TW201537464A - System and method for managing application, mobile apparatus and server applying the method - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for managing applications between a server and at least one mobile apparatus are disclosed. The method includes the follow steps: connecting automatically to the server from each mobile apparatus; forming each essential application list of each mobile apparatus in the server to transfer to each mobile apparatus; determining whether the server has at least one application needed to download according to the essential application list from each mobile apparatus; transferring a download request to the server from each mobile apparatus to download the at least one application, and executing automatically an install or an update of each application.

Description

Application management system and method, mobile device and server using the same

The present invention relates to an application management system and method, and more particularly to an application management system and method for a mobile device to automatically determine and download a necessary application issued by a server. The invention further includes a mobile device and a server to which the method is applied.

Mobile devices such as smart phones or tablets have been widely used by most people. These mobile devices are pre-installed with specific vendor or operating system platform applications to provide some basic functions. Of course, users can download and install other applications through the network according to their own needs.

However, the pre-installed application must match the development schedule of the hardware device. If the time is delayed, the application will be missed when it is released. Although the manufacturer can also provide the application for users to download, unless the user agrees and manually downloads the application, the manufacturer cannot force the user to download the update or install the application, so the application cannot be guaranteed. Popularization and implementation.

In addition, when the manufacturer releases the application, it will be directed to all devices of the same model or the same factory, and cannot be released only for devices of a specific group or region, and there are many inconveniences for the manufacturer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide an application management system and method for a mobile device to automatically determine and download a necessary application issued by a server.

Another main object of the present invention is to provide a mobile device and a server to which the aforementioned method is applied.

To achieve the above object, the application management method of the present invention is applied between a server and at least one mobile device. The method comprises the steps of: automatically connecting to the server from each mobile device; establishing a list of necessary applications for each mobile device on the server for transmission to each mobile device; and determining, by each mobile device, whether the server exists according to the list of necessary applications At least one necessary application to be downloaded; if the server has at least one necessary application, the mobile device transmits the download request to the server to download at least one necessary application, and performs automatic installation or update of each necessary application.

The application management system of the present invention includes at least one mobile device and a server. Each mobile device includes a connection module, a determination module, and a management module. The connection module is used to automatically connect to the server to obtain a list of necessary applications; the determination module is configured to determine, according to the list of necessary applications, whether the server has at least one necessary application to be downloaded; the management module is used for When it is determined that the server has at least one necessary application, the download request is transmitted to the server to download at least one necessary application, and an automatic installation or update of each necessary application is performed. The server includes a connection confirmation module, an information creation module, and a program sharing module. The connection confirmation module is used to confirm connection with each mobile device; the information establishment module is used to establish a list of necessary applications for each mobile device for transmission to each mobile device; and the program sharing module is configured to receive each mobile device Download the requirements to provide at least one of the necessary applications that each mobile device needs to download.

With this design, the mobile device will automatically connect to the server without manual operation by the user; once the manufacturer releases the new application through the server, the mobile device can automatically download the application to install or update after judging. Provide the practicality and convenience of mobile devices.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, specific embodiments are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a block diagram of the system of the application management system 1 of the present invention. The application management system 1 of the present invention includes at least one mobile device 10 and a server 20. In an embodiment of the present invention, each mobile device 10 may be a smart phone, a tablet computer or other mobile device supporting wireless network functions; and the server 20 may be a single server host or a plurality of server hosts. Combination, but the invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in FIG. 1 , each mobile device 10 includes a connection module 11 , a determination module 12 , and a management module 13 . The connection module 11 is automatically connected to the server 20 to obtain a list of necessary applications exclusive to the mobile device 10 from the server 20 (described later). The connection module 11 can be automatically wired to the server 20 periodically according to the settings. In an embodiment of the present invention, the connection module 11 may be a combination of a hardware chip and a soft body of the device, but the invention is not limited thereto, and may be a hardware, a soft body, a firmware or any of the foregoing. a combination of more than two.

The judging module 12 determines whether the server 20 currently has at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded according to the necessary application list obtained by the connection module 11 from the server 20. This necessary application list records all necessary applications that the mobile device 10 should download. The judging module 12 compares the existing application list in the mobile device 10 with the necessary application list to determine whether the mobile device 10 has installed or updated all necessary applications in the necessary application list. Therefore, the judging module 12 can know whether the server 20 currently has at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded. The necessary application to be downloaded herein refers to a necessary application that is not installed or updated for the mobile device 10.

