SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE UPDATES

• US 20170329599A1
• Filed: 11/15/2016
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: CHOI, Kee Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 10,203,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/545 involving automatic set-up of acquisition parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/563 involving image data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/566 involving communication between diagnostic systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/58 Testing, adjusting or calibrating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

A system for providing a software update includes a server in which software updates are registered, and a terminal for receiving version information of a software update from the server and performing a software update on the basis of the received version information of the software update, wherein the server includes a version information checking unit for collecting version information of software temporarily stored in the terminal or version information of software installed in the terminal and comparing the version information of the temporarily stored software or the version information of the installed software with the version information of the software update to determine whether to transmit the software update to the terminal.

Claims

1. A system for providing a software update, comprising:

a server in which software updates are registered; and

a terminal for receiving version information of a software update from the server and performing a software update on the basis of the received version information of the software update,

wherein the server includes a version information checking unit for collecting version information of software temporarily stored in the terminal or version information of software installed in the terminal and comparing the version information of the temporarily stored software or the version information of the installed software with the version information of the software update to determine whether to transmit the software update to the terminal.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein, when a software update of a higher version is received from the server, the terminal overwrites the software temporarily stored therein with the software update of the higher version.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein, when a software update of the higher version is received from the server, the terminal deletes a pre-received software update and receives and installs the software update of the higher version,

wherein, upon reception of a software update having the same version as a software update interrupted during reception from the server, the terminal resumes download of the software update and installs the software update.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the version information checking unit sends, to the terminal, a message indicating that the version of the software update registered in the server is identical to or lower than the version of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal, on the basis of the version information of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the terminal installs the temporarily stored software on the basis of the message indicating that the version of the software update registered in the server is identical to or lower than the version of the temporarily stored software.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the version information checking unit transmits the software update registered in the server to the terminal upon determining that the version of the software update registered in the server is higher than the version of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein, when a software update of the higher version is present in the server, the terminal deletes the temporarily stored software or installed software and installs the software update received from the server.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal indicates that the software installed therein is a newest version when the version of the installed software is the same as the software update registered in the server.

9. A method of providing a software update, comprising:

a server for collecting version information of software temporarily stored in a terminal or version information of software installed in the terminal, or the terminal providing the version information;

when a software update is registered in the server, comparing version information of the registered software update with the version information of the software temporarily stored in the terminal or the version information of the software installed in the terminal; and

determining whether to transmit the software update to the terminal according to a version information comparison result.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising sending, to the terminal, a message indicating that the version of the software update registered in the server is identical to or lower than the version of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal, on the basis of the version information of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising installing the temporarily stored software on the basis of the message indicating that the version of the software update registered in the server is identical to or lower than the version of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal.

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising transmitting the software update registered in the server to the terminal upon determining that the version of the software update registered in the server is higher than the version of the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising deleting the software temporarily stored or installed in the terminal and installing a software update of a higher version received from the server when the software update of the higher version is present in the server.

14. The method according to claim 9, further comprising indicating that the installed software is a newest version when the version of the installed software is the same as the version of the software update registered in the server.

15. A terminal, comprising:

a communication unit for wirelessly exchanging data with a server;

a storage unit for storing a software update received or being received from the server through the communication unit, the software update being installed in the storage unit; and

a controller for checking version information of the software update through the communication unit and performing a software update on the basis of the version information of the software update according to a checking result,

wherein the controller deletes a software update of a lower version, partially received and stored in the storage unit, or an entirely received software update of a lower version, and instructs the terminal to receive and install the software update of a higher version.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein, when the software update of the higher version is received from the server, the controller overwrites the software temporarily stored in the storage unit with the software update.

17. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein, upon reception of a software update having the same version as a software update interrupted during reception from the server, the terminal resumes download of the software update and installs the software update.

18. A method of installing a software update, comprising:

asking a server for version information of a software update received from the server, of a software update being received from the server or installed software;

deleting a software update of a lower version, partially received and stored in a terminal, or a received software update of the lower version, upon reception of a software update of a higher version corresponding to the version information; and

receiving and installing the software update of the higher version.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising overwriting temporarily stored software with the software update of the higher version upon reception of the software update of the higher version from the server.

20. The method according to claim 18, further comprising, upon reception of a software update having the same version as a software update interrupted during reception from the server, resuming download of the software update and installing the software update.