CN115098128A - Software updating method, device, equipment and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a software updating method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: after a software updating and upgrading thread is started, acquiring version configuration information of currently running target software, wherein the version configuration information comprises a local version number, a latest version number and at least one intermediate version number of the target software, determining that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number, and downloading a corresponding software updating package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number and a multi-stage updating strategy so as to update the software. The invention realizes the control of the size of the download update package in the software update process, saves the software update time and improves the software update efficiency.

Description

Software update method, device, device and storage medium

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of software, and in particular, to a software update method, apparatus, device and storage medium.

Background technique

In today's society, software APPs in mobile devices (including mobile phones, tablet computers, mobile PCs and other mobile devices) have filled all aspects of people's lives, and each software has its own focus and cycle. The software update personnel will optimize the software according to the applicable direction of the software and the user's use and feedback, and integrate it into a software version update package, which will be uploaded to the server for users to download and update.

In the current technology, in the process of software version change, in order to take into account the software update and upgrade of users who use the old version and users who use the old version installation package for software installation, the update package file for version update and upgrade must contain multiple old versions. Update content, so with the iteration of the version, the update package file of the higher version will become larger and larger. For most users who update the software in time, the software version they use is close to the latest version, and only the latest version needs to be updated after the new version is released. However, when the software is updated, it needs to download the software update package of the same size as the user update with a lower software version, which not only causes too much time to download the software update package, but also increases the loss of download traffic.

Therefore, in order to improve the user experience, there is an urgent need for a method that can effectively solve the above problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a software update method, device, device and storage medium, which aim to effectively control the size of the update package, reduce the update download time, and reduce the consumption of software update traffic.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for software update, the method for software update includes:

After the software update and upgrade thread is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, determine that the target software needs to be updated;

The corresponding software update package is downloaded according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update.

Optionally, the step of downloading a corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and a multi-level update strategy to perform software update includes:

When the intermediate version number is one, determine whether the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number;

If the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, download the latest version update package for software update;

When there are multiple intermediate version numbers, determine whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number;

If the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, download the latest version installation package for software update.

Optionally, after the step of determining whether the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number when the intermediate version number is one, the method further includes:

If the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, after downloading the intermediate version update package for update and upgrade, download the latest version update package to upgrade to the latest version.

Optionally, after the step of determining whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number when there are multiple intermediate version numbers, the method further includes:

If the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, compare the local version number with the rest of the intermediate version numbers in order from low to high, and determine the first one that is higher than the local version number. Begin to update the version number;

After downloading the update package corresponding to the initial update version number for update and upgrade, download the update package with a higher version than the initial update version number update package in sequence for software update and upgrade until the target software is updated. new version of .

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a software update method applied to a server, the software update method comprising:

After the software update and upgrade thread on the terminal side is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

delivering the version configuration information to the terminal, so that the terminal can determine that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number; according to the local version number and the The intermediate version number and the multi-level update strategy trigger the corresponding software update package download request;

Receive a software update package download request sent by the terminal, and send a corresponding software update package to the terminal according to the software update package download request to perform software update.

Optionally, before the step of acquiring the version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software update and upgrade thread is started, the method further includes:

When it is detected that a new version update package is uploaded, it is detected whether the number of version updates reaches a preset threshold;

If the number of version updates is higher than the threshold for the number of version updates, the current update version is set as an intermediate version, an update package of the corresponding intermediate version is generated, and the corresponding version information is written in the version configuration information.

Optionally, before the step of acquiring the version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software update and upgrade thread on the terminal side is started, the method further includes:

Detecting whether the size of the current latest version update package of the target software exceeds a preset threshold, and if it exceeds the preset threshold, after detecting that the next version update package is uploaded, set the current latest version as an intermediate version; or

During the process of releasing the target software to the latest version, if it is detected that the size of the update package of one or more lower versions lower than the latest version exceeds the preset threshold, the detected lower version is set as the intermediate version .

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a software update device, the software update device includes:

an information acquisition module, configured to acquire version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software update and upgrade thread is started, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

A determining module, configured to determine that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number;

An update and upgrade module, configured to download a corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, the terminal device includes: a memory, a processor, and a software update program stored in the memory and running on the processor, the When the software update program is executed by the processor, the steps of the method for software update described in any of the above are implemented.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium, where a software update program is stored in the storage medium, and when the software update program is executed by a processor, the steps of the above software update method are implemented.

