WO2013067786A1

WO2013067786A1 - Terminal, processing chip, application server and method for implementing handset application store

Info

Publication number: WO2013067786A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/071398
Authority: WO
Inventors: 梁国和
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-11-11
Filing date: 2012-02-21
Publication date: 2013-05-16
Also published as: CN102395223A

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, an applied mobile terminal and a processing chip for implementing handset application store. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a communication interface. The method comprises: the terminal body obtains the body application applicable to itself, and performs the application in the terminal body; the processing chip obtains the chip application applicable to itself, and performs the chip application in the processing chip; the body application and the chip application cooperate with each other via the communication interface to perform specific application. The present invention also provides a mobile terminal, a processing chip and an application server for implementing handset application store, which can resolve the problem consisting in the prior art that the mobile terminal could not cooperate with the processing chip to perform service functions, thereby could not implement the handset application.

Description

Implementation of mobile application store terminal, processing chip, application server and method

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a terminal, a processing chip, an application server, and a method for implementing a mobile application store. Background technique

The mobile app store, also known as the mobile app store, is an app that lets smartphone users do more work and entertainment on their phones. In recent years, major mobile phone manufacturers have begun to build their own mobile phone application stores to enhance the selling point and attractiveness of their mobile phone products. The contents of the mobile phone software store cover mobile phone software, mobile games, mobile phone pictures, mobile phone themes, mobile ringtones and mobile video.

The App Store is Apple's iPhone-based mobile app store, which provides third-party application software services to iPhone users. This is a new business model that Apple has created to integrate the network with mobile phones.

At the same time, operators have begun trials of corresponding mobile app stores. For example, Mobile Market, a mobile app store known as China Mobile's value-added service, officially opened its doors to encourage developers to develop games, software, themes and other mobile applications.

Currently, application providers that provide mobile phone applications are mainly operators, terminal manufacturers, and third parties. In the prior art, due to the development of the processing capacity of the mobile terminal processing chip and the speed of the traditional IS07816 interface, the interaction capability between the terminal and the processing chip is not conducive to the operation and management of the mobile application store. Operators cannot rely on the cooperation of terminals and processing chips to complete business functions. When implementing mobile phone applications, operators need to replace terminals or process chips, and lack a development application platform for implementing mobile phone applications. Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a terminal, a processing chip, an application server, and a method for implementing a mobile phone application store, which are used to solve the problem that the mobile terminal and the processing chip existing in the prior art cannot cooperate with the business function to implement the mobile phone application.

An aspect of the present invention provides a mobile terminal, which is used in conjunction with a processing chip, and the terminal body obtains a body application applicable to the body, and runs the ontology application on the terminal body. The communication interface, the ontology application and the chip application cooperate to complete a specific application through the communication interface.

Preferably, the terminal body includes: a communication module, configured to provide a communication channel for acquiring the ontology application or the chip application; and an application module, configured to run the ontology application on the terminal body.

Preferably, the communication modes supported by the communication module include TCP/IP and over-the-air technology. Preferably, the communication interface is an IS07816 interface or a high speed interface.

Preferably, the high speed interface is a USB interface or an SPI interface.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a processing chip, which is used in conjunction with a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a communication interface, and the terminal body runs on the chip application adapted to the row, and The ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other through the communication interface to complete a specific application.

Preferably, the processing chip is a SIM card.

Preferably, the processing chip comprises: an information obtaining module, configured to acquire or update personalized information, wherein the personalized information is user information and/or information that averages the monthly revenue contribution of each user.

Preferably, the processing chip comprises: a security authentication module, the ontology application and the Before the chip application cooperates, the security authentication module performs security authentication. Preferably, the processing chip further includes: a payment management module, configured to perform payment management on the mobile terminal by using the ontology application and the chip application.

Another aspect of the present invention provides an application server, which is configured to provide a mobile terminal with a set of applications that implement different functions, where the mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a processing chip disposed on the terminal body, where the application server includes a chip application server, configured to provide a corresponding chip application for the processing chip; a body application server, configured to provide a corresponding ontology application for the terminal body; wherein the body application and the chip application cooperate with each other through a communication interface to complete a specific application.

The present invention also provides a method for implementing a mobile phone application store, comprising: acquiring, by a terminal body, an ontology application applicable to the terminal body, and running the ontology application on the terminal body; processing chip acquisition is applicable to the processing chip Chip application, and running the chip application on the processing chip; the ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other to complete a specific application through a communication interface. use.

