WO2012129887A1

WO2012129887A1 - Method, system, and terminal for data downloading

Info

Publication number: WO2012129887A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/078889
Authority: WO
Inventors: 胡波
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-03-25
Filing date: 2011-08-25
Publication date: 2012-10-04
Also published as: CN102137391A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, system, and terminal for data downloading. A proxy terminal is determined by a target terminal via a server; an address of data-to-be-downloaded is transmitted by the target terminal to the proxy terminal; a second data is downloaded from the address of the data-to-be-downloaded by the proxy terminal, and the second data is transmitted to the target terminal. In the method, system, and terminal for data downloading provided in the present invention, the data-to-be-downloaded is assigned to the selected proxy terminal to perform the data downloading, thus improving the utilization rate of data downloading resources, reducing the time of data downloading, and improving the data downloading speed of the terminal.

Description

Method, system and terminal for data download

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a method, system and terminal for data downloading. Background technique

With the rapid development of technology, the current network has entered the era of cloud computing, data storage, software, hardware processing tasks, etc. are slowly shifting to cloud computing mode. The cloud hardware and software services will gradually replace the terminal's hardware and software services.

The data download function has become a basic function of the mobile terminal. The data download speed is a good standard for measuring the data download function of the mobile terminal, and the functional bottleneck affecting the data download speed is mainly the bandwidth limitation. The current method of downloading mobile terminal data is still in the way of server and mobile terminal endpoints. Under the existing hardware conditions, the mobile terminal can only use its own fixed bandwidth for data download, and its data download speed cannot be improved. At the same time, other mobile terminals in the cloud shared with the mobile terminal may be in an idle state, that is, the data download resource utilization rate is low. Summary of the invention

The main object of the present invention is to provide a data downloading method, system and terminal, which can improve the speed of data downloading by making full use of data download resources.

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

A method of data downloading, including:

The target terminal determines the proxy terminal through the server, and sends the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal;

The proxy terminal downloads the second data from the to-be-downloaded data address, and sends the second data to Target terminal.

After determining the proxy terminal from the server, the target terminal further includes: the target terminal, according to the size of the downloaded data and the status of the proxy terminal, dividing the data to be downloaded, and transmitting the split information and the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal;

The agent terminal is two or more;

The second data is that the proxy terminal downloads correspondingly from the data address to be downloaded according to the split information.

After the sending, by the proxy terminal, the second data to the target terminal, the method further includes: the target terminal integrating the second data.

The method further includes:

The target terminal correspondingly downloads the first data from the data address to be downloaded according to the split information; the target terminal integrates the first data and the second data.

The process of determining, by the server, the proxy terminal by using the server includes:

The target terminal searches the server for the candidate terminal, and sends the data address to be downloaded to the candidate terminal. The candidate terminal tests the speed information of the data server accessed by itself, the signal quality information of the communication with the target terminal, and the speed information and the signal quality information. Sent to the target terminal;

The target terminal selects the proxy terminal from the candidate terminals based on the speed information and the signal quality information.

A data downloading system, including a target terminal, a server, and a proxy terminal; wherein the target terminal is configured to determine a proxy terminal by using a server, and send a data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal;

The proxy terminal is configured to download second data from the to-be-downloaded data address, and send the second data to the target terminal.

The target terminal is further configured to divide the data to be downloaded according to the size of the downloaded data and the state of the proxy terminal, and send the split information and the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal; The agent terminal is two or more;

The target terminal is further configured to integrate the second data.

The target terminal is further configured to download the first data from the data address to be downloaded correspondingly according to the split information; and integrate the first data and the second data.

The system further includes a terminal to be selected;

The target terminal is further configured to: search for a terminal to be selected by the server, and send the data address to be downloaded to the candidate terminal; and select the proxy terminal from the candidate terminal according to the speed information and the signal quality information sent by the candidate terminal;

The candidate terminal is configured to test speed information of the data server accessed by itself, signal quality information communicated with the target terminal, and send the speed information and the signal quality information to the target terminal.

A data download terminal includes:

a determining module, configured to determine a proxy terminal by using a server;

The first sending module is configured to send the data address to be downloaded to the determined proxy terminal, and the receiving module is configured to receive the second data that is downloaded by the proxy terminal from the data address to be downloaded.

Among them, it also includes:

The dividing module is configured to divide the download data according to the download data size and the proxy terminal status, and send the split information and the to-be-downloaded data address to the proxy terminal by using the first sending module.

