KR20050087935A - A method and a apparatus of program updating for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention compares program data of a cache memory unit in which a new program of a mobile terminal is stored with a flash memory unit in which an existing program is stored, and updates only when there is a difference. The cache memory inputs and stores program data applied from the outside. part; A baseband control unit for receiving and comparing data of the cache memory unit and monitoring overall operation of the mobile terminal; A device structure comprising a flash memory unit connected to the baseband control unit for recording and storing and updating an existing operating program and data, and further comprising a byte for updating updated program data from an external computer when updating with new program data. Preparation for input in units of units or blocks; A comparison process of comparing the program data input in the process with the existing program data stored in the flash memory unit of the portable terminal in byte units or block units to compare the same; If the program data prepared in the above process is not the same value, the program data of the portable terminal characterized in that the update process of replacing the program data of the flash memory unit with the program data of the cache memory unit, update recording and storing, and terminates when the update is completed, This has the effect of speeding up the update and not having to connect to the computer until the update is completed.

Description

Program update apparatus and method of mobile terminal {A METHOD AND A APPARATUS OF PROGRAM UPDATING FOR MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention updates an existing program of a mobile terminal with a new program. In particular, the existing program recorded in the flash memory is compared with the new program that is updated and input by using the cache memory of the baseband circuit. A program updating apparatus and method for recording and storing in a flash memory.

The mobile terminal (MS) is registered with the mobile communication system and freely moves in the service area formed by the base station (BS), while the mobile switching station (MSC: MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER) It is a high-tech wireless communication device that has the advantage of instantaneous wireless connection and communication with the desired party anytime and anywhere through the communication path set by CONTROL and SWITCHING.

As described above, the communication equipment that conveniently communicates with the other party at any time and anywhere by wireless communication is convenient, and the time used for the actual communication is small and most of the time is carried in the standby state for communication (STANDBY).

In order to increase the low operation rate or use rate of the mobile communication terminal (MS) as described above, for example, an additional service developed and provided by a mobile communication service provider is an online game (ONLINE GAME), a wireless Internet (WIRELESS INTERNET). There are some services such as connection, text message transmission, video message transmission, etc., and the additional function (hereinafter referred to as additional service) provided by the mobile terminal manufacturer (MAKER) and built-in production is called a phone book (PHONE-BOOK). Various additional services such as management, memo writing, message writing, schedule management, games, cameras, electronic calculators, alarms, etc. are constantly being developed.

In addition, it is necessary to change some of the existing additional services and operation programs to new programs due to the improvement of component performance of the mobile terminal, improvement of program operation technique, change of service type, and improvement of quality.

As described above, the mobile terminal has a program that is continuously operated and newly developed and added and changed, and the newly developed or changed program should be recorded and stored through a corresponding memory area update (UPDATE) of the mobile terminal.

When changing to an existing program of the portable terminal with a new function added to the program takes a lot of time, in particular, if the program data size is large, there is a problem that takes a long time to update the program.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a method for quickly updating when a newly updated program is recorded and stored in a memory in which an existing program is recorded.

Hereinafter, a program updating method of a portable terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a program update method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, a general mobile communication system will be described. A mobile station (MS) 10 freely moves within a service area 30 formed by a base station (BS) 20, and a desired counterpart and the base station 20 are moved. Communicate by wireless connection through

The path (PATH) through which the mobile terminal (MS) 10 communicates wirelessly with the other party is set by a switching process of the mobile switching center (MSC) 30 and wirelessly connected through the set communication path. Communication is performed by transmitting and receiving the corresponding communication signal with the counterpart.

Each of the base stations 20 forms a unique service area 30, and since a plurality of base stations 20 are fixedly arranged at regular intervals, the whole country is formed as a service area 30 and wirelessly communicates with the other party while moving anywhere in the country. do.

The portable terminal 10 is continuously updated (UPDATE) the associated operation program (PROGRAM) and operation data (DATA) in order to continue to develop additional services and to improve the quality of mobile communication services.

That is, in order for existing mobile terminals to be provided with more various additional services or to use excellent quality services, they must be updated with new programs and data.