When the determining module 12 determines that the server 20 has at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded, the management module 13 transmits the download request to the server 20 through the connection module 11 to download at least one necessary application from the server 20. Go to the mobile device 10 and perform an automatic installation or update of each necessary application. In an embodiment of the present invention, the determination module 12 and the management module 13 may each adopt a separate software design, but the invention is not limited thereto, and each of the software may be combined with a hardware or a firmware, or It is integrated into the same module.

The server 20 includes a connection confirmation module 21, an information creation module 22, and a program sharing module 23. The connection confirmation module 21 is used to confirm the connection with each mobile device 10, and obtain the device information of the connected mobile device 10, such as the device model, the factory serial number, the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), or At least one of the areas in which the device is located. In an embodiment of the present invention, the connection confirmation module 21 may be a combination of a hardware chip and a software. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a hardware, a soft body, a firmware, or any of the foregoing. The combination of the above.

The information creation module 22 is configured to establish a list of necessary applications specific to each mobile device 10 for transmission to each mobile device 10. The information creation module 22 correspondingly establishes a list of necessary applications specific to the mobile device 10 according to the obtained device information of the connected mobile device 10, and then transmits the necessary application list to the action through the connection confirmation module 21. Device 10.

Each developer (for example, a manufacturer) provides a necessary application for downloading for each mobile device 10, and after the information is created by the information creation module 22, a list of necessary applications for each mobile device 10 is established.

The developer can upload the necessary application to be distributed to the server 20 through the upload interface provided by the server 20, and after the operator of the server 20 confirms the approval through the management interface provided by the server 20, The necessary application can be downloaded for users to download. In general, if the developer does not set the download condition limit of the necessary application, the information creation module 22 will list the necessary application in the list of necessary applications of all the mobile devices 10 and open it for download by the public.

The program sharing module 23 is configured to receive the downloading requirements of each mobile device 10 to provide at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded according to the necessary application list of each mobile device 10 to perform installation or update of each necessary application. Since the foregoing operations relating to the installation or update of the application are conventional designs, they will not be described here.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flowchart of a first embodiment of an application management method according to the present invention. It should be noted that the application management method of the present invention is described below with reference to the application management system 1 shown in FIG. 1, but the present invention is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 2, the first embodiment of the application management method of the present invention includes steps S1 to S4. The various steps of the method are described in detail below:

Step S1: Automatically connect to the server 20 from each mobile device 10.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the connection module 11 of each mobile device 10 is periodically automatically connected to the server 20 according to its basic settings. The connection period is, for example, one day or one week, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the connection period can also be adjusted as needed.

Step S2: The server 20 creates a list of necessary applications for each mobile device 10 for transmission to each mobile device 10.

When the connection confirmation module 21 of the server 20 confirms the connection with any one of the mobile devices 10, the device information of the mobile device 10 can be obtained; and the information creation module 22 of the server 20 is based on the device information. Consolidate and build a list of necessary applications that should be downloaded exclusively for the mobile device 10. After the necessary application list is created, the server 20 transmits the necessary application list to the mobile device 10 by the connection confirmation module 21.

Step S3: The mobile device 10 determines, according to the necessary application list, whether the server 20 has at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded.

After the mobile device 10 receives the list of the necessary applications from the server 20, the determining module 12 of the mobile device 10 obtains the necessary application list of the application information by using the list of existing applications in the mobile device 10. The lists are compared to each other to determine whether the server 20 currently has at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded. If yes, it indicates that the necessary application list includes the application that is not installed or updated by the mobile device 10, so the process proceeds to step S4; if not, it indicates that the mobile device 10 has installed and updated all the items in the necessary application list. The application can end the execution of the connection determination process.

Step S4: The download request is transmitted to the server 20 at each mobile device 10 to download at least one necessary application, and an automatic installation or update of each necessary application is performed.

When it is determined in the foregoing step S3 that the server 20 has at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded, the management module 13 of the mobile device 10 transmits a download request to the server 20 through the connection module 11. The program sharing module 23 of the server 20 provides at least one necessary application that the mobile device 10 needs to download according to the downloading requirement for the mobile device 10 to download. The mobile device 10 automatically executes the installation or update of the necessary applications after the necessary application downloads are completed.

With this design, the user of the mobile device 10 does not need to manually connect to the server 20 to check whether the necessary application for the new release needs to be installed or updated, and the mobile device 10 can be connected to the server 20 to complete the foregoing steps. .