Among them, it also includes:

The first integration module is configured to integrate the second data.

Among them, it also includes: a first downloading module, configured to download, according to the split information, the first data from the to-be-downloaded data address;

The second integration module is configured to integrate the first data and the second data.

The determining module is configured to search for a candidate terminal to send a data address to be downloaded to the candidate terminal, and select an agent from the candidate terminal according to the speed information and the signal quality information sent by the terminal to be selected. terminal.

A data download terminal includes:

a second downloading module, configured to download, according to the split information sent by the target terminal, the second data from the to-be-downloaded data address;

The second sending module is configured to send the second data to the target terminal.

Among them, including

a test module, configured to test, according to the data address to be downloaded sent by the target terminal, speed information of the data server accessed by itself, signal quality information communicated with the target terminal, and send the speed information and the signal quality information to the target through the second sending module terminal.

It can be seen from the above that the data downloading method, system and terminal provided by the invention provide data downloading by assigning the downloaded data to the selected agent terminal, thereby improving the utilization rate of the data downloading resource, shortening the data downloading time, and improving the time. The data download speed of the terminal. DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for downloading data according to the present invention;

2 is another flow chart of an embodiment of a method for downloading data according to the present invention;

3 is another flow chart of an embodiment of a method for data downloading of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a system for downloading data according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a system for downloading data according to the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal for data downloading according to the present invention;

7 is another schematic structural diagram of a terminal embodiment of data downloading according to the present invention; 8 is another schematic structural diagram of a terminal for data downloading according to the present invention; FIG. 9 is another schematic structural diagram of a terminal for data downloading according to the present invention;

10 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a terminal for downloading data according to the present invention;

FIG. 11 is another schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the data downloading terminal of the present invention. detailed description

It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an embodiment of a method for downloading data according to the present invention includes: Step S101: A target terminal determines a proxy terminal by using a server;

Step S102: The target terminal sends the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal.

Step S103: The proxy terminal downloads the second data from the data address to be downloaded, and sends the second data to the target terminal.

In the method for downloading the data, the proxy terminal is one or more. That is, the target terminal can distribute the data data to be downloaded to one or more agent terminals for download.

The method for downloading the data is as follows: searching for the proxy terminal, and distributing the data to be downloaded to the selected proxy terminal for data downloading, improving the utilization rate of the data download resource, shortening the data downloading time, and improving the data download of the terminal speed.

After the target terminal or the proxy terminal accesses the server, it needs to provide its own basic information to the server to facilitate the query and contact of other terminals accessing the server. The basic information may be the contact number of the terminal, such as a mobile phone number, but the user key information is hidden to ensure the security of the information.

In the method for downloading the data, the target terminal is a terminal that needs to download data, and the proxy terminal is a terminal that belongs to the same server as the target terminal. Its proxy terminal is a terminal selected to help the target terminal download data.

Further, in the method for downloading data, the target terminal passes the server. After determining the proxy terminal, the following processing is further included: the target terminal divides the download data according to the download data size and the proxy terminal status, and sends the split information and the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal. The agent terminals are two or more. The second data is that the proxy terminal downloads correspondingly from the data address to be downloaded according to the split information.

In the foregoing method for downloading data, the split information specifically includes a starting point and a ending point of the divided data to be downloaded, so that each proxy terminal, or the target terminal and each proxy terminal knows the starting point and end of the data downloaded by itself. point.

Further, in the foregoing method for downloading data, the proxy terminal further includes the following processing after the second data is sent to the target terminal: the target terminal integrates the second data. That is, the target terminal sends all the data to be downloaded to the proxy terminal, and then integrates the second data downloaded by the proxy terminal.

After the second data received by the target terminal. When all the received second data are integrated, the merging is performed according to the split information, that is, the matching is integrated according to the start point and the end point corresponding to the second data. In this embodiment, the organization data is spliced by using the byte stream integration manner.

The target terminal may also send the starting point and the ending point of each piece of data to be downloaded as the division information to the corresponding proxy terminal according to the specific situation of the division.

The target terminal integrates the second data after all the data to be downloaded is downloaded.

Further, referring to FIG. 2, in the foregoing method for downloading data, the method further includes: Step S201: The target terminal downloads the first data from the data address to be downloaded correspondingly according to the split information;

Step S201: The target terminal integrates the second data and the first data.

