KR20170114585A - Method for updating firmware based on location and apparatus for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A location-based software update method and apparatus are disclosed. The software update method includes the steps of acquiring at least one software update target candidate region information for a software update target terminal, determining at least one of location information indicating a location of the terminal and current time information, And transmitting the update file of the software corresponding to the location information and the current time of the terminal to the terminal when the location of the terminal indicated by the location information corresponds to the location indicated by the candidate area information. Therefore, the software of the terminal can be efficiently updated.

Description

[0001] METHOD FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE BASED ON LOCATION AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a software update method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for updating software based on a location.

With the development of wireless communication technologies, technologies such as smart phones, tablet PCs, smart watches, and Google glasses have been developing remarkably in devices including various services and functions for user convenience.

As the functions of such terminals become diverse and complex, software installed in the terminals also has a high probability of causing bugs and demands for addition of new functions after the terminal is released. For this reason, recent terminals are accepting various functions reflecting user's needs. In particular, recent terminals are not always fully developed at the product launch stage, but are constantly seeking to update the software (e.g., firmware, application, etc.) that is mounted even after the initial release of the product.

Therefore, the development and manufacturing companies of the terminal continue to update the software installed in the products released even after the initial release of the product. In recent years, new functions can be added to the terminal only by software without changing the hardware of the terminal, and software is updated frequently. In the software update process, the update server and the terminals are directly connected through a communication network, and the terminals download the update package from the update server and update the software.

However, there has been a problem in such a software update method that users have to frequently update according to the situation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for updating software according to characteristics of an area where a terminal is located.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a software update method for a server, comprising: obtaining at least one software update candidate candidate region information for a software update target terminal; Identifying at least one of location information indicating a location of the terminal; And transmitting an update file of the software corresponding to the location information and the current time of the terminal to the terminal when the location of the terminal indicated by the location information corresponds to the location indicated by the candidate area information .

Here, the software update method may further include storing the software update target candidate region information in the server.

The software update method may further include transmitting the software update file to the terminal when a first signal requesting transmission of the software update file is received from the terminal.

The software update method may further include transmitting an update file of software supporting the security function to the terminal when a security function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal.

The software update method may further include the step of transmitting an update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function to the terminal when the support of the privacy protection function is requested in a place corresponding to the position of the terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of updating software in a terminal, the method comprising: transmitting at least one software update target candidate region information to a server; Transmitting location information indicating a location of the terminal to the server; Receiving an update file of software corresponding to the location information of the terminal from the server when the location of the terminal indicated by the location information corresponds to a location indicated by the candidate area information; And updating the software of the terminal based on the software update file.

Here, the software update method may further include transmitting a first signal requesting transmission of the software update file to the server.

The software update method may further include receiving an update file of the software supporting the security function from the server when the security function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal.

The software update method may further include receiving an update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function from the server when the support of the privacy protection function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of updating software in a terminal, the method comprising: storing at least one software update candidate candidate region in a database; When the location of the terminal indicated by the location information indicating the location of the terminal corresponds to the location indicated by the candidate area information, a request for transmission of the update file of the software corresponding to the location information of the terminal 1 signal to the server; Receiving the software update file from the server; And updating the software of the terminal based on the software update file.

Here, the software update method may include transmitting the first signal requesting transmission of an update file of software supporting the security function to the server when a security function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal As shown in FIG.

Here, the software update method may include transmitting the first signal requesting transmission of an update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function to the server when the support of the privacy protection function is requested in a place corresponding to the position of the terminal The method comprising the steps of:

Here, the software update method includes receiving a second signal indicating the software version from the server; And receiving a software update file corresponding to the software version indicated by the second signal from the server if the software version installed on the terminal is earlier than the software version indicated by the second signal The method comprising the steps of:

Here, the location information may be generated based on information obtained from a global positioning system (GPS), a communication node supporting a wireless local area network (WLAN), or a communication node supporting a wireless personal area network (WPAN).

