KR101094622B1

KR101094622B1 - System-software update system and method for terminal

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Publication number: KR101094622B1
Application number: KR20050106635A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김규영
Original assignee: 삼성에스디에스 주식회사
Priority date: 2005-11-08
Filing date: 2005-11-08
Publication date: 2011-12-15
Also published as: KR20070049478A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system software update system and method for a terminal, the DM client downloading the software from the server and storing in the storage in the terminal, the step of determining whether the downloaded software is firmware, the downloaded software is firmware If the firmware update is performed by the update client, if the downloaded software is not firmware, determining whether the downloaded software is the update software, and if the DM client update software, the update client is executed. And if the update is completed, driving the DM client to transfer the operation authority of the terminal to the DM client.

Description

System software update system and method for terminal

1A is a block diagram illustrating a software update system of a terminal without a data transmission / reception function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1B is a block diagram illustrating a software update system of a terminal having a data transmission / reception function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart illustrating in detail the update of the system software of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an update operation of a terminal using software downloaded from a server in detail.

Description of the Related Art

101: server 102: data transmission terminal

103: terminal 104: DM client

105: update client 106: storage unit

107: terminal

The present invention relates to a system software update system and method for a terminal, and more particularly, to a method for upgrading system software for a terminal having a communication function as well as a terminal without a communication function using a DM client and an update client. .

With the development of mobile devices and the launch of various models, the user's request for A / S (After Service) is increasing and the necessity of managing the released device is increasing. Thus, management software has been used for mobile devices to provide quick service without going through a service center, and at the same time, management software has to be managed. As one of such management, when a new function is added to the management software, a self-update function for the DM client is required in order to apply it quickly.

In addition, the types of mobile terminal devices are diversified, and the demand for remote system software update of such devices is increasing.

As the demand for software remote update increases, companies such as bitfone provide services for wireless remote software update, but this is only applied to mobile phones and does not support updating of terminals such as digital cameras and printers without communication functions. have.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for updating system software using a DM client and an update client for a terminal having a data transmission / reception function or a terminal having no data transmission / reception function. There is.

As a technical means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides a system software update system and method of a terminal, comprising: (a) a DM client downloading software from a server and storing the software in a storage unit in the terminal; (b) determining whether the downloaded software is firmware; (c) performing firmware update by the update client when the downloaded software is firmware; (d) if the downloaded software is not firmware, determining whether the downloaded software is update software; (e) in the case of DM client update software, driving an update client to perform a DM client update; (f) when the update is completed, driving the DM client to transfer control authority of the terminal to the DM client.

In this case, the step (c) includes initializing the terminal and driving the update client to perform a firmware update. In step (c), if the software downloaded from the server is firmware, the software is delta data. And determining whether the software downloaded from the server is not delta data, and deleting existing firmware and recording the downloaded firmware. If the software downloaded from the server is delta data, the delta data and firmware are included. Is recorded after being loaded into the storage unit and merged.

Also, in step (e), the update client includes determining whether the software is delta data when the software downloaded from the server is not firmware, and when the software downloaded from the server is not delta data, the existing DM client And deleting the downloaded DM client, and if the software downloaded from the server is delta data, the delta data and the DM client are recorded after being loaded and merged into the storage unit.

The system software update system of the terminal connected to the server downloads the software from the server and stores the software in the storage unit of the terminal, determines the type of software downloaded from the server, and drives the update client. The DM client that manages the software and the update client that determines whether the software downloaded from the server is delta data, updates the system software of the terminal, and runs the DM client when the update is completed. Characterized in having a.

In addition, the software is downloaded from the server, and if the software downloaded from the server is characterized in that it comprises a storage unit for merging the delta data and the system software.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the technical idea of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1A, the terminal 103 includes a device management (DM) client 104, an update client 105, and a storage unit 106. The terminal 103 includes a terminal without communication functions such as an MP3 player, a digital camera, a digital camcorder, and a portable game machine. The DM client 104 manages the hardware and software of the terminal 103, and the update client 105 performs the update of the terminal 103. The storage unit 106 stores the software downloaded from the outside of the terminal 103.

The terminal 103 having no data transmission / reception function is connected to a data transmission terminal 102 capable of transmitting / receiving data such as a personal computer to download software, and the data transmission terminal 102 is connected to the server 101 through a network. It is connected, and downloads software from the server 101 and transmits it to the terminals 103 and 107. The software is divided into general software and system software, and the system software includes firmware and DM client software, and the software downloaded from the server 101 is a new version of the entire software file or only delta data made from parts different from the previous software. Can be.