3 is a schematic diagram of an application management method to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, it is assumed that a company A wants to distribute the necessary applications B1 and B2 through the server 20 for downloading by all mobile devices 10 (for example, users worldwide) that the company A has shipped. Company A will upload the necessary applications B1 and B2 to the server 20 through the upload interface C1 or other transmission mode of the server 20; after the administrator D of the server 20 approves the necessary applications B1 and B2 through the management interface C2, The necessary applications B1 and B2 are available for users to download.

When the server 20 confirms the connection with any of the mobile devices 10, the server 20 will create a list of necessary applications specific to such mobile devices 10, and the necessary application list will include the necessary applications B1, B2. Therefore, if the mobile device 10 determines that at least one of the necessary applications B1, B2 has not been installed or has been deleted, the mobile device 10 automatically downloads the necessary application from the server 20 to perform the installation operation.

Therefore, once the server 20 issues a new necessary application, or the user accidentally deletes the necessary application installed by the mobile device 10, the mobile device 10 can be automatically connected to the server 20 by the design of the present invention. And download the necessary application has not been installed or has been deleted, eliminating the need for users to manually download or update.

In addition, when the developer uploads the necessary application to the server 20, the developer can also specify one of the necessary application target groups to be distributed for a specific object or all mobile devices 10 in a specific area. Download the necessary application. The information creation module 22 adds the necessary application to the list of necessary applications belonging to each mobile device 10 in the target group according to the specified target group, for each mobile device 10 of the target group. Create a list of the necessary applications. In an embodiment of the invention, the target group includes a device model group, a factory serial number group, a universal unique identification code group, or all mobile devices within a specific area.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 4 below. 4 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of the application management method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the application management method of the present invention further includes steps S21 to S22 in the foregoing step S2. The various steps added to the method are detailed below.

Step S21: Determine whether any necessary application specifies a target group.

When the developer uploads the necessary application to the server 20, the developer can also specify a target group of the necessary application to issue a downloadable file for a specific object or all mobile devices 10 in a specific area. The necessary application. Therefore, in another embodiment of the present invention, the information establishing module 22 first determines whether each necessary application that has been uploaded currently includes the target group information provided by the developer, and specifies the necessary application to be released. Target group. If yes, indicating that the necessary application is released for a specific object or a specific area, proceeding to step S22; if not, indicating that the necessary application is available for download by all users, the necessary application can be added to all connections to The list of necessary applications for the mobile device 10 of the server 20 is shown.

Step S22: Add the necessary application to the list of necessary applications that have been established for each mobile device belonging to the target group.

After determining that the necessary application has the specified target group, the information creation module 22 adds the necessary application to the list of necessary applications of the mobile devices 10 for each mobile device 10 belonging to the target group. To establish a list of necessary applications for the mobile devices 10. For example, a developer can specify a certain batch of device type mobile devices, a batch of factory serial number mobile devices, or a regional mobile device as a target group to publish a specific necessary application.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of an application management method to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 5, continuing the above example, it is assumed that company A has previously issued the necessary applications B1 and B2 through the server 20 for downloading by all mobile devices 10 (for example, users worldwide) that the company A has shipped; A wants to publish another necessary application B3 for downloading by each mobile device 10b belonging to a particular target group E (for example, only users in Taiwan). Similarly, company A will upload the necessary application B3 to server 20 and specify the target group of the necessary application B3 (for example, input the specified target group E through the upload interface C1). After the server 20 end is approved, the application B3 can be started to provide the download.

When the server 20 confirms the connection with the mobile device 10a that does not belong to the target group E, the server 20 establishes a list of necessary applications specific to the mobile devices 10a, that is, the necessary application list will include the necessary applications. Programs B1, B2. Therefore, the mobile devices 10a have the authority to download the necessary applications B1, B2 through the server 20.

When the server 20 confirms the connection with the mobile device 10b belonging to the target group E, the server 20 will also establish a list of necessary applications exclusive to the mobile device 10b, but the necessary application list will include the necessary Applications B1, B2, and B3. Therefore, the mobile device 10b belonging to the target group E has the authority to download the necessary applications B1, B2, and B3 through the server 20.

With this design, the necessary applications can be released for the specific mobile device 10b, and the mobile devices 10b can automatically download and install the necessary applications to improve the convenience and practicability of the necessary application publishing.

It should be noted that the above is only an embodiment, and is not limited to the embodiment. For example, those who do not depart from the basic structure of the present invention should be bound by the scope of the patent, and the scope of the patent application shall prevail.

