CN103560997A - Application program download management method and device and download server - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method, device and download server for application program download management, wherein the application program download management method includes: the download server receives an application program download request sent by a client, and the download request includes the data packet of the application program Attribute information; the download server judges whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management strategy; The obtained data packet is sent to the client; and when the download server does not allow the client's download request, the download server rejects the client's download request. Filtering the download request of the client by the download server can prevent bandwidth resources from being occupied by download tasks of some irrelevant data packets, and improve the reasonable utilization of bandwidth resources.

Description

Application program download management method, device and download server

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of computers, and in particular relates to a method, a device and a download server for application program download management.

Background technique

With the continuous improvement of application program development and version update speed, the download processing of various application programs is also becoming more frequent. However, the current download server cannot manage the type of data packets of the application program downloaded by the client, and the download server defaults to allowing the download request of the client.

Since the data packets of the application downloaded by the client through the download server are not limited, the network bandwidth may be occupied by the task of downloading the data packets of the client for a long time.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention is proposed to provide an application program download management method, device and download server that overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for managing application program downloads is provided, the method comprising: the download server receives an application program download request sent by a client, and the download request includes attributes of data packets of the application program information; the download server judges whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management strategy; when the download server allows the download request of the client, the download server sends an external Download the data packet of the application program through the Internet, and send the downloaded data packet to the client; and when the download server does not allow the download request of the client, the download server rejects the client The download request from the end.

Optionally, the download management policy is: the download server allows all download requests of the client.

Optionally, the download management policy is: if there is data matching the attribute information of the data package of the application program in the database of the download server, the download server allows the download request of the client; otherwise , the download server does not allow the download request of the client.

Optionally, the attribute information includes: a download address of the data package of the application program.

Optionally, the step of sending the downloaded data package to the client includes: the download server temporarily saves the downloaded data package in a local cache space; The data packets in the cache space are sent to the client.

Optionally, the step of the download server downloading the data package of the application from the external network according to the download request includes: the download server judges whether the data package is based on the attribute information of the data package of the application Stored in the local cache space of the download server; if yes, the download server sends the data packet in the local cache space to the client; if not, the download server sends the data packet according to the download Request to download the data package of the application from the external network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a device for managing application program downloads is also provided, and the device includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a download request of an application program sent by a client, and the download request includes the application program The attribute information of the data packet; the judging module is used to judge whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management policy; the download module is used to send the download request to the Downloading the data packet of the application program from the external network, and sending the downloaded data packet to the client; and a rejection module, configured to send the downloaded data packet to the client when the download request of the client is not allowed. A message denying the download request.

Optionally, the download management policy is that the download server allows the download request of the client.

Optionally, the download management policy is that if there is data matching the attribute information of the data package of the application program in the database of the download server, the download server allows the download request of the client; otherwise, The download server does not allow the download request of the client.

Optionally, the attribute information includes: a download address of the data package of the application program.

Optionally, the download module includes: a download unit, configured to download the data package of the application from the external network according to the download request; a cache unit, configured to temporarily save the downloaded data package in a local In the cache space; a sending unit, configured to send the data packet in the local cache space to the client.

Optionally, the download module further includes: a processing unit, configured to judge whether the data packet is stored in the local cache space according to the attribute information of the data packet of the application program; if so, trigger the The sending unit sends the data packet in the local buffer space to the client; if not, the downloading unit is triggered to download the data packet of the application program from the external network according to the download request.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a download server is also provided, and the download server includes the device for managing application downloads as described above.

According to the application program download management method, device and download server of the present invention, the download server can filter the download request of the client, and when the download request of the client meets the download management policy configured on the download server, the download server allows the client's Download request, when the client's download request does not meet the download management policy configured on the download server, the download server rejects the client's download request, and filters the client's download request through the download server, which can prevent bandwidth resources from being blocked by some irrelevant data packets The download task is occupied by the download task, which improves the reasonable utilization of bandwidth resources, and the administrator can adjust the download management strategy configured on the download server, so that the administrator can better manage the applications on the client in a unified manner.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the specific embodiments of the present invention are enumerated below.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same parts. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of a method 100 for managing application downloads according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a download server managing a download request according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 3 shows a structural diagram of an apparatus 300 for managing application downloads according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

