CN103313229B - Method and device for upgrading aerial downloading technology - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for upgrading an aerial downloading technology. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a character catalog sent by an OTA sever, selecting a to-be-upgraded character from the character catalog and upgrading the to-be-upgraded character selected by a user, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently select the to-be-upgraded character and the user experience is promoted. Meanwhile, an operator and an equipment supplier can cooperate and promote characters as more as possible, so that the degree of freedom of user selection is further provided.

Description

A method and device for over-the-air technology upgrade

technical field

The invention relates to the field of mobile communication, in particular to a method and equipment for over-the-air technology upgrade.

Background technique

In the Over-the-Air Technology (OTA), the operator puts the software version upgrade package in the OTA server, and the mobile terminal automatically or manually searches for the corresponding software version based on the current software version by using the air interface (The air interface). The software version upgrade package, and the software version upgrade package is downloaded to the mobile terminal, and the local version is upgraded to a new software version. At present, various terminal equipment manufacturers cooperate with operators to add new features to the old software version based on market requirements and customer feedback, make differential packages, and use OTA technology to update the current version of the user to a newer software version, which is flexible and convenient To meet the needs of the market and customers.

When the user upgrades the current old software version of the mobile terminal to a new software version, all features customized by the operator will be forced to be upgraded in the user's mobile terminal and take effect. Therefore, the prior art cannot provide diversified and personalized upgrade services for users.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for over-the-air technology upgrade, aiming at solving the problem of how to provide diversified and personalized upgrade services for users.

In the first aspect, a method for OTA upgrade of over-the-air technology, the method includes:

Receiving the feature directory sent by the OTA server; the feature directory includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature directory is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version;

Obtain the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog;

Upgrade the features to be upgraded selected by the user.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the upgrading of the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user includes:

upgrading all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server, the feature directory being included in the OTA update package;

The unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory are restored to the features before the upgrade.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in the second possible implementation of the first aspect, the restoration of the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, include:

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are newly added, deleting the unselected characteristics to be upgraded;

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are updated, using the unselected characteristics to be upgraded before the upgrade;

When the attribute of the unselected characteristic is delete, restore the unselected characteristic to be upgraded before the upgrade.

With reference to the second possible implementation of the first aspect, in the third possible implementation of the first aspect, before restoring the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature catalog to the features before the upgrade, The method also includes:

Obtain the attributes of the unselected features to be upgraded from the log record table carried by the OTA upgrade package;

The log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

With reference to the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the upgrading of the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user includes:

Send the information of the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user to the OTA server;

receiving an upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user returned from the OTA server;

The feature to be upgraded selected by the user is upgraded according to the upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

In a second aspect, a method for OTA upgrade of over-the-air technology, the method includes:

sending the feature list to the terminal, so that the terminal acquires the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature list, and upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user; the feature list includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature The catalog is derived from the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the feature directory is included in an OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation of the second aspect, the method further includes: sending a log record table to the terminal, so that the terminal The log record table upgrades the features to be upgraded selected by the user;

The log record table is included in the OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal; the log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes all the characteristic information to be upgraded attribute information; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

With reference to the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, after the step of sending the feature list to the terminal, the method further includes:

receiving information about the features to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog sent by the terminal;

Sending an upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user according to the upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

In a third aspect, a terminal, the terminal includes:

The receiving unit is used to receive the feature catalog sent by the OTA server; the feature catalog includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature catalog is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version;

an acquiring unit, configured to acquire the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog;

The upgrade unit is used for upgrading the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the upgrading unit is specifically used for:

upgrading all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server, the feature directory being included in the OTA update package;

The unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory are restored to the features before the upgrade.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation of the third aspect, the upgrade unit executes the step of restoring unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to upgrade Previous features, including:

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are newly added, deleting the unselected characteristics to be upgraded;

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are updated, using the unselected characteristics to be upgraded before the upgrade;

When the attribute of the unselected characteristic is delete, restore the unselected characteristic to be upgraded before the upgrade.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the terminal further includes an obtaining unit, and the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

