Application data synchronization method and apparatus

• US 10,140,118 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device, Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Huang, Xi, Ding, Jianxin, Wu, Huangwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivera, Anibal
• Application Number:
  US14/907,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,714 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/42 Bus transfer protocol, e.g. handshake; Synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/441 Multiboot arrangements, i.e. selecting an operating system to be loaded
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44563 Sharing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

The present invention discloses an application data synchronization method and an apparatus. When a first operating system and a second operating system are installed in a terminal, and a first application and a second application that have a same function are installed on the first operating system and the second operating system respectively, the method includes: when the second application runs on the second operating system, performing the function by using second application data, and updating the second application data, where the second application data is updated according to first application data, and the first application data is updated when the first application runs on the first operating system to perform the function; where the first application data and the second application data are stored in the terminal. By using the solutions, sharing of data of a same application between different systems is more convenient and less time-consuming.

Claims

1. An application data synchronization method, wherein the method is applied to a terminal, a first operating system and a second operating system are installed in the terminal, a first application is installed on the first operating system, a second application is installed on the second operating system, and at least one same function is achieved by the first application and the second application, wherein the method comprises:

when the second application runs on the second operating system, performing the function by using second application data, and updating the second application data according to first application data, and updating the first application data when the first application runs on the first operating system to perform the function, wherein

the first application data and the second application data are stored in the terminal, wherein updating the first application data and the second application data is performed according to a comparison of a first update time of a first file containing the first application data with respect to a second update time of a second file containing the second application data, and is performed using a storage configuration file that stores details for the first application data and second application data including storage locations, storage formats, and data sizes.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first file and the second file are different files.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein updating the second application data according to the first application data comprises at least one of the following:

when the second operating system is started, using, according to a storage location of the first file and a storage location of the second file, the first application data stored in the first file to update the second application data stored in the second file when it is determined that the first update time of the first file is later than the second update time of the second file;

or

when the first application data is updated, using, according to a storage location of the first file and a storage location of the second file, updated first application data stored in the first file to update the second application data stored in the second file.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first application data and the second application data are stored in a data sharing file of the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein updating the second application data according to the first application data comprises:

when the first application data is updated, storing updated first application data in the data sharing file; and

generating the second application data after mapping the data sharing file to the second operating system.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the comparison of the first update time of the first file containing the first application data with respect to the second update time of the second file containing the second application data is performed by:

separately reading the first update time of the first file and the second update time of the second file, and performing the comparison, or

directly comparing the first update time of the first file and the second update time of the second file by using an update time record in the storage configuration file.

7. A terminal, wherein a first operating system and a second operating system are installed in the terminal, a first application is installed on the first operating system, a second application is installed on the second operating system, and at least one same function is achieved by the first application and the second application, wherein the terminal comprises:

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

when the second application runs on the second operating system, perform the function by using second application data, and update the second application data according to first application data, and

when the first application runs on the first operating system to perform the function, update the first application data,

wherein updating the first application data and the second application data is performed according to a comparison of a first update time of a first file containing the first application data with respect to a second update time of a second file containing the second application data, and is performed using a storage configuration file that stores details for the first application data and second application data including storage locations, storage formats, and data sizes; and

store the first application data and the second application data.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the first file and the second file are different files.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the second operating system is started, if it is determined that the first update time of the first file is later than the second update time of the second file, use, according to a storage location of the first file and a storage location of the second file, the first application data stored in the first file to update the second application data stored in the second file;

or

when the first application data is updated, use, according to a storage location of the first file and a storage location of the second file, updated first application data stored in the first file to update the second application data stored in the second file.

10. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to store the first application data and the second application data in a data sharing file.

11. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the first application data is updated, store updated first application data in the data sharing file; and

generate the second application data after mapping the data sharing file to the second operating system.

12. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the comparison of the first update time of the first file containing the first application data with respect to the second update time of the second file containing the second application data is performed by:

separately reading the first update time of the first file and the second update time of the second file, and performing the comparison, or

directly comparing the first update time of the first file and the second update time of the second file by using an update time record in the storage configuration file.

13. A terminal, comprising:

a first operating system and a second operating system installed in the terminal;

memory configured to store system data corresponding to the first operating system and system data corresponding to the second operating system are stored in the memory, wherein a first application is installed on the first operating system, a second application is installed on the second operating system, and at least one same function is achieved by the first application and the second application;

a processor configured to;

call the system data to correspondingly run the first operating system or the second operating system,

when the second application runs on the second operating system, perform the function by using second application data, and update the second application data according to first application data, and

when the first application runs on the first operating system to perform the function, update the first application data,

wherein updating the first application data and the second application data is performed according to a comparison of a first update time of a first file containing the first application data with respect to a second update time of a second file containing the second application data, and is performed using a storage configuration file that stores details for the first application data and second application data including storage locations, storage formats, and data sizes; and

wherein the memory is further configured to store the first application data and the second application data.

14. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the first file and the second file are different files.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the second operating system is started, if it is determined that the first update time of the first file is later than the second update time of the second file, use, according to a storage location of the first file and a storage location of the second file, the first application data stored in the first file to update the second application data stored in the second file;

or

when the first application data is updated, use, according to a storage location of the first file and a storage location of the second file, updated first application data stored in the first file to update the second application data stored in the second file.

16. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the memory is further configured to store the first application data and the second application data in a data sharing file.

17. The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the first application data is updated, store updated first application data in the data sharing file; and

generate the second application data after mapping the data sharing file to the second operating system.

18. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the comparison of the first update time of the first file containing the first application data with respect to the second update time of the second file containing the second application data is performed by:

separately reading the first update time of the first file and the second update time of the second file, and performing the comparison, or

directly comparing the first update time of the first file and the second update time of the second file by using an update time record in the storage configuration file.

19. An application data synchronization method, wherein the method is performed by at least one processor of a terminal, a first operating system and a second operating system are installed in the terminal, a first application is installed on the first operating system, a second application is installed on the second operating system, and at least one same function is achieved by the first application and the second application, wherein the method comprises:

registering the first application with a middleware application via a first registration request;

recording the first registration request by the middleware application in a storage configuration file;

when the first application runs on the first operating system, performing the function by using first application data;

storing, by the middleware application, the first application data into a shared storage area;

registering the second application with the middleware application via a second registration request;

recording the second registration request by the middleware application in the storage configuration file;

when the second application runs on the second operating system, mapping the shared storage area to a file system of the second operating system by the middleware application according to the storage configuration file, wherein the storage configuration file stores details for the first application data including storage locations, storage formats, and data sizes; and

performing the function by the second application by using first application data in the shared storage area according to the mapping.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the first registration request includes first verification information for the first application, the second registration request includes second verification information for the second application, and the middleware application verifies the first verification information according to the second verification information before giving the second application access to the shared storage area.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the middleware application maps the shared storage area to the file system of the second operating system using a driver in the shared storage area.