WO2020010965A1

WO2020010965A1 - Mobile terminal, and method and device for updating application thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2020010965A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/089663
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张胜利
Original assignee: 奇酷互联网络科技（深圳）有限公司
Priority date: 2018-07-10
Filing date: 2019-05-31
Publication date: 2020-01-16
Also published as: CN109194812A

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile terminal, and a method and device for updating an application thereof. The method comprises: obtaining state information of the mobile terminal, and determining whether the mobile terminal meets a triggering condition of updating the application or not according to the state information; if the mobile terminal meets the triggering condition of updating the application, determining whether a first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated; and if the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated, updating the first application needing to be updated. According to the mobile terminal, and the method and device for updating the application thereof provided in the present invention, the application on the mobile terminal can be automatically updated; the defects that a user cannot use the application when the user requires usage of the application are overcome, and user experience is improved.

Description

Mobile terminal and method and device for updating application thereof

[Technical Field]

The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile terminals, and in particular, to a mobile terminal and a method and device for updating applications thereof.

【Background technique】

With the increasing use of mobile terminals such as smart phones, there are more and more types of applications on mobile terminals. In order to meet user needs and increase user viscosity, application updates are also very frequent. In order to use new features or enjoy a better user experience, mobile phone users must frequently update applications.

At present, usually when a user wants to use an application on a mobile terminal, the user is prompted to update, or the application itself prompts the user to update, and the user needs to manually update according to the prompt information. The user operation is tedious and the user experience is poor.

[Summary of the Invention]

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a method and device for updating applications thereof, which automatically update applications on the mobile terminal and improve user experience.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for updating an application, which includes the following steps:

Acquiring status information of the mobile terminal, and judging whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information;

If yes, determine whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated;

If necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated.

Further, the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; obtaining the status information of the mobile terminal, and determining whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger for updating an application according to the status information Conditional steps, including:

Acquire network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and whether it is in a standby state; if the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and is in a standby state, it is determined that a trigger condition for updating an application is satisfied.

Acquiring network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal; if the mobile terminal is in a standby state and connected to a data traffic network, obtaining a remaining traffic value of the data traffic network; if the remaining traffic value is greater than a traffic threshold, It is determined that the trigger condition for updating the application is satisfied.

Further, the state information of the mobile terminal further includes power information of the mobile terminal and / or a charging state of the mobile terminal; and the determining whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application further includes:

Determine whether the power information of the mobile terminal is greater than a power threshold, and / or determine whether the mobile terminal is in a charging state.

Further, the step of determining whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated includes:

Acquiring update information of the first application from an application store platform to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.

Start a first application on the mobile terminal, and obtain update information fed back by the first application to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.

Further, after the step of starting a first application on the mobile terminal and obtaining update information fed back by the first application, the method further includes:

It is detected whether the first application can be started when it is not updated, and if it cannot be started, it is determined that the first application needs to be updated.

Further, before the step of obtaining status information of the mobile terminal and judging whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information, the method includes:

Acquiring usage habits information of an application on the mobile terminal, and analyzing a usage frequency of a user using the application on the mobile terminal;

Use the application with a frequency of use greater than a threshold as the first application, or use the specified application with a frequency of use less than a threshold as the first application; wherein the specified application includes at least a booking application.

The present invention also provides a device for updating applications, including:

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain status information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information;

A judging unit, configured to judge whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated if it is satisfied;

An update unit is configured to update the first application that needs to be updated if necessary.

Further, the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; and the acquiring unit is specifically configured to:

Further, the status information of the mobile terminal further includes power information of the mobile terminal, and / or a charging status of the mobile terminal; and the obtaining unit is further configured to:

Further, the judgment unit includes:

A first determining subunit is configured to obtain update information of the first application from an application store platform to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.

Further, the judgment unit includes:

A second determination subunit is configured to start a first application on the mobile terminal, and obtain update information fed back by the first application, so as to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.

