Appearance package management method, system and device

• US 8,326,933 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2010
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• 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: Wang, Rui, Liu, Haitao, Zhao, Hui, Song, Yue
• Primary Examiner(s): Yohannes, Tesfay
• Application Number:
  US12/762,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20100205266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/222, 455/38, 455/500
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

An appearance package management method is provided, which includes the following steps. An appearance package is received, and a unique appearance package identifier (ID) of the appearance package is obtained. A corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID is stored. An operation message of an appearance package is received, and an appearance package corresponding to an appearance package ID obtained from the operation message is operated according to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message and the stored corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID. An appearance package management system and an appearance package management device are also provided. Through the method, the unique ID for the appearance package is established between the server and the terminal, so that the terminal can identify the object of the operation instruction delivered by the server and manage the corresponding appearance package.

Claims

1. An appearance package management method, comprising:

receiving an appearance package by a terminal from a server, and obtaining a unique appearance package identifier (ID) of the appearance package, wherein the appearance package comprises a plurality of appearance elements that are provided to the terminal or operated through the terminal, and the appearance elements comprise contents presented by the terminal to the users;

storing a corresponding relation between the appearance package and the unique appearance package ID;

receiving an operation message of some appearance package, and operating the appearance package corresponding to an appearance package ID obtained from the operation message according to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message and the stored corresponding relation between the appearance package and the unique appearance package ID, wherein the unique appearance package ID comprises an ID of a service provider (SP) and an appearance package serial number;

wherein the operating the corresponding appearance package further comprises installing or updating the appearance package; and

the installing or updating the appearance package further comprises;

determining whether the appearance package corresponding to the unique appearance package ID obtained from the operation message exists locally; and

determining to perform an update operation on the appearance package, and updating the corresponding appearance package, if the appearance package corresponding to the unique appearance package ID obtained from the operation message exists locally;

or

determining to perform an installation operation on the appearance package, and installing the corresponding appearance package, if the appearance package corresponding to the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message does not exist locally.

2. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein

before the obtaining the unique appearance package ID of the appearance package, the method further comprises:

generating, by the server, the unique appearance package ID for the appearance package according to the forming rule of the appearance package ID, adding the unique appearance package ID into the appearance package, and sending the appearance package; and

the obtaining the appearance package ID of the appearance package further comprises;

parsing the appearance package to obtain the unique appearance package ID carried in the appearance package.

3. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein

before the obtaining the unique appearance package ID of the appearance package, the method further comprises:

sending, by the server, the appearance package; and

the obtaining the unique appearance package ID of the appearance package further comprises;

obtaining the unique appearance package ID of the appearance package according to a preset appearance package ID forming rule.

4. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein the storing the corresponding relation between the appearance package and the unique appearance package ID further comprises:

if the appearance package contains the unique appearance package ID,

storing the appearance package;

or

establishing and storing a corresponding relation between the unique appearance package ID and an appearance package storage path;

or

storing the appearance package by taking the unique appearance package ID as a file directory.

5. The appearance package management method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the appearance package ID from the operation message further comprises:

parsing the operation message to obtain the unique appearance package ID added by the server into the operation message;

or

obtaining the unique appearance package ID based on a preset appearance package ID forming rule according to a source of the operation message and information contained in the operation message.

9. The appearance package management method of claim 1 wherein a forming rule for the unique appearance package ID comprises a number range for uniquely identifying the SP plus an appearance package serial number assigned by the SP.

10. The appearance package management method of claim 1 wherein a forming rule for the unique appearance package ID comprises a domain name of the SP plus the appearance package serial number assigned by the SP.

11. The appearance package management method of claim 1 wherein a forming rule for the unique appearance package ID comprises a download path for obtaining an appearance package with a particular appearance package serial number from the SP.

6. A server, applicable to manage an appearance package sent to a terminal, the server comprising:

an appearance package delivery unit, configured to deliver an appearance package to the terminal;

an operation message delivery unit, configured to deliver an operation message to the terminal;

an appearance package identifier (ID) generation unit, configured to generate a unique appearance package ID, and add the unique appearance package ID to the appearance package delivered by the appearance package delivery unit, and/or to the operation message delivered by the operation message delivery unit; and

a forming rule setting unit, configured to set a forming rule for the unique appearance package ID generated by the appearance package ID generation unit, wherein the unique appearance package ID comprises an ID of a service provider (SP) and an appearance package serial number;

wherein the appearance package comprises a plurality of appearance elements that are provided to the terminal or operated through the terminal, and the appearance elements comprise contents presented by the terminal to the users.

7. A terminal, applicable to manage an appearance package of the terminal, the terminal comprising:

an appearance package identifier (ID) obtaining unit, configured to obtain a unique appearance package ID of an appearance package sent by a server, and obtain an appearance package ID from an operation message sent by the server;

a corresponding relation storage unit, configured to store a corresponding relation between the appearance package and the unique appearance package ID according to the appearance package ID obtained by the appearance package ID obtaining unit;

an appearance package operation unit, configured to operate an appearance package corresponding to the appearance package ID obtained by the appearance package ID obtaining unit from the operation message sent by the server according to the corresponding relation between the appearance package and the appearance package ID stored in the corresponding relation storage unit

an ID generation sub-unit, configured to generate a corresponding appearance package ID according to contents of the appearance package and/or the operation message sent by the server; and

an ID rule setting sub-unit, configured to set a forming rule for the appearance package ID generated by the ID generation sub-unit, wherein the appearance package ID comprises an ID of a service provider (SP) and an appearance package serial number.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the appearance package ID obtaining unit further comprises:

a parsing sub-unit, configured to parse the appearance package and/or the operation message sent by the server, so as to obtain the appearance package ID obtained from the operation message;

wherein the appearance package comprises a plurality of appearance elements that are provided to the terminal or operated through the terminal, and the appearance elements are contents presented by the terminal to the users.