1‧‧‧Application Management System
10, 10a, 10b‧‧‧ mobile devices
11‧‧‧Connection module
12‧‧‧Judgement module
13‧‧‧Management module
20‧‧‧Server
21‧‧‧Connection confirmation module
22‧‧‧Information building module
23‧‧‧Program sharing module
A‧‧‧ Company
B1, B2, B3‧‧‧ necessary applications
C1‧‧‧ upload interface
C2‧‧‧Management interface
D‧‧‧Managers
E‧‧‧Target group
S1~S4, S21~S22‧‧‧ steps

1 is a system block diagram of an application management system of the present invention. 2 is a flow chart of a first embodiment of an application management method of the present invention. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an application management method to which the present invention is applied. 4 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of the application management method of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of an application management method to which the present invention is applied.

S1~S4‧‧‧ steps

Claims (14)

An application management method is applied between a server and at least one mobile device, the method comprising the steps of: periodically automatically connecting to the server from each of the mobile devices; establishing, by the server, each of the mobile devices a necessary application list for transmitting to each of the mobile devices; each mobile device determining, according to the necessary application list, whether the server has at least one necessary application to be downloaded; and if the server has the at least one necessary The application transmits a download request to the server to download the at least one necessary application, and performs automatic installation or update of each of the necessary applications. The application management method of claim 1, wherein the server is determined to have the at least one necessary application by comparing the existing application list of the mobile device with the necessary application list. The application management method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing the application information of each mobile device by the server further comprises the steps of: determining whether any of the necessary applications specifies a target Group; if any of the necessary applications specifies the target group, the necessary application is added to the list of necessary applications that have been established by each of the mobile devices belonging to the target group. The application management method of claim 3, wherein the target group comprises a device model group, a factory serial number group, a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) group, or a specific All of the mobile devices in the area. The application management method of claim 1, wherein the device information corresponding to each of the mobile devices is correspondingly established according to device information of each of the mobile devices, wherein the device information includes a device model and a device Factory serial number, a universal unique identification code or the area where a device is located. An application management system includes at least one mobile device and a server, wherein each mobile device includes: a connection module for periodically automatically connecting to the server to obtain a list of necessary applications; a judging module for judging whether the server has at least one necessary application to be downloaded according to the necessary application list; and a management module for determining that the server has the at least one necessary application Transmitting a download request to the server to download the at least one necessary application and performing an automatic installation or update of each of the necessary applications; and the server includes: a connection confirmation module for confirming the action a device connection module for establishing a list of the necessary applications of each mobile device for transmission to each of the mobile devices; and a program sharing module for receiving the download of each of the mobile devices The requirement is to provide the at least one necessary application that each mobile device needs to download. The application management system of claim 6, wherein the determining module determines whether the server has the at least one necessity by comparing an existing application list of the mobile device with the necessary application list. application. The application management system of claim 6, wherein the information creation module determines that any of the necessary applications specifies a target group, and adds the necessary application to each of the target groups. The mobile device has been created in the list of necessary applications; wherein the target group includes a device model group, a factory serial number group, a universal unique identification code group, or all of the mobile devices within a specific area. The application management system of claim 6, wherein the information creation module corresponds to the device information of each of the mobile devices, and correspondingly establishes a list of the necessary applications exclusive to each mobile device, wherein the device information includes A device model, a factory serial number, a universal unique identification code, or an area in which the device is located. A mobile device includes: a connection module for periodically automatically connecting to the server to obtain a list of necessary applications; a determination module for determining the server according to the list of necessary applications Whether there is at least one necessary application that needs to be downloaded; and a management module for transmitting a download request to the server to download the at least one necessary application when determining that the server has the at least one necessary application, And perform an automatic installation or update of each of the necessary applications. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the determining module determines whether the server has the at least one necessary application by comparing an existing application list of the mobile device with the necessary application list . A server includes: a connection confirmation module for confirming connection with at least one mobile device; and an information establishment module for establishing a list of necessary applications of each mobile device for transmission to each of the servers And a program sharing module, configured to receive a download requirement of each of the mobile devices to provide the at least one necessary application that each mobile device needs to download. The server of claim 12, wherein the information establishing module determines that any necessary application specifies a target group, and adds the necessary application to each mobile device belonging to the target group. The list of necessary applications has been established; wherein the target group includes a device model group, a factory serial number group, a universal unique identification code group, or all of the mobile devices within a specific area. The server of claim 12, wherein the information establishing module corresponds to the device information of each of the mobile devices, and correspondingly establishes a list of the necessary applications exclusive to each mobile device, wherein the device information includes a device Model, a factory serial number, a universal unique identification code or the area where a device is located.