Further, the second judging sub-unit starts the first application on the mobile terminal, and after obtaining the update information fed back by the first application, is further configured to:

Further, the device for updating an application further includes:

An analysis unit, configured to obtain usage habit information of an application on the mobile terminal, and analyze a usage frequency of a user using the application on the mobile terminal;

A selecting unit, configured to use the application whose frequency of use is greater than a threshold value as the first application, or to designate the application whose frequency of use is less than a threshold value as the first application; wherein the specified application includes at least a booking application .

The invention also provides a mobile terminal, including a processor and a memory;

The memory is configured to store a program for a device supporting the update application to execute the method for updating an application according to any one of the above;

The processor is configured to execute a program stored in the memory.

The present invention provides a computer storage medium for storing computer software instructions for the above-mentioned update application device, which includes a program designed to execute the above-mentioned aspect for the update application device.

The mobile terminal provided by the present invention and the method and device for updating the application thereof have the following beneficial effects:

The mobile terminal and the method and device for updating applications provided by the present invention obtain status information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal meets a triggering condition for updating the application according to the status information; if it is satisfied, determine the mobile Whether the first application on the terminal needs to be updated; if necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated. The application on the mobile terminal can be automatically updated, which overcomes the defects that users cannot use when using the application and improves the user experience.

[Brief Description of the Drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of steps of a method for updating an application according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

2 is a block diagram of a device for updating an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention.

The realization of the purpose, functional characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the embodiments and the drawings.

【detailed description】

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.

Those skilled in the art will understand that the singular forms "a", "an", "the", "the above", and "the" may include plural forms unless specifically stated. It should be further understood that the term "comprising" used in the description of the present invention refers to the presence of the described features, integers, steps, operations, elements, units, modules and / or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more Other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, units, modules, components, and / or groups thereof. It should be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element, or intervening elements may also be present. Furthermore, "connected" or "coupled" as used herein may include wirelessly connected or wirelessly coupled. As used herein, the term "and / or" includes all or any of the elements and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It should also be understood that terms such as those defined in the general dictionary should be understood to have meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the prior art, and unless specifically defined like this, they would not be idealized or overly Formal meaning to explain.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for updating an application, including the following steps:

Step S1: Obtain status information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information;

Step S2: if yes, determine whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated;

Step S3: if necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated.

In this embodiment, the state information of the mobile terminal includes at least one of network connection information, power amount information, flow rate information, standby state information, and charging state of the mobile terminal. The above mobile terminals include smart terminal devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

Applications on mobile phones are often updated frequently. In order to experience the latest version features, users usually need to update the applications. Currently, most users manually update the applications. The method in this embodiment is used to automatically update the mobile terminal. Application for user convenience and enhance user experience.

The application on the mobile terminal in this embodiment is not always automatically updated, and a certain trigger condition is required to trigger its automatic update, that is, the trigger condition for updating the application. In this embodiment, the foregoing trigger condition is set in advance, and when the state of the mobile terminal meets the trigger condition, automatic update can be performed. As described in step S1 above, the status information of the mobile terminal is acquired, and whether the trigger condition for updating the application is satisfied is determined according to the status information. If not, it indicates that the update should not be performed at this time; if it is satisfied, the update process can be entered.

Since not all applications need to be updated, as described in step S2 above, it is determined whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated. The first application may be all applications on the mobile terminal, or may be designated applications (such as WeChat, 360 mobile assistant, etc.) on the mobile terminal, or may be applications frequently used on the mobile terminal. In other words, the automatic update application in this embodiment may be updated for all applications on the mobile terminal, or only for specific applications that are of interest to a few users, or only for applications that are frequently used on the mobile terminal.

As described in step S3 above, when the first application needs to be updated, the first application that needs to be updated is automatically updated, so that when the user launches the application after that, the application can be used directly without waiting for the application to be updated. user experience. Specifically, the above update process may be downloading a corresponding update package and correspondingly installing the update package.