After the target terminal downloads the first data, the principle of integrating the first data and the received second data is the same as the principle that the target terminal integrates all the second data, that is, the integration is performed according to the division information, that is, according to the first The starting point and end of the data corresponding to the received second data The point is matched and integrated, and the embodiment uses the byte stream integration method to splicing the organization data. The target terminal may also send the starting point and the ending point of each piece of data to be downloaded as the division information to the corresponding proxy terminal according to the specific situation of the division.

In addition, when the proxy terminal fails to download data, the proxy terminal sends a failure message to the target terminal, and the target terminal determines, according to the failure information, whether the download failed data is completed by itself or is another proxy terminal. If another proxy terminal is selected, the split information corresponding to the data that failed to be downloaded and the address of the data to be downloaded are sent to the alternative proxy terminal, so that the alternative proxy terminal downloads the data that fails to be downloaded, and The downloaded second data is sent to the target terminal after the download is completed.

In the foregoing method for downloading data, the target terminal determines whether the proxy terminal fails to download data, and may also determine the proxy terminal by setting a timer, that is, by determining whether the second data sent by the proxy terminal is received within the set time. Whether the download fails; if the second data sent by the proxy terminal is not received within the set time, the proxy terminal is considered to have failed to download, otherwise the download is successful.

In the method for downloading the data, the target terminal integrates the first data and the second data, and is performed after all the data to be downloaded is downloaded.

Further, referring to FIG. 3, in the foregoing method for downloading data, the determining, by the target terminal, the proxy terminal by using the server specifically includes:

Step S301: The target terminal searches for a candidate terminal to the server, and sends the data address to be downloaded to the candidate terminal.

Step S302: The candidate terminal tests the speed information of the data server accessed by itself, the signal quality information of the communication with the target terminal, and sends the speed information and the signal quality information to the target terminal.

Step S303: The target terminal selects the proxy terminal from the candidate terminals according to the speed information and the signal quality information. That is, the target terminal acquires the address of the data to be downloaded and the size information of the data to be downloaded to the data server before downloading the data to be downloaded. And sending the address information of the data to be downloaded to all the to-be-selected terminals, the candidate terminal receiving the data address information to be downloaded, testing the speed of accessing the data server according to the address information, and communicating with the target terminal by itself The signal quality, and the signal quality information sent by the tested speed information and the signal quality information communicated with the target terminal itself is selected from a plurality of candidate terminals, wherein the proxy terminal is a candidate terminal that meets the download condition.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, when the target terminal and the proxy terminal download data to the data server, and when the target terminal and the proxy terminal perform data transmission, when the network environment is good, Wifi, Bluetooth, or the like may be adopted. When the network environment is poor, SMS, MMS, etc. can be used. In addition, when the candidate terminal selected as the proxy terminal generates a tariff when performing data transmission, the agent usage of the proxy terminal may be selected to be retained or abandoned according to actual needs.

Referring to Figure 4, an embodiment of a system 100 for data downloading of the present invention is presented, comprising: a target terminal 10, a server 20, and a proxy terminal 31. The target terminal 10 is configured to determine, by the server 20, the proxy terminal 31; and send the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal 31. The proxy terminal 31 is configured to download the second data from the to-be-downloaded data address, and send the second data to the target terminal 10.

In the embodiment of the system 100 for downloading data, the proxy terminal 31 is configured to distribute the data to be downloaded to the selected proxy terminal 31 for data download, thereby improving the utilization rate of the data download resource, shortening the data downloading time, and improving the terminal. Data download speed.

After the target terminal 10 or the proxy terminal 31 accesses the server 20, it needs to provide its basic information to the server 20 to facilitate access to the queries and contacts of other terminals of the server 20. The basic information may be a contact number of the terminal, such as a mobile phone number, but the user key information is hidden. To ensure the security of information.

In the embodiment of the system 100 for data downloading, the target terminal 10 is a terminal that needs to download data, and the proxy terminal 31 is a terminal that belongs to the same server 20 as the target terminal 10. Its proxy terminal 31 is a terminal selected to assist the target terminal 10 in downloading data.

Further, in the embodiment 100 of the data downloading system, the target terminal 10 is further used by the target terminal 10 to divide the data to be downloaded according to the size of the downloaded data and the state of the proxy terminal 31, and divide the information and the data address to be downloaded. It is sent to the agent terminal 31. The agent terminal 31 is two or more. The second data is that the proxy terminal 31 downloads correspondingly from the data address to be downloaded according to the split information.

