KR101596582B1 - Collective Update Processing System, Update Management Server and Method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A batch update processing system, an update management server, and an update management method are disclosed. A batch update processing system according to the present invention comprises: an administrator terminal for registering an event file for updating an application; A mobile communication terminal for installing at least one application; And an application corresponding to the category of the event file among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal and stores the classified information in a batch update And an update management server for controlling the update management server.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a collective update processing system, an update management server,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a batch update processing system, an update management server, and an update management method, and more particularly to a method and system for updating a plurality of applications provided by a mobile communication company, An update management server, and an update management method for collectively processing update of common items for each application in the case where the update management server and the update management method are performed.

With the development of communication technology and digital electronic technology, recent mobile communication terminals have not only a basic function of enabling users to communicate with others at any time, but also can easily search desired information on the go, It has become possible to perform functions performed by conventional computers such as listening to music, sending and receiving files, and installing and executing applications.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication service provider provides various applications for expanding the functions of the mobile communication terminals of the subscribed customers and providing more improved mobile communication services. For example, a mobile communication company may provide a cloud application for a subscriber to use a cloud server using a mobile communication terminal, or provide a digital broadcasting application for viewing a clear digital image through a mobile communication terminal And provides various applications corresponding to respective functions. Accordingly, the subscriber can selectively install a desired application, thereby selectively expanding the functions of the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, with respect to various applications for expanding the functions of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication company has to add a new function for each application, change some functions of the application, and add an additional form such as layout and image of the application The application is individually replaced or changed and the update information of the corresponding application is notified to the subscriber so that the subscriber can update the application.

However, when a mobile communication service provider does not only correspond to a specific application such as a common layout or image change but also when items common to a plurality of applications are changed or replaced, each of the applications is individually updated and updated information It is necessary to notify the subscriber that the development cost for the plurality of applications is duplicated. In addition, since the subscriber must individually receive notifications of changes or updates of common items of applications installed in the mobile communication terminal and perform corresponding updates, it is necessary to repeatedly perform updating of common items for each application There is a problem.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2006-0057249 (published on May 26, 2006)

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal, Update management system, update management server, and update management method for collectively processing update of a plurality of items.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a batch update processing system including: an administrator terminal for registering an event file for updating an application; A mobile communication terminal for installing at least one application; And an application corresponding to the category of the event file among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal and stores the classified information in a batch update And an update management server for controlling the update management server.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an update management server comprising: a category classification unit for classifying categories of applications and storing classification information; An event file registration unit for receiving and registering an event file for updating an application from an administrator terminal; A category determination unit that determines which category among the categories classified by the category classification unit corresponds to the event file registered by the event file registration unit; And an update control unit for controlling batch updating of the event files registered in the event file registering unit for an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determining unit, among applications installed in the mobile communication terminal.

The above-described update management server may further include a manager providing a manager for managing update of an application to the mobile communication terminal. In this case, the update control unit controls the batch update of the event file based on the manager provided to the mobile communication terminal.

The update management server may further include a terminal call unit that calls a mobile communication terminal installed with an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination unit based on the manager provided by the manager providing unit. In this case, the update control unit controls the updating of the event file for the application of the mobile communication terminal called by the terminal calling unit.

The update management server may further include a request signal receiver for receiving a download request signal for an event file from the mobile communication terminal called by the terminal caller. In this case, if there is a download request signal for the event file through the request signal receiving unit, the update control unit controls updating of the event file.

The update management server includes: a subscriber information storage unit for storing subscriber information about a subscriber; A condition information receiving unit for receiving condition information including at least one of sex, age, address, service, update time, and update date corresponding to the event file registered in the event file registering unit from the administrator terminal; And an object selection unit that selects an update target of the event file among the subscribers stored in the subscriber information storage unit based on the condition information received by the condition information receiving unit. In this case, the update control unit controls update of the event file to the mobile communication terminal selected by the object selection unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an update management method performed by an update management server of an event file, the update management method comprising: classifying a category of an application and storing classification information; Receiving an event file for updating an application from an administrator terminal and registering the event file; Determining which category the event file registered in the event file registration step corresponds to based on the classification information stored in the classification information storage step; And controlling batch update of the event file registered by the event file registration step for an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination step among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal.

The update management method may further include: providing a manager for managing update of an application to the mobile communication terminal. In this case, the update control step controls the batch update of the event file based on the manager provided to the mobile communication terminal.

The update management method may further include calling a mobile communication terminal installed with an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination step based on the manager provided by the manager providing step. In this case, the update control step controls the updating of the event file for the application of the mobile communication terminal called by the calling step.

The above-described update management method may further include receiving a download request signal for an event file from the mobile communication terminal called by the calling step. In this case, the update control step controls the updating of the event file when there is a download request signal for the event file through the download request signal receiving step.