The application program download management method proposed by the embodiment of the present invention is mainly that the download server filters the download request of the client, and when the download request of the client satisfies the download management policy configured on the download server, the download server allows the download request of the client , when the client's download request does not meet the download management policy configured on the download server, the download server rejects the client's download request. A flow chart of a method 100 for managing application program downloads according to an embodiment of the present invention and suitable for solving the above-mentioned problems will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the steps of the method 100 of the present invention start at step S110. In step S110, the download server receives the application download request sent by the client, and the download request includes: attribute information of the data package of the application.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the download server stores a large number of data packages of the application program, and the data package may be the installation package of the application program, that is, by downloading the installation package, the application program can be installed on the client . When the client needs to install the application program, the client sends a download request to the download server to download the installation package of the application program; version upgrade of the application. When the client needs to upgrade the installed application program, the client sends a download request for downloading the upgrade package of the application program to the download server. Of course, it can be understood that the type of the data packet is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, the attribute information of the data package includes a download address of the data package of the application program. In the embodiment of the present invention, the type of the data packet can be distinguished by the download address, and then the download request of the client is filtered. Only when the download address of the data packet conforms to the download management strategy configured in the download server, the download server will allow Client's download request.

Subsequently, in step S120, the download server judges whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management policy.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the download management policy may be: the download server allows all download requests from the client.

That is, after the download server receives the download request from the client, it can judge whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management strategy. All download requests are allowed, and the download server will not limit the client's download requests.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the download management strategy can also be: if there is data matching the attribute information of the data package of the application program in the database of the download server, the download server allows the download request of the client; otherwise, the download server Deny the client's download request.

That is, after the download server receives the download request from the client, it can judge whether to allow the download request from the client according to the configured download management strategy. The server allows the client's download request; otherwise, the download server rejects the client's download request.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the administrator can configure a variety of different download management strategies on the download server. The following uses the attribute information of the data package to include the download address of the data package of the application program as an example. The domain name list of the proxy host is configured in the database of the download server. For example, the domain names of procy_hosts and procy_hosts_min are stored in the domain name list of the proxy host. If the download address of the data packet is within the address range in the domain name list of the proxy host, the download server allows the client to If the download address of the data packet is not in the address range in the domain name list of the proxy host, the download server rejects the download request of the client to download the data packet.

Specific method 1: Set the domain names of the proxy hosts of the data packets of all products of the specified service provider (such as Qihoo 360) in the domain name list of the proxy host of the download server (such as [procy_hosts] and [procy_hosts_min in the 360EntPublish.dat file ]). Referring to Fig. 2, if download server 24 receives client 22 to download the download request of the data package of any product of this specified service provider, since the domain name list of the proxy host of download server 24 is provided with the specified service provider The domain name of the proxy host of the data packets of all products of the supplier, so the download server 24 can allow the download request of the client 22, and then the download server 24 downloads the data packets to the external network server 26; and if the data packets downloaded by the client 22 are other When the product of service provider, because the domain name of the proxy host of the data packet of the product of other service provider is not set in the domain name list of the proxy host of download server 24, so download server 24 can reject this download request.

Specific method 2: Set the domain names of proxy hosts for data packages such as vulnerability patches, guard trojan horse databases, or antivirus databases in the domain name list of proxy hosts of the download server (for example, [procy_hosts] and [procy_hosts_min] in the 360EntPublish.dat file). Referring to Fig. 2, if download server 24 receives client 22 to download the download request of data packets such as vulnerability patch, guard Trojan horse storehouse or antivirus virus library, because if be provided with vulnerability patch, The domain names of the agent hosts of data packets such as the guard's Trojan horse library or antivirus virus database, therefore, the download server 24 can allow this download request, and then the download server 24 downloads the data packets to the extranet server 26; if the download server 24 receives the client download During the download request of data packets such as movies, games or music, because the domain names of the proxy hosts of data packets such as movies, games or music are not set in the domain name list of the proxy host of download server 24, so download server 24 can reject client 22. download request.

Since the download server only allows download requests for data packages such as vulnerability patches, guard Trojan horse libraries, or antivirus virus libraries, the client cannot download other irrelevant applications, such as movies, games or music, through the download server, making it easier for administrators to The application on the client side is managed.

If it is judged in step S120 that the download request of the client is allowed, the process proceeds to step S130. In step S130, the download server downloads the data packet of the application program from the external network according to the download request, and sends the downloaded data packet to the client.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the step of the download server downloading the data package of the application program from the external network according to the download request includes: the download server judges whether the data package is stored in the local location of the download server according to the attribute information of the data package of the application program. In the cache space; if it exists, the download server sends the data packet in the local cache space to the client; if it does not exist, the download server downloads the data packet of the application from the external network according to the download request.

Optionally, a data table is stored in the local cache space of the download server, and the attribute information of the data packets cached in the cache space is recorded in the data table. When the download server receives the download request from the client, it judges the data packet Whether the attribute information has been stored in the data table, if so, the download server does not need to download the data package of the application program from the external network, but can directly send the data package in the cache space to the client, thus saving bandwidth resources . If not, the download server needs to download the data package of the application from the external network according to the download request. For example, according to the download address of the data package in the attribute information of the data package, the download server links to the data server on the external network to download the data package of the application program.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the step of sending the downloaded data package to the client includes: the download server temporarily saves the downloaded data package in a local cache space; then the download server stores the data in the local cache space The package is sent to the client. So that when other clients download the same data package, the download server can directly send the data package in the local cache space to the client.