Preferably, the processing chip acquires the chip application or the ontology application by using an over-the-air downloading technology.

Preferably, the processing chip acquires or updates personalized information, wherein the personalized information is user information and/or information that averages the monthly revenue contribution of each user.

Preferably, the acquiring, by the terminal body, the ontology application is: the processing chip acquiring the ontology application, and transmitting the ontology application to the terminal body by using the communication interface.

Preferably, the processing chip acquiring the chip application is specifically: the terminal body acquires the chip application, and transmits the chip application to the processing chip through the communication interface.

Preferably, the method further includes: pairing the terminal body and the processing chip The application is identified by the setting application, and the application is identified as a serial number identification or inspection program.

Preferably, the method further includes: implementing the cooperation between the ontology application and the chip application. Preferably, the method further includes: charging the terminal body to acquire the ontology application and the processing chip to acquire a chip application. management.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows:

An embodiment of the present invention uses an application server to provide a body application and a chip application for a mobile terminal, and installs a running ontology application and a chip application on the terminal body and the processing chip, and implements a specific type through interaction between the two applications. The application provides a new way to implement mobile app stores, providing operators with differentiated means of competition and avoiding being piped. DRAWINGS

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a functional block diagram of a processing chip according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a functional block diagram of an application server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a system for implementing a mobile phone application store according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a system for implementing a mobile phone application store according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of implementing a mobile phone application according to an embodiment of the present invention; Flowchart of the store method; FIG. 8 is a detailed flowchart of the method for implementing the mobile phone application store in FIG. 6 of the present invention. detailed description

In order to make the invention more fully understood by those skilled in the art, the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

A first embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile terminal. Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal in this embodiment. The mobile terminal 1 is used in conjunction with a processing chip 20, for example The processing chip 20 is mounted in the mobile terminal 1, and a chip application suitable for processing the chip 20 is run on the processing chip 20.

The mobile terminal 1 includes a terminal body 10, and acquires an ontology application applicable to the terminal body, and runs the ontology application on the terminal body. The communication interface 30, the ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other to complete a specific application through the communication interface.

The communication interface 30 is an IS07816 interface or a high-speed interface, and the high-speed interface is a USB interface or a SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface).

The processing chip 20 can be a SIM card, a UIM card, a UICC card, a USIM card, or other kind of smart card.

In the second embodiment, different from the first embodiment, the terminal body 10 includes a communication module 101 for providing a communication channel for acquiring a body application or a chip application;

The terminal body 10 further includes an application module 102 for running the ontology application on the terminal body 10. Please refer to FIG. 2 for this embodiment.

The communication modes supported by the communication module 101 include TCP/IP technology and over-the-air technology. Continuing to refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the processing chip 20 is used in conjunction with the mobile terminal 1. For example, the processing chip 20 is installed in the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 includes a terminal body 10 and a communication interface 30, and the terminal body 10 runs. There is a ontology application suitable for the ontology, the processing chip 20 acquires a chip application suitable for the processing chip 20 and runs the chip application, and the ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other through the communication interface 30 to complete a specific application.

In the third embodiment, the processing chip 20 includes an information acquisition module 201, a security authentication module 202, and a payment management module 203;

The information obtaining module 201 is configured to acquire or update the personalized information, where the personalized information is user information and/or information that averages the service revenue contributed by each user per month. The security authentication module 202 is configured to perform security authentication before the body application and the chip application cooperate with each other;

The security authentication module 202 can be a universal SIM card security authentication mechanism or a private security authentication mechanism, and can be selected by a person skilled in the art according to actual needs.

The payment management module 203 is configured to perform payment management on the mobile terminal 1 using the ontology application and the chip application. Please refer to FIG. 3 for this embodiment.

Next, please refer to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an application server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the application server 40 is configured to provide a mobile terminal with a set of applications that implement different functions, for example, to provide different functions for the mobile terminal 1 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and the processing chip 20 in FIGS. 1 to 3. Application collection. The mobile terminal 1 includes a terminal body 10 and a processing chip 20 disposed on the terminal body 10. The application server 40 includes a chip application server 401 for providing a corresponding chip application for the processing chip 20. The ontology application server 402 is configured to provide a corresponding ontology application for the terminal body 10. The ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other through the communication interface 30 to complete a specific application.

