiry unit 105B is performed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for displaying the latest version of software on the information display unit 102 of the mobile communication terminal 100 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, when there is a response of the latest version from the server 200, the inquiry unit 105B causes the information display unit 102 to display the responded latest version information together with model information and importance level information.
As shown in this figure (b), in the inquiry part 105B, when the latest version responded from the server 200 is the same as the current version, the responding latest version information is displayed together with model information and importance information, Further, it is displayed that the current software of the mobile communication terminal 100 is the latest version.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for displaying software update information on the information display unit 102 of the mobile communication terminal 100 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, when updating the software of the mobile communication terminal 100, the update unit 105C of the software management unit 105 starts from the model information holding unit 106B of the storage unit 106 to the mobile communication terminal. 100 model information is extracted and transmitted from the communication control unit 107 to the communication control unit 116 via the public network or the priority cable 121, and the server 200 is requested to update the software for the model of the portable communication terminal 100. The download unit 115B of the software management unit 115 in the server 200 extracts the model information, the latest version information, the importance level information, the update size information, and the expected update time information from the software information holding unit 114A of the storage unit 114. Communication control unit 107 through public network or priority cable 121 from unit 116 Transmitted, the update unit 105C software management unit 105, the current model, version, received model, the latest version, importance, update size, and displays the update information including the estimated update time information display unit 102. Further, an OK button and a cancel button for the update determination operation are displayed.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the update unit 105C prohibits software update when the current version is the same as the latest version, and informs the information display unit 102 that the software cannot be updated. indicate.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for displaying the end of software update determined to be updated on the display screen of FIG. As shown in this figure, when an update decision is made on the display screen of FIG. 6, the update unit 105C transmits the update decision from the communication control unit 107 to the communication control unit 116 via the public network or the priority cable 121. When the download unit 115B of the software management unit 115 receives the update determination, the download unit 115B retrieves the corresponding software from the storage unit 114, and communicates from the communication control unit 116 via the public network or the priority cable 121. The update unit 105C updates the software held in the storage device unit 106 to the downloaded software, updates the version held in the version information holding unit 106A to the latest version, and updates it. The unit 105C causes the information display unit 102 to display update completion.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining in detail a series of operation examples of the software update interface in FIG. As shown in the figure, in step 201, when the user wants to know the status of the software version of the mobile communication terminal 100, the user enters the key from the input device unit 101 and starts the software management unit 105. To do.
In step 202, the version information confirmation unit 105A of the activated software management unit 105 acquires the current version information of the software existing in the storage device unit 106 from the version information holding unit 106A and displays it on the information display unit 102. It can be confirmed by the user (see the display screen in FIG. 3).

  In step 203, the version information confirmation unit 105A determines whether to confirm the latest version information. When the user wants to know the latest version information of the software, on the display screen of the information display unit 102, the user clicks the confirmation operation button from the input device unit 101, determines the confirmation, and selects the latest version information. . If the confirmation is not determined by clicking the cancel button, the process ends.

  In step 204, the inquiry unit 105B of the software management unit 105 makes a determination of confirmation. When obtaining the latest version information, the model information of the mobile communication terminal 100 is extracted from the version information holding unit 106A, and communication is performed. Communication is performed from the control unit 107 to the communication control unit 116 of the server 200 via the public network or the priority cable 121, the model information of the extracted mobile communication terminal 100 is shown, and the software is inquired.

In step 205, the response unit 115A of the software management unit 115 in the server 200 extracts the model information of the portable communication terminal 100 from the inquiry, and the software for the model of the portable communication terminal 100 from the software information holding unit 114A of the storage unit 114. The data is transmitted to the communication control unit 107 via 121 and a response to the inquiry is made.
In step 206, when there is a response to the inquiry, the inquiry unit 105B of the software management unit 105 displays information on the latest version of the software on the information display unit 102 (see FIG. 4A). When the current software is the latest version, the inquiry unit 105B displays that fact (see FIG. 4B).

