Method and Device for Monitoring and Upgrading Software in Device Management

• US 20080195693A1
• Filed: 04/14/2008
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chai, Xiaoqian, Dong, Xiaoyi, Gao, Hongtao
• Granted Patent: US 8,346,913 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for monitoring and upgrading software in device management includes: monitoring use frequency of software of terminal equipment and storing use frequency information of software; and providing the use frequency information of software to a device management server. Further, a method for upgrading software in device management, includes: monitoring use frequency information of software on terminal equipment and providing corresponding use frequency information of the software to a device management server; and by the device management server, determining by using the use frequency information of software to be upgraded, whether the software to be upgraded satisfies conditions for upgrading, and if the software to be upgraded satisfies the conditions for upgrading, delivering operations for upgrading the software to upgrade the software; otherwise, abandoning the upgrading of the software.

Claims

1. A method for device management, comprising:

monitoring use frequency of software of terminal equipment and storing use frequency information of software; and

providing the use frequency information of software to a device management server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the use frequency information of software is reported by the terminal equipment to the device management server periodically;

or the use frequency information of the software is obtained by the device management server from the terminal equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, a monitoring program is informed of the startup of the software on the terminal equipment and the use frequency information of software is updated by the monitoring program;

or

the monitoring program periodically traverses a running application and updates the use frequency information of software in response to detecting a new running of software.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, one or more nodes for storing the use frequency information of software is added on a management tree of the terminal equipment;

or, a monitoring list of software to be monitored is delivered by the device management server to the terminal equipment, and the use frequency information of software is stored by the terminal equipment into the monitoring list.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest use date.

16. The method of claim 2 wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest use date.

17. The method of claim 3 wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest date use.

18. The method of claim 4 wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest date use.

6. A method for upgrading software in device management, comprising:

monitoring use frequency information of software on terminal equipment and providing corresponding use frequency information of the software to a device management server; and

by the device management server, determining by using the use frequency information of software to be upgraded, whether the software to be upgraded satisfies conditions for upgrading, and if the software to be upgraded satisfies the conditions for upgrading, delivering operations for upgrading the software to upgrade the software;

otherwise, abandoning the upgrading of the software.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, the use frequency information of software is reported by the terminal equipment to the device management server periodically;

or the use frequency information of software is obtained by the device management server from the terminal equipment.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein, a monitoring program is informed of the startup of the software on the terminal equipment, and the use frequency information of software is updated by the monitoring program;

or

the monitoring program periodically traverses a running application and updates the use frequency information of software in response to detecting a new running of software.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein, node for storing use frequency information of software is added on a management tree of the terminal equipment;

or, a monitoring list of software to be monitored is delivered by the device management server to the terminal equipment, and the use frequency information of software is stored by the terminal equipment into the monitoring list.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest use date.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the device management server compares the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest use date of the software with a predetermined value to determine whether upgrade conditions are met.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein services of software upgrade are divided into different levels in accordance with the use frequency of software in the device management server;

the device management server updates levels of the software in accordance with the use frequency of software and determine whether the upgrade conditions are met in accordance with the upgrade strategy and current level of the software.

19. The method of claim 7, wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest use date.

20. The method of claim 8, wherein, the use frequency information comprises use times and/or a latest use date.

13. Terminal equipment comprising a device management agent module adapted to communicate with a device management server, wherein the terminal equipment further comprises:

a monitoring module, adapted to monitor use frequency information of software of the terminal equipment; and

a storage module, adapted to store the use frequency information of the software provided by the monitoring module.

14. The terminal equipment of claim 13, wherein the monitoring module and the storage module are configured in the device management agent server.

15. A device management server, comprising a communication module adapted to communicate with terminal equipment, wherein the device management server further comprises:

a determining module, adapted to determine by using use frequency information of software provided by terminal equipment whether the software satisfies conditions for upgrading; and

an upgrading module, adapted to control the terminal equipment to upgrade the software in response to determining that the software satisfies the conditions for upgrading.