WO2012079331A1

WO2012079331A1 - Mobile terminal and calculation method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2012079331A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/073128
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王涛; 齐丽娜
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-12-15
Filing date: 2011-04-21
Publication date: 2012-06-21
Also published as: CN102026346A; CN102026346B

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a calculation method thereof. The method includes the following steps: the mobile terminal establishes a calculation service connection with a calculation entity, processes data to be calculated, transmits them to the client software installed in the calculation entity, invokes a calculation engine in the calculation entity for the calculation through the client software, and receives a calculation result returned from the calculation entity. In the present invention, a mobile terminal establishes a calculation service connection with a calculation entity which has established a wireless connection, invokes a calculation engine of the calculation entity for the calculation through a client software pushed to the calculation entity, receives a calculation result returned from the calculation entity and presents the result after processing the result, thus not only enabling the mobile terminal to have higher calculation capability, improving the performance of the mobile terminal, but also saving the costs with the lower power consumption and with no need of extra fee for the user.

Description

Mobile terminal and calculation method thereof

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a mobile terminal and a computing method thereof. Background technique

After entering the third generation mobile communication (3G) era, the functions of mobile terminals are becoming more and more abundant. The application software of the mobile terminal also tends to be large-scale and complicated, which in turn puts higher and higher requirements on the hardware configuration of the mobile terminal, especially the processing capability of the CPU. As a result, high-performance ARM processors and mobile application processors are beginning to become more widely used in mobile terminals, especially high-end, smart mobile terminals. However, while the processing performance of mobile terminals is improved, its power consumption will also increase. At the same time, due to the price factor of high-performance processors, the current situation of low-end, functional mobile terminals handling weak computing power has not been resolved.

In the prior art, cloud computing can be used: The mobile terminal accesses the 3G network or the Internet, and through the data center, the powerful computing and storage capabilities provided by the distributed processing are obtained. However, the method needs to occupy the bandwidth of the communication network, and the user's tariff is high; and in order to maintain the connection of the network, the radio part of the mobile terminal also needs to consume a large amount of power. Summary of the invention

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a calculation method thereof, which can improve self processing performance and reduce power consumption.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is achieved as follows:

A mobile terminal computing method, the method comprising:

The mobile terminal establishes a computing service connection with the computing entity;

The mobile terminal processes the data to be calculated and sends it to the client software installed in the computing entity. The computing engine of the computing entity is called by the client software to perform calculation, and receives the calculation result returned by the computing entity.

Further, before establishing the computing service connection, the method further includes:

The mobile terminal searches for a computing entity by using a short-range wireless communication method;

The mobile terminal sends a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, and upon receiving the agreed access information returned by the computing entity, establishes a wireless connection with the computing entity.

The mobile terminal establishes a computing service connection with the computing entity as:

The mobile terminal pushes the pre-stored client software to the computing entity that has established the wireless connection; after receiving the installed client software information returned by the computing entity, the mobile terminal starts its own transmission adaptation task sub-module, completes and calculates the entity. Calculate the establishment of a service connection.

Further, after the mobile terminal establishes a computing service connection with the computing entity, the method further includes:

After the mobile terminal receives the remote computing selection information input by the user, the remote computing engine mode is enabled;

The coprocessor software task is stopped, the data communication of the CPU of the mobile terminal and the coprocessor is cut off, and the coprocessor is put to sleep.

The mobile terminal processes the data to be calculated, and sends the data to the client software installed in the computing entity, and the computing engine of the computing entity is invoked by the client software to calculate: the mobile terminal starts its own virtual coprocessor task. The module receives the to-be-processed data and the processing command sent by the CPU, and encapsulates the packet into a transmission adaptation task sub-module in the format of the data packet;

After the transmission adaptation task sub-module converts the received data into a wireless protocol data format, the wireless task module sent to the mobile terminal is sent by the wireless task module of the mobile terminal to the wireless task module of the computing entity;

The wireless task module of the computing entity sends the received data to the client software, The client software calls the computing engine of the computing entity to perform the calculation.

Further, the method further includes: when the mobile terminal detects that the computing service connection is disconnected, the remote computing engine mode is switched to the local computing engine mode, and the virtual coprocessor task module and the transmission adaptation task submodule are closed. And wake up the coprocessor of the mobile terminal and start the coprocessor software task.

A mobile terminal, comprising a wireless task module, a CPU and a coprocessor task module, the mobile terminal further comprising: a computing service connection module and a virtual coprocessor task module; wherein, the computing service connection module is configured to establish with the computing entity Computing service connection;

a virtual coprocessor task module, configured to process data to be calculated, and sent to the client software installed in the computing entity through the wireless task module;

The wireless task module is configured to receive a calculation result calculated by a calculation engine of the computing entity of the computing entity of the computing entity.