In step 207, the updating unit 105 </ b> C of the software management unit 105 determines whether there is a software update request from the input of the input device unit 101. If there is no update request, the process ends.
In step 208, when the user desires to upgrade to the latest version of the software and there is an update request using the input device unit 101, the update unit 105C holds the model information of the storage device unit 106. The model information of the portable communication terminal 100 is extracted from the unit 106B, the communication control unit 107 communicates with the communication control unit 116 of the server 200 via the public network or the priority cable 121, and the extracted portable communication terminal 100 The model information is shown, and a software update request is sent to the server 200. In the server 200, the download unit 115B of the software management unit 115 extracts the latest version information, importance level information, update size, and expected update time for the corresponding model from the software information holding unit 114A of the storage unit 114. The data is transmitted from the communication control unit 116 to the communication control unit 107 via the public network or the priority cable 121. The update unit 105C displays the current model, version, received model, latest version, importance, update size, and expected update time on the information display unit 102 (see FIG. 5A).

In step 209, with reference to the display on the information display unit 102, the update unit 105C performs an update determination process for the update determination made by the user. If the update decision is not made, the process is terminated, and if the current version and the latest version are the same and cannot be updated (see FIG. 5B), the process is terminated.
In step 210, the updating unit 105 </ b> C determines that an update decision has been made when the user makes a software update decision using the input device unit 101, and sends the update decision from the communication control unit 107 to the public. The data is transmitted to the communication control unit 116 via the network or the priority cable 121, and the download unit 115B of the software management unit 115 takes out the corresponding software from the storage unit 114, and the public network or priority from the communication control unit 116 The data is downloaded to the communication control unit 107 via the cable 121, and the update unit 105C updates the software held in the storage unit 106 to the downloaded software, and is further held in the model information holding unit 106B. Update the version information to the latest version information.

In step 211, the update unit 105C displays the update end on the information display unit 102 (see FIG. 6). When the input device unit 101 confirms, the software management unit 105 ends normally.
Therefore, according to the present invention, the current software version for the mobile communication terminal model can be confirmed, and the software for the mobile communication terminal model is stored in a server that manages the software for a large number of mobile communication terminal models. Since the latest version can be checked, the user can easily determine whether to upgrade the software version.

  In addition, since update size information and update time information are stored in the server, the update time can be notified to the mobile communication terminal so that the user can update the software update time. It became possible to know before.

FIG. 8 is a modification of FIG. 1 and is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a software update interface according to the present invention. As shown in this figure, it is assumed that the mobile communication terminal 100 is provided with an LED 103 instead of the information display unit 102, as compared with FIG.
The LED 103 is a light emitting diode, and displays the state of software by the emission color of the LED 103, the number of blinks, and the like.

Thus, the present invention can be applied to the mobile communication terminal 100 that does not include the information display unit 102.
As an example, in response to an inquiry from the inquiry unit 105B of the software management unit 105 to the server 200, the LED 103 is lit red when the response from the response unit 115A of the server 200 indicates that the latest version is different from the current version. In the case of a response that the latest version is the same as the current version, it may be lit in green.

Further, in response to an update request from the update unit 105C of the software management unit 105 received from the download unit 115B of the server 200 that the latest version is different from the current version, the LED 103 is lit red. In the case of a response that the latest version is the same as the current version, it may be lit in green.
Furthermore, in response to an inquiry from the inquiry unit 105B of the software management unit 105 to the server 200, the LED 103 responds to the inquiry from the response unit 115A of the server 200 that the latest version is different from the current version, for example, five times. In the case of a response indicating that the latest version is the same as the current version, it may be turned on continuously.

  Furthermore, in response to an update request from the update unit 105C of the software management unit 105 to the update request of the server 200, when the latest version is received from the download unit 115B of the server 200 is different from the current version, the LED 103 is, for example, 5 In the case of a response indicating that the latest version is the same as the current version, it may be turned on continuously.

  For example, when highly urgent software is updated in the storage device unit 114 of the server 200 in FIG. 1 or FIG. 8, the software management unit 115 is connected from the communication control device unit 116 via the public network or the priority cable 121. The model information and version information are notified to the communication control unit 107 of the mobile communication terminal 100, and the software management unit 105 checks the target model information and software version information, and the software needs to be updated. If it is determined, an icon is displayed on the information display unit 102. As a result, it is possible to prompt the user to update important software.

  Although the mobile communication terminal has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be used for a mobile phone, a PHS (simple mobile phone), and a PDA (mobile information terminal).

