WO2012151898A1

WO2012151898A1 - Mobile terminal upgrade system, method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2012151898A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/082164
Authority: WO
Inventors: 何博涛; 毛福生; 申龙青; 李晨阳
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-08-16
Filing date: 2011-11-14
Publication date: 2012-11-15
Also published as: CN102281528A; CN102281528B

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal upgrade system, method and device. The upgrade system comprises: an upgrade server, configured to upgrade a mobile terminal connected to the upgrade server, and further configured to send a control instruction. The system further comprises: a clamping device, configured to receive the control instruction, and connect or disconnect the mobile terminal with the upgrade server according to the control instruction. The present invention improves the upgrade efficiency and saves the labor cost.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to an upgrade system, method and apparatus for a mobile terminal. BACKGROUND With the rapid development of wireless communication technologies and communication networks, the application of mobile terminal devices is becoming wider and wider. For mobile terminal manufacturers, it is particularly important to reduce production costs and shorten production cycles in order to win market and profit. The traditional upgrade method is to manually connect the upgrade server (for example, a computer or a personal computer (PC), the following takes a PC as an example). Complete data interaction upgrade and manual connection with the mobile terminal, the PC and the mobile terminal. The PC and the mobile terminal replace the next mobile terminal for the next upgrade, and the whole process is low in automation, requires manual participation, increases labor costs, and has time efficiency waste caused by unavoidable human error and fatigue. In the prior art, in the frequent upgrade process of the mobile terminal, if the upgrade is performed by the traditional upgrade method, the upgrade efficiency is high, and the labor cost is high. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an upgrade system, method, and apparatus for a mobile terminal to solve the above problems. According to an aspect of the present invention, an upgrade system for a mobile terminal is provided, including: an upgrade server, configured to upgrade a mobile terminal connected to the upgrade server, where the upgrade server is further configured to send a control command; The system further includes: a gripping device configured to receive the control command, and connect or disconnect the mobile terminal and the upgrade server according to the control command. Preferably, the clamping device receives the control command by at least one of: parallel port on the upgrade server, serial port, universal serial bus USB port, wireless local area network, bluetooth, infrared. Preferably, the upgrade server comprises: a sensor, the sensor is configured to detect whether there is a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded; and the upgrade server is configured to send the control after the sensor detects that the mobile terminal needs to be upgraded instruction. Preferably, the upgrade server is further configured to detect the clamping device, and after detecting that the clamping device is faulty, perform an alarm. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for upgrading a mobile terminal, which is applied to an upgrade server, includes the following steps: sending a control command to a gripping device, wherein the gripping device is set according to the control The command connects or disconnects the mobile terminal and the upgrade server; after detecting the connection of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is upgraded. Preferably, the control instruction is sent to the clamping device by at least one of the following: a parallel port on the upgrade server, a serial port, a USB port, a wireless local area network, a Bluetooth, and an infrared. Preferably, sending the control instruction to the gripping device comprises: transmitting the control command after detecting a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded. Preferably, the method further comprises: detecting the clamping device, and performing an alarm after detecting that the clamping device is faulty. According to still another aspect of the present invention, an upgrade apparatus for a mobile terminal is provided, which is applied to an upgrade server, and includes: a sending module, configured to send a control command to the gripping device, wherein the gripping device is configured according to The control instruction connects or disconnects the mobile terminal and the upgrade server; and the upgrade module is configured to upgrade the mobile terminal after detecting the connection of the mobile terminal. Preferably, the device further comprises: a detecting module configured to detect the gripping device, and after detecting that the gripping device is faulty, perform an alarm. The invention solves the problems of low upgrade efficiency and high labor cost caused by manual upgrade in the prior art, thereby improving the efficiency of upgrading and saving labor cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 is a structural block diagram of an upgrade system of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for upgrading a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of an upgrade apparatus of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a flow chart of an upgrade method in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a flow chart of parallel interface interaction between a PC side software and a fixture system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is an upgrade in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. System structure diagram. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. 1 is a structural block diagram of an upgrade system of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the upgrade system of the mobile terminal includes: an upgrade server 10 and a gripping device 20, which will be described below. The upgrade server 10 is configured to upgrade the mobile terminal connected thereto, and the upgrade server 10 is further configured to send a control command; the gripping device 20 is configured to receive the control command, and perform the mobile terminal and the upgrade server according to the control command. Connect or go to connect. Through the above system, the gripping device 20 is added, by which the manual connection or disconnection of the mobile terminal and the upgrade server is replaced, which is more efficient than the manual method and saves labor costs. There are many ways to connect the capture device 20 to the upgrade server 10. Considering that the upgrade of the mobile terminal is generally performed by using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port or a serial port, in order to set aside more The port is used for upgrading, and the clipping device 20 can avoid using these interfaces. For example, if the wired interface is used, it can be considered to use the parallel port receiving control command on the upgrade server. If the USB port or the serial port on the upgrade server is relatively large, use the port. The type of interface does not affect the upgrade of the mobile terminal. It can also use USB or serial port to transmit control commands. Of course, it can also be controlled wirelessly, for example, via Bluetooth, wireless LAN or infrared. instruction. For the upgrade server 10, it may only send a control command and then determine whether there is a mobile terminal connected thereto to determine whether to perform an upgrade action. In this embodiment, a preferred manner is provided. In the preferred embodiment, the upgrade server may include a sensor configured to detect whether there is a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded. The upgrade server 10 is configured to be in the After the sensor detects that there is a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded, it sends a control command. For the gripping device 20, the upgrade server 10 can also detect it, and if it detects that the gripping device 20 has failed, an alarm can be issued. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for upgrading a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The upgrade method is applied to an upgrade server. As shown in FIG. 2, the process includes the following steps: Step S202: Send a control command to the gripping device 20. The gripping device 20 is configured to connect or disconnect the mobile terminal and the upgrade server 10 according to the control instruction. Step S204: After detecting the connection of the mobile terminal, upgrade the mobile terminal. The above steps also replace the manual operation by the gripping device 20, thereby improving the efficiency of the upgrade and saving manpower. In a preferred embodiment, the control command is sent after detecting the mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded. Preferably, the upgrade server 10 can also detect the gripping device and perform an alarm after detecting that the gripping device has failed. FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for upgrading a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not described herein. As used hereinafter, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and conceivable. As shown in FIG. 3, the device includes: a sending module 30 and an upgrade module 32. The sending module 30 is configured to send a control command to the gripping device, wherein the gripping device is configured to connect or disconnect the mobile terminal and the upgrade server according to the control command; and the upgrade module 32 is connected to the sending module 30, and is configured to detect After the mobile terminal is connected, the mobile terminal is upgraded. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of an upgrade apparatus for a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus further includes: a detecting module 42 configured to detect the clipping device and detect the clipping After the device fails, an alarm is issued. The following uses the PC as an upgrade server as an example. It should be noted that the upgrade server is not limited to

