WO2013091316A1

WO2013091316A1 - Software update method and system based on ussd

Info

Publication number: WO2013091316A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/072745
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王潇滨; 李学军
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-12-19
Filing date: 2012-03-21
Publication date: 2013-06-27
Also published as: CN102665181A; CN102665181B

Abstract

Disclosed are a software update method and system based on USSD. The method comprises: a mobile service platform querying an unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) server for capability information of mobile equipment (ME), and when determining that the ME has capability of supporting software update based on USSD, prompting the ME to perform software update; and when the ME performs, according to a set user parameter, automatic update or prompts, according to a set user parameter, a user to make a response and perform update, the USSD server delivering updated data to the ME. Through the present invention, update transparent to a user can be implemented and the amount of updated data can be reduced.

Description

USSD-based software update method and system

The present invention relates to the field of data update of mobile terminals, and in particular to a software update method and system based on USSD. Background technique

In mobile terminal applications, Unstructured Supplementary Services (USSD) is a new interactive data service based on the Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) network. It is short in GSM. Based on the information system, it has new services that are fast, convenient, connection-oriented, widely applicable, and highly real-time.

The USSD uses the Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH) in the call state, and the data transmission rate is about 600bps. When the call is not in use, the USSD uses the Fast Associated Control Channel (FACCH). The transmission rate is approximately lkbps, which is higher than the short message (SMS, Short Message Service) transmission rate.

The USSD maintains a call connection during the session and provides a transparent channel without storage forwarding. SMS has no session channel on the physical bearer layer. It is a store-and-forward system. Users need to perform multiple sessions during a single query. Since USSD is similar to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), it maintains a session process in the interaction, and each time the data transmission does not need to re-establish the channel, the USSD system responds immediately to the user's call request, thus making The response speed is greatly accelerated, and the main response delay has been transferred to the application server side, and the response time is faster than the short message.

USSD is suitable for software version updates and data updates. Updated with the input method version and vocabulary as For example, the input method version and vocabulary update have the characteristics of high update frequency and large amount of updated data. Currently, the mainstream update method is to update via the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) or mobile network, but the following problems exist:

First, the update frequency is high, which leads to the basic services (such as telephone, SMS, etc.) of many mobile terminals when users update, because the same channel is used to affect the quality of service.

Second, a large number of data updates will lead to an increase in user traffic, and also increase user-related costs. Third, when the user needs to update, you must manually click the update to complete, for the input method vocabulary update, can not be transparent to the user. Summary of the invention

In view of this, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a software update method and system based on USSD, which can solve the problems of affecting other services and user traffic caused by mobile terminal updating software based on USSD.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is achieved as follows:

The invention also provides a USSD-based software update method, the method comprising: the mobile service platform to the unstructured supplementary service (USSD) server querying the capability information of the mobile terminal (ME), determining that the ME has a USSD-based support When the software is updated, the ME is prompted to perform a software update;

The USSD server sends update data to the ME when the ME performs automatic update or prompts the user to respond to the update according to the set user parameters.

Further, before the mobile service platform queries the USSD server for the capability information of the ME, the method further includes: the USSD server registering the capability information of the ME, specifically:

Sending the summary information of the ME to the SIM card;

The SIM card parses the capability information of the ME by using the flag bit in the summary information, and triggers the ME to send an SS message to notify the USSD server to register the capability information of the ME through the active UICC. The capability information of the ME includes at least information on whether the ME has a USSD-based software update capability.

Further, the prompting ME performs a software update, specifically:

The mobile service platform sends the USSD prompt information of the software update to the ME.

Further, when the ME performs automatic update or prompts the user to respond to the update according to the set user parameters, the USSD server sends update data to the ME, specifically:

After receiving the USSD prompt information, the ME determines whether to allow automatic update according to the set user parameter.

When the automatic update is allowed, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server; the USSD server sends the update data directly to the ME;

When the automatic update is not allowed, the user is prompted to update according to the set user parameter, and waits for the user to respond. When the user responds to the update, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server; the USSD server directly sends the update data to the ME.

Further, when the update fails, the method further includes:

The ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update fails, and requests the USSD server to resend the update data.

The invention also provides a USSD-based software update system, the system comprising: a mobile service platform, a USSD server and an ME; wherein:

The mobile service platform is configured to query the USSD server for capability information of the mobile terminal (ME), and determine that the ME has the USSD-based software update capability, and prompt the ME to perform software update;

The ME is configured to perform an automatic update according to the set user parameter or prompt the user to respond to the update;

The USSD server is configured to send update data to the ME.

