METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING DATA CARD

• US 20120210317A1
• Filed: 04/22/2010
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Dong, Yong
• Application Number:
  US13/501,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20120210317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for updating a data card. The method comprises: updating by way of downloading from an online update website the operating system of a user terminal and an operating system side device driver of a data card of the user terminal; downloading from the online update website a coordinated installer program suitable for running in the updated operating system; and updating by way of running the coordinated installer program in the updated operating system a board side device driver of the data card. The present method can enable the board side device driver of the data card to interact with the operating system side device driver, thus the data card can be used normally.

Claims

1. A method for updating a data card, comprising:

updating, by way of downloading from an online update website, an operating system of a user terminal and an operating system side device driver of the data card of the user terminal;

downloading from the online update website a coordinated installer program suitable for running in the updated operating system; and

updating, by way of running the coordinated installer program in the updated operating system, a board side device driver of the data card.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of updating by way of running the coordinated installer program in the updated operating system the board side device driver of the data card comprises:

when running the coordinated installer program, performing the steps of;

determining whether the current board side device driver of the data card needs to be updated;

downloading, if it is needed to be updated, into the user terminal the latest version board side device driver corresponding to the data card from the online update website; and

downloading into the data card the latest version board side device driver which has been already downloaded into the user terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when running the coordinated installer program, the following step is further performed:

if it is determined that the current board side device driver does not need to be updated, then the updating of the board side device driver of the data card is ended.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining whether the current board side device driver of the data card needs to be updated comprises:

detecting information about the data card; and

determining whether the current board side device driver of the data card needs to be updated according to the information about the data card and a pre-established drive update list.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the information about the data card comprises hardware information of the data card and/or version information of the current board side device driver of the data card.

11. The method according to claim 3, wherein determining whether the current board side device driver of the data card needs to be updated comprises:

detecting information about the data card; and

determining whether the current board side device driver of the data card needs to be updated according to the information about the data card and a pre-established drive update list.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the information about the data card comprises hardware information of the data card and/or version information of the current board side device driver of the data card.

6. An apparatus for updating a data card, comprising:

a system update module adapted for updating, by way of downloading from an online update website, the operating system of a user terminal and an operating system side device driver of the data card of the user terminal;

a coordinated downloading module adapted for downloading from the online update website a coordinated installer program suitable for running in the updated operating system; and

a board side update module adapted for updating, by way of running the coordinated installer program in the updated operating system, a board side device driver of the data card.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the board side update module comprises:

a judging module adapted for determining whether the current board side device driver of the data card needs to be updated;

a downloading module adapted for downloading, if it is needed to be updated, into the user terminal the latest version board side device driver corresponding to the data card from the online update website; and

a replacement module adapted for downloading into the data card the latest version board side device driver which has been already downloaded into the user terminal.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the board side update module further comprises:

a cancellation module adapted for ending, if it is determined that the current board side device driver does not need to be updated, the updating of the board side device driver of the data card.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the judging module comprises:

a detection module adapted for detecting information about the data card; and

a determination module adapted for determining whether the current board side device driver needs to be updated according to the information about the data card and a pre-established drive update list.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the information about the data card comprises hardware information of the data card and/or version information of the current board side device driver of the data card.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the judging module comprises:

a detection module adapted for detecting information about the data card; and

a determination module adapted for determining whether the current board side device driver needs to be updated according to the information about the data card and a pre-established drive update list.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information about the data card comprises hardware information of the data card and/or version information of the current board side device driver of the data card.