Before the upgrade unit restores the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, obtain the unselected features to be upgraded from the log record table carried in the OTA upgrade package properties;

The log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

With reference to the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the upgrading unit is specifically used for:

Send the information of the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user to the OTA server;

receiving an upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user returned from the OTA server;

The feature to be upgraded selected by the user is upgraded according to the upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

In a fourth aspect, a server, the server includes:

A sending unit, configured to send a feature list to the terminal, so that the terminal acquires the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature list, and upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user; the feature list includes the feature to be upgraded Information, the feature list is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the feature directory is included in an OTA update package sent to the terminal.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the server further includes a sending subunit, and the sending subunit is specifically configured to:

sending a log record table to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user according to the log record table;

The log record table is included in the OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal; the log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes all the characteristic information to be upgraded attribute information; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the server further includes a receiving unit, and the receiving unit is specifically configured to:

receiving information about the features to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog sent by the terminal;

The sending unit is also used for:

Sending an upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user according to the upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal can receive a feature catalog including upgradeable feature information from the OTA server, and the upgradeable feature information included in the feature catalog can be selected by the user. After the user selects the feature to be upgraded from the feature catalog, the terminal can Only the features to be upgraded selected by the user are upgraded, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently select the features to be upgraded, improve user experience, and provide users with diversified and personalized upgrade services.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

Fig. 1 is a kind of method flowchart of OTA upgrade provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for OTA upgrading provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for OTA upgrading provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a method for forming a log record table provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a method for obtaining a change type of a characteristic in a log record table provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for OTA upgrading provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a method for displaying characteristics provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method for OTA upgrading provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a device structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 is a device structural diagram of a server provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a device structure diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a device structural diagram of a server provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step 101, the terminal receives a feature list sent by an OTA server; the feature list includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature list is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

After there is a new software version in the OTA server, the feature catalog obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version can be sent to the terminal. Wherein, the feature catalog may include category and attribute information of the feature to be upgraded, and the user may select the upgrade feature to be upgraded according to the category and attribute information of the feature to be upgraded. Wherein, the category is defined by the operator according to the upgrade process of the characteristic to be upgraded, and the attribute information is obtained by the server according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version of the characteristic to be upgraded.

Step 102, the terminal acquires the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog.

When the feature list is displayed on the display interface of the terminal, the user can select the feature to be upgraded from the feature list; for example, the feature list can include 5 feature information to be upgraded, and the user can select these 5 features through buttons or touch screen or other methods Any one or more of the characteristic information is upgraded, and the terminal can obtain the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

Step 103, the terminal upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

After acquiring the features to be upgraded selected by the user, the terminal upgrades the features to be upgraded. The process of upgrading the feature to be upgraded may include the following two possible implementation manners.

One implementation is: the terminal upgrades all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server, and then the terminal restores the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, so as to realize Upgrades are made only for user-selected features.

Another implementation manner is: the terminal acquires the upgrade package corresponding to the feature selected by the user from the OTA server, and then upgrades the feature selected by the user according to the acquired upgrade package.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an OTA upgrade method. The terminal can receive a feature catalog including upgradeable feature information from the OTA server. The upgradeable feature information included in the feature catalog can be selected by the user. After upgrading the features, the terminal can only upgrade the features that the user chooses to be upgraded, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently select the features that need to be upgraded, improve user experience, and provide users with diversified and personalized upgrade services. Operators and equipment manufacturers cooperate to provide as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, the method includes the following steps:

The OTA server sends the feature catalog to the terminal, so that the terminal obtains the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog, and upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user; the feature catalog includes feature information to be upgraded, so The above feature list is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

In a first possible implementation manner, the feature directory is included in an OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal.

The OTA upgrade package is a differential package of the new software version and the old software version.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner, the method further includes: sending a log record table to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user according to the log record table;

The log record table is included in the OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal; the log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes all the characteristic information to be upgraded attribute information; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

In a second possible implementation, after the step of sending the feature directory to the terminal, the method further includes:

receiving information about the features to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog sent by the terminal;

Sending an upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user according to the upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an OTA upgrade method. The method receives the feature catalog sent by the OTA server, and after selecting the feature to be upgraded from the feature catalog, upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user, so that the user It can flexibly and conveniently select the features that need to be upgraded to improve user experience. At the same time, operators and equipment manufacturers can cooperate to improve as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 3 , FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the order of the steps, and the following only uses one implementation manner as an example for specific description.