The software update method, device, device and storage medium proposed by the embodiments of the present invention divide the software update version into multiple update intervals by setting an intermediate version, and a multi-level update strategy, after the software update and update thread is started, obtain Version configuration information of the currently running target software, the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software. When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, It is determined that the target software needs to be updated, and a corresponding software update package is downloaded according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update. Software upgrade through multi-level update strategy can effectively control the size of the update package, reduce the update download time, and quickly upgrade the software. Based on the solution of the present invention, starting from the process of iterating the software version, by setting one or more intermediate versions, the software version is divided into multiple levels, and the size of the software version content that the user needs to update is determined by judging the user's software version. , by introducing a multi-level update strategy to upgrade the software, thereby controlling the size of the download update package, reducing the software update time and reducing the traffic consumption of the software update.

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Fig. 1 is the functional module schematic diagram of the terminal equipment to which the software updating device of the present invention belongs;

2 is a schematic flowchart of an exemplary embodiment of a software update method of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of another exemplary embodiment of a software update method of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart of another exemplary embodiment of a software update method provided by the present invention;

5 is a schematic flowchart of another exemplary embodiment of a software update method provided by the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of another exemplary embodiment of a software update method provided by the present invention.

Detailed ways

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

In the following description, suffixes such as 'module', 'component' or 'unit' used to represent elements are used only to facilitate the description of the present invention and have no specific meaning per se. Thus, "module", "component" or "unit" may be used interchangeably.

The main solution of the embodiment of the present application is: by setting one or more intermediate versions, write the corresponding version configuration information in the configuration file, after the software update and upgrade thread is started, obtain the version configuration information of the currently running target software, the said The version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software. By the size of the local version number being lower than the latest version number, it is determined whether the target software needs to be updated. When the software needs to be updated, the initial update version of the target software is determined by the size of the local version number and the intermediate version number, and the corresponding software update is downloaded through the set multi-level update strategy according to the initial update version. package for software updates. By setting the intermediate version, the software version is divided into multiple levels, and by judging the user's software version, the size of the software version content that the user needs to update is determined, and then the size of the download update package is controlled and the download time of the update package is reduced. Based on the solution of the present invention, starting from the process of iterating the software version, by setting one or more intermediate versions, the software version is divided into multiple levels, and the size of the software version content that the user needs to update is determined by judging the user's software version. , by introducing a multi-level update strategy to upgrade the software, thereby controlling the size of the download update package, reducing the software update time and reducing the traffic consumption of the software update.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of a terminal device to which the software updating apparatus of the present application belongs. The software update apparatus may be an apparatus independent of the terminal device and capable of software download and software update, which may be carried on the terminal device in the form of hardware or software. The terminal device may be an intelligent mobile terminal with a data processing function, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, or a fixed terminal device or a server with a data processing function.

In this embodiment, the terminal device to which the software updating apparatus belongs includes at least an output module 110 , a processor 120 , a memory 130 and a communication module 140 .

The memory 130 stores an operating system and a software update program, and the software update device can store the version configuration information, software update package and other information of the currently running target software in the memory 130; the output module 110 can be a display screen or the like. The communication module 140 may include a wired network interface, a WIFI module, a mobile communication module, a Bluetooth module, etc., and communicates with an external device or server through the communication module 140 .

Wherein, when the software update device is a terminal device used by the user, the following steps are implemented when the software update program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor:

After the software update and upgrade thread is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, determine that the target software needs to be updated;

The corresponding software update package is downloaded according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update.

Further, when the software update program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor, the following steps are also implemented:

When the intermediate version number is one, determine whether the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number;

If the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, download the latest version update package for software update;

When there are multiple intermediate version numbers, determine whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number;

If the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, download the latest version installation package for software update.

Further, when the software update program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor, the following steps are also implemented:

If the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, after downloading the intermediate version update package for update and upgrade, download the latest version update package to upgrade to the latest version.