In an embodiment, the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; obtaining the status information of the mobile terminal, and determining whether the mobile terminal meets the update application according to the status information Step S1 of the trigger condition includes:

a. Obtain network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal, determine whether the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and is in a standby state; if the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and is in a standby state, determine that a trigger condition for updating an application is satisfied. .

In this embodiment, since application update usually requires a large amount of traffic, and currently the data traffic is usually more expensive, the WIFI network is relatively more affordable (or free). At the same time, mobile terminals usually need to occupy a lot of resources when in use, and more like applications need to consume system resources. If application updates are performed when the mobile terminal is running at a high speed, it will easily cause the mobile terminal to run under pressure, and it is easy to freeze and crash. Wait. Therefore, in this embodiment, the triggering condition of the above update application is set to the mobile terminal connected to the WIFI state and in the standby state. When it is detected that the current mobile terminal is in this state, it indicates that the mobile terminal is suitable to update the application at this time, and can be performed. Apply automatic updates. In other embodiments, it is also possible to detect the hardware operating state of the mobile terminal and determine whether it is suitable to perform automatic update of the application in combination with the operating state.

In another embodiment, the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; acquiring the status information of the mobile terminal, and determining whether the mobile terminal meets the update according to the status information Step S1 of applying a trigger condition includes:

b. Obtain network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal; if the mobile terminal is in a standby state and connected to a data traffic network, obtain a remaining traffic value of the data traffic network; if the remaining traffic value is greater than the traffic Threshold, it is determined that the trigger condition for updating the application is met.

In this embodiment, the above trigger condition may also include that the mobile terminal is in a standby state, and the user may use the WIFI network to update the application, or use a data traffic network such as a 4G network to update the application. Data flow network application update switch. When the switch is on, you can use the data flow network to update. In order to avoid the user's excessive use of data traffic, which is beyond the scope of the package, the traffic usage of the current 4G network traffic package can be automatically obtained by means of SMS or public account, and the remaining data value of the current data traffic network can be obtained from If the remaining flow value is greater than the flow threshold (such as 1G), it indicates that it is appropriate to automatically update the application, and it is determined that the trigger condition for updating the application is met. It can be understood that the foregoing traffic threshold may also be set by the user on the mobile terminal in advance, and may be configured to different values according to the actual needs of the user. In other embodiments, the traffic value required when the first application is updated may also be obtained. When the remaining traffic value is greater than the traffic value required when the first application is updated, the application is automatically updated.

In the above embodiment, the state information of the mobile terminal further includes power information of the mobile terminal and / or a charging state of the mobile terminal; and the determining whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application further includes :

c. Determine whether the power information of the mobile terminal is greater than a power threshold, and / or determine whether the mobile terminal is in a charging state.

Because the application update requires resources, it consumes a certain amount of power. If the current mobile terminal has a low power and is not connected to a power source for charging, updating the application at this time may easily affect the normal use of the mobile terminal. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is also possible to comprehensively determine whether the current mobile terminal meets the triggering condition for updating the application in combination with the power information of the mobile terminal and / or the charging state of the mobile terminal. For example, when the current mobile terminal is in a standby state and it is connected to a WIFI network or a data traffic network (the remaining traffic is sufficient), if it is also detected that the current power is greater than the power threshold, and / or it is determined that the mobile terminal is in a charging state, Then the triggering condition of the update application is satisfied; if the current power is less than the power threshold and / or it is determined that the mobile terminal is in a non-charged state, the triggering condition of the update application is not satisfied.

In an embodiment, the step S2 of determining whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated includes:

Step S21: Obtain update information of the first application from an application store platform to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.

At present, a user's mobile terminal usually has a software platform such as an application store installed for users to download the application. The application store platform can obtain the latest version of the application from the service provider of the application, and analyze the first application on the current mobile terminal. Whether there is update information, and if so, it is determined that the first application needs to be updated. The specific process may be to automatically start the application store platform, obtain update information corresponding to the first application from the application store platform, and determine whether it needs to be updated.