Further, the wireless task module is specifically configured to search for a computing entity, send a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, and after receiving the agreed access information returned by the computing entity, establish a wireless with the computing entity. connection.

Further, the computing service connection module further includes a transmission adaptation task sub-module; wherein, the computing service connection module is specifically configured to push the pre-stored client software to the computing entity that has established the wireless connection, and receive the computing entity After the returned client software information is returned, the transmission adaptation task sub-module is triggered to complete the establishment of a connection with the computing entity computing service.

Further, the CPU is configured to: after receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, enable the remote computing engine mode, stop the coprocessor software task of the coprocessor task module, cut off the self and the coprocessor task Data communication of the module's coprocessor, and puts the coprocessor into a sleep state.

Further, the virtual coprocessor task module is specifically configured to receive the to-be-processed data and the processing command sent by the CPU, and encapsulate the format into a data packet and send the data to the transmission adaptation task. Module

The transmission adaptation task sub-module is specifically configured to: after the received data is converted into a wireless protocol format, sent to the wireless task module;

The wireless task module is specifically configured to send the received data to a wireless task module of the computing entity.

Further, the CPU is further configured to: when detecting that the computing service connection of the computing service connection module is disconnected, switch the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, close the virtual co-processing task module and the computing service connection module, and wake up Coprocessor, start coprocessor software task.

The mobile terminal and the calculation method thereof provided by the present invention establish a computing service connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity that has established the wireless connection, and call the computing engine of the computing entity to perform calculation by pushing the client software of the computing entity, and receive the computing entity to return. The calculation result is processed by the mobile terminal, which not only enables the mobile terminal to obtain higher computing power, but also improves the performance of the mobile terminal; and the power consumption is small, the user does not need to spend extra cost, and the cost is saved. . DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flow chart of a computing method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a processing flow of a mobile terminal computing method according to a specific embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. detailed description

The basic idea of the present invention is: establishing a computing service connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity; the mobile terminal processes the data to be calculated, and sends the data to the client software installed in the computing entity, and the computing engine of the computing entity is invoked by the client software. Perform calculations and receive calculations returned by the computing entity. The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows the flow of a calculation method of a mobile terminal of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: The mobile terminal establishes a computing service connection with the computing entity.

Specifically, the mobile terminal pushes the pre-stored client software to the computing entity through a wireless connection established with the computing entity; the computing entity receives and installs the client software, and returns the installed information to the mobile terminal; After receiving the installed information, the transmission adaptation task sub-module is started. At this time, the connection of the computing service connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is completed.

Step 102: The mobile terminal sends data to the client software installed in the computing entity, invokes a calculation engine of the computing entity to perform calculation, and receives a calculation result returned by the computing entity.

Specifically, the mobile terminal encapsulates the data to be calculated and sends it to the client software installed in the computing entity, and the computing software of the computing entity is called by the client software to perform calculation, and receives the calculation result returned by the computing entity for display. The processing for the mobile terminal to encapsulate the data to be calculated is: reading the original data block to be processed and related parameters, and after being encapsulated with the local processing command, the batch conversion is sent to the client software in the form of a wireless protocol data packet, etc. .

FIG. 2 shows a process flow of a specific embodiment of a mobile terminal computing method according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the embodiment includes the following steps:

Step 1: The mobile terminal receives a request for opening a short-range wireless connection input by the user, and starts its own short-range wireless connection;

Specifically, the short-range wireless connection of the mobile terminal may be in various manners such as Bluetooth, WIFI, and wireless USB.

Step 2: The computing entity turns on its own short-range wireless connection;

In this step, the computing entity can calculate a powerful device for a computer or the like; specifically, When the computing entity receives the open short-range wireless connection request input by the user, it opens its own short-range wireless connection.

In addition, it should be understood that the computing entity in this step refers to: a computing entity located within the effective range of the short-range wireless connection of the mobile terminal, and steps 1 and 2 are indistinguishable in implementation.

Steps 3 to 4, the mobile terminal searches for a computing entity in the neighboring area by using a short-range wireless communication manner, and sends a wireless connection request to the computing entity when searching for the computing entity;

Specifically, the mobile terminal searches for a computing entity within the effective range of its own close wireless connection; when searching for a computing entity that also turns on the close wireless connection, a wireless connection request can be sent to the computing entity.

Steps 5-6: The computing entity verifies the received wireless connection request, and when the verification passes, returns the consent access information to the mobile terminal, and the wireless connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is completed.