PC Any combination of hardware and/or software modules that can provide upgrade services can be considered an upgrade server. In the preferred embodiment, an automatic upgrade method and system for a mobile terminal are provided, which can improve the automation degree of the above mobile terminal upgrade method, and solve the problem of upgrade time cost and labor cost. The upgrade method in the preferred embodiment is mainly based on the PC side software controlling the mobile terminal fixture (ie, the above-mentioned gripping device 20, also referred to as the fixture system) through the parallel port instruction, and the PC side software completes the mobile terminal state determination and the software upgrade, The fixture automatically completes the traditional manual connection and disconnects the mobile terminal according to the PC side software instruction, thereby implementing the automatic upgrade of the mobile terminal. The method includes the following steps: Step S2, the PC side software receives the sensor signal and senses the mobile terminal to be upgraded. The PC side software sends instructions to the fixture controller, and the control fixtures (the fixture controllers and fixtures can be collectively referred to as fixture systems, or simply fixtures) are connected to the mobile terminal. In step S4, the PC side software identifies the mobile terminal and completes its software upgrade. In step S6, the PC side software sends a control command to the fixture controller, and the control fixture performs an operation of disconnecting the mobile terminal to complete the software upgrade. For the above PC side software, separate modules can be used for upgrade process monitoring and parallel port instruction processing. Further, when the PC side software upgrade is idle, the continuous scan receives the relevant sensor signal to detect whether the mobile terminal is to be upgraded. Preferably, after detecting the mobile terminal to be upgraded, the PC side software may send an instruction to the fixture system to complete the connection between the mobile terminal and the PC. After the upgrade is successful, the PC side software sends a command to the fixture system to connect the mobile terminal to the PC. Preferably, if the upgrade fails, the PC side software can also send an instruction to the fixture system to complete the connection or alarm of the mobile terminal and the PC. In order to detect whether there is a fault on the fixture side, the PC side software can periodically scan the parallel port to obtain the abnormal signal fed back from the fixture side, and alert the software side to the abnormality. In the implementation, in order to retain the function of manual upgrade, the PC side software can also close the command communication function with the fixture system, which can be used for manual upgrade occasions. The preferred embodiment provides a fixture system for an automated upgrade station that can include a separate fixture control unit that interacts with the parallel commands of the PC side software and performs fixture control. The fixture system can receive and respond to the PC side software instructions to complete the fixture action. Preferably, the fixture system can also feed back the positional action state of the mobile terminal to the PC side software. For the way to obtain the instruction, the fixture system can periodically scan the computer parallel port to obtain the parallel port instruction of the PC side software, process the instruction and execute the corresponding fixture action. In order to better control the fixture system during implementation, the fixture system can feed back the execution results of each PC side command to the PC. The PC side software will perform exception handling based on the feedback information of the fixture system. If the fixture is abnormal, the fixture system itself can also alarm and feed back an abnormal signal to the PC side. In the above embodiment, the fixture control and the software upgrade may be two independent interaction channels, so that the abnormality of the fixture system does not have any influence on the software upgrade of the mobile terminal. Through the above preferred embodiment, on the basis of the existing conventional upgrade method, the PC side software adds an automatic control function, the fixture system adds a fixture control unit, realizes an automatic upgrade station of the mobile terminal, and realizes a breakthrough of the upgrade method, saving The manpower has improved the efficiency of the upgrade. The details are as follows: The traditional upgrade method mainly relies on the PC side software to complete the data interaction between the PC and the mobile terminal, and requires manual participation and monitoring. The technical solution in the above embodiment can realize the automatic upgrade station while fully compatible with the traditional upgrade method, and can meet the various upgrade requirements of the mobile terminal manufacturer's production, after-sales and customers, and avoid the artificial time loss of the software upgrade, in large quantities. Multi-threaded software upgrades can save a lot of labor costs, which in turn leads to profit and market for mobile terminal manufacturers. The traditional upgrade method is limited to the serial port or USB port data communication between the PC and the mobile terminal. The above preferred embodiment fully utilizes the computer parallel port resource, and uses the computer parallel port mechanism to realize the control interaction between the PC side software and the fixture system. This method does not occupy the upgrade port, does not affect the software upgrade of the mobile terminal, has no special requirements for the fixture system, and has the characteristics of easy implementation, simple structure, and common application. Description will be made below with reference to Figs. 5 to 7. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an upgrade method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the process includes the following steps: Step S502: Connect a fixture system to a parallel port of a computer and connect using a parallel port data line. Step S504, the PC side software is started, the fixture port (parallel port) is initialized, and the PC side software is in the state of the mobile terminal to be upgraded. In step S506, the PC side software sends a command to the fixture control unit to initialize the fixture system, and resets the fixture action and state. Step S508, detecting the mobile terminal to be upgraded (can be perceived by the sensor and transmitting the detection signal to the PC side software), the PC side software interacts with the fixture control unit, controls the fixture action, and completes connecting the mobile terminal to the computer upgrade port (USB port or Serial port). In step S510, the PC side software communicates with the mobile terminal to perform software upgrade of the mobile terminal. At the same time, the PC side software communicates with the fixture control unit in real time, and the control fixture completes the corresponding fixture action during the upgrade process. Step S512, the software upgrade of the mobile terminal is completed, the PC side software communicates with the fixture control unit, and is classified and processed according to different results of the software upgrade, and completes the connection of the mobile terminal and the computer upgrade port. 6 is a flow chart of a parallel interface instruction of a PC side software and a fixture system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the flow includes the following steps: Step S602, the PC side software sends an instruction to a parallel port register and maintains a certain time. The fixture control unit scans the parallel port register and receives the command. Step S604, the fixture control unit controls the fixture to execute the command action according to the parallel port command. Step S606, the fixture control unit feeds back the clamp position state, and returns the state information to the parallel port register. Step S608, the PC side software queries the parallel port register, extracts the information instruction fed back by the fixture system, determines the position status of the fixture, and performs processing. FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an upgrade system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the system structure includes: a computer server, a fixture system, and a mobile terminal. Among them: The computer server includes PC side software, signal port (USB port or serial port), upgrade port (USB port or serial port), and jig port (parallel port) to complete the software upgrade of the mobile terminal. The PC side software mainly refers to the PC side download and upgrade software. In addition to the traditional download upgrade module, it also includes a fixture system control module, which can control the fixture system through the parallel port command communication. The fixture system includes a fixture control unit and a fixture, and the fixture control unit may be a microprocessor unit configured to perform interaction with the PC side software and control the fixture to perform specific actions. Different state stages of the software upgrade can have different fixture position states. The mobile terminal can be a mobile phone, a data card, a netbook or a PAD device of various standards (WCDMA, CDMA, TD, etc.). The computer server and the fixture system are connected through a parallel port data line, and the computer server and the mobile terminal are connected through a USB data line or a serial data line. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device so that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or Multiple modules or steps are made into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