The ontology application and the chip application in the application server may be provided by the terminal manufacturer, or may be provided by the processing chip manufacturer, or provided by the operator itself, or provided by other third-party software vendors.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a system for implementing a mobile phone application store according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the processing chip adopts a SIM card as an example, and the communication network supports TCP/IP, OAT (Over the Air Technology) as an example, and the implementation process of the system is described in detail below. .

The terminal body (that is, the ME in FIG. 5) downloads and installs the ontology application through the TCP/IP protocol, and the processing chip (such as the SIM card) adopts the JAVA card, and can download and install the SIM card application through the OTA.

The terminal body further includes an application module and a communication module, and the application module is used to download the ME. Apps and installs and runs, applications such as browsers, clients, and players.

The communication module can include multiple communication systems, and the communication module accesses the communication network, and supports the ME to download the ME application in the application server through TCP/IP, and also supports the SIM card to download the SIM card application through the OTA.

In order to improve the download speed, the BIP (Bearer Independent Protocol) gateway is supported in the communication module. The BIP download mode is adopted, and the communication interface adopts SPI technology.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a system for implementing a mobile phone application store according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, different from the system diagram in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the application module is specifically an application processor, and the SIM card can communicate with the application server through BIP or short message mode, so as to improve transmission efficiency. The SPI interface. On the other hand, the ME and SIM cards also use the SPI interface to enable the application processor to directly access the SIM card, which prevents the application processor from accessing the SIM card through the communication module.

Therefore, this embodiment uses the SPI interface as communication between the communication network and the SIM card and the SIM card and the terminal. Not only can the OTA download efficiency be improved, but the SPI interface and the IS07816 interface can access the SIM card in parallel. At the same time, it also supports the frequent and effective interaction between the SIM card application and the ME application, and can be concurrent with the original SIM card telecom service without mutual interference, thereby implementing an efficient and scalable software store architecture based on the SIM card.

In the embodiment of Figures 5 and 6, the SIM card is mounted inside the terminal body.

Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a method for implementing a mobile phone application store according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal can be the mobile terminal in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 and FIG. Various embodiments thereof.

As shown in Figure 7, the method for implementing the mobile app store includes:

Step 71: Obtain an ontology application applicable to the terminal body, and run the ontology application on the terminal body.

Step 72: Obtain a chip application suitable for processing the chip, and run the chip on the processing chip Application

Step 73: The ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other through a communication interface to complete a specific application. In step 71, the ontology application may be obtained by the terminal body or the processing chip, specifically: the terminal body acquires the ontology application through TCP/IP, or the processing chip acquires the ontology application through the over-the-air downloading technology, and then transmits the ontology application to the terminal body through the communication interface. . The processing chip pair may be obtained by the terminal body or the processing chip in step 72. Specifically, after the chip is applied, the chip application is transmitted to the processing chip through the communication interface. The processing chip pair step 73 specifically includes (refer to FIG. 8):

Step 731: The personalized information is obtained or updated by the processing chip, wherein the personalized information is user information and/or information of the average revenue contribution per user per month.

Step 732: Set application identification for pairing use of the terminal body and the processing chip, and the application is identified as a serial number identifier or a verification program.

Step 733: Before the implementation of the ontology application and the chip application, the processing chip performs security authentication on the ontology application and the chip application.

Step 734: If the security verification is performed, the application cooperation between the terminal body and the processing chip can be performed.

Each of the above steps 731 to 734 can be separately formed into an embodiment. Of course, there is no order limitation between the steps.

In addition, when the authentication result of step 733 is NO, the pairing is stopped.

The specific implementation of the method in this embodiment will be further described below by taking the enterprise large-capacity phone book application as an example.

The enterprise high-capacity phonebook application is a new application for enterprise users. Among them, the enterprise The telephone number of the business user is an internal telephone of the enterprise, and the terminal can be downloaded through the application store and can be used by identity recognition. The enterprise's large-capacity phone book is the internal phone number of the enterprise, and the security certification is required for use and download.

The application is divided into two parts, one part runs on the ME, completes the reading control of the enterprise phone book and performs user input and display, and supports the user to modify the uploaded phone number book. Part of the operation is performed on the SIM card to complete the reading and security authentication of the enterprise user data on the SIM card.

In this embodiment, the identity of the SIM card user can be checked, and if it is not an enterprise employee, the download is not allowed. In order to simplify the process, the ME application and the SIM card application are simultaneously downloaded to the SIM card through the OTA, and the enterprise large-capacity phone book data is also downloaded and stored on the SIM card.

After the download is completed, the application download deduction is made through the SIM card.