Further, when the software update program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor, the following steps are also implemented:

If the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, compare the local version number with the rest of the intermediate version numbers in order from low to high, and determine the first one that is higher than the local version number. Begin to update the version number;

After downloading the update package corresponding to the initial update version number for update and upgrade, download the update package corresponding to the version number higher than the initial update version number in sequence to perform software update and upgrade until the target is updated. New version of the software.

When the terminal device applied by the software updating apparatus is a server, the following steps are implemented when the software updating program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor:

After the software update and upgrade thread on the terminal side is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

delivering the version configuration information to the terminal, so that the terminal can determine that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number; according to the local version number and the The intermediate version number and the multi-level update strategy trigger the corresponding software update package download request;

Receive a software update package download request sent by the terminal, and send a corresponding software update package to the terminal according to the software update package download request to perform software update.

Further, when the software update program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor, the following steps are also implemented:

When it is detected that a new version update package is uploaded, it is detected whether the number of version updates reaches a preset threshold;

If the number of version updates is higher than the threshold for the number of version updates, the current update version is set as an intermediate version, an update package of the corresponding intermediate version is generated, and the corresponding version information is written in the version configuration information.

Further, when the software update program in the memory 130 is executed by the processor, the following steps are also implemented: when detecting that a new intermediate version is generated, detecting whether the number of the intermediate versions reaches a preset reasonable demand number;

When the number of the intermediate versions is not higher than the reasonable demand number, retain the update packages corresponding to all intermediate versions and the version information in the version configuration information;

When the number of intermediate versions is higher than the reasonable required number, the first intermediate version and the second intermediate version are merged into a second intermediate version, and the version information of the first intermediate version in the version configuration information is deleted.

In this embodiment, through the above solution, the software update process is divided into multiple levels of different intermediate version numbers by setting the intermediate version. After the software update and upgrade thread is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained. The version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software. When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, it is determined that the target software needs to be updated. According to the The local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy download the corresponding software update package for software update. Software upgrade through multi-level update strategy can effectively control the size of the update package, reduce the update download time, and quickly upgrade the software. Based on the solution of the present invention, starting from the process of iterating software versions, by setting one or more intermediate versions, the software version is divided into multiple intermediate version levels, and the target software that the user needs to update is determined by judging the user's target software version. The initial update version at the time of update, and then introduce a multi-level update strategy to upgrade the software, thereby controlling the size of the download update package, reducing the software update time and reducing the traffic consumption of the software update.

Based on the above-mentioned terminal device architecture but not limited to the above-mentioned architecture, the method embodiments of the present application are proposed.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an exemplary embodiment of a software update method of the present application when the software update apparatus is a terminal device used by a user. The software update method includes:

Step S10, after the software update and upgrade thread is started, obtain version configuration information of the currently running target software, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

The execution body of the method in this embodiment may be a software update device, or a software update terminal device or server. In this embodiment, a software update device is used as an example, and the software update device may be integrated into an intelligent device with data processing function. on terminal devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers.

The solution of this embodiment mainly realizes optimization of the upgrade and update process of the software, especially the software to be updated, reduces the size of the download update package, shortens the download time of the update package, and reduces the traffic loss.

Starting from the actual problem that the software update package is too large, the embodiment of the present invention introduces the concept of an intermediate version, and divides the software update iterative process into one or more levels, and each level version has a corresponding version number. The present invention implements the For example, by comparing the local version number and the latest version number of the target software, it is determined whether the target software needs to be updated. To achieve the goal of controlling the download size of the update package when the software is upgraded, and reducing the update download time.

Specifically, after the software update program of the target software is started, the local version number of the local target software is first parsed. After that, the local terminal establishes a network connection with the server by sending a corresponding network request to the server, and sends a version configuration file to the server. Download request, after the local terminal establishes a communication connection with the server, download the version configuration file, the version configuration file contains the configuration information of this book, parse the version configuration file, and obtain the corresponding version configuration information, the version configuration information contains Information such as the latest version number and the intermediate version number are used for the next step of the software update and upgrade thread.

