Upgrade system and method having adaptive changeable upgrade process

• US 9,158,527 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Young-su
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Application Number:
  US13/474,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20130086231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,244 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• 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: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

An upgrade system, an upgrade type of which may be adaptively changed, and an upgrade method includes a server, an upgrade type of which may be adaptively changed, a client, an upgrade type of which may be adaptively changed, and a ticket controlling apparatus. The server includes: a server interface unit receiving information relating to an upgrade from a ticket controlling apparatus comprising a ticket; a pushing unit in which at least one client to be upgraded is registered; and a pushing scheduling unit connecting to the ticket controlling apparatus, receiving the information relating to the upgrade from the server interface unit, and scheduling an upgrade of the at least one client by using the pushing unit based on the received information relating to the upgrade. The ticket comprises information about a distribution strategy, information about the upgrade type, and information about a module to be distributed.

Claims

1. A client, an upgrade type of which is configured to be adaptively changed, comprising:

a memory coupled to a processor;

a client adaptor controlling a connection to a server;

a polling unit downloading a module from the server; and

a polling scheduling unit connecting to a ticket controlling apparatus, receiving from the ticket controlling apparatus information relating to an upgrade based on analyzed information about a ticket, and scheduling an upgrade of the client based on the received information relating to the upgrade,

wherein the ticket comprises information about a distribution strategy, information about the upgrade type, and information about a module to be distributed,

wherein the distribution strategy comprises one of a broadcasting type which distributes modules to all clients simultaneously, a staged type which distributes the modules to groups of clients, and a time reservation type which distributes the modules at reserved times,

wherein the upgrade type comprises one of a push type upgrade, a polling type upgrade, and a half-push/half-polling type upgrade, and

wherein the module to be distributed comprises information about at least one of an assembly, a plurality of dependency files configuring an application program, and a rights information.

2. The client of claim 1, wherein the client adaptor is configured to register information about the client in a pushing unit of the server.

3. The client of claim 1, wherein

the information about the distribution strategy is determined by the ticket controlling apparatus, and the information about the upgrade type is determined by the ticket controlling apparatus, and

the polling unit is configured to receive notification of the information relating to the upgrade from a server interface unit of the server, and to download at least one module from the pushing unit of the server through a channel generated between the server and the client by the ticket controlling apparatus.

4. The client of claim 1, wherein the at least one module comprises the module to be upgraded and at least one among a plurality of all modules that will be distributed from the server to the at least one client.

5. The client of claim 1, wherein the polling scheduling unit is configured to generate an upgrade schedule of the client based on the received ticket.

6. A method of adaptively changing an upgrade type in a client, the method comprising:

connecting to a server;

connecting to a ticket controlling apparatus;

receiving from the ticket controlling apparatus information relating to an upgrade based on analyzed information about a ticket; and

generating an upgrade schedule based on the ticket,

wherein the ticket comprises information about a distribution strategy, information about the upgrade type, and information about a module to be distributed, and

wherein the distribution strategy comprises one of a broadcasting type which distributes modules to all clients simultaneously, a staged type which distributes the modules to groups of clients, and a time reservation type which distributes the modules at reserved times,

wherein the upgrade type comprises one of a push type upgrade, a polling type upgrade, and a half-push/half-polling type upgrade,

wherein the module to be distributed comprises information about at least one of an assembly, a plurality of dependency files configuring an application program and a rights information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the connecting to the server comprises registering information about the client in the server.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the connecting to the ticket controlling apparatus comprises:

generating a channel from the at least one client to the ticket controlling apparatus, and transmitting a request for checking an update list of information about the ticket through the channel; and

receiving a response indicating whether the ticket is updated from the ticket controlling apparatus, and repeating the transmission of the request for checking the update list of the information about the ticket when the received response indicates that the ticket is not updated.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the information about the distribution strategy is determined by the ticket controlling apparatus, and the information about the upgrade type is determined by the ticket controlling apparatus.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising downloading at least one module from the server by the client based on the upgrade schedule of the client.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one module comprises the module to be upgraded and at least one among a plurality of all modules that will be distributed from the server to the at least one client.

12. A method of adaptively changing an upgrade type in a ticket controlling apparatus, the method comprising:

connecting to a server and at least one client;

analyzing information about a ticket, and generating a channel between the server and the at least one client based on the analyzed information; and

determining information relating to the upgrade based on the analyzed information,

wherein the ticket comprises information about a distribution strategy, information about the upgrade type, and information about a module to be distributed, and

wherein the distribution strategy comprises one of a broadcasting type which distributes modules to all clients simultaneously, a staged type which distributes the modules to groups of clients, and a time reservation type which distributes the modules at reserved times,

wherein the upgrade type comprises one of a push type upgrade, a polling type upgrade, and a half-push/half-polling type upgrade,

wherein the module to be distributed comprises information about at least one of an assembly, a plurality of dependency files configuring an application program, and a rights information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the connecting to the server and the at least one client comprises:

receiving a request for checking an update list of the information about the ticket from the server and the at least one client by the ticket controlling apparatus.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the ticket comprises:

an arrangement ticket comprising the information about the distribution strategy and the information about the upgrade type; and

an application ticket comprising the information about the module to be distributed.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the analyzing of the information about the ticket comprises:

analyzing the information about the ticket by a ticket parsing unit of the ticket controlling apparatus; and

providing the analyzed information about the ticket to a ticket distribution unit of the ticket controlling apparatus.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the generating of the channel between the server and the at least one client based on the analyzed information comprises determining information relating to an upgrade via the ticket distribution unit of the ticket controlling apparatus based on the analyzed information about the ticket.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining of the information relating to the upgrade comprises:

selecting the distribution strategy and selecting the upgrade type.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting the information relating to the upgrade from the ticket controlling apparatus to the server and the at least one client.