SIM installs the SIM card application, and delivers the ME application to the ME through the SIM card;

The ME installs and performs an application identification check with the SIM. At this point, the two-part application is downloaded and run on the ME and SIM card.

When the terminal needs to find the enterprise phone book, start the ME application interface and enter the security password. In this embodiment, the traditional SIM security mechanism is adopted, and the ME application invokes the PIN code, and the terminal is required to input the correct PIN code. The SIM card application completes the security management function and performs specific number query and output after effective identification.

This embodiment is only one implementation of a specific application. In addition, because the application follows the same coding mode and security mechanism, the extension of the application is not limited by the interface between the ME and the SIM card, and the scalability is good.

In the above embodiments, the mobile phone application store is implemented by using a SIM card. However, the invention is not limited to implementation by a smart card, and a security chip or application processor that may occur in the future.

An embodiment of the present invention uses an application server to provide a body application and a chip application for a mobile terminal, and installs a running ontology application and a chip application on the terminal body and the processing chip, and implements a specific type through interaction between the two applications. application. Thereby providing a brand new hand The application store implementation method provides operators with differentiated means of competition and avoids being piped. It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and the modifications of the invention

Claims

Claim

A mobile terminal, which is used in conjunction with a processing chip, wherein the processing chip runs a chip application suitable for the user, and the mobile terminal includes:

a terminal body, acquiring an ontology application applicable to itself, and running the ontology application on itself;

A communication interface, the ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other through the communication interface to complete a specific application.

The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal body comprises: a communication module, configured to provide a communication channel for acquiring the ontology application or the chip application;

An application module, configured to run the ontology application on the terminal body.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the communication mode supported by the communication module comprises a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TCP/IP and an over-the-air downloading technology.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface is an IS07816 interface or a high speed interface.

The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the high speed interface is a universal serial bus USB interface or a serial peripheral interface SPI.

A processing chip, which is used in conjunction with a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a communication interface, and the terminal body runs an ontology application suitable for itself, and the processing chip is configured to acquire Applicable to its own chip application, and running the chip application, and the ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other through the communication interface to complete a specific application.

The processing chip according to claim 6, wherein the processing chip is a user identification card SIM.

The processing chip of claim 6, wherein the processing chip comprises: The information obtaining module is configured to acquire or update the personalized information; wherein the personalized information is user information and/or information that averages the monthly revenue contribution of each user.

The processing chip of claim 6, wherein the processing chip comprises: a security authentication module, wherein the security authentication module performs security authentication before the body application and the chip application cooperate.

The processing chip according to claim 6 or 9, wherein the processing chip further comprises:

And a payment management module, configured to perform payment management on the mobile terminal by using the ontology application and the chip application.

An application server, configured to provide a mobile terminal with a set of applications that implement different functions, where the mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a processing chip disposed on the terminal body, wherein the application server includes:

a chip application server, configured to provide a corresponding chip application for the processing chip; and a body application server, configured to provide a corresponding ontology application for the terminal body; wherein the ontology application and the chip application pass a communication interface Work together to complete a specific application.

12. A method for implementing a mobile phone application store, the mobile terminal and the processing chip, the mobile terminal comprising a terminal body and a communication interface, wherein the method comprises:

The terminal body acquires an ontology application applicable to itself, and runs the ontology application on itself;

The processing chip acquires a chip application suitable for itself and runs the chip application on itself;

The ontology application and the chip application cooperate with each other to complete a specific application through a communication interface.

The method according to claim 12, wherein the terminal body acquires the ontology application or the chip application by using TCP/IP.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the processing chip acquires the chip application or the ontology application by using an over-the-air downloading technology.

The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: the processing chip acquiring or updating personalized information, wherein the personalized information is user information and/or an average per user per Information on the business income contributed by the month.

The method according to claim 12, wherein the terminal body acquires the ontology application, wherein: the processing chip acquires the ontology application, and transmits the ontology application to the communication interface The terminal body.

The method of claim 12, wherein the processing chip acquiring the chip application is specifically: the terminal body acquiring the chip application, and transmitting the chip application to the communication interface The processing chip.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: setting application identification for paired use of the terminal body and the processing chip, the application being identified as a serial number identification or verification program.

The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: applying, by the processing chip, the ontology application and the chip application before the body application and the chip application are implemented. Conduct safety certification.

The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises: acquiring, by the terminal body, the ontology application, and the processing chip acquiring a chip application for payment management.