The update management method includes: storing subscriber information for a subscriber; Receiving condition information including at least one of gender, age, address, use service, update time, and update date corresponding to an event file registered through an event file registration step from an administrator terminal; And selecting an update target of the event file among the subscribers stored by the subscriber information storage step based on the condition information received by the condition information receiving step. In this case, the update control step controls updating of the event file to the target mobile communication terminal selected by the update target selection step.

According to the present invention, when a common change such as a change of a layout or an image occurs for a plurality of applications provided by a mobile communication service provider, the common update for each application is collectively processed .

In addition, according to the present invention, changes common to various applications provided by a mobile communication service provider can be collectively handled and provided, thereby reducing redundant development for each application, and correspondingly, It is possible to eliminate the inconvenience that each application needs to be updated individually.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a customized update service for an application to a subscriber according to conditions such as an object and an update point of the application.

1 is a schematic diagram of a batch update processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a configuration of an update management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing an example of classification of categories for applications.
4 is a diagram for explaining control of application update by the update management server.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an update management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a batch update processing system, an update management server, and an update management method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of a batch update processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a batch update processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an administrator terminal 10, a mobile communication terminal 20, and an update management server 100. At this time, the administrator terminal 10, the mobile communication terminal 20, and the update management server 100 are connected to each other through the network 30. Here, the network 30 includes not only the Internet but also mobile communication networks such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE), and Wi- It is interpreted as a broad concept including wireless communication network.

The administrator terminal 10 registers an event file for updating the application. At this time, the administrator terminal 10 can update the specific application among the various applications provided by the mobile communication service provider to the subscriber of the mobile communication service, the layout change for the update of the items common to a plurality of applications, Can be registered. In this case, the administrator terminal 10 can set and register at least one category as to which application the event file to be registered is related to which application.

The mobile communication terminal 20 may include at least one application and may include a smart phone, a notebook computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and the like, which can execute installed applications. Here, the mobile communication terminal 20 can selectively install and execute a plurality of applications that perform various functions within the same service as the various functions provided by the mobile communication service provider.

The update management server 100 classifies applications into categories and stores classification information. The update management server 100 determines a category corresponding to an event file registered by the administrator terminal 10, Quot ;, and controls the batch update. At this time, the update management server 100 classifies each application providing different functions within the service of the same provider as the various functions provided by the mobile communication provider, stores the classification information, It is possible to determine which classification information corresponds to the category information among the stored classification information of the event file registered by the terminal 10. Also, the update management server 100 searches the mobile communication terminal 20 of the subscriber installing the application of the category corresponding to the event file based on the subscriber information, and searches the mobile communication terminal 20 based on the event file You can control the batch update of the application.

FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a configuration of an update management server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The update management server according to the embodiment of the present invention can be used as the update management server 100 of the batch update processing system shown in FIG. 1, and thus gives the same reference numerals.

2, the update management server 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a category classification unit 102, an event file registration unit 104, a category determination unit 106, an update control unit 108, A subscriber information storage unit 116, a condition information receiving unit 118, and a destination selecting unit 120. The subscriber information storing unit 116, the subscriber information storing unit 116, the condition information receiving unit 118,

The category classification unit 102 classifies categories for applications and stores classification information. For example, when an application such as A store, A BOX (or A cloud), A HDTV (or A digital broadcast) is provided by the mobile communication carrier A, the category classifying section 102 classifies Similarly, categories such as store, cloud, and broadcast can be classified in correspondence with each application, and category to be classified can be stored as classification information.

The event file registration unit 104 receives an event file for updating the application from the administrator terminal 10 and registers the received event file. That is, the event file registration unit 104 receives and registers an event file such as a layout change item, an image change item, etc. for a specific application or a plurality of applications to be updated from the administrator terminal 10. At this time, the event file registration unit 104 can receive and register the category information about the update of the application belonging to which category of the event file from the administrator terminal 10 together.

The category determination unit 106 determines which category among the categories classified by the category classification unit 102 the event file registered by the event file registration unit 104 is. At this time, the category determination unit 106 determines the category of the event file based on the category information received together with the event file from the administrator terminal 10, or when the event file is registered from the administrator terminal 10, The category of the event file can be determined by automatically analyzing which category the keyword of the content corresponds to. At this time, the category determination unit 106 may determine a plurality of categories corresponding to one event file according to the setting of the administrator terminal 10 or analysis of the event file.

The update control unit 108 controls the batch update of the event file registered in the event file registration unit 104 for the application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination unit 106 among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal 20 do. At this time, the update control unit 108 calls an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination unit 106 among a plurality of applications installed in the mobile communication terminal 20, and can control the update of the called application . The update control unit 108 searches the mobile communication terminal 20 of the subscriber who installed the application based on the subscriber information of a specific service such as a mobile communication service and searches the corresponding application installed in the searched mobile communication terminal 20 You can also control for updates. In this case, the update control unit 108 notifies the updated mobile communication terminal 20 of the update information of the application corresponding to the event file, and when the mobile communication terminal 20 requests update of the application corresponding thereto You can also control the update of the application.