As shown in Figure 3, the method includes the following steps:

Step 301, the terminal receives a feature list sent by an OTA server, the feature list includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature list is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

Step 302, the terminal receives the log record table sent by the OTA server, so that the terminal upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user according to the log record table; and then executes step 303.

It should be noted that the feature directory and log record table sent by the OTA server to the terminal may be included in the OTA upgrade package sent by the OTA server to the terminal.

Specifically, the log record table may include categories, global identifiers, and attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded, and the attribute information includes: adding, updating, or deleting.

The feature directory may include the category to which all feature information to be upgraded belongs, attribute information, and a function description about the feature information. The contents of the feature directory and the log record table are partially overlapped. The difference is that the feature directory is used to display to the user on the display interface of the terminal, allowing the user to select the feature to be upgraded; and the log record table is used to: upgrade on the terminal When the user selects the feature to be upgraded, the terminal obtains the feature information by querying the log record table, or the log record table is used by the OTA server to record the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

The categories to which the features belong are introduced below. Assuming that the operator customizes m new features, the set is expressed as: M={t ₀ ,t ₁ ,…,t _m-1 }. Depending on the category the new feature falls into, the upgrade process takes a different course of action. For example, new features can be classified as follows:

Type A features are interrelated features. For example, the boot logo (logo), which involves the adjustment of features such as fast boot logo and static boot logo. For this type of feature, when selecting an Over-the-Air Technology (OTA) upgrade, if the user selects one of the A-type features, other features associated with the A-type feature will also be selected at the same time.

Type B features are mandatory features to be upgraded. This type of feature mainly solves mobile phone problems or applications that operators strongly require users to preset, such as the repair of mobile phone security vulnerabilities, crashes and restarts. Such features will force the upgrade in the background without any prompt to the user.

Type C features are independent features, that is, features that are not related to other features and do not solve a certain problem. This type of feature is the most common customization, such as boot animation, boot ringtone, applications, etc. Such features are left to the user's choice.

Any feature has attributes such as importance level, function, and category. Users refer to this attribute to reasonably evaluate the value of a feature upgrade, especially features that are unfamiliar to users. It should be noted that during each OTA upgrade process, the categories corresponding to the features included in the log record table may be any one or more of the above three categories.

In a specific implementation manner, for example, the feature to be upgraded can be identified by a global identifier, and the global identifier can be a logical address stored in the mobile terminal for each feature to be upgraded, and the logical address can be used as the global identifier Identify each feature to be upgraded.

Specifically, it is a way to use the logical address of each feature to be upgraded stored in the mobile terminal as a global identifier to identify each feature to be upgraded. Various application features of a mobile terminal are generally stored in various partitions of the mobile phone, such as wallpapers, various game applications, etc. are stored in partitions such as system, data, and cust. Any feature of the mobile terminal is unique in the mobile phone and can be represented by a global flag, which is called T_flag for short. For example, the language list feature supported by the mobile phone, which is expressed in ASCII code in the upgrade package, etc., belongs to the white_languages parameter of the file /cust/operator/state/xml/default.xml in the partition system, then /cust/operator/state /xml/default.xml.white_languages is unique in the entire system, that is, this feature can use its logical address stored in the mobile terminal /cust/operator/state/xml/default.xml.white_languages as the global identifier T_flag, which can be Establish a mapping relationship between the logical address of the feature and the global identifier of the feature. As shown in Table 1:

characteristic T_flag flag Value example Language List Properties /cust/hw/normal/xml/default.xml.white_languages For example en_US Boot Animation Features /cust/hw/normal/media.animation is a zip file package … … …

Table 1

Specifically, refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of a method for forming a log record table provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, assume that the old software version is U01, the new software version is U02, 100 new features are added, and any feature has a corresponding global flag T_flag.

