KR100894550B1 - Method and apparatus for updating software of mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a software update method, and provides an apparatus and a method for maintaining a state of a terminal in accordance with a user's taste by allowing a user to select software to be updated when updating a mobile communication terminal.

To this end, the software update method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) determining whether there is an update that can be performed after receiving update information by accessing a management server; (b) displaying the update information when there is an update that can be performed as a result of the determination; (c) receiving input from a user for selecting an update to be performed according to the displayed update information, and excluding the user input if the required update is excluded; And (d) performing the update if the update selected by the user or the required update exists.

Thus, the present invention has the advantage that the user can maintain the terminal environment in the desired state according to the user's choice when performing the software update of the mobile communication terminal.

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Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING SOFTWARE OF MOBILE STATION}

The present invention relates to a software update method, and more particularly, to a remote software update method in a mobile communication terminal.

The present invention is derived from the research conducted as part of the IT new growth engine core technology development project of the Ministry of Information and Communication [Task management number: 2006-S-038-01, Task name: Terminal adaptive embedded operating system technology for mobile convergence computing Development].

Mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones or PDAs (Personal Digital Assistance) have built-in software and firmware that control and utilize the functions of the hardware. Firmware refers to a micro program that controls hardware having both software and hardware characteristics. Hereinafter, software is described as meaning including firmware. However, as time goes by, the user's desire to use the mobile communication terminal is diversified, and the software embedded at the time of release of the mobile communication terminal may not satisfy the needs of the user. In addition, due to a defect of the program itself at the time of release, the mobile communication terminal may not perform its function normally or may cause unexpected malfunction.

In order to solve this problem, various methods for updating the software of the mobile communication terminal have been derived. Among them, after determining whether the update is possible through communication between the mobile communication terminal and the management server of the mobile communication service provider, There is a way to update the system itself.

However, this method is to perform the update through the self-determination process by the program embedded in the mobile communication terminal, where the software is updated to a state that the user does not want to cause an inconvenience to the user. For example, when the software of the user's terminal that has been using the version 2.0 software for a long time is updated to version 3.0 and the interface is changed a lot, the user may feel inconvenience in operating the terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for maintaining a state of a terminal in accordance with a user's taste by allowing a user to select software to be updated when updating a mobile communication terminal.

To this end, the software update method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) determining whether there is an update that can be performed after receiving update information by accessing a management server; (b) displaying the update information when there is an update that can be performed as a result of the determination; (c) receiving input from a user for selecting an update to be performed according to the displayed update information, and excluding the user input if the required update is excluded; And (d) performing the update if the update selected by the user or the required update exists.

In addition, the software update apparatus according to the present invention, the display unit for displaying the update information output from the control unit; A key input unit configured to receive a user input for selecting an update to be performed and output the same to the controller; And determining whether there is an update that can be performed according to a signal received from the management server by accessing the management server, and outputting information of the update to the display unit when there is the executable update, and then selecting the user through the key input unit. If the update is performed, but the displayed update is a mandatory update, the control unit excludes a user's input that excludes the execution of the mandatory update and performs the mandatory update.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage in that the terminal environment can be maintained in a desired state according to a user's selection when performing a software update of the mobile communication terminal.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the basic configuration and operation of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

The controller 100 processes various functions of the mobile communication terminal such as a telephone call, data communication, and wireless Internet connection. In particular, the control unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention accesses the management server of the mobile communication service provider to determine whether there is an update that can be performed, and outputs the update information that can be performed to the display unit 130. In this case, the controller 100 may not output the additional update information, which is not performed in the previous update process, to the display unit 130. In addition, the control unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention stores the update information in which the execution is excluded by the user in the memory unit 110.

The reception of the update information may be performed periodically, i.e. at every terminal booting or at regular time intervals set by the user or preset at the time of terminal manufacture.

In addition, the control unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, with reference to the data stored in the memory unit 110, a new update other than the update that is excluded by the user in the previous update process of the currently performable update Determine if there is.

In addition, the control unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a user's input for selecting an update to be performed through the key input unit 120 and performs the update according to the user's selection. In this case, when the update to be performed is a mandatory update, the controller 100 may exclude a user's input that excludes the execution of the mandatory update.

In addition, the control unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention controls the operation of performing the update, determines whether the reboot of the terminal due to the update is necessary, and rebooting the terminal when the reboot is necessary.

Hereinafter, the update information is described as meaning including information about the title, version, brief description of the software to be updated, the version of the software currently embedded in the terminal, and whether the required or additional update is included. In addition, hereinafter, a mandatory update is an update that must be performed, and it is described as an update that a user cannot exclude. In addition, the additional update is not necessarily an update that must be performed, and is described as meaning an update that can be excluded by the user by selection.

The memory unit 110 provides an area for storing various programs and data. In particular, the memory unit 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides an area for storing update information whose execution is excluded by the user among updateable operations.

The key input unit 120 includes various numeric keys, function keys, and the like, and outputs key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 100. In particular, the user may select an additional update to be performed using the key input unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Accordingly, the key input unit 120 receives an input of a user who selects an update to be performed and outputs it to the control unit 100.

