CN110377312B - A software upgrade method, device and medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a software upgrading method, device and medium. The method comprises the following steps: registering an upgrade service associated with the software in an operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used for upgrading the software; if the upgrade installation package of the software is detected to be updated through the upgrade service, acquiring the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service; and upgrading the software by installing the upgrade installation package. By adopting the method, the upgrade service of the software cannot be deleted by the user by mistake.

Description

A software upgrade method, device and medium

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to computer software, and in particular, to a software upgrade method, device and medium.

Background technique

At present, when users use terminal equipment, they usually delete the upgrade service program of a certain software due to misoperation and other reasons, causing the software to fail to be upgraded normally, thus affecting the use of the software.

Therefore, a more secure method of software upgrade is needed.

Contents of the invention

In order to overcome the problems existing in related technologies, the present disclosure provides a software upgrade method, device and medium. When using this method to upgrade software, the use of the software will not be affected by the user accidentally deleting the upgrade service.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a software upgrade method is provided, including:

Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, where the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software;

If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service;

The software is upgraded by installing the upgrade installation package.

Wherein, registering the upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system includes:

Install a hardware driver in the operating system, where the hardware driver includes an installation package of the upgrade service.

Wherein, the hardware driver is a driver of virtual hardware.

Wherein, upgrading the software by installing the upgrade installation package includes:

The upgrade installation package is obtained from the set storage address through the upgrade service, and the upgrade installation package is installed using remote installation or local installation.

According to a second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a software upgrade device is provided, including:

a registration unit configured to register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service if it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated;

The update unit is configured to upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package.

Wherein, the registration unit is also set to:

Install a hardware driver in the operating system, where the hardware driver includes an installation package of the upgrade service.

Wherein, the hardware driver is a driver of virtual hardware.

Wherein, the update unit is also configured to:

The upgrade installation package is obtained from the set storage address through the upgrade service, and the upgrade installation package is installed using remote installation or local installation.

According to a third aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a software upgrade device is provided, including:

processor;

Memory used to store instructions executable by the processor;

Wherein, the processor is configured as:

Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, where the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software;

If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service;

The software is upgraded by installing the upgrade installation package.

According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided, which when instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of a device, enables the device to perform a software upgrade method, the Methods include:

Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, where the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software;

If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service;

The software is upgraded by installing the upgrade installation package.

The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can include the following beneficial effects: registering the software upgrade service in the operating system enables the upgrade service to run with system permissions. Precisely because of this, the upgrade service will not be used by users. Deleted by mistake.

It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only, and do not limit the present disclosure.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a flow chart of a software upgrade method according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of registering an upgrade service in an operating system according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of detecting that the software upgrade installation package has been updated through the upgrade service according to an exemplary embodiment.

Figure 4 is a flowchart of installing an upgrade installation package according to an exemplary embodiment.

Figure 5 is a flow chart of a software upgrade method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a software upgrade device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the invention as detailed in the appended claims.

When the user uses the terminal device, the software cannot be upgraded normally because the upgrade service program of a certain software is deleted. In order to solve this problem, the software upgrade service is registered in the operating system. This service runs with system permissions and will not be deleted by the user. And through this upgrade service, it can automatically detect whether the software upgrade installation package has been updated, so that the software can be updated.

This embodiment discloses a software upgrade method. Refer to Figure 1 . Figure 1 is a flow chart of a software upgrade method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 1, the software upgrade method includes:

Step 101: Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, where the software is installed on the operating system and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software;

Step 102: If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service;

Step 103: Upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package.

In step 101, registering the software upgrade service in the operating system enables the upgrade service to run with system permissions. Precisely because of this, the upgrade service will not be accidentally deleted by the user. In step 102, the upgrade service registered in the operating system will detect whether the software upgrade installation package has been updated according to the set trigger conditions. The specific trigger conditions are described in detail below.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. Referring to Figure 2, Figure 2 is a flow chart of registering an upgrade service in the operating system in an optional embodiment. As shown in Figure 2, step 101 shown in Figure 1 may further include:

Step 1011: Install a hardware driver in the operating system, where the hardware driver includes the installation package of the upgrade service.

Here, after installing the installation package of the upgrade service by installing the hardware driver, the upgrade service associated with the software is registered in the operating system.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. The hardware driver in step 1011 above is a driver of virtual hardware. It should be noted that when the operating system is Windows, the specific implementation can be through the basic input and output system (BIOS) of the Windows system and using ACPI hardware to set up virtual hardware to implement driver installation.

Installing the installation package of the upgrade service by installing the hardware driver in the operating system can be achieved in the following two ways: (1) Set up virtual hardware in the operating system, and set the driver on the virtual hardware, and at the same time, The installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software is placed in the driver. When the operating system starts, it will read the driver on the virtual hardware and install it. In this way, the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software will be installed. ; (2) Add the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software to the hardware driver. When the operating system upgrades the driver of the hardware, the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software will be installed.

