Method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for upgrading a ZigBee device

• US 10,324,707 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2017
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Su, Benchang, Meng, Deguo, Hou, Enxing
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Mongbao
• Application Number:
  US15/602,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20170344357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method for upgrading a ZigBee device, includes: downloading, when firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, a latest version of the firmware from a server; pushing the latest version of the firmware to the ZigBee device; and issuing a firmware upgrade instruction to the ZigBee device after the latest version of the firmware is pushed to the ZigBee device successfully, to trigger the firmware of the ZigBee device to be upgraded based on the latest version of the firmware.

Claims

1. A method for upgrading a ZigBee device, wherein the method is performed by a gateway device including a WiFi module and a ZigBee module, the method comprises:

acquiring a current version of firmware of the ZigBee device;

querying a server for a latest version of the firmware of the ZigBee device;

judging whether the current version of the firmware of the ZigBee device is the same as the latest version of the firmware;

determining that the firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, if the current version of the firmware of the ZigBee device is different from the latest version of the firmware;

downloading, when the firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, the latest version of the firmware from the server to the gateway device via the WiFi module;

pushing the latest version of the firmware to the ZigBee device via the ZigBee module; and

issuing a firmware upgrade instruction to the ZigBee device after the latest version of the firmware is pushed to the ZigBee device successfully and only after the lasted version is stored in a backup storage of a microcontroller unit (MCU) of the ZigBee device, to trigger the firmware of the ZigBee device to be upgraded based on the latest version of the firmware,

wherein the querying the server for the latest version of firmware of the ZigBee device comprises;

sending, to the server, a query command for querying the latest version of the firmware based on a set sending time; and

acquiring a query result returned from the server, the query result corresponding to the query command and including the latest version of the firmware, and

wherein the query result further includes a download address corresponding to the latest version of the firmware, and the downloading of the latest version of the firmware from the server comprises;

downloading the latest version of the firmware from the server based on the download address.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set sending time is selected from a preset period of time randomly.

3. A gateway device for upgrading a ZigBee device, comprising:

a WiFi module;

a ZigBee module;

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire a current version of firmware of the ZigBee device;

query a server for the latest version of the firmware of the ZigBee device;

judge whether the current version of the firmware of the ZigBee device is the same as the latest version of the firmware;

determine that the firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, if the current version of the firmware of the ZigBee device is different from the latest version of the firmware;

download, when the firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, the latest version of the firmware from the server to the gateway device via the WiFi module;

push the latest version of the firmware to the ZigBee device via the ZigBee module; and

issue a firmware upgrade instruction to the ZigBee device after the latest version of the firmware is pushed to the ZigBee device successfully and only after the lasted version is stored in a backup storage of a microcontroller unit (MCU) of the ZigBee device, to trigger the firmware of the ZigBee device to be upgraded based on the latest version of the firmware,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

send, to the server, a query command for querying the latest version of the firmware based on a set sending time; and

acquire a query result returned from the server, the query result corresponding to the query command and including the latest version of the firmware,

wherein the query result further includes a download address corresponding to the latest version of the firmware, and the processor is further configured to;

download the latest version of the firmware from the server based on the download address.

4. The gateway device of claim 3, wherein the set sending time is selected from a preset period of time randomly.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a gateway device that includes a WiFi module and a ZigBee module, cause the gateway device to perform a method for upgrading a ZigBee device, the method comprising:

acquiring a current version of firmware of the ZigBee device;

querying a server for a latest version of the firmware of the ZigBee device;

judging whether the current version of the firmware of the ZigBee device is the same as the latest version of the firmware;

determining that the firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, if the current version of the firmware of the ZigBee device is different from the latest version of the firmware;

downloading, when the firmware of the ZigBee device needs to be upgraded, the latest version of the firmware from the server to the gateway device via the WiFi module;

pushing the latest version of the firmware to the ZigBee device via the ZigBee module; and

issuing a firmware upgrade instruction to the ZigBee device after the latest version of the firmware is pushed to the ZigBee device successfully and only after the lasted version is stored in a backup storage of a microcontroller unit of the ZigBee device, to trigger the firmware of the ZigBee device to be upgraded based on the latest version of the firmware,

wherein the querying the server for the latest version of firmware of the ZigBee device comprises;

sending, to the server, a query command for querying the latest version of the firmware based on a set sending time; and

acquiring a query result returned from the server, the query result corresponding to the query command and including the latest version of the firmware, and

wherein the query result further includes a download address corresponding to the latest version of the firmware, and the downloading of the latest version of the firmware from the server comprises;

downloading the latest version of the firmware from the server based on the download address.