The manager providing unit 110 may provide a manager for managing application updates to the mobile communication terminal 20. That is, in the case of a service providing a plurality of applications that execute various functions in a specific service such as a mobile communication service, the manager providing unit 110 transmits a manager, which manages updates for each provided application, 20). At this time, the manager provided to the mobile communication terminal 20 by the manager providing unit 110 serves to link the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal 20 with the update management server 100. 4, the update control unit 108 calls an application corresponding to the event file through the push gateway 200 based on the manager 40 provided to the mobile communication terminal 20, And to control updates to the application.

The terminal calling unit 112 calls the mobile communication terminal installed with the application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination unit 106 based on the manager provided to the mobile communication terminal 20 by the manager providing unit 110 do. That is, the terminal calling unit 112 transmits, to the mobile communication terminal 20, a category corresponding to the event file based on the manager provided by the manager providing unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal 20 corresponding to the subscriber subscribed to the specific service, And calls the mobile communication terminal installed with the application. In this case, the update control unit 108 may control the updating of the event file for the application of the mobile communication terminal 20 called by the terminal calling unit 112.

The request signal receiving unit 114 receives a download request signal for an event file from the mobile communication terminal 20 called by the terminal calling unit 112. That is, when the update control unit 108 notifies the update information of the application corresponding to the event file to the mobile communication terminal 20 called by the terminal calling unit 112, the request signal receiving unit 114 receives the update information of the application corresponding to the event file, And receives a download request signal for the event file from the server 20. In this case, when there is a download request signal for the event file through the request signal receiving unit 114, the update control unit 108 can control updating of the event file.

The subscriber information storage unit 116 stores subscriber information about the subscriber. At this time, the subscriber information may include the sex, age, address, service to be used, identification information of the mobile communication terminal, and the like.

The condition information receiving unit 118 receives condition information including at least one of gender, age, address, service, update point, and update date corresponding to the event file registered in the event file registering unit 104 from the administrator terminal 10 . That is, the condition information receiving unit 118 stores condition information on the gender, age, address, service, update execution time, date and the like of the subscriber to be updated in response to the event file registered in the event file registering unit 104 .

The target selection unit 120 selects an update target of the event file among the subscribers stored in the subscriber information storage unit 116 based on the condition information received by the condition information receiving unit 118. [ That is, the target selection unit 120 selects a subscriber who matches the condition information from the subscriber information storage unit 116 based on the condition information received from the administrator terminal 10. In this case, the update control unit 108 controls update of the event file to the mobile communication terminal 20 targeted by the object selection unit 120. [ At this time, when the condition information including the update time and the update date is received from the administrator terminal 10, the update control unit 108 updates the event file based on the condition information such as the update time and the update date Can be controlled.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an update management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The update management method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed by the update management server 100 shown in FIG.

1 to 5, the update management server 100 stores subscriber information about a subscriber (S102). At this time, the subscriber information may include the sex, age, address, service to be used, identification information of the mobile communication terminal, and the like.

The update management server 100 classifies categories for applications and stores classification information (S104). For example, when an application such as A store, A BOX (or A cloud), A HDTV (or A digital broadcast) is provided by the A mobile communication provider, the category classifying unit 102 classifies Store, cloud, broadcast, and the like, and the classified category can be stored as classification information.

The update management server 100 may provide a manager for managing application updates to the mobile communication terminal 20 (S106). That is, in the case of a service providing a plurality of applications that perform various functions in a specific service such as a mobile communication service, the update management server 100 transmits a manager for managing updates to each application provided to the mobile communication terminal 20).

The update management server 100 receives and registers an event file for updating the application from the administrator terminal 10 (S108). That is, the update management server 100 receives and registers an event file, such as a layout change item, an image change item, etc., for a specific application or a plurality of applications to be updated from the administrator terminal 10. At this time, the update management server 100 can receive and register the category information regarding the update of the application belonging to which category of the event file from the administrator terminal 10 together.

The update management server 100 receives condition information including at least one of gender, age, address, service, update time, and update date corresponding to the event file registered from the administrator terminal 10 (S110). That is, the update management server 100 may receive condition information on the sex, age, address, service, update execution time, date and the like of the subscriber to be updated in response to the registered event file.

Update management server 100) selects an update target of the event file among the subscribers based on the received condition information (S112). That is, the update management server 100 selects subscribers matching the condition information from the subscription-based information based on the condition information received from the administrator terminal 10. [

The update management server 100 determines which category of the classified category the event file to be registered corresponds to (S114). At this time, the update management server 100 judges the category of the event file based on the category information received together with the event file from the administrator terminal 10, or when the event file is registered from the administrator terminal 10, The category of the event file can be determined by automatically analyzing which category the keyword of the content corresponds to. At this time, the update management server 100 may determine a plurality of categories corresponding to one event file according to the setting of the administrator terminal 10 or the analysis of the event file.