According to the present invention, in updating software of a terminal, software update can be performed automatically according to characteristics of an area where the terminal is located, so that efficient software update is possible.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a software update system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a communication node constituting a software update system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the relevant art and are to be interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same constituent elements in the drawings and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements are omitted. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a software update system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a software update system may include a terminal 100, a server 110, and the like. The terminal 100 may be connected to the server 110 through a wired network or a wireless network. For example, the terminal 100 may be connected to the server 110 by long term evolution (LTE), long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) or the like defined in 3GPP standards. Alternatively, the terminal 100 may be connected to the server 110 by WLAN, WPAN, etc. defined in the IEEE standard.

The terminal 100 may receive software (e.g., firmware, application, etc.) update files (or software update packages) from the server 110 and may receive the software update files To update the software. The server 110 may transmit a software update file (or a software update package) to the terminal 100. The software update file may be a software update file associated with a region. The software update package may comprise a plurality of software update files. Thus, the software update package may comprise software update files associated with all regions.

The terminal may be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet PC, a wireless phone, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a smart watch, ), Smart glass, an e-book reader, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a portable game machine, a navigation device, a digital camera, a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) player, a digital voice recorder an audio recorder, a digital audio player, a digital picture recorder, a digital picture player, a digital video recorder, a digital video player, Lt; / RTI >

2 is a block diagram illustrating a communication node constituting a software update system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the communication node 200 may include at least one processor 210, a memory 220, and a network interface device 230 connected to and performing communication with the network. The communication node 200 may further include an input interface device 240, an output interface device 250, a storage device 260, and the like. Here, the communication node 200 may be the terminal 100, the server 110, or the like described with reference to FIG. Each component included in the communication node 200 may be connected by a bus 270 and communicate with each other.

The processor 210 may execute program commands stored in the memory 220 and / or the storage device 260. Processor 210 may refer to a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor on which methods in accordance with the present invention are performed. The memory 220 and the storage device 260 may be composed of a volatile storage medium and / or a non-volatile storage medium. For example, the memory 220 may be comprised of a read only memory (ROM) and / or a random access memory (RAM).

 Further, even when a method (for example, transmission or reception of a frame) performed in the first communication entity among the communication nodes is described, the corresponding second communication entity is a method corresponding to the method performed in the first communication entity (E.g., receiving or transmitting a frame). That is, when the operation of the terminal 100 is described, the server 110 corresponding to the operation of the terminal 100 may perform an operation corresponding to the operation of the terminal 100. On the contrary, when the operation of the server 110 is described, the terminal 100 corresponding to the operation of the server 110 may perform an operation corresponding to the operation of the server 110. [

3 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the terminal 100 and the server 110 may constitute the software update system described with reference to FIG. 1 and may have the same or similar configuration as the communication node 200 described with reference to FIG. 2 Lt; / RTI > The terminal 100 can register at least one candidate software update target area in the database of the terminal 100 (S300). The software update target candidate region may be a region preset by a user of the terminal 100 or the like and may be software update related to the characteristics of the region where the terminal 100 is located in the preset region have.

In the following, the software update target candidate region may be referred to as a "candidate region ". For example, the candidate area may be a private space (e.g., a home), a work space (e.g., a company, a factory, etc.), a financial space , A sports facility, a movie theater, etc.), and a travel space (e.g., mountain, sea, etc.). Candidate areas can be classified into fixed areas, variable areas, and so on. The fixed area may be an area in which the terminal 100 is stationary (or an area where the frequency of the terminal 100 is relatively high). For example, the fixed area may be a personal space, a work space, or the like. The variable area may be an area where the terminal 100 is not fixedly positioned (or a region where the frequency of the terminal 100 is relatively low). For example, the variable area can be a leisure space, a travel space, and the like. Here, the candidate area, the fixed area, and the variable area are not limited to the above-described contents, and can be variously set.

