APPEARANCE PACKAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE

• US 20100205266A1
• Filed: 04/19/2010
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• 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: Liu, Haitao, Wang, Rui, Zhao, Hui, Song, Yue
• Granted Patent: US 8,326,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• 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: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

An appearance package management method is provided, which includes the following steps. An appearance package is received, and a unique appearance package identifier (ID) of the appearance package is obtained. A corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID is stored. An operation message of an appearance package is received, and an appearance package corresponding to an appearance package ID obtained from the operation message is operated according to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message and the stored corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID. An appearance package management system and an appearance package management device are also provided. Through the method, the unique ID for the appearance package is established between the server and the terminal, so that the terminal can identify the object of the operation instruction delivered by the server and manage the corresponding appearance package.

Claims

1. An appearance package management method, comprising:

receiving an appearance package and obtaining a unique appearance package identifier (ID) of the appearance package;

storing a corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID; and

receiving an operation message of another appearance package and operating the another appearance package corresponding to a second appearance package ID obtained from the operation message according to the second appearance package ID obtained from the operation message and the stored corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID.

2. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein the unique appearance package ID at comprises at least an ID of a service provider (SP) and an appearance package serial number, where a forming rule for the unique appearance package ID comprises one of:

a number range for uniquely identifying the SP and an appearance package serial number assigned by the SP;

a domain name of the SP and the appearance package serial number assigned by the SP;

or

a download path for obtaining an appearance package with a particular appearance package serial number from the SP.

3. The appearance package management method according to claim 2, wherein before the obtaining the unique appearance package ID of the appearance package, the method further comprises:

generating, by the server, a unique appearance package ID for the appearance package according to the forming rule of the appearance package ID, adding the unique appearance package ID into the appearance package, and sending the appearance package

wherein the obtaining the appearance package ID of the appearance package further comprises;

parsing the appearance package to obtain the unique appearance package ID carried in the appearance package.

4. The appearance package management method according to claim 2, wherein before the obtaining the unique appearance package ID of the appearance package, the method further comprises:

sending, by the server, the appearance package,

wherein the obtaining the appearance package ID of the appearance package further comprises;

obtaining a unique appearance package ID of the appearance package according to a preset appearance package ID forming rule.

5. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein the storing the corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID further comprises:

storing the appearance package if the appearance package contains the appearance package ID;

establishing and storing a corresponding relation between the appearance package ID and an appearance package storage path;

or

storing the appearance package by taking the appearance package ID as a file directory.

6. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the appearance package ID from the operation message further comprises:

parsing the operation message to obtain the appearance package ID added by the server into the operation message;

or

obtaining the appearance package ID based on a preset appearance package ID forming rule according to a source of the operation message and information contained in the operation message.

7. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein the operating the corresponding appearance package further comprises installing or updating the appearance package,

wherein the installing or updating the appearance package further comprises:

determining whether the appearance package corresponding to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message exists locally; and

determining to perform an update operation on the appearance package and updating the corresponding appearance package if the appearance package corresponding to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message exists locally;

or

determining to perform an installation operation on the appearance package and installing the corresponding appearance package if the appearance package corresponding to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message does not exist locally.

8. A server configured to manage an appearance package sent to a terminal, the server comprising:

an appearance package delivery unit configured to deliver an appearance package to the terminal;

an operation message delivery unit configured to deliver an operation message to the terminal; and

an appearance package identifier (ID) generation unit configured to generate a unique appearance package ID and add the appearance package ID to at least one of the appearance package delivered by the appearance package delivery unit and to the operation message delivered by the operation message delivery unit.

9. The server according to claim 8, further comprising:

a forming rule setting unit configured to set a forming rule for the unique appearance package ID generated by the appearance package ID generation unit, wherein the unique appearance package ID comprises at least an ID of a service provider (SP) and an appearance package serial number.

10. A terminal configured to manage an appearance package of the terminal, the terminal comprising:

an appearance package identifier (ID) obtaining unit configured to obtain a unique appearance package ID of an appearance package sent by a server, and obtain another appearance package ID from an operation message sent by the server;

a corresponding relation storage unit configured to store a corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID according to the appearance package ID obtained by the appearance package ID obtaining unit; and

an appearance package operation unit configured to operate an appearance package corresponding to the another appearance package ID obtained by the appearance package ID obtaining unit from the operation message sent by the server according to the corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID stored in the corresponding relation storage unit.

11. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the appearance package ID obtaining unit further comprises:

a parsing sub-unit configured to parse at least one of the appearance package the operation message sent by the server to obtain the appearance package ID.

12. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the appearance package ID obtaining unit further comprises:

an ID generation sub-unit configured to generate a corresponding appearance package ID according to at least one of contents of the appearance package and the operation message sent by the server; and

an ID rule setting sub-unit configured to set a forming rule for the appearance package ID generated by the ID generation sub-unit, wherein the appearance package ID comprises at least an ID of a service provider (SP) and an appearance package serial number.