WO2014161278A1

WO2014161278A1 - Mobile terminal and upgrade method therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2014161278A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/084034
Authority: WO
Inventors: 姜金辉
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2013-04-03
Filing date: 2013-09-23
Publication date: 2014-10-09
Also published as: CN104102501A; CN104102501B

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and an upgrade method therefor. The method comprises: a mobile terminal obtaining an upgrade version data packet, and then obtaining file information about each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data packet and file information about each current version file included in the current version thereof; and comparing the file information about each current version file included in the current version with the file information about each upgrade version file to generate an upgrade configuration file, and finally, based on the upgrade configuration file, conducting upgrade. Therefore, the present invention does not only upgrade a full version, but compares an upgrade version with the existing version, and conducts a selective upgrade according to the comparison result, and thus, the time required for upgrade is shorter than the time required for the existing upgrade, thereby being more beneficial to improve the resource utilization rate and the upgrade efficiency, and improving the degree of satisfaction of user experiences.

Description

Mobile terminal and upgrade method thereof

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

With the advent of the 3G era, the functions of mobile smart devices such as tablets and smart operating systems are becoming more powerful. Although smart terminals equipped with 3G modules are not universal in people's lives, we can rely on mobile phones. The popularity speed determines the trend and popularity of 3G modules and even 4G modules in mobile smart terminals in the future. Because people have already seen and enjoyed the benefits brought by 3G modules to smart mobile terminals, for example, wireless Internet access can be performed anytime and anywhere, software downloads can be performed at any time, GPS location and route query can be performed at any time, and functions such as telephone and SMS are still available. Some very basic features.

People who use these devices with 3G modules will become more and more familiar and use them more and more easily. More and more frequent use will lead to more and more services for smart terminals, which will lead to The continuous updating of the module functions requires the version upgrade of the communication module. The upgrade method of the existing mobile terminal is to upgrade the full version, the upgrade time is longer, the user experience satisfaction is poor; and the user has no optional Even if there are some files that users do not want to upgrade before the upgrade, they will be upgraded directly, further reducing the satisfaction of the user experience. Summary of the invention

The main technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and an upgrade method thereof, which solves the problem that the existing mobile terminal needs to be upgraded for a long time and the user experience satisfaction is poor.

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile terminal upgrade method, including: The mobile terminal obtains an upgrade version data packet;

File information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data packet acquired by the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal acquires file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal includes each current included in the current version The file information of the version file is compared with the file information of each upgrade version file to generate an upgrade configuration file.

The mobile terminal performs an upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the file information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data packet acquired by the mobile terminal includes:

The mobile terminal calculates, for each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package, file information of each upgrade version file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring, by the mobile terminal, file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal includes:

The mobile terminal acquires file information of each current version file included in the current version from its preset storage module; or downloads file information of each current version file included in its current version from the server.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal compares file information of each version file included in the current version with file information of each upgrade version file, and generates an upgrade configuration file including:

The mobile terminal compares file information of each version file included in the current version with file information of each upgrade version file, and determines that the current version file and the upgrade version file have the same file information, and then determines that the file is not upgraded. If the file information of the current version file and the upgrade version file are different, the determined upgrade is performed; and the upgrade configuration file is generated according to the final determination result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the upgrading, by the mobile terminal, based on the upgrade configuration file includes: The mobile terminal configures the upgrade file according to a preset condition;

The mobile terminal performs upgrade according to the configured upgrade configuration file; and stores file information of the upgraded latest version file.

In order to solve the above problem, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal includes a communication module, an upgrade processing module, a configuration file generation module, and an upgrade execution module. The communication module is configured to communicate with the upgrade server. Obtaining an upgrade version data packet; the upgrade processing module is configured to obtain file information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package; and configured to acquire file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal itself;

The configuration file generating module is configured to compare file information of each current version file included in the current version with file information of each upgrade version file to generate an upgrade configuration file.