Specifically, in this step, the verification of the wireless connection request by the computing entity further includes: determining, according to the operation status of the mobile terminal, whether to provide an access request for agreeing to the mobile terminal, and returning to disagree with the access information when not agreeing The mobile terminal; wherein, when the CPU usage of the computing entity is high, the number of running processes is high, etc., the computing entity returns the disagreement access information to the mobile terminal; conversely, when calculating the CPU usage state of the entity In the case that the number of good running processes is not too large, the computing entity returns the consent access information to the mobile terminal.

Step 7, after the wireless connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is established, pushing the pre-stored client software to the computing entity;

In this step, the mobile terminal may specifically push the client software to the computing entity in a file format; wherein the client software may be pre-built in the file management area of the mobile terminal and distributed to the user along with the mobile terminal software.

Step 8: Calculate the client software received by the entity installation and operation, and return the installed information to the mobile terminal after the installation is completed; after receiving the installed information, the mobile terminal starts its own, At this point, the computing service connection establishment between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is completed;

In this step, when the computing entity detects that the client software pushed by the mobile terminal is installed, it is no longer necessary to install the received client software, directly run the installed client software, and send the installed information. To the mobile terminal.

In addition, when the computing entity detects that the client software version of the mobile terminal that it has installed is lower than the received client software, the update may be automatically performed. After the update is completed, the installed information is returned to the mobile terminal.

Step 9. After receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, the mobile terminal enables the remote computing engine mode;

Specifically, in this step, the application of the mobile terminal provides the user with a calculation engine mode selection function, which includes a local calculation engine mode and a remote calculation engine mode; when the mobile terminal receives the remote calculation selection information, the mobile terminal enables the remote calculation engine. In the mode, the coprocessor software task is stopped, and the data communication between the internal coprocessor and the CPU is cut off; meanwhile, in order to save power consumption of the mobile terminal, the coprocessor may be selected to be put into a sleep state.

Step 10~11, the mobile terminal starts its own virtual coprocessor task module, processes the processed data and the processing command, and sends the processed data to the computing entity;

Specifically, after the mobile terminal starts the virtual coprocessor task module, the virtual coprocessor task module receives the to-be-processed data and the processing command sent by the CPU, and performs buffer processing, and then encapsulates the local pending data and the processing command. The data packet is sent to the transmission adaptation task sub-module; the transmission adaptation task sub-module converts the received data into a wireless protocol data format, and then sends the wireless task module to the mobile terminal, the wireless task module of the mobile terminal and the calculation The entity's wireless task module performs wireless data communication and sends the data to the computing entity.

Step 12~13, the wireless task module of the computing entity sends the received data to the client software, and the client software invokes the local computing engine of the computing entity to perform calculation, and returns the calculation result to the mobile terminal; Specifically, after the client software performs data format conversion on the received data, the local computing engine is called to perform actual processing, and the local computing engine finally uses the computing entity's CPU, graphics card, and other hardware to perform calculation, and returns the calculated result to the client. The software, the client software calls the computing entity's wireless task module to return the calculation result to the mobile terminal.

Step 14. The mobile terminal receives and presents the calculation result.

Specifically, the wireless task module of the mobile terminal sends the data to the transmission adaptation task sub-module, and the transmission adaptation task sub-module converts the data of the wireless protocol data format into a data format that can be processed by the virtual coprocessor task module, and then converts The obtained data is sent to the virtual coprocessor task module, and after the virtual coprocessor task module buffers the received data, the final data is provided to the application software of the mobile terminal, and the application software calls the mobile terminal. The hardware of the terminal's local LCD screen LCD, speakers, headphones, etc. is rendered.

In addition, when the CPU of the mobile terminal detects that the computing service connection established in step 8 is disconnected, the remote computing engine mode is switched to the local computing engine mode, and the virtual coprocessor task module and the transmission adaptation task sub-module are closed. And waking up the coprocessor, starting the coprocessor software task; wherein, the computing service connection disconnection may be a message that terminates the remote computing engine mode received by the user input, or detects that the mobile terminal is not in the service scope of the computing entity Internal, or the case where the computing entity terminates service to the mobile terminal.

3 shows the composition of a mobile terminal of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal includes a wireless task module 31, a CPU 32, a coprocessor task module 33, a computing service connection module 34, and a virtual coprocessor task. Module 35; wherein

a wireless task module 31, configured to receive, by the client software of the computing entity, a calculation result calculated by a calculation engine of the computing entity;

a computing service connection module 34, configured to establish a computing service connection with the computing entity;

The virtual coprocessor task module 35 is configured to process the data to be calculated and send it to the client software installed in the computing entity through the wireless task module. Further, the wireless task module 31 is specifically configured to search for a computing entity, send a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, and establish a wireless connection with the computing entity after receiving the agreed access information returned by the computing entity. .

