Method, system, and terminal for performing system update between mobile communication terminals

• US 9,301,164 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2013
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honor Device Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lin, Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): Casca, Fred
• Application Number:
  US14/070,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20140057620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 455/13.2, 455/422.1, 455/502, 455/418, 455/419, 455/411, 455/466, 455/414.1, 455/456.1, 455/457, 455/458, 455/507, 455/127.1, 717/173, 717/171, 717/174, 717/168, 717/178, 725/152, 725/132, 725/140, 725/100, 725/106, 707/654, 707/674
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/654 using techniques specially adapted for alterable solid state memories, e.g. for EEPROM or flash memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• 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 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

A method, a system, and a terminal for performing a system update between mobile communication terminals. The method includes: determining, by a target mobile terminal, whether hardware is compatible with a source mobile terminal; if the hardware is compatible between both terminals, obtaining, by the target mobile terminal through a wireless network, a system backup file transferred by the source mobile terminal; and performing, by the target mobile terminal, a system update according to the system backup file. A system update can be implemented between mobile phones through a wireless network without depending on an update server or downloading an update file from the update server, thereby reducing the burden of the update server, and facilitating exchange of systems between mobile phone users.

Claims

1. A method for performing a system update between mobile communication terminals, comprising:

obtaining, by a target mobile communication terminal through a wireless network communication with a source mobile communication terminal, hardware information of the source mobile communication terminal;

determining, by the target mobile communication terminal, whether hardware of the target mobile communication terminal is compatible with hardware of the source mobile communication terminal, according to the obtained hardware information, the determining, by the target mobile communication terminal, includes a determination of compatibility based upon whether the target mobile communication terminal has a same hardware version identifier BoardID as the hardware of the source mobile communication terminal;

in response to the determination of compatibility that the hardware of the target and the source mobile communication terminals are compatible, obtaining, by the target mobile communication terminal through the wireless network communication, a system backup file of the source mobile communication terminal; and

performing, by the target mobile communication terminal, a system update according to the obtained system backup file.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the target mobile communication terminal when the target mobile communication terminal determines that the target mobile communication terminal has a different hardware version identifier BoardID from the source mobile communication terminal, whether both terminals have a same minor hardware version number, and, in response to a determination that both terminals have a same minor hardware version number, determining that the hardware of target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining, by the target mobile communication terminal when the target mobile communication terminal determines that the target mobile communication terminal has a different minor hardware version number from the source mobile communication terminal, whether both terminals have a same processor, memory, and network type, and, in response to a determination that both terminals have a different processor, memory, and network type from each other, determining that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are incompatible; and

determining, by the target mobile communication terminal when the target mobile communication terminal determines that the target mobile communication terminal has the same processor, memory, and network type as the source mobile communication terminal, whether both terminals have a same driver identifier DriverID, and, in response to a determination that both terminals have a same driver identifier DriverID, determining that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, on a user-machine interface of the target mobile communication terminal, a hardware compatibility report or an hardware compatibility index between the target mobile communication terminal and the source mobile communication terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the performing, by the target mobile communication terminal, a system update according to the system backup file, comprises;

installing, by the target mobile communication terminal, the obtained system backup file to perform the system update;

or running, by the target mobile communication terminal, the system backup file directly without installing the system backup file.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing the system update comprises:

obtaining driver configuration data;

importing the driver configuration data into a kernel of an operating system of the target mobile communication terminal;

mapping the driver configuration data into a configuration data link table, wherein the configuration data link table comprises a process point sequence number, a sub-process function number corresponding to the process point sequence number, and a parameter of a sub-process function;

searching, when a driver of the kernel needs to be updated, the configuration data link table for a process point corresponding to an input process point sequence number;

obtaining, from the configuration data link table, a sub-process function number corresponding to the process point and a parameter of a sub-process function, according to the process point searched; and

calling a sub-process function corresponding to the sub-process function number in a sub-process function library, and inputting the parameter of the sub-process function to update the kernel driver.

7. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store a program(s); and

computer hardware configured, including configured by the program(s), to;

establish a wireless communication connection with a source mobile communication terminal to obtain hardware information and system backup file of the source mobile communication terminal;

determine, according to the hardware information of the source mobile communication terminal, whether hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible, and in response to a determination that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible, trigger obtaining the system backup file from the source mobile communication terminal; and

perform a system update according to the system backup file,

wherein;

the hardware information comprises a hardware version identifier BoardID, and the computer hardware is further configured to determine that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible when the BoardID is same between the target mobile communication terminal and the source mobile communication terminal.

8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein:

the hardware information further comprises a minor hardware version number, and the computer hardware is further configured to determine that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible when the BoardID is different but the minor hardware version number is same between the target mobile communication terminal and the source mobile communication terminal.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein:

the hardware information further comprises processor information, memory information, and a network type, and the computer hardware is further configured to;

when neither the BoardID nor the minor hardware version number is same between the target mobile communication terminal and the source mobile communication terminal, further determine whether the processor information, the memory information, and the network type are same between both terminals, and, in response to a determination that both terminals have a different processor information, the memory information, and the network type from each other, determine that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are incompatible; and

the hardware information further comprises a driver identifier DriverID, and the computer hardware is further configured to;

if neither the BoardID nor the minor hardware version number is same, but the processor information, the memory information, and the network type are same between the target mobile communication terminal and the source mobile communication terminal, further determine whether the DriverID is same between both terminals, and, in response to a determination that the DriverID is same between the both terminals, determine that the hardware of the target and source communication terminals are compatible.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein:

the computer hardware is further configured to install the obtained system backup file to perform the system update;

or run the system backup file directly without installing the system backup file.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein:

to perform the system update, the computer hardware is further configured to;

obtain driver configuration data;

import the driver configuration data into a kernel of an operating system of the target mobile communication terminal; and

map the driver configuration data to a configuration data link table, wherein the configuration data link table comprises a process point sequence number, a sub-process function number corresponding to the process point sequence number, and a parameter of a sub-process function;

when a driver of the kernel needs to be updated, perform;

search the configuration data link table for a process point corresponding to an input process point sequence number;

obtain, from the configuration data link table, a sub-process function number corresponding to the process point and a parameter of a sub-process function, according to the process point searched; and

call a sub-process function corresponding to the sub-process function number in a sub-process function library, and input the parameter of the sub-process function to update the kernel driver.

12. A system for performing a system update between mobile communication terminals, comprising:

a target mobile communication terminal, configured to;

obtain, through a wireless network communication with a source mobile communication terminal, hardware information of the source mobile communication terminal,

perform a determination, according to the hardware information of the source mobile communication terminal, whether hardware of the target mobile communication terminal is compatible with hardware of the source mobile communication terminal based upon whether the target mobile communication terminal has a same hardware version identifier BoardID as the hardware of the source mobile communication terminal,

obtain a system backup file of the source mobile communication terminal, in response to the determination that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible, and

perform a system update according to the system backup file.

13. A system comprising:

a source mobile communication terminal configured to transmit hardware information of the source mobile terminal and a system backup file; and

a target mobile communication terminal configured to;

receive, through a wireless network communication with the source mobile communication terminal, the hardware information of the source mobile communication terminal, and perform a determination, according to the hardware information of the source mobile communication terminal, whether hardware of the target mobile communication terminal is compatible with hardware of the source mobile communication terminal based upon whether the target mobile communication terminal has a same hardware version identifier BoardID as the hardware of the source mobile communication terminal;

receive the system backup file of the source mobile communication terminal, in response to the determination that the hardware of the target and source mobile communication terminals are compatible; and

perform a system update according to the system backup file.