In another embodiment, the step S2 of determining whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated includes:

Step S22: Start a first application on the mobile terminal, and obtain update information fed back by the first application to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.

In this embodiment, the first application on the mobile terminal is automatically started. When it is started, the first application will perform a self-test to determine whether there is an update. If the first application has an updated version, it will feed back a message that requires the first application to be updated. The feedback information prompts the user that the first application needs to be updated; according to the feedback information, the first application is correspondingly updated.

Preferably, in this embodiment, after the above-mentioned first application is updated, the background program of the above-mentioned first application is automatically cleaned up to avoid occupying too many resources of the system.

In another embodiment, after the step of starting the first application on the mobile terminal and obtaining update information fed back by the first application, the method further includes:

Some applications must be updated before they can be used, such as games; while others can be used as usual without updates, such as WeChat, Alipay and other software applications. Therefore, after starting the first application on the mobile terminal and obtaining the update information fed back by the first application, it is detected whether the first application can also be launched without being updated. If it can be launched, the first application can be selected. An application is not updated; if it cannot be started, it needs to be updated before it can be started. It is determined that the first application must be updated. Correspondingly, an update package is downloaded for application update.

In an embodiment, before step S3 of updating the first application that needs to be updated if necessary, the method further includes:

Detecting whether the first application is in a running state;

In this embodiment, if it is detected that the first application is running, you can choose not to perform the update at this time, to prevent the user from using the application to perform a forced update, which causes the user to be unable to use normally. At this time, you can choose to preset again. Update after time, or update when it is detected that the user is no longer using the first application; if the first application is not in the running state, update may be performed.

In an embodiment, before step S1 of obtaining the status information of the mobile terminal and judging whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information, the method includes:

Step S10: Acquire usage habit information of an application on the mobile terminal, and analyze a frequency of use of a user using the application on the mobile terminal;

In step S11, the application whose frequency of use is greater than a threshold value is used as the first application, or the specified application whose frequency of use is less than a threshold value is used as the first application; wherein the specified application includes at least a booking application.

In this embodiment, during the continuous use of the mobile terminal by the user, the mobile terminal can obtain the usage habits information of the user using the application on the mobile terminal, and according to the usage habits information, it is convenient to analyze the user's use of the application on the mobile terminal. Frequency of use, that is, to analyze which applications are frequently used by users and which are not commonly used; specifically, a threshold can be set, and when the frequency of use is greater than the threshold, the application is frequently used by users; less than the threshold is not commonly used application. In this embodiment, the above-mentioned common application may be used as the first application, and the above-mentioned method of updating the application is only updated for applications that are frequently used by users; it may also be that the designated application in the less commonly used application is also used as the first application, for example, subscription Ticket applications, etc. Preferably, a folder may also be provided to save the above-mentioned first application in the folder; for the above-mentioned first application, different folders may also be set for saving according to characteristics of frequent use and infrequent use.

In summary, the method for updating an application provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining status information of a mobile terminal, and determining whether the mobile terminal meets a triggering condition for updating an application according to the status information; if it is, then Determine whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated; if necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated. The application on the mobile terminal can be automatically updated, which overcomes the defects that users cannot use when using the application and improves the user experience.

Referring to FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for updating an application, including:

The obtaining unit 10 is configured to obtain status information of a mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information;

A determining unit 20, configured to determine whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated if it is satisfied;

An update unit 30 is configured to update the first application that needs to be updated if necessary.

Applications on mobile phones are often updated frequently. In order to experience the latest version features, users usually need to update the applications. Currently, most users manually update applications. The device in this embodiment is used to automatically update the mobile terminal. Application for user convenience and enhance user experience.

The application on the mobile terminal in this embodiment is not always automatically updated, and a certain trigger condition is required to trigger its automatic update, that is, the trigger condition for updating the application. In this embodiment, the foregoing trigger condition is set in advance, and when the status of the mobile terminal meets the trigger condition, automatic update can be performed. As described in the obtaining unit 10 above, obtain the status information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether it meets the trigger condition for updating the application according to the status information. If not, it indicates that it should not be updated at this time; if it is, then the update process can be entered. .