Step 401, comparing contents of different modules or partitions such as platform, system partition, and cust partition one by one.

The new software version and the old software version constantly compare the logical address and T_flag of the stored characteristic value in the OTA upgrade package, and fill in the log record table with the characteristic value before the update and the updated characteristic value, and the log record table stores the characteristic value at the same time Change type, the change type includes three types: addition (I), deletion (D), and change (U).

Specifically, the method for determining the change type of a characteristic can be as follows:

Determine whether the global identifier of the feature to be upgraded is in the global identifier of the new software version;

When the global identifier of the characteristic to be upgraded is not in the global identifier of the new software version, and the global identifier of the characteristic to be upgraded is in the global identifier of the old software version, then update the attribute of the characteristic to be upgraded as delete;

When the global identifier of the characteristic to be upgraded is in the global identifier of the new software version, determine whether the global identifier of the characteristic to be upgraded is in the global identifier of the old software version;

When the global identifier of the feature to be upgraded is not in the global identifier of the old software version, then updating the attribute of the feature to be upgraded is newly added;

When the global identifier of the feature to be upgraded is in the global identifier of the old software version, updating the attribute of the feature to be upgraded is updated.

Specifically, refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram of a method for obtaining a change type of a characteristic in a log record table according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, if the T_flag exists in the new version but does not exist in the old version, the change type is I, which is a new feature; if the T_flag does not exist in the new version, but the T_flag exists in the old version, the change type It is D, which belongs to the deletion feature; if the T_flag exists in both the old and new versions, only the attribute value is different, and the update type is U, which belongs to the update feature.

Step 402, storing the log record table to form an OTA upgrade package carrying the log record table.

The following content can be included in the log record table:

Through the above-mentioned method, compared with the traditional OTA upgrade package, the OTA upgrade package adds a log record table about the change type of the feature in the content form, and the log record table records the changes made by the new version relative to the old version. History of any changes.

Step 303, the terminal acquires the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog.

The terminal can display the feature list to the user, so that the user can select the feature to be upgraded from the feature list.

Step 304, the terminal upgrades all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server.

This embodiment does not limit the order in which step 303 and step 304 are performed.

Step 305, the terminal obtains the attributes of the unselected features to be upgraded from the log record table carried in the OTA upgrade package.

The log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

Step 306, the terminal restores the features to be upgraded that are not selected by the user in the feature list to the features before the upgrade.

This step can specifically include:

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are newly added, deleting the unselected characteristics to be upgraded;

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are updated, using the unselected characteristics to be upgraded before the upgrade;

When the attribute of the unselected characteristic is delete, restore the unselected characteristic to be upgraded before the upgrade.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after upgrading all the features of the received OTA upgrade package, the unselected features in the OTA upgrade package are restored, so that users can flexibly and conveniently select the features that need to be upgraded, improve user experience, and provide users with Provides diversified and personalized upgrade services, and at the same time, enables operators and equipment manufacturers to cooperate to provide as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Specifically, refer to FIG. 6, which is a flowchart of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6,

Step 601, the user selects an upgrade mode, the upgrade mode includes Entriely upgrade mode (EUM) and features upgrade mode (features upgrade mode, FUM); when the user selects EUM, execute step 602, when the user selects FUM , go to step 603.

In a specific implementation manner, when performing an OTA upgrade, an optional upgrade mode may be provided for the user. For example: the user can choose the existing normal upgrade mode, that is, EUM, and the user can also choose the optional upgrade mode provided by the embodiment of the present invention, that is, FUM.

Step 602, the terminal upgrades the whole device according to the pre-downloaded OTA upgrade package.

Step 603, the terminal displays the feature list to the user for the user to select the feature to be upgraded.

In step 604, the terminal receives information about the characteristics to be upgraded that the user chooses to upgrade.