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the software update interface which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the software information which the software information holding | maintenance part 114A in the database of the memory | storage device part 114 of the server 200 in FIG. 1 hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which displays the present version of software on the information display part 102 of the mobile communication terminal 100 in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which displays the newest version of software on the information display part 102 of the mobile communication terminal 100 in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which displays the update information of software on the information display part 102 of the portable communication terminal 100 in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which displays the update completion of the software determined to update on the display screen of FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating in detail a series of operation examples of a software update interface in FIG. 1. It is a modification of FIG. 1, and is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a software update interface according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Mobile communication terminal 101 ... Input device part 102 ... Information display part 103 ... LED
104 ... I / O device control unit 105 ... Software management unit 105A ... Version information confirmation unit 105B ... Inquiry unit 105C ... Update unit 106 ... Storage device unit 106A ... Version information holding unit 106B ... Model information holding unit 107 ... Communication control unit 111 ... Input device unit 112 ... Information display unit 113 ... Input / output device control unit 114 ... Storage device unit 114A ... Software information holding unit 115 ... Software management unit 115A ... Response unit 115B ... Download unit 116 ... Communication control device unit 121 ... Public network or priority cable 200 ... Server

Claims (9)

In the software update interface that updates the software by downloading from the server to the mobile communication terminal,
The latest version information of the software together with the latest version of the software for each model of the mobile communication terminal, the storage unit of the server that holds the update information including the importance of the software, the expected update time of the software,
In response to an inquiry from the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the mobile communication terminal model and software is retrieved from the storage unit of the server and responded to the mobile communication terminal from the server; update from the mobile communication terminal In response to the request, from the storage unit of the server, the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, the importance of the software, the update information including the expected update time of the software is taken out from the server to the mobile communication terminal A server software management unit that retrieves the latest version software of the model of the mobile communication terminal from the storage unit of the server in response to an update determination from the mobile communication terminal and downloads the software from the server to the mobile communication terminal When,
An information display unit of the mobile communication terminal;
The mobile communication terminal software, software version information, a mobile communication terminal storage device holding model information of the mobile communication terminal, and
The software version information is extracted from the storage unit of the mobile communication terminal, and the extracted version information is displayed on the information display unit; the model information of the mobile communication terminal is extracted, and the latest version of the software for the extracted model information Inquires of the server for information, displays the model of the cellular phone that has responded from the software management unit of the server, the latest version information of the software, and the importance of the software on the information display unit; The model information is taken out, the software update request for the fetched model information is made to the server, the model of the mobile communication terminal received from the software management unit of the server, the latest version information of the software, the importance of the software Update information including the expected software update time An update determination for an update request is transmitted to the server and stored in the latest version software of the model of the portable communication terminal downloaded from the software management unit of the server. The software held in the device is updated, and the software version information held in the storage device of the portable communication terminal is updated to the latest version information of the software. A software update interface, comprising: a software management unit of a mobile communication terminal that displays update completion. The software management unit of the mobile communication terminal is stored in the storage device of the mobile communication terminal for the model of the mobile phone that has responded to the inquiry from the software management unit of the server and the latest version information. 2. The software update interface according to claim 1, wherein, when the version of the software is the same as the latest version, the information display unit displays that the version of the software is the latest version. The software management unit of the mobile communication terminal receives the update request from the software management unit of the server, the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, the expected update of the software If the latest version is the same as the software version stored in the storage device of the mobile communication terminal for the update information including the time, the software update is prohibited and the software cannot be updated. The software update interface according to claim 2, wherein the software update interface is displayed on the information display unit. When the mobile communication terminal is not provided with an information display unit and an LED is provided, the software management unit of the mobile communication terminal responds to an inquiry or update request from the software management unit of the server. When the software version information that the latest version is different from or the same as the current version is obtained, the software version information is displayed by the light emission color of the LED or the number of times of light emission blinking. The software update interface according to claim 1. When software held in the storage unit of the server is updated to software with a high degree of urgency, notification of model information and version information is sent from the software management unit of the server to the update unit 105 of the mobile communication terminal. 2. The software update interface according to claim 1, wherein the software management unit of the mobile communication terminal displays the notified model information and software version information on the information display unit. In a software update method for updating software by downloading from a server to a mobile communication terminal,
The step of holding the latest version information of the software together with the latest version of the software for each model of the mobile communication terminal, the importance of the software, the update information including the expected update time of the software in the server,