Wherein, in this embodiment of the present invention, the version configuration file may include version configuration information, and the version configuration information may include: different version numbers of the software, such as the latest version number and one or more intermediate version numbers. When the software needs to be updated, if the version information of the intermediate version exists in the version configuration information, the software update and upgrade thread can quickly upgrade the software according to the multi-level update strategy according to the version information of the intermediate version, reducing the update time.

Step S20, comparing the local version number and the latest version number to obtain a comparison result of whether the currently running software needs to be updated;

After acquiring the version configuration information, the software update and upgrade thread compares the local version number of the target software with the latest version number in the version configuration information, determines whether the software is lower than the latest version, and then determines whether the software needs to be updated.

Specifically, after the software update and upgrade thread of the target software in the local terminal is started, the version self-checking program starts to run, parses out the local version number of the target software in the local file, establishes a communication connection with the server or cloud database, and sends the version to the server. The download request of the configuration file, obtain the version configuration file, obtain the version configuration information such as the latest version number and the intermediate version number according to the version configuration file, and determine whether the software needs to be updated by comparing the local version number with the latest version number in the version configuration information;

When it is detected that the local version number is not lower than the version number in the latest version configuration information, the target software does not need to be updated;

Conversely, when the local version number is lower than the latest version number, the target software needs to be updated.

For example, the user installs the target software on the local terminal using an installation package with an old version. After the target software program is started, it performs version self-check to obtain the local version number, and then establishes a communication connection with the server or cloud database corresponding to the target software to obtain the version. Configuration file, obtain the latest version number and the intermediate version number according to the version configuration file. When it is detected that the local version number is lower than the latest version number, it is determined that the software needs to be updated, and the software program pops up a window that the version needs to be updated, and provides immediate update and later The update tab is for the user to select, after receiving the instruction to update immediately, update and upgrade the target software according to the multi-level update strategy.

Step S30, download a corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update.

After the software update thread of the target software is started, obtain the local version number and the version configuration file in the corresponding server of the target software, obtain the latest version number and the intermediate version number according to the version configuration file, and then obtain the latest version number and the latest version according to the local version number and the latest version of the target software. number, determine whether the target software needs to be updated, if it is determined that the software needs to be updated, then compare the local version number of the target software with the intermediate version number in the configuration file in order from low to high, and download the corresponding software update package for software updates.

In this embodiment of the present invention, through the above solution, after the software update and upgrade thread is started, the local version number of the target software running locally and the version configuration information in the server corresponding to the target software are obtained, where the version configuration information includes the latest version number of the target software and At least one intermediate version number. When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, determine that the target software needs to be updated, and then download the corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy for software update. Based on the solution of the present invention, from the perspective of the software version iteration process, by setting one or more intermediate versions, the software version is divided into multiple update version levels, and the update version level of the target software is determined according to the version of the user's target software, Update the version level and download the corresponding software update package through the multi-level update strategy to update and upgrade the target software, thereby controlling the size of the downloaded update package, reducing the software update time and reducing the traffic consumption of the software update.

Further, referring to FIG. 3 , FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another exemplary embodiment of the software update method of the present invention. Based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, step S30 is to download a corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform a software update step include:

Step S301, it is judged whether the intermediate version number is one.

Step S302, when there is one intermediate version number, determine whether the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number.

Step S303, if the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, download the latest version update package for software update. Step S304, if the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, after downloading the intermediate version update package for upgrade, download the latest version update package to upgrade to the latest version.

Specifically, the software update and upgrade thread sends a version configuration file download request to the server after being started, obtains the version configuration file, and obtains corresponding version configuration information according to the version configuration file, where the version configuration information includes the latest version number and at least one intermediate version Number and other information, according to the version configuration information, determine whether the target software needs to be updated, if the target software needs to be updated, determine whether there is only one intermediate version number in the version configuration information, when there is one intermediate version number in the version configuration information, then confirm Whether the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, if the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, you can directly download the update package of the latest version to update and upgrade the software, if the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number If the version number is selected, it can be determined that the version of the local software is relatively low, and it is necessary to download the update package of the intermediate version first, and then download the update package of the latest version to update the software.

Specifically, if the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, the intermediate version number is marked as the initial update version number, and in the target software update process, the corresponding initial update version number is downloaded first. After the update package is updated and upgraded, download the latest version of the update package to upgrade the target software to the latest version.