Specifically, the OTA upgrade package provides a feature list that the user chooses to upgrade according to the log record table. As shown in FIG. 7 , FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a method for displaying characteristics provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is an example of the user selection interface of the mobile client. The interface includes a selection box, a feature abbreviation, attribute information, and a category. The selection box is used to provide choices for the user, and the feature abbreviation is used to identify each feature. The attribute information includes newly added features, updated features, and deleted features, which correspond to the operation types of I, U, and D in the old and new versions respectively. When the user clicks the attribute selection button, the category related to the feature will be displayed to the user, such as interrelated categories, mandatory features to be upgraded, independent features, etc.

Step 605, the terminal obtains the global identifiers of the characteristics to be upgraded that the user does not choose to upgrade according to the global identifiers of all the characteristics to be upgraded in the OTA upgrade package and the global identifiers of the characteristics to be upgraded that the user chooses to upgrade, and calculates the The global identifiers of the features to be upgraded that the user does not choose to upgrade are stored in temporary variables.

Step 606, the terminal upgrades all features to be upgraded in the OTA upgrade package according to the OTA upgrade package.

Step 607: The OTA upgrade package is normally upgraded. After the OTA upgrade package is completed, the terminal searches for the attribute information of the corresponding historical record according to the unselected feature T_flag and the type is not a B-type feature, and performs the reverse operation, because the B-type A feature is a feature that does not require user consent and requires mandatory upgrades. Assuming that the feature t1 not selected by the user is a new feature and is the attribute information of I, the system will delete the feature t1 in the upgraded version and restore it to the state of the old version; if the feature t2 not selected by the user is a changed feature, is the update type of U, the system will replace the value of the old version of the feature with the updated value, and restore it to the state of the old version; if the unselected feature is a delete feature and the update type of D, the system will Let the feature restore the state of the old version. Therefore, the new features selected by the customer have taken effect, and the new features not selected by the customer have not been restored to the state of the old version, that is, the new features not selected by the customer have not taken effect.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for OTA upgrade. After upgrading all the features of the received OTA upgrade package, the method restores the unselected features in the OTA upgrade package, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently select the required Upgraded features improve user experience. At the same time, operators and equipment manufacturers cooperate to improve as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a flow chart of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the order of the steps, and the following only uses one implementation manner as an example for specific description.

As shown in Figure 8, the method includes the following steps:

Step 801, the terminal receives the feature catalog sent by the OTA server, the feature catalog includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature catalog is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version;

Step 802, the terminal obtains the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog;

Step 803, the terminal sends the information of the feature to be upgraded selected by the user to the OTA server;

Step 804, the terminal receives the upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user returned from the OTA server;

Step 805, the terminal upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user according to the upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

Specifically, refer to FIG. 9, which is a schematic diagram of an OTA upgrade method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 9, the operator sends the OTA upgrade package carrying the log record table to the OTA server, and the OTA upgrade client (equivalent to the terminal in the above embodiment) selects the FUM mode and sends a request for the characteristics to be upgraded to the OTA server ; The OTA server calls the interface function, and sends the new feature to the OTA upgrade client according to the OTA upgrade package and the log record table; the OTA upgrade client presents the new feature to the user in the form of a feature directory, etc., allowing the user to select according to needs, After the selection is finished, send the T_flag of the characteristic to the OTA server; the OTA server searches the log record table according to the T_flag of the characteristic, sends the upgrade package of the characteristic to the OTA upgrade client, and the OTA upgrade client accepts the T_flag of the characteristic Upgrade after the upgrade package, and finally, send the upgrade status to the OTA server.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for OTA upgrading. The method sends the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user to the OTA server, and receives the characteristics to be upgraded returned by the OTA server to upgrade the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user, so that the user can It can flexibly and conveniently select the features that need to be upgraded to improve user experience. At the same time, operators and equipment manufacturers can cooperate to improve as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 10 , FIG. 10 is a device structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 10, the terminal includes the following units:

The receiving unit 1001 is configured to receive the feature catalog sent by the OTA server; the feature catalog includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature catalog is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version;

After there is a new software version in the OTA server, the feature catalog obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version can be sent to the terminal. Wherein, the feature catalog may include category and attribute information of the feature to be upgraded, and the user may select the upgrade feature to be upgraded according to the category and attribute information of the feature to be upgraded. Wherein, the category is defined by the operator according to the upgrade process of the characteristic to be upgraded, and the attribute information is obtained by the server according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version of the characteristic to be upgraded.