Hereinafter, a program updating method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

When the mobile terminal (MS) 10 wants to update program data for operating a new additional service and an improved mobile communication service (S10), the corresponding program stored in the flash memory built in the mobile terminal 10 is deleted. (S20), record and update the updated new program (S30), determine whether there is another program to be updated as described above (S40), and if there is a new program to be updated in the determination (S40), Feed back to step S20, and if there are no more programs to update (UPDATE), the process proceeds to the end.

The program is described as including an operating program OPERATING PROGRAM, operation data DATA, and a parameter.

In the prior art of the above-described configuration, in order to update the program data of the portable terminal with a new one, all existing program data recorded and stored must be deleted and the updated program newly recorded.

Therefore, there is a problem that a lot of time and effort is required to update the program data of the portable terminal.

In particular, in the case of factories that mass-produce, there is a problem such as a large manufacturing cost.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for updating a program of a portable terminal for rapidly updating and recording and storing program data newly developed in the portable terminal.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the cache memory unit for inputting and storing the program data applied from the outside of the portable terminal; A baseband controller for receiving and comparing data of the cache memory unit and monitoring overall operation of the mobile terminal; And a flash memory unit connected to the baseband controller to record, store, and update an existing mobile terminal operating program and data.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the mobile terminal is prepared for inputting the updated program data from the external computer in units of bytes or blocks in the case of updating with new program data; A comparison process of comparing the program data input in the process with the existing program data recorded in the flash memory unit of the portable terminal in the unit of byte or block and comparing the same; If the program data prepared in the above process is not the same value, the update process of replacing the program data of the flash memory unit with the program data of the cache memory unit, update recording and storing, and terminates when the update is completed.

Hereinafter, a program updating apparatus and method for a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a functional configuration diagram of a program updating apparatus of a portable terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a program updating method of a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the program update apparatus of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is described by inputting and storing program data applied from the outside of the mobile terminal 200, and updating and recording the stored program and data from an external computer. (CASH MEMORY) 210 input from the (100) and output by the control of the baseband control unit 220,

By receiving and comparing the data of the cache memory unit 210 and monitoring the entire operation of the mobile terminal 200, the program data recorded and stored in the cache memory unit 210 is recorded and stored in the flash memory unit 230. The data is compared with the byte unit or the block unit, and if the comparison result is the same, the program data of the byte unit or the block unit in the next order is compared. If not, the cache memory unit 210 is not the same. A baseband controller 220 for updating and storing (UPDATE) recording and storing program data recorded and stored in the flash memory unit in the corresponding byte unit or block unit of the flash memory unit 230;

It is connected to the baseband control unit 220 to record and store and update the existing mobile terminal (MS) 200 operating program and data, and program data previously recorded and stored under the control of the baseband control unit 220. Is output in the unit of byte or block, and the flash memory unit 230 is updated to replace and store newly input program data in the unit of byte or block.

In addition, the portable terminal 200 is connected to a cache memory unit 210 and is connected to an external computer (PC) 100 that outputs and applies updated program data.

Hereinafter, the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Since the portable terminal 200 is an advanced wireless communication equipment, and additional services and built-in functions are continuously developed and improved, if necessary, the portable terminal 200 may be updated with new program data to receive a new service.

Development of new program data of the portable terminal 200 is generally performed in a computer (PC) 100, and new update (UPDATE) program data for which development is completed by the computer 100 is performed by the portable terminal. Alternate records should be stored at (200).

As described above, the new program data developed in the computer 100 is stored in the cache memory unit 210 of the mobile terminal 200, and the baseband controller 220 of the mobile terminal 200 records the existing program data. Since it is compared with the program data of the stored flash memory unit 230, if there is a difference or difference, it is determined that it is updated, and the update record is stored to replace.

That is, the cache memory unit 210, which is connected to the computer 100 and inputs and stores updated new program data, is stored in a byte unit or a block unit under the control of the baseband controller 220. The program data is output to the baseband controller 220 and at the same time, the flash memory unit 230 under the control of the baseband controller 220 also outputs the program data in a byte unit or a block unit. Output to the baseband control unit 220.

Since the baseband controller 220 analyzes the data of the byte unit or the block unit of the same program from the cache memory unit 210 and the flash memory unit 230 as a comparison or contrast state, Determine if it is the same or not.