For example, the target software running in the mobile phone terminal starts a software update and upgrade thread at a certain moment, and obtains the local version number Vi, the latest version number Vn and the intermediate version number Vx of the target software, and the local version number Vi and the latest version number are obtained. After Vn is compared, if it is determined that the target software needs to be updated, the local version number Vi is compared with the intermediate version number Vx, and when the local version number Vi is not lower than the intermediate version number Vx, the target software can be determined. The version is relatively high. In the software update process, directly download the update package corresponding to the latest version number Vn, and perform version update; when the local version number Vi is lower than the intermediate version number Vx, it can be determined that the target software used by the user It is a lower version. During the software update process, first download the update package corresponding to the intermediate version number Vx to upgrade and update. After the upgrade and update is completed, download the update package corresponding to the latest version number Vn to upgrade to the latest version.

Wherein, the update package corresponding to the intermediate version number Vx includes all contents between the version V1 and the intermediate version Vx; the update package corresponding to the latest version number Vn includes the intermediate version Vx to the latest version Vn. All version updates.

Step S305, when there are multiple intermediate version numbers, determine whether the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number.

Step S306, if the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, download the update package of the latest version for software update.

Step S307, if the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, compare the local version number with the other intermediate version numbers from low to high, and determine the first initial update version number higher than the local version number.

Step S308: Starting from the initial update version number, after downloading the corresponding update package for update and upgrade, download the update package corresponding to a higher version number than the initial update version number in turn to perform software update and upgrade, until the update reaches the The latest version of the target software.

After the software update and upgrade thread is started, it sends a version configuration file download request to the server, obtains the version configuration file, and obtains the corresponding version configuration information according to the version configuration file. When the target software needs to be updated, it is judged whether there is only one intermediate version number in the version configuration information, If there are multiple intermediate version numbers, the local version number needs to be compared with all intermediate version numbers. The specific implementation is as follows:

First, find out the latest intermediate version number from all intermediate version numbers, compare the local version number with the latest intermediate version number, and determine whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number; if the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number; If the number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, download the latest version installation package for software update.

If the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, compare the local version number with the rest of the intermediate version numbers in order from low to high, and determine the first one that is higher than the local version number. Begin to update the version number;

Starting from the initial update version number, after downloading the corresponding update package for update and upgrade, download the update package corresponding to the version number higher than the initial update version number in sequence for software update and upgrade, until the update reaches the The new version of the target software.

Specifically, after the software upgrade and update process of the target software is started, the local version number is obtained, and a communication connection is made with the corresponding server of the target software to obtain the version configuration file of the target software. According to the version configuration file, the latest version number and a plurality of intermediate Version number. Determine whether the target software needs to be updated according to the comparison result between the local version number and the latest version number. If the software needs to be updated, there are multiple intermediate version numbers to find the latest intermediate version number, and then based on the local version number The comparison result with the intermediate version number determines whether the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number; if the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, the update package of the latest version can be directly downloaded to update the software For upgrade, if the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, it can be determined that the version of the local software is relatively low, and it is necessary to compare the local version number with other intermediate version numbers from low to high again, and determine the first one higher than The intermediate version number of the local version number, and set the first determined intermediate version number higher than the local version number as the initial update version number, download the corresponding update package according to the initial update version number, and update and upgrade, Then download the update package corresponding to the version number higher than the initial update version number in sequence, and perform software update and upgrade until the new version of the target software is updated.

When the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, it is necessary to compare the local version number with the rest of the intermediate version numbers from low to high, and determine the first intermediate version number higher than the local version number. The first determined intermediate version number higher than the local version number is marked as the initial update version number, and the software update upgrade thread can download the update package of the high version as the update starting point according to the update initial version number, and the low The update package of the version is skipped directly, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling the size of the update package and reduce the time-consuming of software upgrade.