Software in the mobile communication terminal, software version information, holding the model information,
Displaying the software version information held in the mobile communication terminal on the information display unit of the mobile communication terminal;
Retrieving the model information held in the mobile communication terminal, inquiring the server for the latest version of the software for the retrieved model information;
In response to the inquiry from the mobile communication terminal, the model information of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version information of the software, the importance information of the software are extracted and transmitted from the server to the mobile communication terminal. Responding and displaying on the information display unit;
Extracting the model information held in the mobile communication terminal, and requesting the server to update the latest version of the software for the extracted model information;
In response to the update request from the mobile communication terminal, the model of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, the update information including the expected update time of the software, Transmitting from the server to the mobile communication terminal, and displaying on the information display unit;
In response to the update determination of the update request from the mobile communication terminal, the latest version of software held in the server is extracted, downloaded from the server to the mobile communication terminal, and software held in the mobile communication terminal A software update method comprising: downloading software, version information downloaded, updating to the latest version, and displaying the update on the information display unit. In a program for executing software update on a computer by downloading software from a server to a mobile communication terminal and updating the software,
A procedure for holding in the server the latest version information of the software together with the latest version of the software for each model of the mobile communication terminal, the importance of the software, and the update information including the expected update time of the software,
Software for the mobile communication terminal, software version information, a procedure for holding model information,
A procedure for displaying version information of software held in the mobile communication terminal on an information display unit of the mobile communication terminal;
A procedure for retrieving model information held in the mobile communication terminal and inquiring the server for the latest version of software for the retrieved model information;
In response to the inquiry from the mobile communication terminal, the model information of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version information of the software, and the importance information of the software are extracted and transmitted from the server to the mobile communication terminal. A procedure for responding and displaying on the information display unit;
Taking out the model information held in the mobile communication terminal, a procedure for requesting the server to update the latest version software for the extracted model information,
In response to an update request from the mobile communication terminal, the model of the mobile communication terminal held in the server, the latest version of the software, the importance of the software, the update information including the expected update time of the software, Transmitting from the server to the mobile communication terminal and displaying on the information display unit;
The software of the latest version held in the server is extracted in response to the update determination of the update request from the mobile communication terminal, downloaded to the mobile communication terminal from the server, and the software held in the mobile communication terminal A program for executing software update on a computer, comprising: software, software having downloaded version information, and a procedure for updating the information to the latest version and displaying information indicating the update on the information display unit. In mobile communication terminals that update software by downloading from a server,
An information display unit of the mobile communication terminal;
A storage unit that holds the software of the mobile communication terminal;
A version information holding unit for holding software version information held in the storage device;
A model information holding unit for holding model information of the mobile communication terminal;
Extracting the version information of the mobile communication terminal from the version information holding unit, the extracted version information, a version information confirmation unit for displaying the latest version confirmation operation on the information display unit,
When there is an operation of a confirmation request for the latest version in the version information confirmation unit, the model information of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the model information holding unit, and the latest version information of software for the retrieved model information is inquired to the server, Model information of the mobile communication terminal that has responded from the server, latest version information of software, an inquiry unit that displays the importance of software on the information display unit,
The model information of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the model information holding unit, the update request of the software for the extracted model information is made to the server, and the model of the mobile communication terminal received from the server, the latest version of the software Update information including software importance level and expected update time of software is displayed on the information display unit, and an update decision for an update request is transmitted to the server, and the model of the mobile communication terminal downloaded from the server Update the software held in the storage device to the latest version of the software, and update the software version information held in the version information holding unit to the latest version information of the software. An update unit that displays the end of update on the information display unit after the update is completed. Portable communication terminal characterized by and. In a server that downloads software to a mobile communication terminal and updates the software,
A storage unit that holds software for each model of the mobile communication terminal;
A software information holding unit for holding update information including the latest version of software, the importance of software, and the expected update time of software for each model of the mobile communication terminal;
In response to an inquiry about the latest version of the software for the model of the mobile communication terminal, the model information of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, and the importance level information of the software are extracted from the software information holding unit, A response unit that transmits and responds to the mobile communication terminal;
In response to a software update request for the model of the mobile communication terminal, update information including the model of the mobile communication terminal, the latest version information of the software, the importance of the software, and the expected update time from the software information holding unit And a download unit that extracts the corresponding software from the storage device in response to the update determination of the update request from the mobile communication terminal, and downloads the software to the mobile communication terminal. Server.

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