Since not all applications need to be updated, it is determined whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated as described in the above-mentioned determination unit 20. The first application may be all applications on the mobile terminal, or may be designated applications (such as WeChat, 360 mobile assistant, etc.) on the mobile terminal, or may be applications frequently used on the mobile terminal. In other words, in this embodiment, the automatic update application may be updated for all applications on the mobile terminal, or only for specific applications that are of interest to a few users, or only for applications that are frequently used on the mobile terminal.

As described in the update unit 30, when the first application needs to be updated, the first application that needs to be updated is automatically updated, so that when the user launches the application after that, the application can be used directly without waiting for the application to be updated. Improve user experience. Specifically, the above update process may be downloading a corresponding update package and correspondingly installing the update package.

In an embodiment, the state information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal; the acquiring unit 10 is specifically configured to:

In another embodiment, the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; and the obtaining unit 10 is specifically configured to:

In this embodiment, the above trigger condition may also include that the mobile terminal is in a standby state, and the user may use the WIFI network to update the application, or use a data traffic network such as a 4G network to update the application. Data flow network application update switch. When the switch is on, you can use the data flow network to update. In order to avoid the user's excessive use of data traffic, which is beyond the scope of the package, the traffic usage of the current 4G network traffic package can be automatically obtained through SMS or public account, etc., and the remaining data value of the current data traffic network can be obtained from it. If the remaining flow value is greater than the flow threshold (such as 1G), it indicates that it is appropriate to automatically update the application, and it is determined that the trigger condition for updating the application is met. It can be understood that the foregoing traffic threshold may also be set by the user on the mobile terminal in advance, and may be configured to different values according to the actual needs of the user. In other embodiments, the traffic value required when the first application is updated may also be obtained. When the remaining traffic value is greater than the traffic value required when the first application is updated, the application is automatically updated.

In the above embodiment, the state information of the mobile terminal further includes power information of the mobile terminal, and / or a charging state of the mobile terminal; the obtaining unit 10 is further configured to:

Because the application update requires resources, it consumes a certain amount of power. If the current mobile terminal has a low power and is not connected to a power source for charging, updating the application at this time may easily affect the normal use of the mobile terminal. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is also possible to comprehensively determine whether the current mobile terminal meets the triggering condition for updating the application in combination with the power information of the mobile terminal and / or the charging state of the mobile terminal. For example, when the current mobile terminal is in a standby state and it is connected to a WIFI network or a data traffic network (with sufficient remaining traffic), if it is also detected that the current power is greater than the power threshold, and / or it is determined that the mobile terminal is in a charging state, Then the triggering condition of the update application is satisfied; if the current power is less than the power threshold and / or it is determined that the mobile terminal is in a non-charged state, the triggering condition of the update application is not satisfied.

In one embodiment, the determining unit 20 includes:

In another embodiment, the determining unit 20 includes:

In another embodiment, after the second judging sub-unit starts the first application on the mobile terminal, and after obtaining update information fed back by the first application, the second determining sub-unit is further configured to:

In an embodiment, the device for updating an application further includes:

A detecting unit that detects whether the first application is in a running state;

In this embodiment, if the detection unit detects that the first application is in a running state, it may choose not to perform the update at this time, to prevent the user from using the application to perform a forced update, which causes the user to be unable to use normally. Update is performed after a preset time, or when it is detected that the user no longer uses the first application; if the detection unit detects that the first application is not in a running state, the update may be performed.