As a modification to the above embodiment, it is also possible to preferentially install the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software through virtual hardware. When there is no installation package for the upgrade service on the virtual hardware, the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software can also be installed through the virtual hardware. Install the hardware driver by adding the installation package to the operating system.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. When the operating system is a Windows operating system, add the installation package of the upgrade service to the hardware driver of the operating system, including:

Add the installation package of the upgrade service to the hardware driver of the operating system by adding information related to the installation package of the upgrade service in the device information file of the Windows operating system.

When the operating system is a Windows operating system, the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software is integrated into the hardware driver of the operating system by adding the AddSoftware field in its device information file (INF file). Write information about the installation package of the upgrade service associated with the software into the AddSoftware field, and add the AddSoftware field to the INF file. When Windows Update upgrades a hardware driver, the installation package of the software's upgrade service will be installed.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. Detecting in step 102 that the software upgrade installation package has been updated through the upgrade service can be achieved by at least one of the following methods:

Method 1: Use the upgrade service to periodically detect whether the software upgrade installation package has been updated;

Method 2: Use the upgrade service to detect whether the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated when the software receives the user's update query;

Method 3: Use the upgrade service to detect whether the software upgrade installation package has been updated when the operating system time reaches the set time point;

Method 4: Use the upgrade service to detect whether the software upgrade installation package has been updated when a set event occurs in the operating system.

The above-mentioned detection cycle, set time point and set event can be set according to actual needs.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. Referring to Figure 3, Figure 3 is a flow chart of detecting that the software upgrade installation package has been updated through the upgrade service in an optional embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, in step 102 shown in Figure 1, it is detected that the software upgrade installation package has been updated through the upgrade service. The upgrade installation package has been updated to further include:

Step 1021: It is detected through the upgrade service that the software upgrade installation package has been updated at the set storage address.

The upgrade service is provided with an address for detecting whether the upgrade installation package has been updated. When the system is connected to the Internet, the address may be in the form of a URL. Through the upgrade service, you can follow one of the above four methods to perform update detection on the set storage address.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. Referring to Figure 4, Figure 4 is a flow chart for installing the upgrade installation package in an optional embodiment. As shown in Figure 4, the installation of the upgrade installation package in step 102 shown in Figure 1 may further include:

Step 1022: Obtain the upgrade installation package from the set storage address through the upgrade service, and install the upgrade installation package using remote installation or local installation.

When it is detected that the upgrade installation package is updated, the upgrade installation package can be downloaded to the local computer for local installation, or it can be installed remotely at the storage address where the upgrade installation package is located. Which installation method you choose can be set according to actual needs.

As a refinement and further expansion of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, this embodiment discloses another software upgrade method. In step 102 shown in Figure 1, the upgrade installation package is installed to upgrade the software, including at least one of the following methods:

Method 1: Send an inquiry to the user whether to upgrade the software, and after receiving a response agreeing to upgrade, upgrade the software by calling the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service process;

Method 2: Call the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service process, and upgrade the software by silently installing the upgrade installation package of the software.

As shown in Figure 5, Figure 5 shows a specific embodiment of a software upgrade method according to the present disclosure. The operating system in this embodiment is a Windows operating system. The method includes:

Step 501: Add an AddSoftware field to the INF file of the Windows operating system. The AddSoftware field contains information about the installation package of the upgrade service, so that the installation package of the upgrade service is included in the hardware driver.

Step 502: When Windows Update upgrades the hardware driver, install the installation package of the upgrade service, thereby registering the upgrade service associated with the software in the Windows system.

Step 503: Use the upgrade service to periodically check whether the software upgrade installation package has been updated on the set URL.

Step 504: When it is detected that the upgrade installation package is updated, download the upgrade installation package from the set URL to the local device.

Step 505: The upgrade service uses silent installation to install the upgrade installation package.

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a software upgrade device according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to Figure 7, the device includes:

The registration unit 601 is configured to register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, where the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software;

The acquisition unit 602 is configured to acquire the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service if it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated;

The update unit 603 is configured to upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package.

In an optional implementation, the registration unit 601 is further configured to:

Install a hardware driver in the operating system, where the hardware driver includes an installation package of the upgrade service.

In an optional implementation, the hardware driver is a driver of virtual hardware.

In an optional implementation, the update unit 603 is further configured to:

The upgrade installation package is obtained from the set storage address through the upgrade service, and the upgrade installation package is installed using remote installation or local installation.