An upgrade system for a mobile terminal, comprising: an upgrade server, configured to upgrade a mobile terminal connected to the upgrade server,

The upgrade server is further configured to send a control instruction;

The system further includes: a gripping device configured to receive the control command to connect or disconnect the mobile terminal and the upgrade server in accordance with the control command.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the gripping device receives the control command by at least one of:

The parallel port on the upgrade server, serial port, universal serial bus USB port, wireless LAN, Bluetooth, infrared.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein

The upgrade server includes: a sensor configured to detect whether there is a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded;

The upgrade server is configured to send the control command after the sensor detects that there is a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded.

The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein

The upgrade server is further configured to detect the gripping device and, after detecting that the gripping device has failed, perform an alarm.

A method for upgrading a mobile terminal, which is applied to an upgrade server, includes the following steps:

Sending a control command to the gripping device, wherein the gripping device is configured to connect or disconnect the mobile terminal and the upgrade server according to the control command; after detecting that the mobile terminal is connected, the moving The terminal is upgraded.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the control instruction is sent to the gripping device by at least one of:

The parallel port on the upgrade server, serial port, USB port, wireless LAN, Bluetooth, infrared. The method according to claim 5, wherein the transmitting the control instruction to the gripping device comprises: transmitting the control command after detecting a mobile terminal that needs to be upgraded. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising: detecting the gripping device, and performing an alarm after detecting that the gripping device has failed. An upgrade device for a mobile terminal, which is applied to an upgrade server, and includes:

a sending module, configured to send a control command to the gripping device, where the gripping device is configured to connect or disconnect the mobile terminal and the upgrade server according to the control command;

The upgrade module is configured to upgrade the mobile terminal after detecting the connection of the mobile terminal. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a detecting module configured to detect the gripping device and to perform an alarm after detecting that the gripping device has failed.