When the baseband controller 220 determines that the baseband controller 220 is not the same by judging the contrast, it is determined by the baseband controller 220 that the program data recorded in the cache memory 210 is updated (UPDATE). Therefore, the program data of the corresponding byte (BYTE) unit or the block (BLOCK) unit of the flash memory unit 230 is updated to the corresponding program data of the cache memory unit 210, and then the computer 100. An update record is developed that is replaced with a new program data value newly developed from the new program.

When the baseband controller 220 compares and checks the data in the cache memory unit 210 and the flash memory unit 230 by the unit of byte (BYTE) or block (BLOCK), it is updated. Since the program data is not read in the following sequence, the process of reading and comparing the program data in byte unit or block unit is repeated until the corresponding program is terminated.

That is, the portable terminal program update device according to the present invention having the above-described configuration updates the process of recording and replacing only the updated portion by byte unit or block unit when updating with new program data. The processing speed is very fast and the load of the baseband control unit is reduced, thereby improving the reliability of the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, a program updating method of a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The portable terminal 200 inputs updated program data from an external computer in units of bytes or blocks when updating with new program data, and determines whether the portable terminal updates existing program data with a new one (S100). ); When updating in the process (S100), the program data updated from the external computer 100 is input to the cache memory unit 210 in the byte (BYTE) unit or block (BLOCK) unit to record and store (S110) The preparatory process

By comparing the program data input in the process and the existing program data recorded in the flash memory unit 230 of the portable terminal 200 in the same unit by byte unit or block unit, the baseband of the portable terminal 200 is compared. Reading, by the controller 220, the program data recorded and stored in the cache memory unit 210 and the program data recorded and stored in the flash memory unit 230 in units of bytes or blocks (S120); A contrast process comprising a process of comparing the program data read in byte units or block units in the process S120 (S130),

If the program data prepared in the above process is not the same value, the program data of the flash memory unit is replaced with the program data of the cache memory unit, and updated and stored. When the update is completed, the cache memory unit 210 and the flash are finished. Reading the program data from the memory unit 230 in units of bytes or blocks and determining whether the program data compared with each other is the same value (S140); If it is determined in the step S140 that is not the same value, the program data written in the cache memory unit 210 is written and stored by replacing the byte or block program data with the corresponding byte unit or block unit of the flash memory unit 230. Process (S150); Comparing the program data of the step (S150) by all the byte unit or block unit to determine whether the update (UPDATE) is completed, and if the update is not completed is fed back to the preparation process (S110) to continue the update When the update is completed, the update process consisting of the process of proceeding to the end (S160),

If the program data value prepared in the update process (S140) is the same value, the configuration consisting of a feedback process (S170) to specify the next byte unit or block unit and return to the preparation process (S110) to repeat the process to be.

Hereinafter, a method of updating a program of a portable terminal according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The portable terminal 200 determines whether to update with new program data applied from the computer 100 (S100), and when updating to new program data in the determination (S100), the portable terminal 200 updates the new program data applied from the computer. The data is input to the cache memory unit 210 of the mobile terminal in units of bytes or blocks and stored in the corresponding area (S110).

As described above, the program data recorded and stored in the cache memory unit 210 is read in a byte unit or a block unit under the control of the baseband controller 220 of the mobile terminal 200. The existing program data of the flash memory unit 230 is read in byte units or block units (S120).

The baseband controller 220 of the mobile terminal 200 compares data read from the cache memory unit 210 and the flash memory unit 230 in byte units or block units, respectively (S130). As a result of the comparison as described above, it is determined whether both program data values are the same (S140).

If it is not the same value in the determination (S140), since the program data value recorded and stored in the cache memory unit is determined to be a newly updated program, the program data is written and stored in place of the corresponding byte unit or block unit in the flash memory unit. In operation S150, it is determined whether the update is completed by comparison between all byte units or block units of the program (S160). When the update is not completed by comparison of all byte units or blocks, the preparation process ( Return to S110 to repeat the above process, and if the update is complete proceeds to the end.