Further, the computing service connection module 34 further includes a transmission adaptation task sub-module 341; the computing service connection module 34 is specifically configured to push the pre-stored client software to the computing entity that has established the wireless connection, and receive the return of the computing entity. After the client software information has been installed, the transmission adaptation task sub-module 341 is triggered to complete the establishment of a connection with the computing entity computing service.

Further, the CPU 32 is configured to: after receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, enable the remote computing engine mode, stop the coprocessor software task of the coprocessor task module 33 of the mobile terminal, and cut off the CPU 32 and the coprocessor task. Data communication of the coprocessor of module 33 places the coprocessor in a sleep state.

Further, the virtual coprocessor task module 35 is specifically configured to receive the to-be-processed data and the processing command sent by the CPU 32, and package the packet into a data packet format and send the data to the transmission adaptation task sub-module 341;

The transmission adaptation task sub-module 341 is specifically configured to convert the received data into a wireless protocol format and send it to the wireless task module 31;

The wireless task module 31 is specifically configured to send the received data to the wireless task module of the computing entity; wherein, the computing entity sends the received data to the client software, and the client software invokes the local computing engine of the computing entity to perform calculation, And returning the calculation result to the mobile terminal; specifically, after the client software performs data format conversion on the received data, the local computing engine is called to perform actual processing, and the local computing engine finally uses the computing entity's CPU, graphics card, and other hardware to perform calculation. Returning the calculated result to the client software, and the client software invokes the wireless task module of the computing entity to return the calculation result to the mobile terminal;

The wireless task module 31 of the mobile terminal transmits data to the transmission adaptation task sub-module 341, and the transmission adaptation task sub-module 341 converts the data in the wireless protocol data format into a virtual coprocessor. After the data format that the task module 35 can process, the converted data is sent to the virtual coprocessor task module 35, and after the virtual coprocessor task module 35 buffers the received data, the final result is obtained. The data is provided to the application software of the mobile terminal, and the hardware rendering effect of the liquid crystal display LCD, the speaker, the earphone and the like of the local terminal of the mobile terminal is called by the application software.

Further, the CPU 32 is further configured to: when detecting that the computing service connection of the computing service connection module 34 is disconnected, switch the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, and close the virtual co-processing task module 35 and the computing service connection module. 34, and start the coprocessor task module 33, specifically to wake up the coprocessor, start the coprocessor software task.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for calculating a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

The mobile terminal processes the data to be calculated and sends it to the client software installed in the computing entity, and the computing software of the computing entity is called by the client software to perform calculation, and receives the calculation result returned by the computing entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: before establishing the computing service connection, the method further comprising:

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal establishes a computing service connection with the computing entity as:

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein after the mobile terminal establishes a computing service connection with the computing entity, the method further includes:

The method according to claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal processes the data to be calculated and sends the data to the client software installed in the computing entity, and the computing software of the computing entity is invoked by the client software. Calculated as: The mobile terminal starts its own virtual coprocessor task module, receives the to-be-processed data and processing commands sent by its own CPU, and encapsulates it into a data packet format and sends it to its own transmission adaptation task sub-module;

The wireless task module of the computing entity sends the received data to the client software, and the computing software of the computing entity is invoked by the client software to perform the calculation.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises: when the mobile terminal detects that the computing service connection is disconnected, switching the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, and shutting down its own virtual co-processing The task module, and the transmission adaptation task sub-module, and wake up the coprocessor of the mobile terminal to start the coprocessor software task.

A mobile terminal, comprising a wireless task module, a CPU, and a coprocessor task module, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises: a computing service connection module and a virtual coprocessor task module;

a computing service connection module, configured to establish a computing service connection with the computing entity;

The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the wireless task module is specifically configured to search for a computing entity, and send a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, when receiving the consent returned by the computing entity After accessing the information, a wireless connection is established with the computing entity.

The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the computing service connection module further comprises a transmission adaptation task sub-module; The computing service connection module is configured to: push the pre-stored client software to the computing entity that has established the wireless connection, and trigger the transmission adaptation task sub-module after receiving the installed client software information returned by the computing entity, Complete the establishment of a connection to the computing entity computing service.

The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the CPU is configured to: after receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, enable the remote computing engine mode, and stop the coprocessor The coprocessor software task of the task module, disconnecting data communication between itself and the coprocessor of the coprocessor task module, and placing the coprocessor in a sleep state.

The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the virtual coprocessor task module is configured to receive the to-be-processed data and the processing command sent by the CPU, and encapsulate the data into a format of the data packet. Transmission adaptation task sub-module;

The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the CPU is further configured to: when detecting that the computing service connection of the computing service connection module is disconnected, switch the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, and close The virtual co-processing task module and the computing service connection module, and wake up the coprocessor and start the coprocessor software task.