If it is judged in step S120 that the client's download request is not allowed, then go to step S140. In step S140, the download server rejects the client's download request.

That is, if the download request of the client does not meet the download management policy configured by the administrator on the download server, the download server will reject this type of download request, so that the bandwidth resources will not be occupied by some irrelevant download requests, improving the quality of the network. Reasonable utilization of resources.

It should be noted that the method shown in FIG. 1 is not limited to the order of the steps shown, and the order of the steps can be adjusted as required, such as step S130 and step S140. In addition, the steps are not limited to The above steps are divided, and the above steps can be further divided into more steps or combined into fewer steps.

An apparatus 300 for managing application program downloads according to an embodiment of the present invention and suitable for solving the above problems will be described below with reference to FIG. 3 .

As shown in FIG. 3 , the device 300 for managing application downloads in the present invention includes: a receiving module 302 , a judging module 304 , a downloading module 306 and a rejecting module 308 .

Wherein, the receiving module 302 is used to receive the download request of the application sent by the client, and the download request includes the attribute information of the data packet of the application; the judging module 304 is used to judge whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management strategy; The download module 306 is used for when the download request of the client is allowed, downloads the data packet of the application program from the external network according to the download request, and sends the downloaded data packet to the client; When downloading a request, send a message rejecting the download request to the client.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a large number of application program data packages are stored on the device, and the data packages may be application program installation packages, that is, the application program is installed on the client by downloading the installation package. When the client needs to install the application program, the client sends a download request to the device to download the installation package of the application program; version upgrade of the application. When the client needs to upgrade the installed application, the client sends a download request for downloading the upgrade package of the application to the device. Of course, it can be understood that the type of the data packet is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, the attribute information of the data package includes a download address of the data package of the application program. In the embodiment of the present invention, the device can distinguish the type of the data packet through the download address, and then filter the download request of the client. Only when the download address of the data packet conforms to the download management strategy configured in the device, the device will The client's download request will be allowed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the download management policy may be: the device allows all download requests from the client. That is, after the device receives the download request from the client, it can judge whether to allow the download request from the client according to the configured download management strategy. All download requests are allowed, and the device will not limit the client's download requests.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the download management strategy can also be: if there is data matching the attribute information of the data package of the application program in the database of the device, the device allows the download request of the client; otherwise, the device Deny the client's download request.

That is, after the device receives the download request from the client, it can judge whether to allow the download request from the client according to the configured download management policy. If there is data matching the attribute information of the application data package in the database of the device, the The device allows the client's download request; otherwise, the device rejects the client's download request.

The administrator can configure a variety of download management strategies on the device. The following is an example where the attribute information of the data package includes the download address of the data package of the application program. The administrator configures the domain name list of the proxy host in the database of the device. For example, the domain names of procy_hosts and procy_hosts_min are stored in the domain name list of the proxy host, if the download address of the data packet is within the address range in the domain name list of the proxy host, the device allows the download request of the client to download the data packet; if the data packet When the download address is not within the address range in the domain name list of the proxy host, the device rejects the download request of the client to download the data package.

Specific method 1: Set the domain name of the proxy host of the data packets of all products of the specified service provider (such as Qihoo 360) in the domain name list of the proxy host of the device (such as [procy_hosts] and [procy_hosts_min in the 360EntPublish.dat file ]). If the device receives a download request from the client to download the data package of any product of the specified service provider, since the domain name list of the proxy host of the device is set with data packages of all products of the specified service provider The domain name of the proxy host, so the device allows the download request of the client, and the device downloads the data package to the external network server; and if the data package downloaded by the client is the product of other service providers, due to the other service provider’s The domain name of the proxy host of the product data package is not set in the domain name list of the proxy host of the device, so the device will reject the download request.

Specific method 2: Set the domain names of proxy hosts for data packages such as vulnerability patches, guard trojan horse databases, or antivirus databases in the domain name list of proxy hosts of the download server (for example, [procy_hosts] and [procy_hosts_min] in the 360EntPublish.dat file). If the device receives a download request from the client to download data packages such as the vulnerability patch, the guard Trojan library, or the antivirus virus database, because if the domain name list of the proxy host of the device is set with the vulnerability patch, the guard Trojan library, or the antivirus virus Therefore, the device allows the download request, and the device downloads the data package to the external network server; if the device receives a download request from the client to download data packages such as movies, games or music, Because the domain name list of the proxy host of the device does not set the domain name of the proxy host of data packets such as movies, games or music, the device will reject the download request of the client. Since the device only allows download requests for data packages such as bug patches, guard Trojan horse libraries, or anti-virus virus libraries, the client cannot download other irrelevant applications, such as movies, games or music through the device, making it easier for administrators to The application on the client side is managed.