The upgrade execution module is configured to upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining, by the upgrade processing module, file information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package includes:

The upgrade processing module calculates, for each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package, file information of each upgrade version file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the file information of each current version file included in the current version of the upgrade processing module is:

The upgrade processing module acquires file information of each current version file included in the current version from the preset storage module of the mobile terminal, or downloads file information of each current version file included in the current version from the server by using the communication module. .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration file generating module compares the file information of each version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgrade version file, and the generating the upgrade configuration file includes: The configuration file generating module compares the file information of each version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgrade version file, and determines that the current version file and the upgrade version file have the same file information. Upgrade, if the file information of the current version file and the upgrade version file are different, the upgrade is determined; and the upgrade configuration file is generated according to the final determination result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal further includes an upgrade configuration module, where the upgrade configuration module is configured to: before the upgrade execution module upgrades based on the upgrade configuration file, according to a preset condition Upgrade the file for configuration.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention are:

According to the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal obtains the upgrade version data packet, and further obtains the file information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package and the file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal; The file information of each current version file included in the current version is compared with the file information of each upgrade version file to generate an upgrade configuration file, and finally the upgrade is performed based on the upgrade configuration file. It can be seen that the embodiment of the present invention does not directly upgrade the full version, but compares the upgraded version with the existing version, and performs the selected upgrade according to the comparison result, so the time required for the upgrade is shorter than the time required for the existing upgrade. It is more conducive to improving the utilization rate of resources and the efficiency of upgrading, and improving the satisfaction of user experience.

In addition, after obtaining the upgrade configuration file, the embodiment of the present invention may further perform configuration according to preset conditions, for example, according to user settings (such as the user has previously set to not upgrade for a certain version file), and optimize the file to be upgraded, More in line with the actual needs of users, the settings are more user-friendly, which can further improve the satisfaction of the user experience. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural view 1 of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a second schematic structural diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for upgrading a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The embodiment of the present invention does not directly upgrade the full version, but compares the upgraded version with the existing version, and performs the selected upgrade according to the comparison result, so the time required for the upgrade is shorter than the time required for the existing upgrade, which is more conducive to Improve resource utilization and upgrade efficiency, and improve user experience satisfaction. After the upgrade configuration file is obtained, the embodiment of the present invention can further configure according to the preset conditions, and optimize the file to be upgraded, which is more in line with the actual needs of the user. The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the figure shows a mobile terminal, which includes a communication module 101, an upgrade processing module 102, a configuration file generating module 103, and an upgrade execution module 104, where:

The communication module 101 is configured to communicate with the upgrade server, obtain the upgrade version data packet, and send it to the upgrade processing module 102. In addition, the communication module 101 in this embodiment may also be configured to implement other communication functions such as a call; The communication module 101 may be a 2G communication module or a 3G communication module. Of course, in the next 4G era, it may also be a 4G communication module, etc., and no further description is made here;

The upgrade processing module 102 is configured to obtain file information of each upgrade version file in the received upgrade version data package, and configured to obtain file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal itself, and send the obtained file information. a configuration file generating module 103;

The configuration file generating module 103 is configured to compare the file information of each current version file included in the current version and the file information of each upgrade version file to generate an upgrade configuration file.

The upgrade execution module 104 is configured to upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file.

It can be seen that in this embodiment, the full version is not upgraded, but the upgraded version is compared with the existing version, and the selected upgrade is performed according to the comparison result, so the time required for the upgrade is higher than The short time required for the upgrade is more conducive to improving the utilization of resources and the efficiency of the upgrade.

In this embodiment, the file information of the upgrade version file in the upgrade version data packet is obtained by the upgrade processing module 102, and can be obtained by calculating each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package. The specific calculation method can directly adopt the existing technical algorithm, and will not be further described herein. In this embodiment, the file processing information of each current version file included in the current version of the upgrade processing module 102 may be as follows:

The first method is directly obtained from a preset storage module of the mobile terminal, where the preset storage module is specifically configured to store file information of a version file of the mobile terminal;

Manner 2: Firstly, the file is obtained from the preset storage module of the mobile terminal. If the acquisition fails, the file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal is downloaded from the server. Method 3: Download the current version of the mobile terminal directly from the server. The file information of each current version file included, at this time, certain local storage resources can be saved.