Candidate areas can be registered through the following methods. In the first method, the user can input the candidate region through the input interface device of the terminal 100, and store the inputted software update target candidate region in the terminal 100. In the second method, the terminal 100 can check the time (or the frequency) at which the terminal 100 is located in a specific area, and register the area as a candidate area when the confirmed time (or frequency) . In the third method, the terminal 100 can confirm the time (or the frequency) at which the terminal 100 is located in a specific area, and transmit the areas having the confirmed time (or frequency) And the region selected by the user among the regions having the confirmed time (or frequency) equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value may be registered as the candidate region. Here, the method of registering the candidate region is not limited to the above-described contents, and the candidate region can be registered in various ways.

The terminal 100 may transmit information on the registered at least one candidate region to the server 110 (S305). The server 110 may receive information regarding at least one candidate region for software update from the terminal 100. [ Transmission / reception between the terminal 100 and the server 110 can be performed through a wired network or a wireless network. For example, the terminal 100 may transmit information on the candidate region to the server 110 via LTE, LTE-A, etc. defined in the 3GPP standard. Alternatively, the terminal 100 may transmit information on the candidate region to the server 110 through WLAN, WPAN, etc. defined in the IEEE standard. The server 110 may register at least one candidate region received from the terminal 100 in its database (S310).

The terminal 100 can confirm its position (S315). For example, the terminal 100 can receive position information from the GPS and confirm its position based on the received position information. Alternatively, the terminal 100 may receive location information from a communication node supporting the WLAN (e.g., an access point (AP), a non-AP station, etc.) You can check your location based on it. For example, the AP supporting the WLAN can know the installed location of the AP, and can estimate the distance, direction, etc. between itself and the terminal 100 based on the intensity of the signal transmitted between the terminal 100 and the terminal 100 itself . The AP supporting the WLAN can estimate the position of the terminal 100 based on the installed position, the estimated distance, the direction, and the like, and can transmit the position information indicating the estimated position to the terminal 100. [

Alternatively, the terminal 100 may include a communication node supporting a WPAN (e.g., a communication node supporting a bluetooth low energy (BLE), a communication node supporting a zigbee, a communication supporting an ultra wide band (UWB) Node, etc.), and can confirm its position based on the received location information. For example, a communication node supporting WPAN can know its position and can estimate the distance, direction, etc. between itself and the terminal 100 based on the strength of a signal transmitted and received between the terminal and the terminal 100 itself . The communication node supporting the WPAN can estimate the location of the terminal 100 based on its location, estimated distance, direction, and the like, and can transmit location information indicating the estimated location to the terminal 100. Here, the method of confirming the location of the terminal is not limited to the above-described contents, and the location of the terminal can be confirmed by various methods.

Step S315 has been described as being performed after step S310, but the order of execution of step S315 may not be limited to the contents described above. For example, step S315 may be performed simultaneously with step S310, or may be performed before step S310.

The terminal 100 may determine whether it is located within the registered candidate area based on the confirmed location (S320). When the terminal 100 is located within the registered candidate region, the terminal 100 can generate a first signal requesting transmission of a software update file related to the region, and transmits the generated first signal to the server 110 (S325). On the other hand, if the terminal 100 is not located within the registered candidate area, the terminal 100 may repeatedly perform step S315.

Upon receiving the first signal, the server 110 can know that the transmission of the software update file related to the characteristic of the specific region is requested, acquire the requested software update file from its own database, To the terminal 100 (S330).

When security function support is requested in the area where the terminal 100 is located, the server 110 can transmit an update file of the software supporting the security function to the terminal 100. [ The areas where the security function is required may be a work space, a financial space, and the like. When the terminal 100 is located in a work space, software updates supporting enhanced security functions and business related functions can be performed. The security function may include a locking function of the terminal 100, an input security function of the terminal 100, a screen security function of the terminal 100, a storage data security function of the terminal 100, a private voice call, a video call, (KakaoTalk, line, ChatON, MyPhone, WiChat, etc.).

When it is required to support the privacy protection function in the area where the terminal 100 is located, the server 110 can transmit the update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function to the terminal 100. The area where the privacy protection function is required may be a private space or the like. When the terminal 100 is located in a private space, a software update supporting enhanced privacy function can be performed. Privacy protection functions include filter functions such as voice call, video call, text, messenger application (Kakao Talk, line, ChatON, MyPhone, 100, and the like.