In an embodiment, the device for updating an application further includes:

An analysis unit, configured to obtain usage habit information of an application on the mobile terminal, and analyze a user's use frequency of the application on the mobile terminal;

In this embodiment, during the continuous use of the mobile terminal by the user, the mobile terminal can obtain the usage habits information of the user using the application on the mobile terminal, and according to the usage habits information, it is convenient for the analysis unit to analyze the user's use of the mobile terminal. The frequency of use of the application, that is, to analyze which applications are frequently used by users and which are not commonly used. Specifically, a threshold can be set. When the frequency of use is greater than the threshold, the application is frequently used by users; when it is less than the threshold, Infrequently used. In this embodiment, the selection unit may use the above-mentioned common application as the first application, and the above-mentioned device for updating the application may only update the application frequently used by the user; the selection unit may also use the designated application among the less commonly used applications as the first application. An application, such as a booking application. Preferably, a folder may also be provided to save the above-mentioned first application in the folder; for the above-mentioned first application, different folders may also be set for saving according to characteristics of frequent use and infrequent use.

In summary, the apparatus for updating an application provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining status information of a mobile terminal, and determining whether the mobile terminal meets a triggering condition for updating an application according to the status information; if it is, then Determine whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated; if necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated. The application on the mobile terminal can be automatically updated, which overcomes the defects that users cannot use when using the application and improves the user experience.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a mobile terminal. As shown in FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown. For specific technical details not disclosed, please refer to the method part of the embodiment of the present invention. . The terminal may be any terminal device including a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a POS (Point of Sales), a vehicle-mounted computer, and the like. Taking the terminal as a mobile phone as an example:

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a partial structure of a mobile phone related to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile phone includes: a radio frequency (RF) circuit 110, a memory 120, an input unit 130, a display unit 140, a sensor 150, an audio circuit 160, a wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) module 170, The processor 180 and the power supply 190 and other components. Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 3 does not constitute a limitation on the mobile phone, and may include more or fewer parts than those shown in the figure, or combine certain parts, or arrange different parts.

The following describes each component of the mobile phone in detail with reference to FIG. 3:

The RF circuit 110 may be used for receiving and sending signals during the process of receiving and sending information or during a call. In particular, the downlink information of the base station is received and processed by the processor 180; in addition, the uplink data of the design is sent to the base station. Generally, the RF circuit 110 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the RF circuit 110 can also communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication. The above wireless communication can use any communication standard or protocol, including, but not limited to, Global System of Mobile (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), and Code Division Multiple Access Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), E-mail, Short Messaging Service (SMS), etc.

The memory 120 may be used to store software programs and modules. The processor 180 executes various functional applications and data processing of the mobile phone by running the software programs and modules stored in the memory 120. The memory 120 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, where the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc .; the storage data area may store data according to Data (such as audio data, phone book, etc.) created by the use of mobile phones. In addition, the memory 120 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The input unit 130 may be configured to receive inputted numeric or character information, and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile phone. Specifically, the input unit 130 may include a touch panel 131 and other input devices 132. The touch panel 131, also known as a touch screen, can collect user's touch operations on or near it (for example, the user uses a finger, a stylus or any suitable object or accessory on the touch panel 131 or near the touch panel 131. Operation), and drive the corresponding connection device according to a preset program. Optionally, the touch panel 131 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Among them, the touch detection device detects the user's touch position, and detects the signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection device, converts it into contact coordinates, and sends it It is given to the processor 180, and can receive the command sent by the processor 180 and execute it. In addition, various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave can be used to implement the touch panel 131. In addition to the touch panel 131, the input unit 130 may further include other input devices 132. Specifically, the other input devices 132 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as a volume control button, a switch button, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 140 may be configured to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menus of the mobile phone. The display unit 140 may include a display panel 141. Optionally, the display panel 141 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), an organic light emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED), and the like. Further, the touch panel 131 may cover the display panel 141. When the touch panel 131 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 131, the touch panel 131 transmits the touch operation to the processor 180 to determine the type of the touch event. The type provides corresponding visual output on the display panel 141. Although in FIG. 3, the touch panel 131 and the display panel 141 are implemented as two separate components to implement the input and input functions of the mobile phone, in some embodiments, the touch panel 131 and the display panel 141 may be integrated and Realize the input and output functions of mobile phones.