In the embodiment 100 of the data downloading system, the splitting information specifically includes a starting point and a ending point of the divided data to be downloaded, so that each proxy terminal 31, or the target terminal 10 and each proxy terminal 31 knows the data downloaded by itself. Start point and end point.

Further, in the embodiment 100 of the data downloading system, the target terminal 10 is further configured to integrate the second data. That is, the target terminal 10 distributes all the data to be downloaded to the proxy terminal 31, and then integrates the second data downloaded by the proxy terminal 31.

After the second data received by the target terminal 10. When all the received second data are combined, the merging is performed according to the split information, that is, the matching is integrated according to the starting point and the ending point corresponding to the second data. This embodiment uses the byte stream integration method to splicing the organization data.

The target terminal 10 may also send the start point and the end point of each piece of data to be downloaded as the split information to the corresponding proxy terminal 31 according to the specific situation of the division.

The target terminal 10 integrates the second data after all the data to be downloaded is downloaded.

Further, in the embodiment 100 of the data downloading system, the target terminal 10 is further configured to download the first data from the to-be-downloaded data address corresponding to the split information, and integrate the second data with the first data. After the target terminal 10 downloads the first data, the first data and the reception are received. The principle of the second data integration is the same as the principle that the target terminal 10 integrates all the second data, that is, the integration needs to be performed according to the division information, that is, the start point and the end point corresponding to the first data and the received second data. For matching integration, this embodiment uses byte stream integration to splicing organizational data.

In addition, when the proxy terminal 31 fails to download data, the proxy terminal 31 sends a failure message to the target terminal 10, and the target terminal 10 determines, based on the failure information, whether the data for which the download failure has been completed by itself or another proxy terminal 31. If another proxy terminal 31 is selected, the split information corresponding to the data that failed to be downloaded and the address of the data to be downloaded are sent to the alternative proxy terminal 31, so that the alternative proxy terminal 31 performs the data for the download failure. Download, and send the downloaded second data to the target terminal 10 after the download is completed.

In the embodiment of the system 100 for data downloading, the target terminal 10 determines whether the data is downloaded by the proxy terminal 31, and may also set a timer, that is, by determining whether the second data sent by the proxy terminal 31 is received within the set time. Determining whether the proxy terminal 31 fails to download; if the second data sent by the proxy terminal 31 is not received within the set time, the proxy terminal is considered to be

31 The download failed, otherwise the download was successful.

In the embodiment 100 of the above data downloading, the target terminal 10 integrates the first data and the second data, after all the data to be downloaded is downloaded.

Further, referring to FIG. 5, the above embodiment 100 of the data downloading system further includes a terminal 30 to be selected;

The target terminal 10 is configured to search the server 20 for the candidate terminal 30, and send the data address to be downloaded to the candidate terminal 30; and according to the speed information and the signal quality information sent by the candidate terminal 30, from the terminal 30 to be selected. The agent terminal 31 is selected.

The candidate terminal 30 is configured to test speed information of the candidate terminal 30 itself accessing the data server, The candidate terminal 30 itself communicates with the target terminal 10 with signal quality information, and transmits the speed information and the signal quality information to the target terminal 10.

That is, the target terminal 10 acquires the address of the data to be downloaded and the size information of the data to be downloaded to the data server before downloading the data to be downloaded. And sending the address information of the data to be downloaded to all the to-be-selected terminals 30, and the candidate terminal 30 receives the data address information to be downloaded, and tests the speed of the data server itself to access the data server according to the address information, and the target terminal. Transmitting the signal quality, and transmitting the tested speed information and the signal quality information communicated with the target terminal 10 to the target terminal 10; so that the target terminal 10 transmits the speed information and the communication according to each candidate terminal 30. The signal quality information is selected from a plurality of candidate terminals 30, wherein the proxy terminal 31 is a candidate terminal 30 that meets the download condition.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, when the target terminal 10 and the proxy terminal 31 download data to the data server, and the target terminal 10 and the proxy terminal 31 perform data transmission, when the network environment is good, wifi, Bluetooth, or the like may be used. When the network environment is poor, SMS, MMS, etc. can be used. Further, when the candidate terminal 30 selected as the agent terminal 31 generates a charge when data transfer is performed, the agent use of the agent terminal 31 can be selected or reserved according to actual needs.

Referring to FIG. 6, a terminal 200 for data downloading according to the present invention is provided. The embodiment includes: a determining module 210, a first sending module 220, and a receiving module 230. The determining module 210 is configured to determine the proxy terminal 31 by using a server. The first sending module 220 is configured to send the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal 31. The receiving module 230 is configured to receive second data that the proxy terminal 31 downloads from the data address to be downloaded.

