Method, system, terminal and device management server for installing software components

• US 8,245,225 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• 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: Cui, Shouling, Chai, Xiaoqian, Tian, Linyi, Li, Kepeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, HANH THI MINH
• Application Number:
  US13/172,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20110252417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1433 during software upgrading
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/12 Protecting executable software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• 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: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method for installing software components includes: a terminal receives a software component package delivered by a Device Management (DM) server directly or a download address of the component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, where the software component package contains more than one software component; if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, the terminal downloads the software component package from the download address; the terminal installs the obtained software component package locally and generates management nodes and subnodes of the management nodes corresponding to the software components under a Deployed subtree of the Software Component Management Object (SCOMO) of the terminal. With the present invention, the process of installing software component is more reasonable. A system and apparatus for installing software components are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for installing software components, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a software component package directly delivered by a Device Management (DM) server or a download address of the software component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, wherein the software component package contains one or more software components;

if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, downloading, by the terminal, the software component package according to the download address;

installing, by the terminal, the obtained software component package locally and generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of a Software Component Management Object (SCOMO);

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after the terminal downloads the software component package according to the download address and before the software component package is installed locally, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when the terminal downloads the software component package successfully but fails to install the software component package, by the terminal, generating a management node corresponding to the software component package and subnodes of the management node under a Delivered subtree in the SCOMO and assigning access control rights to the management node and the subnodes of the management node;

delivering, by the DM server, parameters to the terminal; and

downloading, by the terminal, the software component package, or installing the software component package;

or removing the software component package;

or activating the software components;

or deactivating the software components;

or removing the software components, according to the parameters,

wherein delivering the parameters to the terminal comprises delivering, by the DM server, the parameters to a subnode after the subnode is added under the SCOMO tree of the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the DM server delivers the command instructing to download, the method further comprises:

generating a management node for the software component package under a Download subtree of the SCOMO; and

assigning access control rights to the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises;

setting access control rights of the management node generated under the Download subtree as access control rights of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, an ID of one software component and setting the ID as a value of an ID subnode of the management node corresponding to the software component under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, wherein the ID of the software component is provided by a network and delivered to the terminal as a part of the software component package or delivered to the terminal independently of the software component package.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

assigning access control rights to the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein assigning access control rights to the management nodes comprises:

setting access control rights of the management node corresponding to the software component package generated under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management nodes comprises:

letting the subnodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree inherit access control rights of the management nodes, and/or setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises at least one of following modes:

letting the subnodes of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree inherit access control rights of the management node, and setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes under the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

reporting, by the terminal, an installation response message to the DM server, wherein the installation response message comprises;

Uniform Resource Identifiers, URIs, of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree; and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after download is complete and before the software component package is installed, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when download is complete but installation fails, the method further comprises;

reporting, by the terminal, a download response message to the DM server, wherein the download response message comprises;

URI of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the download response message and the installation response message are reported in a synchronous mode or an asynchronous mode;

and wherein the URI in the download response message or the installation response message is carried in an ITEM element of a STATUS command if the synchronous reporting mode is applied.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the download response message further comprises:

name and/or ID of the software component package.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the installation response message further comprises:

names and/or IDs of the software components.

12. A method for installing software components, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a software component package directly delivered by a Device Management (DM) server or a download address of the software component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, wherein the software component package contains one or more software components;

if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, downloading, by the terminal, the software component package according to the download address;

installing, by the terminal, the obtained software component package locally and generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of a Software Component Management Object (SCOMO); and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after the terminal downloads the software component package according to the download address and before the software component package is installed locally, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when the terminal downloads the software component package successfully but fails to install the software component package, by the terminal, generating a management node corresponding to the software component package and subnodes of the management node under a Delivered subtree in the SCOMO and assigning access control rights to the management node and the subnodes of the management node,

wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises at least one of following modes;

letting the subnodes of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree inherit access control rights of the management node, and setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes under the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein before the DM server delivers the command instructing to download, the method further comprises:

generating a management node for the software component package under a Download subtree of the SCOMO; and

assigning access control rights to the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises;

setting access control rights of the management node generated under the Download subtree as access control rights of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

delivering, by the DM server, parameters to the terminal; and

downloading, by the terminal, the software component package, or installing the software component package;

or removing the software component package;

or activating the software components;

or deactivating the software components;

or removing the software components, according to the parameters,

wherein delivering the parameters to the terminal comprises delivering, by the DM server, the parameters to a subnode after the subnode is added under the SCOMO tree of the terminal.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, an ID of one software component and setting the ID as a value of an ID subnode of the management node corresponding to the software component under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, wherein the ID of the software component is provided by a network and delivered to the terminal as a part of the software component package or delivered to the terminal independently of the software component package.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

assigning access control rights to the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein assigning access control rights to the management nodes comprises:

setting access control rights of the management node corresponding to the software component package generated under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management nodes comprises:

letting the subnodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree inherit access control rights of the management nodes, and/or setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

reporting, by the terminal, an installation response message to the DM server, wherein the installation response message comprises;

Uniform Resource Identifiers, URIs, of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree; and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after download is complete and before the software component package is installed, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when download is complete but installation fails, the method further comprises;

reporting, by the terminal, a download response message to the DM server, wherein the download response message comprises;

URI of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the download response message and the installation response message are reported in a synchronous mode or an asynchronous mode;

and wherein the URI in the download response message or the installation response message is carried in an ITEM element of a STATUS command if the synchronous reporting mode is applied.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the download response message further comprises:

name and/or ID of the software component package.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the installation response message further comprises:

names and/or IDs of the software components.