In addition, in the update determination process (S140), when the program data values read and compared in the byte unit or block unit of the cache memory unit and the flash memory unit are the same value, the corresponding byte unit or block unit stored in the cache memory unit is stored. Since the program has not been updated, it designates the next byte unit or block unit and returns to the preparation process (S110) (S170), so that the program data of the corresponding byte unit or block unit of the cache memory unit and the flash memory unit is as described above. Repeat the comparison process.

Therefore, according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, when recording and storing newly updated program data in the portable terminal 200, a comparison is made in byte units or block units, and as a result of the comparison, it is determined to be updated, The program data recorded and stored in the cache memory unit is transferred to the flash memory unit and stored in the cache.

According to the present invention having the above configuration, when various programs provided and operated in the mobile terminal are updated, newly updated program data is recorded and stored in the cache memory unit, and previous program data is read from the flash memory unit in byte units or blocks. Compared with each other, it is judged to be updated only in other cases, so that the alternative record is stored, thereby increasing the program update speed of the portable terminal.

In addition, the newly developed program is stored in the cache memory using a computer and compared with the existing program recorded and stored in the flash memory unit by the baseband controller of the mobile terminal. Therefore, the user does not need to connect with the computer until the update is completed. It has a convenient effect.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system,

2 is a flowchart of a program update method of a portable terminal according to the prior art;

3 is a functional configuration diagram of a program update device of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a program update method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

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100: computer 200: mobile terminal 210: cache memory unit

220: baseband control unit 230: flash memory unit

Claims (10)

A cache memory unit for inputting and storing program data applied from the outside of the portable terminal; A baseband controller which receives and compares data of the cache memory unit and monitors overall operation of the mobile terminal; And a flash memory unit connected to the baseband control unit for recording, storing, and updating an existing mobile terminal operating program and data. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal, And a connection to an external computer which is connected to the cache memory unit and outputs updated program data. The method of claim 2, wherein the cache memory unit, And updating and recording stored program data from an external computer and outputting the program data under the control of the baseband controller. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseband control unit, Comparing the program data recorded and stored in the cache memory unit with the program data recorded and stored in the flash memory unit in byte units or block units, If the comparison result is the same, the program data of the next byte unit or block unit is compared. And if it is not the same as the result of the comparison, the program update device of the portable terminal, characterized in that for newly updating and storing the program data recorded and stored in the cache memory unit in the unit of byte or block of the flash memory unit. The flash memory device of claim 1, wherein the flash memory unit includes: Under the control of the baseband control unit, the program data previously recorded and stored are output in byte units or block units, and the program data newly input in the byte units or block units is alternately recorded and stored. Program updating device of a mobile terminal. When the portable terminal updates with new program data, a preparation process for inputting updated program data from an external computer in units of bytes or blocks, and A comparison process of comparing the program data input in the above process with the existing program data stored in the flash memory unit of the mobile terminal in byte units or block units and comparing the same; If the program data prepared in the above process is not the same value, the program update method of the portable terminal, characterized in that for updating and storing the program data of the flash memory unit to replace the program data of the cache memory unit, and recording and storing when the update is complete . The method of claim 6, If the program data value prepared in the update process is the same value, the program update method of the mobile terminal comprising a feedback process of specifying the next byte unit or block unit and returning to the preparation process and repeating the process. . The method of claim 6, wherein the preparation process, Determining whether the portable terminal updates existing program data with a new one; When updating in the above process, the program update method of the portable terminal comprising the step of recording and storing the program data updated from the external computer to the cache memory unit by byte unit or block unit. The method of claim 6, wherein the contrasting process, Reading, by a baseband controller of the portable terminal, program data recorded and stored in a cache memory unit and program data recorded and stored in a flash memory unit in units of bytes or blocks; And comparing and comparing the program data read in byte units or block units in the above process. The method of claim 6, wherein the updating process, Determining whether the program data read from the cache memory unit and the flash memory unit in the unit of a byte or a block is compared with the same value in the preparation process; A process of updating and storing the program data written in the cache memory unit by the byte unit or the block unit by replacing the program data recorded in the cache memory unit with the corresponding byte unit or the block unit in the flash memory unit, if the same value is not determined and updated; Comparing the program data of the process in every byte unit or block unit to determine whether the update is completed, and if the update is not completed, it returns to the preparation process, and if the update is completed, the portable terminal comprising a process of proceeding to the end How to update program.