Apparatus and method for packing a software package of version upgrade

• US 8,726,265 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2010
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Ning, Jin, Xudong, Zhang, Xiao
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Philip
• Application Number:
  US13/259,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20130132936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 717/170
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for packing a version upgrade software package. The method comprises: acquiring version upgrade software for upgrading a mobile terminal; encrypting the version upgrade software; generating version upgrade software information corresponding to the encrypted version upgrade software, wherein the version upgrade software information comprises a decryption flag, and the decryption flag is configured to indicate that the encrypted version upgrade software is decrypted within the version upgrade software package during process of upgrading mobile terminal; and packing to obtain the version upgrade software package of the mobile terminal, wherein the version upgrade software package comprises the encrypted version upgrade software, the version upgrade software information and a self-triggered unpacking program, and the self-triggered unpacking program is configured to start the version upgrade software and the version upgrade software information to upgrade the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method for packing a version upgrade software package, comprising:

acquiring version upgrade software for upgrading a mobile terminal;

encrypting the version upgrade software;

generating, by a hardware processor, version upgrade software information corresponding to the encrypted version upgrade software, wherein the version upgrade software information comprises a decryption flag, and the decryption flag is configured to indicate that the encrypted version upgrade software is decrypted within the version upgrade software package during a process of upgrading the mobile terminal; and

packing to obtain the version upgrade software package of the mobile terminal, wherein the version upgrade software package comprises the encrypted version upgrade software, the version upgrade software information and a self-triggered unpacking program, and the self-triggered unpacking program is configured to start the version upgrade software and the version upgrade software information to upgrade the mobile terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before packing to obtain the version upgrade software package of the mobile terminal, the method further comprises:

generating a configuration file according to the version upgrade software, wherein the configuration file comprises a version number of the version upgrade software package; and

generating configuration file information according to the configuration file, wherein the configuration file information comprises a size of the configuration file.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the version upgrade software package further comprises the configuration file and the configuration file information;

and

the self-triggered unpacking program is further configured to determine whether version number information contained in a name of the version upgrade software package is modified according to the configuration file and the configuration file information, and if result of the determination is yes, to prompt that version information is wrong.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the version upgrade software information further comprises:

a name of the version upgrade software, a size of the version upgrade software and a relative path of the version upgrade software.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the version upgrade software package further comprise a trailer file, and the trailer file comprises a size of the self-triggered unpacking program, the number of the version upgrade software and constant information configured to locate the trailer file.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the version upgrade software information further comprises:

a name of the version upgrade software, a size of the version upgrade software and a relative path of the version upgrade software.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the version upgrade software package further comprise a trailer file, and the trailer file comprises a size of the self-triggered unpacking program, the number of the version upgrade software and constant information configured to locate the trailer file.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the version upgrade software comprises a version file and a download file;

and generating the version upgrade software information corresponding to the encrypted version upgrade software comprises;

generating version file information corresponding to an encrypted version file, wherein the version file information comprises the decryption flag, and the decryption flag is configured to indicate that the encrypted version file is decrypted within the version upgrade software package during the process of upgrading the mobile terminal; and

generating download file information corresponding to the download file, wherein the download file information comprises a release flag, configured to indicate that the download file is saved in a hidden directory of a local computer during a process that the local computer upgrades the mobile terminal.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein

the self-triggered unpacking program is further configured to save the download file in the hidden directory of the local computer according to the release flag in the download file information during the process that the local computer upgrades the mobile terminal;

and

the download file is configured to upgrade the mobile terminal by using the version file and the version file information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the version upgrade software information further comprises:

a name of the version upgrade software, a size of the version upgrade software and a relative path of the version upgrade software.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the version upgrade software package further comprise a trailer file, and the trailer file comprises a size of the self-triggered unpacking program, the number of the version upgrade software and constant information configured to locate the trailer file.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the version upgrade software information further comprises:

a name of the version upgrade software, a size of the version upgrade software and a relative path of the version upgrade software.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the version upgrade software package further comprise a trailer file, and the trailer file comprises a size of the self-triggered unpacking program, the number of the version upgrade software and constant information configured to locate the trailer file.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the version upgrade software information further comprises:

a name of the version upgrade software, a size of the version upgrade software and a relative path of the version upgrade software.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the version upgrade software package further comprise a trailer file, and the trailer file comprises a size of the self-triggered unpacking program, the number of the version upgrade software and constant information configured to locate the trailer file.

16. An apparatus for packing a version upgrade software package, comprising:

a first acquisition module, configured to acquire version upgrade software for upgrading a mobile terminal;

a first encryption module, configured to encrypt the version upgrade software;

a first generating module, configured to generate version upgrade software information corresponding to the encrypted version upgrade software, wherein the version upgrade software information comprises a decryption flag, and the decryption flag is configured to indicate that the encrypted version upgrade software is decrypted within the version upgrade software package during a process of upgrading the mobile terminal; and

a packing module, configured to pack to obtain the version upgrade software package of the mobile terminal, wherein the version upgrade software package comprises the encrypted version upgrade software, the version upgrade software information and a self-triggered unpacking program, and the self-triggered unpacking program is configured to start the version upgrade software and the version upgrade software information to upgrade the mobile terminal;

a hardware processor, configured to execute the first acquisition module, the first encryption module, the first generating module, and the packing module.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a second generating module, configured to generate a configuration file according to the version upgrade software, wherein the configuration file comprises a version number of the version upgrade software package; and

a third generating module, configured to generate configuration file information according to the configuration file, wherein the configuration file information comprises a size of the configuration file.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the version upgrade software comprises a version file and a download file;

and the first generating module comprises;

a first generating sub-module, configured to generate version file information corresponding to an encrypted version file, wherein the version file information comprises the decryption flag, and the decryption flag is configured to indicate that the encrypted version file is decrypted within the version upgrade software package during the process of upgrading the mobile terminal; and

a second generating sub-module, configured to generate download file information corresponding to the download file, wherein the download file information comprises a release flag, configured to indicate that the download file is saved in a hidden directory of a local computer during a process that the local computer upgrades the mobile terminal.