Optionally, the download module 206 includes: a download unit, a cache unit, and a sending unit, wherein the download unit is used to download data packets of the application program from the external network according to the download request; the cache unit is used to temporarily store the downloaded data packets locally in the cache space; the sending unit is used to send the data packets in the local cache space to the client.

Optionally, the download module 206 further includes: a processing unit, configured to judge whether the data packet is stored in the local cache space according to the attribute information of the data packet of the application program; The data packet is sent to the client; if it does not exist, the download unit is triggered to download the data packet of the application program from the external network according to the download request.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a download server is also provided. The download server includes the above-mentioned device, and the specific structure can be referred to FIG. 3 .

According to the application program download management method, device and download server of the present invention, the download server can filter the download request of the client, and when the download request of the client meets the download management policy configured on the download server, the download server allows the client's Download request, when the client's download request does not meet the download management policy configured on the download server, the download server rejects the client's download request, and filters the client's download request through the download server, which can prevent bandwidth resources from being blocked by some irrelevant data packets The download task is occupied by the download task, which improves the reasonable utilization of bandwidth resources, and the administrator can adjust the download management strategy configured on the download server, so that the administrator can better manage the applications on the client in a unified manner.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the attribute information includes: a download address of the data package of the application program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the download module includes:

a download unit, configured to download the data package of the application from the external network according to the download request;

A cache unit, configured to temporarily save the downloaded data package in a local cache space;

A sending unit, configured to send the data packets in the local buffer space to the client.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the download module also includes:

A processing unit, configured to judge whether the data packet is stored in the local cache space according to the attribute information of the data packet of the application program; if yes, trigger the sending unit to send all the data packets in the local cache space The data packet is sent to the client; if not, the download unit is triggered to download the data packet of the application program from the external network according to the download request.

The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other device. Various generic systems can also be used with the teachings based on this. The structure required to construct such a system is apparent from the above description. Furthermore, the present invention is not specific to any particular programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the content of the present invention described herein, and the above description of specific languages is for disclosing the best mode of the present invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to streamline this disclosure and to facilitate an understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or its description. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be adaptively changed and arranged in one or more devices different from the embodiment. Modules or units or components in the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-assemblies. All features disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), as well as any method or method so disclosed, may be used in any combination, except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. All processes or units of equipment are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments but not others, combinations of features from different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention. and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all functions of some or all components in the apparatus for managing application downloads according to the embodiments of the present invention. The present invention can also be implemented as an apparatus or an apparatus program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for performing a part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet site, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

Claims (10)

1. A method for application download management, characterized in that the method comprises: The download server receives the download request of the application program sent by the client, and the download request includes the attribute information of the data packet of the application program; The download server judges whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management strategy; When the download server allows the download request of the client, the download server downloads the data package of the application program from the external network according to the download request, and sends the downloaded data package to the client; and When the download server does not allow the download request of the client, the download server rejects the download request of the client. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the download management policy is: the download server allows all download requests of the client. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the download management strategy is: if there is data matching the attribute information of the data packet of the application program in the database of the download server, The download server allows the client's download request; otherwise, the download server does not allow the client's download request. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the attribute information includes: a download address of the data package of the application program. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the step of sending the downloaded data packet to the client comprises: The download server temporarily saves the downloaded data package in a local cache space; The download server sends the data packets in the local cache space to the client. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the step of downloading the data package of the application from the external network by the download server according to the download request comprises: The download server judges whether the data packet is stored in the local cache space of the download server according to the attribute information of the data packet of the application program; If so, the download server sends the data packet in the local cache space to the client; If not, the download server downloads the data package of the application from the external network according to the download request. 7. A device for application program download management, characterized in that the device comprises: The receiving module is configured to receive the download request of the application program sent by the client, and the download request includes the attribute information of the data packet of the application program; A judging module, configured to judge whether to allow the download request of the client according to the configured download management strategy; A download module, configured to download the data package of the application from the external network according to the download request when the download request of the client is allowed, and send the downloaded data package to the client; and A rejecting module, configured to send a message of rejecting the download request to the client when the download request of the client is not allowed. 8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the download management policy is that the download server allows the download request of the client. 9. The device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the download management strategy is that if there is data matching the attribute information of the data packet of the application program in the database of the download server, the The download server allows the download request of the client; otherwise, the download server does not allow the download request of the client. 10. A download server, characterized in that the download server comprises the device for managing application program downloads according to any one of claims 7-9.

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