In this embodiment, the configuration file generating module 103 compares the file information of each version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal with the file information of each upgrade version file. The generating the upgrade configuration file may include the following process:

The configuration file generating module 103 compares the file information of each version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgrade version file. If the file information of the current version file and the upgrade version file are the same, it is determined not to upgrade, and the current version is If the file information of the file is different from that of the upgraded version file, the upgrade is determined; and then the upgrade configuration file is generated according to the final determination result; that is, the generated upgrade configuration file includes only the file information of the version file to be upgraded, If you do not need to upgrade the version file information, it is directly excluded, instead of the existing direct hard upgrade of all version files, thus reducing the upgrade time and improving the efficiency of the upgrade.

In this embodiment, in order to avoid direct hardware upgrade to all version files directly in the existing upgrade solution, the user does not want to upgrade some version files, and cannot perform corresponding For the setting, as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal in this embodiment may further include an upgrade configuration module 105 configured to be configured according to the preset before the upgrade execution module 104 performs the upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file. The condition (the preset condition may enable the system to automatically set according to the user's setting habits, or may be some upgrade conditions directly set by the user, etc.) to perform secondary configuration on the upgrade file; the upgrade execution module 104 according to the configuration The upgrade file will be upgraded directly. Although the secondary configuration process may take up more upgrade time, this configuration is more in line with the user's needs and can further improve the user experience satisfaction. For example, when the user is very satisfied with a certain function or a certain software in the mobile terminal and is unwilling to upgrade, the user may set the function in the system in advance or the version file corresponding to the software does not allow the upgrade, and specifically adopts some special identifiers. In the upgrade process, it is found that there is a new version of the version file, but in the secondary configuration process, it will be removed from the upgrade configuration file because the status of the version file is not allowed to be upgraded, thereby avoiding This version of the file is upgraded to meet the needs of users and provides users with more upgrade options.

It should be noted that the secondary configuration in this embodiment may further generate a description with the version file function according to the version files of the new and old versions, a prompt for upgrading, and an overview of the time required for the upgrade.

In addition, after the upgrade execution module 104 in this embodiment performs the upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file, the file information of the latest version file may be configured to be stored in the preset storage module of the mobile terminal, and/or exist to the corresponding server. Make a backup on it for use during the next upgrade.

In this embodiment, the upgrade processing module 102, the configuration file generation module 103, the upgrade configuration module 105, and the upgrade execution module 104 (referred to as a system upgrade tool in the present embodiment) can be implemented by software, and can be implemented for the mobile terminal. The system used (such as Android system, Symbian system, WIN8 system, etc.), and the model of the mobile terminal, etc., develop a corresponding system upgrade tool, and the system upgrade tool can be downloaded and pre-installed to the server through the communication module 101. In the mobile terminal; of course, it can also be downloaded and installed in the mobile terminal during the upgrade process to save the present Store resources and improve resource utilization.

In an actual application, the communication module 101, the upgrade processing module 102, the configuration file generating module 103, the upgrade execution module 104, and the upgrade configuration module 105 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) in a mobile terminal, and a digital signal. The processor (DSP, Digital Signal Processor) or the programmable field array ¹ J (FPGA, Field - Programmable Gate Array) is implemented.

For a better understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below by taking a specific upgrade process as an example:

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile terminal upgrade method in this embodiment includes:

Step 301: The mobile terminal obtains the upgrade version data packet. Specifically, the communication module of the mobile terminal can be connected to the upgrade server to download the corresponding upgrade data packet. The specific communication download process is not described here.

Step 302: The file information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data packet obtained by the mobile terminal; the specific acquisition manner has been described above, and is not described herein again;

Step 303: The mobile terminal acquires file information of each current version file included in the current version of the mobile terminal; the specific manner of obtaining may be one of the foregoing three manners;

Step 304: The mobile terminal compares the file information of each current version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgrade version file to generate an upgrade configuration file. The specific process of generating the upgrade configuration file is described in detail above. No more details are given.

Step 305: The mobile terminal performs an upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file.

Step 306: After the upgrade is completed, the file information of the latest version file is saved, and may be saved locally on the mobile terminal and/or on the corresponding server.