23. A method for installing software components, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a software component package directly delivered by a Device Management (DM) server or a download address of the software component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, wherein the software component package contains one or more software components;

if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, downloading, by the terminal, the software component package according to the download address;

installing, by the terminal, the obtained software component package locally and generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of a Software Component Management Object (SCOMO); and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after the terminal downloads the software component package according to the download address and before the software component package is installed locally, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when the terminal downloads the software component package successfully but fails to install the software component package, by the terminal, generating a management node corresponding to the software component package and subnodes of the management node under a Delivered subtree in the SCOMO and assigning access control rights to the management node and the subnodes of the management node,

wherein after installing the software component package and before generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes, the method further comprises;

judging whether one software component in the software component package is identical with a software component corresponding to a management node and subnodes of the management node already existing under the Deployed subtree, and if so, modifying information of the management node and the subnodes already existing under the Deployed subtree to information of the software component in the software component package;

otherwise, generating a management node and subnodes of the management node corresponding to the software component in the software component package under the Deployed subtree.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein after modifying information of the management node and the subnodes already existing under the Deployed subtree to information of the software component in the software component package, if it is judged that one software component in the software component package is identical with a software component corresponding to a management node and subnodes of the management node already existing under the Deployed subtree, the method further comprises:

setting a combination of access control rights of the management node generated for the software component package under the Delivered or Download subtree and access control rights of the management node already existing under the Deployed subtree as access control rights of the management node generated under the Deployed subtree.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein before the DM server delivers the command instructing to download, the method further comprises:

generating a management node for the software component package under a Download subtree of the SCOMO; and

assigning access control rights to the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises;

setting access control rights of the management node generated under the Download subtree as access control rights of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

delivering, by the DM server, parameters to the terminal; and

downloading, by the terminal, the software component package, or installing the software component package;

or removing the software component package;

or activating the software components;

or deactivating the software components;

or removing the software components, according to the parameters,

wherein delivering the parameters to the terminal comprises delivering, by the DM server, the parameters to a subnode after the subnode is added under the SCOMO tree of the terminal.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises at least one of following modes:

letting the subnodes of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree inherit access control rights of the management node, and setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes under the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, an ID of one software component and setting the ID as a value of an ID subnode of the management node corresponding to the software component under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, wherein the ID of the software component is provided by a network and delivered to the terminal as a part of the software component package or delivered to the terminal independently of the software component package.

29. The method of claim 23, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

assigning access control rights to the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein assigning access control rights to the management nodes comprises:

setting access control rights of the management node corresponding to the software component package generated under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management nodes comprises:

letting the subnodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree inherit access control rights of the management nodes, and/or setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

32. The method of claim 23, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

reporting, by the terminal, an installation response message to the DM server, wherein the installation response message comprises;

Uniform Resource Identifiers, URIs, of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree; and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after download is complete and before the software component package is installed, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when download is complete but installation fails, the method further comprises;

reporting, by the terminal, a download response message to the DM server, wherein the download response message comprises;

URI of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the download response message and the installation response message are reported in a synchronous mode or an asynchronous mode;

and wherein the URI in the download response message or the installation response message is carried in an ITEM element of a STATUS command if the synchronous reporting mode is applied.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the download response message further comprises:

name and/or ID of the software component package.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein the installation response message further comprises:

names and/or IDs of the software components.

36. A method for installing software components, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a software component package directly delivered by a Device Management (DM) server or a download address of the software component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, wherein the software component package contains one or more software components;

if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, downloading, by the terminal, the software component package according to the download address;

installing, by the terminal, the obtained software component package locally and generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of a Software Component Management Object (SCOMO); and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after the terminal downloads the software component package according to the download address and before the software component package is installed locally, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when the terminal downloads the software component package successfully but fails to install the software component package, by the terminal, generating a management node corresponding to the software component package and subnodes of the management node under a Delivered subtree in the SCOMO and assigning access control rights to the management node and the subnodes of the management node,

wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises;

reporting, by the terminal, an installation response message to the DM server, wherein the installation response message comprises;

Uniform Resource Identifiers, URIs, of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree; and

if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after download is complete and before the software component package is installed, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when download is complete but installation fails, the method further comprises;

reporting, by the terminal, a download response message to the DM server, wherein the download response message comprises;

URI of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the download response message and the installation response message are reported in a synchronous mode or an asynchronous mode;

and wherein the URI in the download response message or the installation response message is carried in an ITEM element of a STATUS command if the synchronous reporting mode is applied.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein the download response message further comprises:

name and/or ID of the software component package.