Further, the ME is further configured to download the summary information and send the SIM card to itself, and Sending an SS message to the USSD server when the SIM card parses its own capability information by using a flag bit in the summary information;

Correspondingly, the USSD server is further configured to: after receiving the SS message, register capability information of the ME;

The capability information of the ME includes at least information about whether the ME has the USSD-based software update capability.

Further, the mobile service platform is further configured to send a USSD prompt message of the software update to the ME, and prompt the ME to perform a software update.

Further, the ME is further configured to: after receiving the USSD prompt information, determine whether to allow automatic update according to the set user parameter; when the automatic update is allowed, send a USSD message to notify the USSD server; when automatic update is not allowed, according to the setting The user parameter prompts the user to update and waits for the user response. When the user responds to the update, the USSD message is sent to notify the USSD server.

Further, the ME is further configured to send an USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update fails when the update fails, and request the USSD server to resend the update data.

In the USSD-based software update method and system, the mobile service platform queries the USSD server for the capability information of the ME, and determines that the ME has the software update capability of the USSD-enabled software, and prompts the ME to perform software update; the ME performs according to the set user parameters. When the automatic update or prompting the user to respond to the update, the USSD server sends the update data to the ME. In this way, when the automatic update is performed, the ME is updated in the background to achieve transparency to the user; when the user is prompted to wait for the user to respond to the update, the user can select the update or not according to the actual situation, thereby avoiding the high update frequency and updating the data. A large amount of user traffic is increased. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a software update method based on USSD in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a USSD-based software update method according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

As shown in FIG. 1 , the USSD-based software update method provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: Step 101: The mobile service platform queries the USSD server for the capability information of the ME, and determines that the ME has the capability of supporting the USSD-based software update, prompting the ME to perform Software update.

Specifically, the mobile service platform prompts the ME to perform software update by sending a USSD prompt message of the software update to the ME.

Step 102: The ME sends an update data to the ME when the ME performs an automatic update or prompts the user to respond according to the set user parameters.

The specific implementation of the step is: after receiving the USSD prompt information, the ME determines whether to allow automatic update according to the set user parameter;

When the automatic update is enabled, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server; the USSD server sends the update data directly to the ME.

When the automatic update is not allowed, the user is prompted to update according to the set user parameters, and waits for the user to respond. When the user response is updated, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server; the USSD server directly sends the update data to the ME.

In addition, if the update fails, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update fails, and requests the USSD server to resend the update data.

It should be noted that the premise of the implementation of the present invention is: The USSD server needs to register the capability information of the ME: The ME download summary information is sent to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card; the SIM card parses the capability of the ME through the flag bit in the summary information. Information, and triggering the ME to send a supplementary service (SS) message to the USSD server to register the capability information of the ME through a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC); in the present invention, the capability of the ME The information mainly includes information on whether the ME has a USSD-based software update capability.

Hereinafter, the above method of the present invention will be described by taking an update of the input method as an example, as shown in FIG. 2 . As shown, including:

Step 201: In the mobile service platform, an input method version or a font is updated.

Step 202: The mobile service platform queries the USSD server for capability information of the mobile device (ME, Mobile Equipment).

Step 203: If the ME does not have the USSD-based input method update capability, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update is not performed, and the process goes to step 213.

Step 204: If the ME has the USSD-based input method update capability, the mobile service platform sends the USSD prompt information updated by the input method to the ME.

Step 205: After receiving the USSD prompt information, the ME matches the version number and the last vocabulary update date. Specifically, the USSD prompt information includes the version number of the input method and the last vocabulary update date, and the version number and the input method are The local version number of the ME mobile terminal is matched, and the last vocabulary update date is matched with the local last vocabulary update date of the input method on the ME mobile terminal. If the two matching results are the same, the input method of the ME mobile terminal is already If it is the latest version, and it is already the latest vocabulary, do not process, go to step 213; otherwise, go to step 206.

Step 206: If the input method is not the latest version or is not the latest vocabulary, further judge whether automatic update is allowed. If automatic update is allowed, step 209 is performed; if automatic update is not allowed, step 207 is performed.

Step 207, confirm that the user is set to prompt update or not update, if the user is set to not update, go to step 213; if the user is set to prompt update, go to step 208.