An acquiring unit 1002, configured to acquire the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog;

When the feature list is displayed on the display interface of the terminal, the user can select the feature to be upgraded from the feature list; for example, the feature list can include 5 feature information to be upgraded, and the user can select these 5 features through buttons or touch screen or other methods Any one or more of the characteristic information is upgraded, and the terminal can obtain the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

In a first possible implementation manner, the terminal further includes an acquiring unit 1002, and the acquiring unit 1002 is specifically configured to:

Before the upgrade unit restores the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, obtain the unselected features to be upgraded from the log record table carried in the OTA upgrade package properties;

The log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

The upgrade unit 1003 is configured to upgrade the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

In a first possible implementation manner, the upgrading unit 1003 is specifically used for:

upgrading all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server, the feature directory being included in the OTA update package;

The unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory are restored to the features before the upgrade.

In a first possible implementation manner, the upgrade unit 1003 executes steps to restore the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, including:

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are newly added, deleting the unselected characteristics to be upgraded;

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are updated, using the unselected characteristics to be upgraded before the upgrade;

When the attribute of the unselected characteristic is delete, restore the unselected characteristic to be upgraded before the upgrade.

In a first possible implementation manner, the terminal further includes an acquiring unit 1002, and the acquiring unit 1002 is specifically configured to:

Before the upgrade unit restores the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, obtain the unselected features to be upgraded from the log record table carried in the OTA upgrade package properties;

The log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

In a second possible implementation manner, the upgrading unit 1003 is specifically used for:

Send the information of the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user to the OTA server;

receiving an upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user returned from the OTA server;

The feature to be upgraded selected by the user is upgraded according to the upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

After acquiring the features to be upgraded selected by the user, the terminal upgrades the features to be upgraded. The process of upgrading the feature to be upgraded may include the following two possible implementation manners.

One implementation is: the terminal upgrades all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server, and then the terminal restores the features to be upgraded that are not selected by the user in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, so that Implemented upgrades only for user-selected features.

Another implementation manner is: the terminal acquires the upgrade package corresponding to the feature selected by the user from the OTA server, and then upgrades the feature selected by the user according to the acquired upgrade package.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal. The terminal can receive a feature catalog including upgradeable feature information from an OTA server. The upgradeable feature information included in the feature catalog can be selected by the user. When the user selects the feature to be upgraded from the feature catalog Finally, the terminal can only upgrade the features to be upgraded selected by the user, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently select the features to be upgraded, improve user experience, and provide users with diversified and personalized upgrade services. At the same time, operators and Equipment manufacturers cooperate to provide as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 11 , FIG. 11 is a device structural diagram of a server provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 11, the server includes the following units:

The sending unit 1101 is configured to send a feature list to the terminal, so that the terminal obtains the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature list, and upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user; the feature list includes the feature to be upgraded The feature information, the feature list is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

In a first possible implementation manner, the feature directory is included in an OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal.

The OTA upgrade package is a differential package of the new software version and the old software version.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner, the server further includes a sending subunit, and the sending subunit is specifically configured to: send a log record table to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the user selection according to the log record table. The features to be upgraded;

The log record table is included in the OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal; the log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes all the characteristic information to be upgraded attribute information; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

In a second possible implementation manner, the server further includes a receiving unit, and the receiving unit is specifically configured to:

receiving information about the features to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog sent by the terminal;

The sending unit is also used for:

Sending an upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user according to the upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a server, the server upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user after receiving the feature list sent by the OTA server, after selecting the feature to be upgraded from the feature list, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently The selection needs to upgrade features to improve user experience. At the same time, operators and equipment manufacturers should cooperate to improve as many features as possible to further provide users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 12 , FIG. 12 is a device structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 12 , FIG. 12 is a terminal 1200 provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The specific embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific implementation of the terminal. The terminal 1200 includes:

A processor (processor) 1201 , a communication interface (Communications Interface) 1202 , a memory (memory) 1203 , and a bus 1204 .

