Method for Updating Application Program, and Terminal

• US 20160299754A1
• Filed: 05/20/2014
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: WEI, Mingye
• Application Number:
  US15/101,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20160299754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Provided are a method for updating an application program and a terminal. The method for updating an application program includes that: a distance between a terminal and another terminal with a short-distance wireless communication function is acquired; when the distance is shorter than or equal to a preset data transmission distance, first version information of the terminal and second version information of the other terminal are acquired; when a version type in the first version information of the terminal is the same as a version type in the second version information of the other terminal, a version level in the first version information is compared with a version level in the second version information; and when the version level in the first version information is different from the version level in the second version information, updating is performed according to a high-level version file.

Claims

1. A method for updating an application program, applied to a terminal and comprising:

acquiring a distance between the terminal and another terminal with a short-distance wireless communication function;

when the distance is shorter than or equal to a preset data transmission distance, acquiring first version information of the terminal and second version information of the other terminal;

when a version type in the first version information of the terminal is the same as a version type in the second version information of the other terminal, comparing a version level in the first version information with a version level in the second version information; and

when the version level in the first version information is different from the version level in the second version information, performing updating according to a high-level version file.

2. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first version information is system version information of the terminal or application program version information of the terminal;

and the second version information is system version information of the other terminal or application program version information of the other terminal.

3. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 1, wherein acquiring the distance between the terminal and the other terminal with the short-distance wireless communication function comprises:

acquiring positions of the terminal and the other terminal with the short-distance wireless communication function from a server; and

calculating the distance between the terminal and the other terminal with the short-distance wireless communication function according to the positions.

4. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 1, wherein acquiring the first version information of the terminal and the second version information of the other terminal comprises:

acquiring the first version information of the terminal and the second version information of the other terminal from the server.

5. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 1, wherein acquiring the first version information of the terminal and the second version information of the other terminal comprises:

sending an authentication message to the other terminal; and

receiving the second version information, fed back by the other terminal receiving the authentication message, of the other terminal.

6. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the version level in the first version information is different from the version level in the second version information, performing updating according to the high-level version file comprises:

when the version level in the first version information of the terminal is lower than the version level in the second version information of the other terminal, sending an updating request to the other terminal;

receiving a version updating file fed back by the other terminal; and

performing updating according to the version updating file.

7. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 6, wherein receiving the version updating file fed back by the other terminal comprises:

enabling a data sharing function and receiving a version response fed back by the other terminal, wherein the version response at least comprises;

the second version information of the other terminal and an acquisition manner for the version updating file of the other terminal; and

acquiring the version updating file of the other terminal according to the version response.

8. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 7, wherein acquiring the version updating file of the other terminal according to the version response comprises:

sending a version request to the other terminal according to the version response; and

receiving the version updating file, corresponding to the version request, of the other terminal.

9. The method for updating an application program as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the version level in the first version information is different from the version level in the second version information, performing updating according to the high-level version file comprises:

when the version level in the first version information of the terminal is higher than the version level in the second version information of the other terminal, receiving an updating request from the other terminal; and

sending a version updating file to the other terminal to enable the other terminal to perform updating according to the version updating file.

10. A terminal, comprising:

a first acquisition component, a second acquisition component, a comparison component and an updating component, wherein

the first acquisition component is configured to acquire a distance between the terminal and another terminal with a short-distance wireless communication function;

the second acquisition component is configured to, when the distance is shorter than or equal to a preset data transmission distance, acquire first version information of the terminal and second version information of the other terminal;

the comparison component is configured to, when a version type in the first version information of the terminal is the same as a version type in the second version information of the other terminal, compare a version level in the first version information with a version level in the second version information; and

the updating component is configured to, when the version level in the first version information is different from the version level in the second version information, perform updating according to a high-level version file.

11. The terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first version information is system version information of the terminal or application program version information of the terminal;

and the second version information is system version information of the other terminal or application program version information of the other terminal.

12. The terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first acquisition component comprises:

a first determination element, configured to acquire positions of the terminal and the other terminal with the short-distance wireless communication function from a server; and

a calculation element, configured to calculate the distance between the terminal and the other terminal with the short-distance wireless communication function according to the positions.

13. The terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second acquisition component comprises:

a second determination element, configured to acquire the first version information of the terminal and the second version information of the other terminal from the server.

14. The terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second acquisition component comprises:

a first sending element, configured to send an authentication message to the other terminal; and

a first receiving element, configured to receive the second version information, fed back by the other terminal receiving the authentication message, of the other terminal.

15. The terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the updating component comprises:

a second sending element, configured to, when the version level in the first version information of the terminal is lower than the version level in the second version information of the other terminal, send an updating request to the other terminal;

a second receiving element, configured to receive a version updating file fed back by the other terminal; and

a first updating element, configured to perform updating according to the version updating file.

16. The terminal as claimed in claim 15, wherein the second receiving element comprises:

a receiving sub-element, configured to enable a data sharing function and receive a version response fed back by the other terminal, wherein the version response at least comprises;

the second version information of the other terminal and an acquisition manner for the version updating file of the other terminal; and

an acquisition element, configured to acquire the version updating file of the other terminal according to the version response.

17. The terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the acquisition element comprises:

a third sending element, configured to send a version request to the other terminal according to the version response; and

a third receiving element, configured to receive the version updating file, corresponding to the version request, of the other terminal.

18. The terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the updating component comprises:

a fourth receiving element, configured to, when the version level in the first version information of the terminal is higher than the version level in the second version information of the other terminal, receive an updating request from the other terminal; and

a second updating element, configured to send a version updating file to the other terminal to enable the other terminal to perform updating according to the version updating file.