Regarding the devices in the above embodiments, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiments related to the method, and will not be described in detail here.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, registering the software upgrade service in the operating system enables the upgrade service to run with system permissions, and precisely because of this, the upgrade service will not be accidentally deleted by the user.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a device 700 for software upgrade according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the device 700 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, or the like.

7, the device 700 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 702, a memory 704, a power component 706, a multimedia component 708, an audio component 710, an input/output (I/O) interface 712, a sensor component 714, and communications component 716.

Processing component 702 generally controls the overall operations of device 700, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 702 may include one or more processors 720 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. Additionally, processing component 702 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 702 and other components. For example, processing component 702 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 708 and processing component 702.

Memory 704 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at device 700 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 700, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. Memory 704 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), Programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

Power component 706 provides power to various components of device 700. Power components 706 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to device 700 .

Multimedia component 708 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 700 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide action. In some embodiments, multimedia component 708 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. When the device 700 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front-facing camera and rear-facing camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

Audio component 710 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 710 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when device 700 is in operating modes, such as call mode, recording mode, and speech recognition mode. The received audio signal may be further stored in memory 704 or sent via communication component 716 . In some embodiments, audio component 710 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 712 provides an interface between the processing component 702 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: Home button, Volume buttons, Start button, and Lock button.

Sensor component 714 includes one or more sensors that provide various aspects of status assessment for device 700 . For example, the sensor component 714 may detect the open/closed state of the device 700, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 700, and the sensor component 714 may also detect a change in position of the device 700 or a component of the device 700. , the presence or absence of user contact with device 700 , device 700 orientation or acceleration/deceleration and temperature changes of device 700 . Sensor assembly 714 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 714 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 714 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communication component 716 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between apparatus 700 and other devices. Device 700 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, communication component 716 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communications component 716 also includes a near field communications (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, apparatus 700 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable Gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic components are implemented for executing the above method.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as a memory 704 including instructions, which are executable by the processor 720 of the device 700 to complete the above method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, when instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enable the mobile terminal to perform a software upgrade method, the method includes: registering and The software-related upgrade service, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to upgrade the software; if it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been is updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service; upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a device 800 for software upgrade according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, device 800 may be provided as a server. Referring to Figure 8, apparatus 800 includes a processing component 822, which further includes one or more processors, and memory resources represented by memory 832 for storing instructions, such as application programs, executable by processing component 822. The application program stored in memory 832 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 822 is configured to execute instructions to perform the above method: register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to The software is upgraded; if it is detected that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated through the upgrade service, the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service is obtained; by installing the upgrade installation package, Upgrade the software.

Device 800 may also include a power supply component 826 configured to perform power management of device 800, a wired or wireless network interface 850 configured to connect device 800 to a network, and an input-output (I/O) interface 858. The device 800 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 832, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™ or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary technical means in the technical field that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. . It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the precise construction described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (6)

1. A software upgrade method, characterized by comprising: Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system so that the upgrade service can run with the authority of the operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to update the software perform upgrades; If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service; Upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package; Wherein, registering the upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system includes: Set up virtual hardware in the operating system; Set up a driver on the virtual hardware; Place the installation package of the upgrade service in the driver. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein upgrading the software by installing the upgrade installation package includes: Obtain the upgrade installation package through the upgrade service; Use remote installation or local installation to install the upgrade installation package. 3. A software upgrade device, characterized in that it includes: a registration unit configured to register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system so that the upgrade service can run with the authority of the operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the The upgrade service is used to upgrade the software; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service if it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated; An update unit configured to upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package; Wherein, registering the upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system includes: Set up virtual hardware in the operating system; Set up a driver on the virtual hardware; Place the installation package of the upgrade service in the driver. 4. The device of claim 3, wherein the update unit is further configured to: The upgrade installation package is obtained from the set storage address through the upgrade service, and the upgrade installation package is installed using remote installation or local installation. 5. A software upgrade device, characterized in that it includes: processor; Memory used to store instructions executable by the processor; Wherein, the processor is configured as: Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system so that the upgrade service can run with the authority of the operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to Upgrade the above software; If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service; Upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package; Wherein, registering the upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system includes: Set up virtual hardware in the operating system; Set up a driver on the virtual hardware; Place the installation package of the upgrade service in the driver. 6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that, when instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of a device, enables the device to perform a software upgrade method, the method comprising: Register an upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system so that the upgrade service can run with the authority of the operating system, wherein the software is installed on the operating system, and the upgrade service is used to Upgrade the above software; If it is detected through the upgrade service that the upgrade installation package of the software has been updated, obtain the upgrade installation package of the software associated with the upgrade service; Upgrade the software by installing the upgrade installation package; Wherein, registering the upgrade service associated with the software in the operating system includes: Set up virtual hardware in the operating system; Set up a driver on the virtual hardware; Place the installation package of the upgrade service in the driver.