The display unit 130 displays various image data under the control of the control unit 100. In particular, the display unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays information of an update that can be performed under the control of the controller 100.

The wireless unit 140 controls transmission and reception of voice data and control data under the control of the controller 100.

The voice processing unit 150 converts and outputs voice data received from the wireless unit 140 into an audible sound through the speaker SPK under the control of the controller 100, and encodes a voice signal received from the microphone MIC. The voice data is output to the wireless unit 140.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a software update method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In step 200, the control unit 100 accesses the management server and receives the update information. The reception of the update information may be performed periodically, i.e. at every terminal booting or at regular time intervals set by the user or preset at the time of terminal manufacture.

In step 210, the controller 100 determines whether there is an update that can be performed from the received update information. If there is an update that can be performed, the controller 100 proceeds to step 220.

In operation 220, the controller 100 determines whether there is a new update other than the update excluded by the user in the previous update process among the updates that can be performed by referring to the data stored in the memory 110, and if there is a new update, Proceed to 230, otherwise end. The step 220 may be omitted as necessary.

In step 230, the control unit 100 outputs information of an update that can be performed to the display unit 130, and then receives the user's input for selecting an update to be performed according to the output information, and proceeds to step 240. In this case, the control unit 100 may display the additional update except for the execution that was excluded in the previous update process. In addition, when the displayed update is a mandatory update, a user input for excluding the performance of the mandatory update may be excluded.

In step 240, the controller 100 determines whether there is a required update and additional updates selected by the user, and if there is a required update or additional updates selected by the user, the process proceeds to step 250, and otherwise ends.

In step 250, the control unit 100 stores update information excluded from the user in the memory unit 110, proceeds to step 260 after performing the required update and the additional update selected by the user.

In step 260, the controller 100 determines whether a reboot of the terminal is required due to a software update, and if the reboot of the terminal is required, proceeds to step 270, and otherwise ends.

In step 270, the controller 100 reboots and terminates the terminal.

3A is an exemplary view showing a screen showing an update list according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is an exemplary view showing a screen showing detailed information of an update list according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a software update method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 3B.

In the following embodiment, the '■' mark means an essential update that can not be excluded by the user, and the '□' mark is used as an additional update that can be excluded by the user.

FIG. 3A shows an example of a screen displaying update information that can be performed in step 230 of FIG. 2. The first item of '■ OS update' among the three updates shown in FIG. 3A is an essential update, and the update cannot be excluded by the user. The second item with a checkmark in '□' is 'Add Sound Update', which is an additional update the user has chosen to perform. The third item '□ Address Book Update' is an additional update, which is excluded from execution by the user.

FIG. 3B shows an example of a screen displaying more detailed information when the user selects '□ address book update' among items of FIG. 3A by pressing a 'confirmation' button. 3b shows the current version '2.0' of the address book installed in the terminal, the new version '3.0' of the updatable address book, the 'menu system newly updated' and other information 'application' of the updatable address book. If the user who is accustomed to using the address book of the current terminal determines that the address book menu system may be inconvenient, the user may exclude the update by not selecting the address book item as shown in the screen of FIG. 3A.

In the above description of the present invention, a specific embodiment has been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the equivalents of the claims and the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a software update process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A is an exemplary view showing a screen showing an update list according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3B is an exemplary view showing a screen showing detailed information of an update list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (12)

(a) accessing the management server and receiving update information to determine whether there is an update that can be performed; (b) displaying the update information when there is an update that can be performed as a result of the determination; (c) receiving input from a user for selecting an update to be performed according to the displayed update information, and excluding the user input if the required update is excluded; And (d) performing an update selected by the user or, if there is an essential update, update Software update method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) comprises: Periodically accessing a management server and receiving update information Software update method comprising a. delete The method of claim 1, The step (b) further includes the step of displaying the additional update, which is excluded from the previous update process. The step (d) further comprises the step of storing the update information, the performance is excluded by the user. The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4, (e) rebooting the terminal when it is necessary to reboot the terminal due to performing the update; Software update method further comprising a. The method according to claim 1, 2, 4, wherein the update information, A software update method comprising at least one of a title, a version, a brief description of the software to be updated, a version of the software currently embedded in the terminal, and information on whether a required or additional update is required. A display unit displaying update information output from the control unit; A key input unit configured to receive a user input for selecting an update to be performed and output the same to the controller; And After accessing the management server and receiving the update information, it is determined whether there is an update that can be performed, and if the update is available, the information of the update that can be performed is output to the display unit, and according to the user's selection through the key input unit. If the update is performed, but the displayed update is a mandatory update, the controller to exclude the user input to exclude the performance of the mandatory update and perform the mandatory update Software update device comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit, A software update device that periodically connects to a management server and receives update information. delete The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit, A software update device for outputting update information excluding additional updates excluded from performance in a previous update process to a display unit, and storing update information excluded from performance by the user. The method of claim 7, 8, 10, wherein the control unit, It is determined whether the reboot of the terminal due to the update is necessary, and if the reboot is required, the software update device for rebooting the terminal. The method according to any one of claims 7, 8, 10, wherein the update information, A software update device comprising at least one of a title, a version, a brief description of the software to be updated, a version of the software currently embedded in the terminal, and information on whether a required or additional update is required.

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