If the terminal 100 is located in a leisure space, a software update related to leisure can be performed. For example, a software update may be performed to support a population density function in a leisure area, a leisure time management function, and the like.

 When the terminal 100 is located in the travel space, a software update related to travel can be performed. For example, a software update may be performed to support a function of providing weather information of a travel area, density of tourists, taste information near a travel area, and the like.

In addition, the server 100 may determine a software update file to be transmitted to the terminal 100 in consideration of the time when the first signal is received. For example, when the terminal 100 is located in the work space and the time at which the first signal is received is the work time, the server 110 transmits a software update file to the terminal 100 ). Alternatively, when the terminal 100 is located in the work space and the time when the first signal is received is the work time, the server 110 transmits a software update file to the terminal 100 Lt; / RTI >

The terminal 100 can receive the software update file related to the characteristics of the area from the server 110 and update the software based on the received software update file (S335).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4, the terminal 100 and the server 110 may constitute the software update system described with reference to FIG. 1 and may have the same or similar configuration as the communication node 200 described with reference to FIG. 2 Lt; / RTI > The terminal 100 may register at least one candidate region for software update in the database of the terminal 100 (S400). The software update target candidate region can be registered in the database of the terminal 100 in the same or similar manner as S300 described with reference to Fig.

 The software update target candidate region may be a region preset by a user of the terminal 100 or the like and may be software update related to the characteristics of the region where the terminal 100 is located in the preset region have. In the following, the software update target candidate region may be referred to as a "candidate region ". For example, the candidate area may include a personal space, a work space, a financial space, a leisure space, a travel space, and the like. The terminal 100 can transmit information on at least one registered candidate area to the server 110 (S405). The server 110 may receive information regarding at least one candidate region from the terminal 100. [ Transmission / reception between the terminal 100 and the server 110 can be performed through a wired network or a wireless network. For example, the terminal 100 may transmit information on the candidate region to the server 110 via LTE, LTE-A, etc. defined in the 3GPP standard. Alternatively, the terminal 100 may transmit information on the candidate region to the server 110 through WLAN, WPAN, etc. defined in the IEEE standard. The server 110 may register at least one candidate region received from the terminal 100 in its database (S410).

The terminal 100 can confirm its position (S415). Here, the terminal 100 can confirm its position in the same or similar manner as the step S315 described with reference to FIG. Although it is described that the step S415 is performed after the step S410, the order of execution of the step S415 may not be limited to the contents described above. For example, step S415 may be performed simultaneously with step S410, or may be performed before step S410.

The terminal 100 may transmit its location information to the server 110 (S420). In this case, the server 110 may receive the location information of the terminal 100 from the terminal 100. The server 110 may determine whether the location indicated by the location information received from the terminal 100 corresponds to the candidate area (S425). If the location indicated by the received location information corresponds to the candidate area, the server 110 may transmit an update file of the software related to the area to the terminal 100 (S430). In this case, the terminal 100 can receive an update file of the software related to the characteristics of the area from the server 110. [

When security function support is requested in the area where the terminal 100 is located, the server 110 can transmit an update file of the software supporting the security function to the terminal 100. [ The areas where the security function is required may be a work space, a financial space, and the like. When the terminal 100 is located in a work space, software updates supporting enhanced security functions and business related functions can be performed. The security function may include a locking function of the terminal 100, an input security function of the terminal 100, a screen security function of the terminal 100, a storage data security function of the terminal 100, a private voice call, a video call, (KakaoTalk, line, ChatON, MyPhone, WiChat, etc.).

When it is required to support the privacy protection function in the area where the terminal 100 is located, the server 110 can transmit the update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function to the terminal 100. The area where the privacy protection function is required may be a private space or the like. When the terminal 100 is located in a private space, a software update supporting enhanced privacy function can be performed. Privacy protection functions include filter functions such as voice call, video call, text, messenger application (Kakao Talk, line, ChatON, MyPhone, 100, and the like.