The mobile phone may further include at least one sensor 150, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor may adjust the brightness of the display panel 141 according to the brightness of the ambient light, and the proximity sensor may close the display panel 141 and / Or backlight. As a type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in various directions (usually three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when it is stationary. It can be used to identify the attitude of the mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, Games, magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tap), etc .; as for the mobile phone can also be equipped with gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, infrared sensor and other sensors, no longer here To repeat.

The audio circuit 160, the speaker 161, and the microphone 162 can provide an audio interface between the user and the mobile phone. The audio circuit 160 may transmit the received electrical data converted electric signal to the speaker 161, and the speaker 161 converts it into a sound signal for output. On the other hand, the microphone 162 converts the collected sound signal into an electric signal, and the audio circuit 160 After receiving, it is converted into audio data, and then the audio data output processor 180 is processed and then sent to, for example, another mobile phone via the RF circuit 110, or the audio data is output to the memory 120 for further processing.

WiFi is a short-range wireless transmission technology. The mobile phone can help users send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media through the WiFi module 170. It provides users with wireless broadband Internet access. Although FIG. 3 shows the WiFi module 170, it can be understood that it does not belong to the necessary structure of the mobile phone, and can be omitted as needed without changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 180 is a control center of the mobile phone, and uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire mobile phone. The processor 180 executes or executes software programs and / or modules stored in the memory 120 and calls data stored in the memory 120 to execute. Various functions and processing data of the mobile phone, so as to monitor the mobile phone as a whole. Optionally, the processor 180 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 180 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and an application program, etc. The modem processor mainly handles wireless communication. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 180.

The mobile phone also includes a power supply 190 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Preferably, the power supply can be logically connected to the processor 180 through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system.

Although not shown, the mobile phone may further include a camera, a Bluetooth module, and the like, and details are not described herein again.

Referring to FIG. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the processor 180 included in the mobile terminal also has the following functions:

If it is satisfied, determining whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated;

If necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated.

The memory 120 is configured to store a computer program for a device supporting an update application to execute the method for updating an application according to the foregoing embodiment;

The processor 180 is configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory 120.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the terminals, devices, and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated here.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the present invention includes devices related to performing one or more of the operations described in this application. These devices may be specially designed and manufactured for the required purpose, or they may include known devices in general-purpose computers. These devices have computer programs stored therein that are selectively activated or reconstructed. Such a computer program may be stored in a device (e.g., a computer) readable medium or in any type of medium suitable for storing electronic instructions and coupled to a bus, respectively, said computer readable medium including but not limited to any Types of disks (including floppy disks, hard disks, CD-ROMs, CD-ROMs and magneto-optical disks), ROM (Read-Only Memory, Read-Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory, Read-Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash memory, magnetic card or optical card. That is, a readable medium includes any medium that stores or transfers information in a readable form by a device (eg, a computer).

Those skilled in the art may understand that computer program instructions may be used to implement each block in these structural diagrams and / or block diagrams and / or flow diagrams and a combination of these structural diagrams and / or block diagrams and / or flow diagrams. . Those skilled in the art may understand that these computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a professional computer, or other programmable data processing methods, so that the present invention is executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing method. The scheme specified in the box or multiple boxes of the structural diagram and / or block diagram and / or flow diagram of the invention disclosure.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the various operations, methods, steps, measures, and solutions in the process that have been discussed in the present invention can be alternated, modified, combined, or deleted. Further, the various operations, methods, and other steps, measures, and solutions in the process that have been discussed in the present invention can also be alternated, modified, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted. Further, steps, measures, and solutions in the prior art that have various operations, methods, and processes disclosed in the present invention can also be alternated, modified, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus does not limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the description and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly used in other related The technical field is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

A method for updating an application, including the following steps:

Acquiring status information of the mobile terminal, and judging whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information;

If yes, determine whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated;