The update management server 100 calls the mobile communication terminal installed with the application corresponding to the category of the event file based on the manager provided to the mobile communication terminal 20 (S116). In other words, the update management server 100 may be a mobile communication terminal having an application of a category corresponding to an event file, based on a manager provided to the mobile communication terminal 20 corresponding to a subscriber subscribing to a specific service such as a mobile communication service Call.

The update management server 100 may receive a download request signal for an event file from the called mobile communication terminal 20 (S118). That is, when the update management server 100 notifies the called mobile communication terminal 20 of the update information of the application corresponding to the event file, the update management server 100 receives a download request signal for the event file from the corresponding mobile communication terminal 20 .

The update management server 100 controls the registered event files to be collectively updated in step S120 with respect to the application corresponding to the category of the event file among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal 20. [ At this time, the update management server 100 calls an application corresponding to the category of the event file among a plurality of applications installed in the mobile communication terminal 20, and can control the update of the called application. The update management server 100 also searches for the subscriber's mobile communication terminal 20 installed with the application based on subscriber information of a specific service such as a mobile communication service, Lt; / RTI >

Claims (11)

An event file including at least one of a layout change and an image change for the application, and further includes condition information including at least one of gender, age, address, service, update time, An administrator terminal for setting the terminal;
A mobile communication terminal for installing at least one application; And
The method comprising: storing subscriber information including at least one of sex, age, address, service to be used, and identification information of the mobile communication terminal; storing classified information by classifying the applications into categories; The mobile communication terminal selects the update target of the event file among the subscribers, determines the category of the event file, pushes the application corresponding to the category of the event file among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal, An update management server for controlling the batch updating of the event file in a manner of:
The update processing system comprising: A subscriber information storage unit for storing subscriber information including at least one of sex, age, address, service to be used, and identification information of the mobile communication terminal;
A category classifying unit for classifying categories for applications and storing classification information;
An event file registration unit for receiving and registering an event file including at least one of a layout change and an image change for an application from an administrator terminal;
A category determination unit for determining a category of the event file;
A condition information receiver for receiving condition information including at least one of sex, age, address, service, update, and update date of the event file from the administrator terminal;
An object selection unit that selects an update target of the event file among subscribers stored in the subscriber information storage unit based on condition information received by the condition information receiving unit; And
An update control unit for controlling batch update of the event file in a pushing manner for an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination unit, among applications installed in the mobile communication terminal to be updated;
And an update management server for managing the update management server. 3. The method of claim 2,
A manager providing a manager for managing update of an application to the mobile communication terminal;
Further comprising:
Wherein the update control unit controls batch update of an event file based on a manager provided to the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 3,
A terminal calling unit for calling a mobile communication terminal installed with an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination unit based on the manager provided by the manager providing unit;
Further comprising:
Wherein the update control unit controls update of an event file for an application of the mobile communication terminal called by the terminal calling unit. 5. The method of claim 4,
A request signal receiving unit for receiving a download request signal for an event file from the mobile communication terminal called by the terminal calling unit;
Further comprising:
Wherein the update control unit controls update of a corresponding event file when a download request signal for an event file exists through the request signal receiving unit. delete An update management method performed by an update management server of an event file,
Storing subscriber information including at least one of sex, age, address, service to be used, and identification information of the mobile communication terminal;
Classifying categories for applications and storing classification information;
Receiving and registering an event file including at least one of a layout change and an image change for an application from an administrator terminal;
Receiving condition information including at least one of gender, age, address, use service, update time, and update date of the event file from the administrator terminal;
Selecting an update target of the event file among the subscribers stored in the subscriber information storage step based on the condition information received by the condition information receiving step;
Determining a category of the event file; And
Controlling batch update of the event file in a pushing manner for an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination step among the applications installed in the mobile communication terminal to be updated;
The update management method comprising: 8. The method of claim 7,
Providing a manager for managing update of an application to the mobile communication terminal;
Further comprising:
Wherein the update control step controls a batch update of an event file based on a manager provided to the mobile communication terminal. 9. The method of claim 8,
Calling a mobile communication terminal installed with an application corresponding to the category determined by the category determination step based on the manager provided by the manager providing step;
Further comprising:
Wherein the updating control step controls updating of an event file for an application of the mobile communication terminal called by the calling step. 10. The method of claim 9,
Receiving a download request signal for an event file from the mobile communication terminal called by the calling step;
Further comprising:
Wherein the update control step controls update of the event file when a download request signal to the event file exists through the download request signal receiving step. delete

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