The processor 1201 , the communication interface 1202 , and the memory 1203 communicate with each other through the bus 1204 .

Communication interface 1202, used to communicate with the terminal or OTA server;

Processor 1201, configured to execute programs.

Specifically, the program may include program code, and the program code includes computer operation instructions.

The processor 1201 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or a specific integrated circuit ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present invention.

The memory 1203 is used to store programs. The memory 1203 may be a volatile memory (volatile memory), such as a random-access memory (random-access memory, RAM), or a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as a read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM ), flash memory (flashmemory), hard disk (hard disk drive, HDD) or solid-state drive (solid-state drive, SSD). The processor 1201 executes the following method according to the program instructions stored in the memory 1203:

Receiving the feature directory sent by the OTA server; the feature directory includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature directory is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version;

Obtain the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog;

Upgrade the features to be upgraded selected by the user.

The features to be upgraded selected by the upgrade user include:

upgrading all the features in the feature directory according to the OTA upgrade package received from the OTA server, the feature directory being included in the OTA update package;

The unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory are restored to the features before the upgrade.

The restoring the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade includes:

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are newly added, deleting the unselected characteristics to be upgraded;

When the attributes of the unselected characteristics to be upgraded are updated, using the unselected characteristics to be upgraded before the upgrade;

When the attribute of the unselected characteristic is delete, restore the unselected characteristic to be upgraded before the upgrade.

Before restoring the unselected features to be upgraded in the feature directory to the features before the upgrade, the method further includes:

Obtain the attributes of the unselected features to be upgraded from the log record table carried by the OTA upgrade package;

The log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes attribute information of all the characteristic information to be upgraded; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

In another implementation manner, the upgrading of the features selected by the user to be upgraded includes:

Send the information of the characteristics to be upgraded selected by the user to the OTA server;

receiving an upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user returned from the OTA server;

The feature to be upgraded selected by the user is upgraded according to the upgrade package corresponding to the feature to be upgraded selected by the user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal. The terminal can receive a feature catalog including upgradeable feature information from an OTA server. The upgradeable feature information included in the feature catalog can be selected by the user. When the user selects the feature to be upgraded from the feature catalog Finally, the terminal can only upgrade the features to be upgraded selected by the user, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently select the features to be upgraded, improve user experience, and provide users with diversified and personalized upgrade services. At the same time, operators and Equipment manufacturers cooperate to provide as many features as possible, further providing users with freedom of choice.

Referring to FIG. 13 , FIG. 13 is a device structural diagram of a server provided by an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 13 , FIG. 13 is a server 1300 provided by an embodiment of the present invention, and the specific embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific implementation of the server. The server 1300 includes:

A processor (processor) 1301 , a communication interface (Communications Interface) 1302 , a memory (memory) 1303 , and a bus 1304 .

The processor 1301 , the communication interface 1302 , and the memory 1303 communicate with each other through the bus 1304 .

Communication interface 1302, used for communicating with server or OTA server;

Processor 1301, configured to execute programs.

Specifically, the program may include program code, and the program code includes computer operation instructions.

The processor 1301 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or a specific integrated circuit ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present invention.

The memory 1303 is used to store programs. The memory 1303 may be a volatile memory (volatile memory), such as a random-access memory (random-access memory, RAM), or a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as a read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM ), flash memory (flashmemory), hard disk (hard disk drive, HDD) or solid-state drive (solid-state drive, SSD). The processor 1301 executes the following method according to the program instructions stored in the memory 1303:

sending the feature list to the terminal, so that the terminal acquires the feature to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature list, and upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user; the feature list includes feature information to be upgraded, and the feature The catalog is derived from the difference between the new software version and the old software version.

The feature directory is included in the OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal.

The method further includes: sending a log record table to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user according to the log record table;

The log record table is included in the OTA upgrade package sent to the terminal; the log record table is obtained according to the difference between the new software version and the old software version, and the log record table includes all the characteristic information to be upgraded attribute information; the attribute information includes: adding, updating or deleting.