If necessary, update the first application that needs to be updated.
The method for updating an application according to claim 1, wherein the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; and acquiring the status information of the mobile terminal and according to the status The step of determining whether the mobile terminal satisfies a trigger condition for updating an application includes:

Acquire network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and whether it is in a standby state; if the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and is in a standby state, it is determined that a trigger condition for updating an application is satisfied.
The method for updating an application according to claim 1, wherein the status information of the mobile terminal includes network connection information and standby status information of the mobile terminal; and acquiring the status information of the mobile terminal and according to the status The step of determining whether the mobile terminal satisfies a trigger condition for updating an application includes:

Acquiring network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal; if the mobile terminal is in a standby state and connected to a data traffic network, obtaining a remaining traffic value of the data traffic network; if the remaining traffic value is greater than a traffic threshold, It is determined that the trigger condition for updating the application is satisfied.
The method for updating an application according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the status information of the mobile terminal further comprises power information of the mobile terminal, and / or a charging status of the mobile terminal; the determining the Whether the mobile terminal meets the trigger conditions for updating the application also includes:

Determine whether the power information of the mobile terminal is greater than a power threshold, and / or determine whether the mobile terminal is in a charging state.
The method for updating an application according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated comprises:

Acquiring update information of the first application from an application store platform to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.
The method for updating an application according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated comprises:

Start a first application on the mobile terminal, and obtain update information fed back by the first application to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.
The method for updating an application according to claim 6, wherein after the step of starting a first application on the mobile terminal and obtaining update information fed back by the first application, further comprising:

It is detected whether the first application can be started when it is not updated, and if it cannot be started, it is determined that the first application needs to be updated.
The method for updating an application according to claim 1, wherein before the step of obtaining status information of the mobile terminal and judging whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating the application according to the status information, comprises:

Acquiring usage habits information of an application on the mobile terminal, and analyzing a usage frequency of a user using the application on the mobile terminal;

Use the application with a frequency of use greater than a threshold as the first application, or use the specified application with a frequency of use less than a threshold as the first application; wherein the specified application includes at least a booking application.
A device for updating applications, including:

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain status information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal meets a trigger condition for updating an application according to the status information;

A judging unit, configured to judge whether the first application on the mobile terminal needs to be updated if it is satisfied;

An update unit is configured to update the first application that needs to be updated if necessary.
The device according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal, and determine whether the mobile terminal is connected to WIFI and is in a standby state; if the mobile terminal When the terminal is connected to WIFI and is in a standby state, it is determined that the trigger condition for updating the application is met.
The device according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain network connection information and standby state information of the mobile terminal; if the mobile terminal is in a standby state and connected to a data traffic network, obtain the The remaining traffic value of the data traffic network; if the remaining traffic value is greater than the traffic threshold, it is determined that a trigger condition for updating the application is satisfied.
The device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the status information of the mobile terminal further comprises power information of the mobile terminal and / or a charging status of the mobile terminal, and the obtaining unit is further configured to determine the status of the mobile terminal. Whether the power information of the mobile terminal is greater than a power threshold, and / or determining whether the mobile terminal is in a charging state.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the determining unit comprises:

A first determining subunit is configured to obtain update information of the first application from an application store platform to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the determining unit further comprises:

A second determination subunit is configured to start a first application on the mobile terminal, and obtain update information fed back by the first application, so as to determine whether the first application needs to be updated.
The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein:

The second judging subunit is further configured to detect whether the first application can be started when it is not updated, and if it cannot be started, determine that the first application needs to be updated.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

An analysis unit, configured to obtain usage habit information of an application on the mobile terminal, and analyze a usage frequency of a user using the application on the mobile terminal;

A selecting unit, configured to use the application whose frequency of use is greater than a threshold value as the first application, or to designate the application whose frequency of use is less than a threshold value as the first application; wherein the specified application includes at least a booking application .
A mobile terminal including a processor and a memory;

The memory is configured to store a program for a device supporting an update application to execute the method for updating an application according to any one of claims 1 to 8;

The processor is configured to execute a program stored in the memory.