If the terminal 100 is located in a leisure space, a software update related to leisure can be performed. For example, a software update may be performed to support a population density function in a leisure area, a leisure time management function, and the like.

 When the terminal 100 is located in the travel space, a software update related to travel can be performed. For example, a software update may be performed to support a function of providing weather information of a travel area, density of tourists, taste information near a travel area, and the like.

In addition, the server 100 may determine a software update file to be transmitted to the terminal 100 in consideration of the time when the first signal is received. For example, when the terminal 100 is located in the work space and the time at which the first signal is received is the work time, the server 110 transmits a software update file to the terminal 100 ). Alternatively, when the terminal 100 is located in the work space and the time when the first signal is received is the work time, the server 110 transmits a software update file to the terminal 100 Lt; / RTI >

The terminal 100 can receive the software update file related to the characteristics of the region from the server 110 and update the software based on the received software update file (S435).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a software update method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5, the terminal 100 and the server 110 may constitute the software update system described with reference to FIG. 1 and may have the same or similar configuration as the communication node 200 described with reference to FIG. 2 Lt; / RTI > The terminal 100 may register at least one candidate region for software update in the database of the terminal 100 (S500). The terminal 100 can register the software update target candidate region in the database in the same or similar to the step S300 described with reference to FIG. The software update target candidate region may be a region preset by a user of the terminal 100 or the like and may be software update related to the characteristics of the region where the terminal 100 is located in the preset region have. The software update target candidate region may be referred to as a "candidate region ". For example, the candidate area may include a personal space, a work space, a financial space, a leisure space, a travel space, and the like. Candidate areas can be classified into fixed areas, variable areas, and so on. The terminal 100 may transmit information on at least one registered candidate region to the server 110 (S505). The server 110 may receive information regarding at least one candidate region from the terminal 100. [ Transmission / reception between the terminal 100 and the server 110 can be performed through a wired network or a wireless network. For example, the terminal 100 may transmit information on the candidate region to the server 110 via LTE, LTE-A, etc. defined in the 3GPP standard. Alternatively, the terminal 100 may transmit information on the candidate region to the server 110 through WLAN, WPAN, etc. defined in the IEEE standard. The server 110 may register at least one candidate region received from the terminal 100 in its database (S510).

The server 110 may periodically check whether there is at least one new software update for each region (S515). The server 110 may repeat step S515 if there is no new software update file.

If there is at least one new software update for each region, the server 110 may transmit a first signal indicating at least one software version to the terminal 100 (S520). In this case, the terminal 100 may receive a first signal from the server 110 indicating at least one software version. The server 110 may transmit the first signal to the terminal 100 periodically indicating the software version even if there is not at least one new software update for each region.

The terminal 100 may compare its software version with the software version indicated by the first signal (S525). The terminal 100 may generate a second signal requesting a software update file corresponding to the software version indicated by the first signal if its software version is earlier than the software version indicated by the first signal And transmits the generated second signal to the server 110 (S530).

The server 110 can receive the second signal from the terminal 100 and know that the transmission of the software update file indicated by the second signal is requested. The server 100 may acquire the requested software update file from its own database, and may transmit the acquired software update file to the terminal 100 (S535).

When security function support is requested in the area where the terminal 100 is located, the server 110 can transmit an update file of the software supporting the security function to the terminal 100. [ The areas where the security function is required may be a work space, a financial space, and the like. When the terminal 100 is located in a work space, software updates supporting enhanced security functions and business related functions can be performed. The security function may include a locking function of the terminal 100, an input security function of the terminal 100, a screen security function of the terminal 100, a storage data security function of the terminal 100, a private voice call, a video call, (KakaoTalk, line, ChatON, MyPhone, WiChat, etc.).

When it is required to support the privacy protection function in the area where the terminal 100 is located, the server 110 can transmit the update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function to the terminal 100. The area where the privacy protection function is required may be a private space or the like. When the terminal 100 is located in a private space, a software update supporting enhanced privacy function can be performed. Privacy protection functions include filter functions such as voice call, video call, text, messenger application (Kakao Talk, line, ChatON, MyPhone, 100, and the like.