In this embodiment, when it is detected that the mobile terminal does not install the corresponding upgrade tool, the communication module corresponding to the mobile terminal may be found by using the communication module of the mobile terminal before the step 302, and Download and install to the mobile terminal. In this embodiment, the generated upgrade configuration file may be secondarily configured by using the foregoing secondary configuration manner, and the specific process is as follows:

After the step 304 above, before step 305, the method further includes:

The mobile terminal configures the upgrade file according to the preset conditions. The preset conditions here have also been clearly explained, and will not be described here.

At this time, the mobile terminal in step 305 is upgraded according to the upgrade configuration file after the secondary configuration.

It can be seen that the mobile terminal and the upgrade method thereof provided by the embodiments of the present invention compare the version files in the new and old software versions, and provide an upgrade solution, and can further perform secondary configuration, provide file functions, upgrade time, and the like, and need to be upgraded. Tips, etc., not only provide users with the option, but also save unnecessary file upgrades, greatly saving upgrade time, thus saving the production and maintenance costs of smart terminals.

The above is a further detailed description of the present invention in connection with the specific embodiments, and the specific embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the description. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

claims

1. A mobile terminal upgrade method, wherein the method includes:

The mobile terminal obtains the upgraded version data package;

The mobile terminal obtains the file information of each upgraded version file in the upgraded version data package;

The mobile terminal obtains the file information of each current version file included in its current version; the mobile terminal compares the file information of each current version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgraded version file, and generates Upgrade configuration file;

The mobile terminal is upgraded based on the upgrade configuration file.

2. The mobile terminal upgrade method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal obtains the file information of each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package including:

The mobile terminal calculates each upgraded version file in the upgraded version data package to obtain the file information of each upgraded version file.

3. The mobile terminal upgrade method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal obtains the file information of each current version file included in its own current version including:

The mobile terminal obtains the file information of each current version file included in the current version from its own preset storage module; or downloads the file information of each current version file included in its current version from the server.

4. The mobile terminal upgrade method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mobile terminal compares the file information of each version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgraded version file. , the generated upgrade configuration file includes:

The mobile terminal compares the file information of each version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgraded version file. If the file information of the current version file and the upgraded version file are the same, it is determined not to upgrade, If the file information of the current version file and the upgraded version file are different, the upgrade is determined; the upgrade configuration is generated according to the final determination result. configuration file.

5. The mobile terminal upgrade method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the upgrade of the mobile terminal based on the upgrade configuration file includes:

The mobile terminal configures the upgrade file according to preset conditions;

The mobile terminal is upgraded according to the configured upgrade configuration file; and the file information of the upgraded latest version file is stored.

6. A mobile terminal, the mobile terminal includes: a communication module, an upgrade processing module, a configuration file generation module, and an upgrade execution module;

The communication module is configured to communicate with the upgrade server to obtain an upgraded version data package; the upgrade processing module is configured to obtain file information of each upgraded version file in the upgraded version data package; and is configured to obtain the mobile terminal itself File information of each current version file included in the current version;

The configuration file generation module is configured to compare the file information of each current version file included in the current version with the file information of each upgrade version file, and generate an upgrade configuration file;

The upgrade execution module is configured to perform upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the upgrade processing module is configured to calculate each upgrade version file in the upgrade version data package to obtain the file information of each upgrade version file.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the upgrade processing module is configured to obtain file information of each current version file included in the current version from a preset storage module of the mobile terminal; or through the The communication module downloads the file information of each current version file included in its current version from the server.

9. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the configuration file generation module is configured to combine the file information of each version file included in the current version with each of the upgrades. Compare the file information of the current version file and the upgraded version file. If the file information of the current version file and the upgraded version file are the same, it will be judged not to be upgraded. If the file information of the current version file and the upgraded version file are different, it will be judged to be upgraded; according to the final The determination result generates the upgrade configuration file.

10. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the mobile terminal further includes: an upgrade configuration module;

The upgrade configuration module is configured to configure the upgrade file according to preset conditions before the upgrade execution module performs an upgrade based on the upgrade configuration file.