39. The method of claim 36, wherein the installation response message further comprises:

names and/or IDs of the software components.

40. The method of claim 36, wherein before the DM server delivers the command instructing to download, the method further comprises:

generating a management node for the software component package under a Download subtree of the SCOMO; and

assigning access control rights to the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises;

setting access control rights of the management node generated under the Download subtree as access control rights of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

41. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

delivering, by the DM server, parameters to the terminal; and

downloading, by the terminal, the software component package, or installing the software component package;

or removing the software component package;

or activating the software components;

or deactivating the software components;

or removing the software components, according to the parameters,

wherein delivering the parameters to the terminal comprises delivering, by the DM server, the parameters to a subnode after the subnode is added under the SCOMO tree of the terminal.

42. The method of claim 36, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management node under the Delivered subtree comprises at least one of following modes:

letting the subnodes of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree inherit access control rights of the management node, and setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes under the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

43. The method of claim 36, wherein generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, an ID of one software component and setting the ID as a value of an ID subnode of the management node corresponding to the software component under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, wherein the ID of the software component is provided by a network and delivered to the terminal as a part of the software component package or delivered to the terminal independently of the software component package.

44. The method of claim 36, wherein after generating management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, the method further comprises:

assigning access control rights to the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein assigning access control rights to the management nodes comprises:

setting access control rights of the management node corresponding to the software component package generated under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

46. The method of claim 44, wherein assigning access control rights to subnodes of the management nodes comprises:

letting the subnodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree inherit access control rights of the management nodes, and/or setting access control rights of executable nodes under the Delivered or Download subtree as access control rights of executable nodes of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

47. A terminal, comprising:

a receiving unit, comprising a processor configured to receive a software component package delivered by a Device Management (DM) server or a download address of the software component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, wherein the software component package contains more than one software component;

a downloading unit, configured to download the software component package according to the download address if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download;

an installing unit, configured to install the obtained software component package locally and generate management nodes corresponding to the software components as well as subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree of a Software Component Management Object (SCOMO);

wherein if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after the terminal downloads the software component package according to the download address and before the software component package is installed locally;

or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when the terminal downloads the software component package successfully but fails to install the software component package, the terminal further comprises;

a first generating unit, configured to generate a management node and subnodes of the management node corresponding to the software component package under a Delivered subtree; and

a first right assigning unit, configured to assign access control rights to the management node and the subnodes of the management node,

wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive parameters and save the parameters to a subnode after the subnode is added under the SCOMO tree of the terminal,

wherein the downloading unit is further configured to download the software component package according to the parameters,

wherein the installing unit is further configured to install the software component package according to the parameters; and

means for removing the software component package, activating the software components, deactivating the software components, or removing the software components, according to the parameters.

48. The terminal of claim 47, wherein after the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes corresponding to the components are generated under the Deployed subtree, the terminal further comprises:

a second right assigning unit, configured to assign access control rights to the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes.

49. The terminal of claim 47, further comprising a reporting unit, configured to report an installation response message to the DM server after the management nodes corresponding to the software components are generated under the Deployed subtree of the SCOMO, wherein the installation response message comprises:

URIs of the management nodes generated under the Deployed subtree.

50. A system for installing software components, comprising:

a Device Management (DM) server, comprising a processor configured to deliver a software component package directly to a terminal or deliver a download address of the software component package and a command instructing to download to the terminal, wherein the software component package contains more than one software component; and

the terminal, configured to receive the software component package delivered by the DM server, or the download address of the software component package and the command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, and if the download address and the command instructing to download are received, download the software component package from the download address, install the obtained software component package locally, and generate management nodes corresponding to the software components and subnodes of the management nodes under a Deployed subtree,

wherein if the command instructing to download is DownLoad, after the terminal downloads the software component package from the download address and before the software component package is installed locally, or if the command instructing to download is DownLoadInstall or DownLoadInstallInactive, when the terminal downloads the software component package successfully but fails to install the software component package, the terminal is further configured to generate a management node corresponding to the software component package and subnodes of the management node under a Delivered subtree and assign access control rights to the management node and the subnodes of the management node,

wherein the DM server is further configured to deliver parameters to a subnode after the subnode is added under the SCOMO tree of the terminal, and

wherein the terminal is further configured to download the software component package, install the software component package, remove the software component package, activate the software components, deactivate the software components, or remove the software components, according to the parameters.

51. The system of claim 50, wherein the DM server is further configured to instruct the terminal to generate a management node for the software component package under a Download subtree before delivering the command instructing to download, and wherein the terminal is further configured to set access control rights of the management node generated under the Download subtree as access control rights of the management node generated under the Delivered subtree.

52. The system of claim 50, wherein after the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes are generated for the software components under the Deployed subtree, the terminal is further configured to assign access control rights to the management nodes and the subnodes of the management nodes.