If the terminal 100 is located in a leisure space, a software update related to leisure can be performed. For example, a software update may be performed to support a population density function in a leisure area, a leisure time management function, and the like.

 When the terminal 100 is located in the travel space, a software update related to travel can be performed. For example, a software update may be performed to support a function of providing weather information of a travel area, density of tourists, taste information near a travel area, and the like.

In addition, the server 100 may determine a software update file to be transmitted to the terminal 100 in consideration of the time when the first signal is received. For example, when the terminal 100 is located in the work space and the time at which the first signal is received is the work time, the server 110 transmits a software update file to the terminal 100 ). Alternatively, when the terminal 100 is located in the work space and the time when the first signal is received is the work time, the server 110 transmits a software update file to the terminal 100 Lt; / RTI >

The terminal 100 can receive the software update file from the server 110 and store the received software update file in its database. The terminal 100 may not update the software until a specific event occurs. The terminal 100 can confirm its position. Here, the terminal 100 can confirm its position by the same or similar method as the step S315 described with reference to FIG. The terminal 100 may determine whether the terminal 100 is located within the registered candidate area based on the confirmed location (S540).

When the terminal 100 is located within a specific candidate region, the terminal 100 can acquire a software update file related to the characteristics of the specific candidate region from its database and update the software based on the obtained software update file (S335 ).

The methods according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the computer software.

Examples of computer readable media include hardware devices that are specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate with at least one software module to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be possible.

Claims (15)

As a software update method supported by a server,
Obtaining at least one software update target candidate region information for a software update target terminal;
Obtaining location information indicating a location of the terminal; And
And transmitting an update file of the software corresponding to the location information of the terminal to the terminal when the location of the terminal indicated by the location information corresponds to the location indicated by the candidate area information. How to update your software. The method according to claim 1,
The software update method includes:
And storing the software update target candidate region information in the server. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the software update file is transmitted to the terminal when a first signal requesting transmission of the software update file is received from the terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein an update file of software supporting the security function is transmitted to the terminal when a security function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein an update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function is transmitted to the terminal when the support of the privacy protection function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the location information is generated based on information obtained from a global positioning system (GPS), a communication node supporting a wireless local area network (WLAN), or a communication node supporting a wireless personal area network (WPAN). 1. A software update method performed in a terminal,
Transmitting at least one software update target candidate region information to a server;
Transmitting location information indicating a location of the terminal to the server;
Receiving an update file of software corresponding to the location information of the terminal from the server when the location of the terminal indicated by the location information corresponds to a location indicated by the candidate area information; And
And updating the software of the terminal based on the software update file. The method of claim 7,
The software update method includes:
And sending a first signal to the server requesting transmission of the software update file. The method of claim 7,
Wherein an update file of software supporting the security function is received from the server when a security function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal. The method of claim 7,
Wherein an update file of the software supporting the privacy protection function is received from the server when the support of the privacy protection function is requested at a place corresponding to the position of the terminal. 1. A software update method performed in a terminal,
Storing at least one software update target candidate region information in a database;
When the location of the terminal indicated by the location information indicating the location of the terminal corresponds to the location indicated by the candidate area information, a request for transmission of the update file of the software corresponding to the location information of the terminal 1 signal to the server;
Receiving the software update file from the server; And
And updating the software of the terminal based on the software update file. The method of claim 11,
And transmits the first signal requesting transmission of an update file of software supporting the security function to the server when a security function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal. The method of claim 11,
And transmits the first signal requesting transmission of an update file of software supporting the privacy protection function to the server when a request for support of the privacy protection function is requested at a location corresponding to the location of the terminal. The method of claim 11,
The software update method includes:
Receiving a second signal indicating a software version from the server; And
Further comprising receiving a software update file corresponding to the software version indicated by the second signal from the server if the software version installed on the terminal is earlier than the software version indicated by the second signal , Software update method. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the location information is generated based on information obtained from a global positioning system (GPS), a communication node supporting a wireless local area network (WLAN), or a communication node supporting a wireless personal area network (WPAN).

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