Further, referring to FIG. 7, the foregoing embodiment of the data downloading terminal 200 further includes: a dividing module 240. The dividing module 240 is configured to divide the data to be downloaded according to the download data size and the status of the proxy terminal 31, and send the split information and the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal 31 by using the first sending module 220.

Further, referring to FIG. 8, the foregoing embodiment of the data downloading terminal 200 further includes: The integration module 250 is configured to integrate the second data.

Further, referring to FIG. 9, the foregoing embodiment of the data downloading terminal 200 further includes: a first downloading module 260, configured to download the first data from the data address to be downloaded correspondingly according to the split information. The second integration module 270 is configured to integrate the first data and the second data.

Further, in the embodiment of the terminal 200 for data downloading, the determining module 210 is specifically configured to search the server 20 for the candidate terminal 30, and send the data address to be downloaded to the candidate terminal 30; and send according to the candidate terminal 30. The speed information and signal quality information are selected from the candidate terminal 30 as the agent terminal 31.

The terminal 200 for data downloading described in this embodiment is the target terminal 10 in the embodiment of the system 100 for data downloading described above, and the terminal 200 for data downloading is not further described in detail herein.

Referring to FIG. 10, a terminal 300 for data downloading of the present invention is provided. The embodiment includes: a second downloading module 310 and a second sending module 320. The second downloading module 310 is configured to download the second data from the data address to be downloaded correspondingly according to the split information sent by the target terminal 10. The second sending module 320 is configured to send the second data to the target terminal 10.

Further, referring to FIG. 11, the terminal 300 embodiment of the above data download further includes a test module 330. The test module 330 is configured to test, according to the data address to be downloaded sent by the target terminal 10, the speed information of the candidate terminal 30 to access the data server, the signal quality information of the candidate terminal 30 itself and the target terminal 10, and send the second through the second transmission. Module 320 transmits speed information and signal quality information to target terminal 10.

The terminal 300 for data download described in this embodiment is the proxy terminal 31 in the embodiment of the system 100 for data download described above, and the terminal 300 for data download is not further described in detail herein.

The server in the above embodiment may be a cloud server. In addition, the data server in the above embodiment is used to provide data download for the target terminal. It should be understood that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus the scope of the invention is not limited thereby, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformations made by the description of the invention and the drawings are used directly or indirectly. Other related technical fields are equally included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

1. A method of data downloading, comprising:

The proxy terminal downloads the second data from the data address to be downloaded, and transmits the second data to the target terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

After the target terminal determines the proxy terminal from the server, the method further includes: the target terminal, according to the download data size and the proxy terminal status, dividing the download data, and transmitting the split information and the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal;

The agent terminal is two or more;

The method according to claim 1, wherein after the proxy terminal sends the second data to the target terminal, the method further includes:

The target terminal integrates the second data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the process of determining, by the server, the proxy terminal by the server comprises:

The target terminal selects an agent from the candidate terminal according to the speed information and the signal quality information. Terminal.

A data downloading system, comprising: a target terminal, a server, and a proxy terminal; wherein the target terminal is configured to determine a proxy terminal by using a server, and send the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal;

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein

The target terminal is further configured to divide the data to be downloaded according to the size of the downloaded data and the state of the proxy terminal, and send the split information and the data address to be downloaded to the proxy terminal;

The agent terminal is two or more;

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein

The target terminal is further configured to integrate the second data.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein

The system according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the system further comprises a terminal to be selected;

11. A data download terminal, comprising:

The terminal according to claim 11, further comprising:

The first integration module is configured to integrate the second data.

The terminal according to claim 11, further comprising:

a first downloading module, configured to download, according to the split information, the first data from the to-be-downloaded data address;

The terminal according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein

The determining module is configured to: search for a terminal to be downloaded to the server, and send the data address to be downloaded to the terminal to be selected; and select the agent terminal from the candidate terminal according to the speed information and the signal quality information sent by the terminal to be selected.

16. A terminal for downloading data, comprising:

17. The terminal according to claim 16, further comprising

a test module, configured to test the self-access according to the data address to be downloaded sent by the target terminal The speed information of the data server, the signal quality information of the communication with the target terminal, and the speed information and the signal quality information are transmitted to the target terminal by the second sending module.