METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING A CLIENT

• US 20150074660A1
• Filed: 09/11/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Meng, Chao Feng, Sheng, Jiaoqi, Wang, Ke, Zhou, Xiaoshuang, Yang, Peiyuan
• Granted Patent: US 9,921,818 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of downloading and installing a client. The method includes: upon receiving a request message of downloading client software that includes an identifier of the client software from a user terminal, a server obtaining account information of a user and installation information of the client software corresponding to the identifier of the client software, and sending the obtained account information and installation information of the client software to the user terminal. As such, when pushing the installation information of the client software to the user terminal, the server also provides the account information that is used for login of the client software to the user terminal, thus shortening the tedious procedure of re-registering the account information used for logging into the client software by the user, speeding up the user login of the client software and effectively improving user experience without the need of repeatedly registering the account information by the user. This saves the storage space of an application server and improves the storage capability of the application server.

Claims

1. A method of downloading a client, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a download request message of client software from a user terminal, wherein the download request message comprises an identifier of the client software;

obtaining account information of a user and installation information of the client software that corresponds to the identifier of the client software; and

sending the obtained installation information of the client software that corresponds to the identifier of the client software and the obtained account information to the user terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the account information of the user comprises determining, by the server, the account information of the user based on login status information of the user with respect to the server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining, by the server, the account information of the user based on the login status information of the user with respect to the server, comprises when the login status information of the user with respect to the server corresponds to status information of having logged in, determining login account information which is used by the user to log in the server.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining, by the server, the account information of the user based on the login status information of the user with respect to the server, comprises when the login status information of the user with respect to the server corresponds to status information of having not logged in, pushing a login page to the user terminal, and determining, via the login page, the login account information which is used by the user to log in the server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the download request message of the client software further comprises additional information, the additional information being used for representing event information that indicates a need of using the client software to perform a subsequent operation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the obtained installation information of the client software and the obtained account information to the user terminal by the server, comprises:

sending, by the server, the additional information, the obtained installation information of the client software and the obtained account information to the user terminal.

7. A client device comprising:

one or more processors;

memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

receiving account information and installation information that is used for installing client software from a server;

installing the client using the received installation information of the client; and

after the client is completed with installation and is started, completing login using the received account information.

8. The client device of claim 7, wherein completing the login comprises sending a login request message to an application server, the application server being used for processing login requests of users, wherein the login request message comprises the account information.

9. The client device of claim 8, wherein completing the login further comprises upon receiving a message indicating successful verification of the account information returned from the application server, completing the login.

10. The client device of claim 7, wherein completing the login comprises sending a login request message to an application server, the application server being used for processing login requests of users, wherein the login request message comprises the account information of the user and identifier information or address information of the server from which the account information and the installation information of the client software is received.

11. The client device of claim 10, wherein completing the login further comprises determining, by the application server, whether the received account information is locally stored account information, and upon determining that the received account information is not the locally stored account information, sending a message for verifying the account information to the server from which the account information and the installation information of the client software is received based on the identifier information or the address information.

12. The client device of claim 11, wherein completing the login further comprises completing the login in response to receiving a message indicating successful verification of the account information authentication success message from the server from which the account information and the installation information of the client software is received.

13. The client device of claim 7, wherein the acts further comprise:

receiving additional information from the server, wherein the additional information is used for representing event information that indicates a need of using the client software to perform a subsequent operation.

14. The client device of claim 13, wherein after the client is completed with the installation and is started, the acts further comprise:

after the user logs into the client using the received account information, loading the received additional information to the client and performing the subsequent operation.

15. One or more computer-readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving, by a server, a download request message of client software from a user terminal, wherein the download request message comprises an identifier of the client software;

obtaining account information of a user and installation information of the client software that corresponds to the identifier of the client software; and

sending the obtained installation information of the client software that corresponds to the identifier of the client software and the obtained account information to the user terminal.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein obtaining the account information of the user comprises determining, by the server, the account information of the user based on login status information of the user with respect to the server.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the determining, by the server, the account information of the user based on the login status information of the user with respect to the server, comprises when the login status information of the user with respect to the server corresponds to status information of having logged in, determining login account information which is used by the user to log in the server.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the determining, by the server, the account information of the user based on the login status information of the user with respect to the server, comprises when the login status information of the user with respect to the server corresponds to status information of having not logged in, pushing a login page to the user terminal, and determining, via the login page, the login account information which is used by the user to log in the server.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the download request message of the client software further comprises additional information, the additional information being used for representing event information that indicates a need of using the client software to perform a subsequent operation.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein sending the obtained installation information of the client software and the obtained account information to the user terminal by the server, comprises sending, by the server, the additional information, the obtained installation information of the client software and the obtained account information to the user terminal.