Step 208: When the user sets the prompt update, the ME prompts the user to update the user to update the user; if the user selects the update, the process proceeds to step 209; if the user chooses not to update, the process proceeds to step 213.

Step 209: The ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server that the data can be updated. In step 210, the USSD sends the update data (input version update and/or font update data, etc.) After the ME, ME receives the update data, it automatically performs the update in the background; the update succeeds in step 211; the update fails, and the process goes to step 212.

Step 211: If the update is successful, the ME changes the local version number of the input method and the last update date of the font, and sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update is successful, and then proceeds to step 213.

Step 212: If the update fails, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server to notify the update that the update fails, and requests to resend the update data. After receiving the USSD message that the update fails, the USSD server returns to step S210 to repeatedly send the update data to the ME until the update is performed. success.

Step 213, ending the update session.

In order to implement the above method, the present invention also provides a USSD-based software update system, including: a mobile service platform, a USSD server, and an ME;

The mobile service platform is configured to query the capability information of the ME to the USSD server, and determine that the ME has the software update capability supported by the USSD, and prompts the ME to perform the software update;

ME, used to perform automatic update according to the set user parameters or prompt the user to respond to update;

The USSD server is used to send update data to the ME.

The ME is also used to download the summary information and send it to its own SIM card, and send the SS message to the USSD server when the SIM card parses its own capability information through the flag bit in the summary information;

Correspondingly, the USSD server is further configured to register the capability information of the ME after receiving the SS message;

The ME capability information includes at least the ME mobile service platform with the USSD-based software update capability, and is also used to send the USSD prompt information of the software update to the ME, prompting the ME to perform the software update.

ME, also used to receive the USSD prompt information, according to the set user parameters to determine whether Allow automatic update; When automatic update is enabled, the USSD message is sent to notify the USSD server; when automatic update is not allowed, the user is prompted to update according to the set user parameters, and wait for the user response. When the user response is updated, the USSD message is sent to notify the USSD server. .

The ME is also used to send a USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update failed, and request the USSD server to resend the update data.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

1. A USSD-based software update method, the method comprising:

The mobile service platform to the unstructured supplementary service USSD server queries the capability information of the mobile terminal ME, and determines that the ME has the software support capability for supporting the USSD, and prompts the ME to perform the software update;

The USSD-based software update method according to claim 1, wherein before the mobile service platform queries the USSD server for the capability information of the ME, the method further includes: the USSD server registering the capability information of the ME, specifically:

Sending the summary information of the ME to the user identification module SIM card;

The SIM card parses the capability information of the ME by using the flag bit in the summary information, and triggers the ME to send an SS message to notify the USSD server to register the capability information of the ME through the active universal integrated circuit card UICC.

3. The USSD-based software update method according to claim 1, wherein the prompting ME performs a software update, specifically:

The USSD-based software update method according to claim 3, wherein the USSD server sends update data to the ME when the ME automatically updates or prompts the user to respond to the update according to the set user parameters, specifically:

When automatic update is allowed, the ME sends a USSD message to notify the USSD server; the USSD The server directly sends update data to the ME;

The USSD-based software update method according to claim 4, wherein when the update fails, the method further includes:

6. A USSD-based software update system, the system comprising: a mobile service platform, an unstructured supplementary service USSD server, and an ME;

The mobile service platform is configured to query the USSD server for the capability information of the mobile terminal ME, and determine that the ME has the USSD-based software update capability, and prompt the ME to perform software update;

The USSD server is configured to send update data to the ME.

7. The USSD-based software update system according to claim 6, wherein the ME is further configured to download the summary information to the user identification module SIM card of the user, and pass the flag bit in the summary information of the SIM card. Sending an SS message to the USSD server when parsing its own capability information;

8. The USSD-based software update system according to claim 6, wherein The mobile service platform is further configured to send a USSD prompt message of the software update to the ME, and prompt the ME to perform a software update.

The USSD-based software update system according to claim 8, wherein the ME is further configured to: after receiving the USSD prompt information, determine whether to allow automatic update according to the set user parameter; The USSD message notifies the USSD server; when the automatic update is not allowed, the user is prompted to update according to the set user parameters, and waits for the user to respond. When the user responds to the update, the USSD message is sent to notify the USSD server.

The USSD-based software update system according to claim 9, wherein the ME is further configured to send an USSD message to notify the USSD server that the update fails when the update fails, and request the USSD server to resend the update data.