After the step of sending the characteristic directory to the terminal, the method may further include:

receiving information about the features to be upgraded selected by the user from the feature catalog sent by the terminal;

Sending an upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user to the terminal, so that the terminal upgrades the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user according to the upgrade package corresponding to the characteristic to be upgraded selected by the user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a server, the server upgrades the feature to be upgraded selected by the user after receiving the feature list sent by the OTA server, after selecting the feature to be upgraded from the feature list, so that the user can flexibly and conveniently The selection needs to upgrade features to improve user experience. At the same time, operators and equipment manufacturers should cooperate to improve as many features as possible to further provide users with freedom of choice.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention can easily think of changes or Replacement should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (6)

1. a kind of method that over the air OTA upgrades, it is characterised in that methods described includes：

Receive the characteristic catalogue that OTA servers send；The characteristic catalogue includes the characteristic information of characteristic to be upgraded, the spy Property difference of the catalogue according to new software version with old software version is obtained；

Obtain the characteristic to be upgraded that user is selected from the characteristic catalogue；

The characteristic to be upgraded that upgrading user selects；

The characteristic to be upgraded that the upgrading user selects, including：

The all characteristics in the characteristic catalogue are upgraded according to the OTA AKUs received from the OTA servers, institute State characteristic catalogue to be included in the OTA AKUs；

Non-selected characteristic to be upgraded in the characteristic catalogue is reverted to into the characteristic before upgrading.

2. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that it is described will be non-selected to be upgraded in the characteristic catalogue Characteristic revert to upgrading before characteristic, including：

When the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is newly-increased, the non-selected spy to be upgraded is deleted Property；

When the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is to update, using upgrading, as described before is non-selected to be waited to rise The characteristic of level；

When the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is to delete, recovery is upgraded, and as described before is non-selected to be waited to rise The characteristic of level.

3. method according to claim 2, it is characterised in that it is described will be non-selected to be upgraded in the characteristic catalogue Characteristic revert to upgrading before characteristic before, methods described also includes：

The attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is obtained in the log recording table carried from the OTA AKUs；

Difference of the log recording table according to new software version with old software version is obtained, and the log recording table includes institute There is the attribute information of the characteristic information to be upgraded；The attribute information includes：Newly-increased, renewal is deleted.

4. a kind of terminal, it is characterised in that the terminal includes：

Receiving unit, for receiving the characteristic catalogue of OTA servers transmission；The characteristic catalogue includes the spy of characteristic to be upgraded Property information, difference of the characteristic catalogue according to new software version with old software version are obtained；

Acquiring unit, for obtaining the characteristic to be upgraded that user is selected from the characteristic catalogue；

Upgrade unit, for the characteristic to be upgraded of user's selection of upgrading；

The upgrade unit, specifically for：

The all characteristics in the characteristic catalogue are upgraded according to the OTA AKUs received from the OTA servers, institute State characteristic catalogue to be included in the OTA AKUs；

Non-selected characteristic to be upgraded in the characteristic catalogue is reverted to into the characteristic before upgrading.

5. terminal according to claim 4, it is characterised in that the upgrade unit execution step is by the characteristic catalogue Non-selected characteristic to be upgraded reverts to the characteristic before upgrading, including：

When the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is newly-increased, the non-selected spy to be upgraded is deleted Property；

When the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is to update, using upgrading, as described before is non-selected to be waited to rise The characteristic of level；

When the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is to delete, recovery is upgraded, and as described before is non-selected to be waited to rise The characteristic of level.

6. terminal according to claim 5, it is characterised in that the terminal also includes acquiring unit, the acquiring unit Specifically for：

Non-selected characteristic to be upgraded in the characteristic catalogue is reverted to the characteristic before upgrading in the upgrade unit Before, the attribute of the non-selected characteristic to be upgraded is obtained in the log recording table for carrying from the OTA AKUs；

Difference of the log recording table according to new software version with old software version is obtained, and the log recording table includes institute There is the attribute information of the characteristic information to be upgraded；The attribute information includes：Newly-increased, renewal is deleted.