Referring to FIG. 1B, since the terminal 107 having a communication function can transmit and receive data without a separate data transmission terminal 102, the terminal 107 is directly connected to the server 101 on a wired or wireless network. The terminal 107 having a communication function includes a wired / wireless communication device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, and a PMP. The terminal 107 having a communication function also includes a DM client 104, an update client 105, and a storage unit 106.

Hereinafter, a method for updating system software of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

Referring to FIG. 2, the DM client 104 downloads software from the server 101 (S201) and stores the software in the storage unit 106 in the terminals 103 and 107 (S202). It is determined whether the downloaded software is firmware (S203), and in the case of firmware, firmware update is performed by the update client 105 (20). The operation of the firmware update first initializes the terminals 103 and 107 (S204) and drives the update client 105 (S205). The firmware update is performed by the update client 105 (S206), and when the update is completed, the terminals 103 and 107 are booted (S207).

If the downloaded software is not firmware, DM client update is performed (21). It is determined whether the downloaded software is the update software (S208). If not, the update of the terminal is terminated and the operation corresponding to the downloaded software is performed. In the case of the update software, the update client 105 is driven (S209) to perform DM client update (S210). When the update is completed, the DM client 104 is driven (S211) and the control authority of the terminals 103 and 107 is transferred to the DM client. The DM client 104 is driven (S211) and the update process is terminated.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an update operation of a terminal using system software downloaded from a server.

3A is a flowchart illustrating an operation when the software downloaded from the server is firmware.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the update client 105 driven in operation S205 of FIG. 2 determines whether the software downloaded from the server 101 is delta data (S301). If the downloaded software is not delta data, the update client 105 deletes the existing firmware, records the downloaded firmware (S306), boots the terminal (S306), and terminates the firmware upgrade. If the downloaded software is delta data, the delta data and firmware are loaded into RAM (S302 and S303). Delta data and firmware are merged in the RAM (S304), and the merged firmware is written to the flash memory (S305). The terminal is booted (S306) and the firmware update of the terminals 103 and 107 by the delta data is terminated.

3B is a flowchart illustrating an update operation when the software downloaded from the server is DM client software.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the update client 105 driven in operation S209 of FIG. 2 determines whether the software downloaded from the server 101 is delta data (S311). If the downloaded software is not delta data, the update client 105 deletes the existing DM client software and records the downloaded DM client software (S316). If the downloaded software is delta data, the delta data and the DM client software are loaded into RAM (S312 and S313). Delta data and DM client software are merged in the RAM (S314), and the update client 105 deletes the existing DM client 104 and records the merged DM client software (S315). The update of the DM client software of 107 ends.

It is to be understood that the technical spirit of the present invention has been specifically described in accordance with the preferred embodiments thereof, but it is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the system software update system and method of the terminal according to the present invention includes a DM client and an update client, and has a configuration for downloading software over a wired or wireless connection. If this is done, the problem can be solved by wired or wireless without visiting a service center, thereby improving the performance of the system software in a short time and at a low cost.

Claims

In the method of connecting to the server and downloading the software to perform the system software update of the terminal,

(a) the DM client downloading the software from the server and storing the software in a storage unit in the terminal;

(b) determining whether the downloaded software is firmware;

(c) performing firmware update by the update client when the downloaded software is firmware;

(d) if the downloaded software is not firmware, determining whether the downloaded software is update software;

(e) in the case of DM client update software, driving an update client to perform a DM client update;

(f) when the update is completed, driving the DM client to transfer control authority of the terminal to the DM client.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (c) includes initializing the terminal and driving an update client to perform a firmware update.

The method of claim 1, wherein in the step (c), if the software downloaded from the server is firmware, determining whether the software is delta data.

The method of claim 3, further comprising deleting existing firmware and recording the downloaded firmware when the software downloaded from the server is not delta data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein if the software downloaded from the server is delta data, the delta data and firmware are loaded after being loaded into a storage unit and merged.

The method of claim 1, wherein in the step (e), the update client includes determining whether the software is delta data when the software downloaded from the server is not firmware.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising deleting the existing DM client and recording the downloaded DM client when the software downloaded from the server is not delta data.

The method of claim 6, further comprising recording the delta data and the DM client after the delta data and the DM client are loaded into the storage unit and merged when the software downloaded from the server is delta data.

In the system connected to the server to download the software to update the system software of the terminal,

DM client that downloads the software from the server and stores it in the storage in the terminal, determines whether the software downloaded from the server is firmware, runs the update client, and manages the hardware and software of the terminal. And;

Determining whether the software downloaded from the server is delta data, updating the system software of the terminal, and updating the system software of the terminal, wherein the update client serves to drive the DM client when the update is completed. system.

10. The system software update system of claim 9, further comprising a storage unit for storing software downloaded from a server and merging delta data and system software when the software downloaded from the server is delta data.