In some embodiments, the local version of the target software is Vi, the software update and upgrade thread communicates with the software update server to obtain the version configuration file of the target software, and the latest version number of the target software and the multi-level information of the target software can be obtained according to the version configuration file. The intermediate version numbers corresponding to each intermediate version are Vx1, Vx2, Vx3 and Vx4 respectively. Through the comparison between the local version number and the latest version number, it is determined whether the target software needs to be updated. If the target software needs to be updated, the local version number Vi and the intermediate version number V4 are compared, if the local version number Vi is not lower than the intermediate version number V4, it can be determined that the target software version is relatively high, in the software update process, directly download the update package corresponding to the latest version number Vn, For version update; if the local version number Vi is low and the intermediate version number V4, you need to compare the local version number Vi and other intermediate version numbers from low to high again. When the first intermediate version higher than the local version number is detected During the version number, the first intermediate version number higher than the local version number is set as the initial update version number of the target software, and the software update and upgrade thread downloads the corresponding software update package according to the initial update version number. Perform software update and upgrade; assuming that the intermediate version Vx3 is the first intermediate version higher than the local version Vi, the software version update detection process will mark the intermediate version Vx3 as the initial update version according to the comparison result, and download the corresponding update package of the intermediate version Vx3 After the update and upgrade, download the corresponding update package of the intermediate version Vx4 to upgrade, and finally download the latest version update package to upgrade the software to the latest version.

As can be seen from the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the software upgrade and update process of the target software obtains the version configuration file from the server or the cloud database, and obtains the latest version number and the corresponding intermediate version number according to the version configuration file. When there is only one intermediate version, if the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, you can directly download the update package of the latest version. When the version configuration file contains multiple version numbers, compare the local version number with the latest version. Intermediate version number, determine whether the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, if the local version is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, download the latest version of the update package for software upgrade, if the local version is lower than the latest version number the intermediate version number, then the local version number is compared with the rest of the intermediate version numbers in order from low to high, and it is obtained that the first intermediate version number higher than the local version number is set as the initial update version number, From the initial update version number, download the corresponding update package from the low version number to the high version number and upgrade until the latest version; through the above solution, the size of the update package that needs to be downloaded for the target software can be quickly determined, reducing the number of downloads that have been updated The content of the previous version has shortened the update time.

Referring to FIG. 4 , FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another exemplary embodiment of a software update method of the present application. The software update method is applied to a server, and the software update method includes: step A10, after the software update and upgrade thread on the terminal side is started, obtain version configuration information of the currently running target software, where the version configuration information includes the target software The local version number of the software, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number;

Specifically, after the software update and upgrade thread of the target software in the local terminal is started, the version self-checking program starts to run, parses out the local version number of the target software in the local file, establishes a communication connection with the server or cloud database, and sends the version configuration to the server. A file download request, the download request includes software information of the target software on the user terminal side and information such as the network source address of the terminal, according to the download request, obtain the software information and network address of the target software on the user terminal side, according to the The software information finds the version configuration file of the target software, and the version configuration file includes version configuration information such as the latest version number and the intermediate version number, so as to send the version configuration file to the user terminal side.

Step A20, delivering the version configuration information to the terminal, so that when the local version number is lower than the latest version number, the terminal determines that the target software needs to be updated; according to the local version number and the intermediate version number The version number and the multi-level update strategy trigger the corresponding software update package download request;

Specifically, after the user terminal side device software update thread is started, a download request for the target software download version configuration file will be sent, and the download request includes the relevant information of the target software in the user terminal side and the network source address of the user terminal side device, After receiving the corresponding network request, the server side sends a version configuration file corresponding to the target software to the user terminal side device according to the network source address, where the version configuration information includes the local version number of the target software, the latest version number, At least one intermediate version number for whether the local version of the terminal needs to be updated. If the user terminal side determines that the target software needs to be updated; the user terminal side will trigger the corresponding software update package download request according to the multi-level update policy.

Step A30: Receive a software update package download request sent by the terminal, and send a corresponding software update package to the terminal according to the software update package download request to perform software update.

Specifically, after the software update and upgrade thread of the target software on the local terminal side is started, the version self-checking program starts to run, parses out the local version number of the target software in the local file, establishes a communication connection to the server side, and sends the download of the version configuration file After receiving the software update package download request sent by the user terminal side device, the server side obtains the version number of the update package that needs to be downloaded by the user terminal side device according to the software update package download request, and converts the corresponding version according to the update package version number. The update package is sent to the user terminal side device for the user terminal side device to update.

After obtaining the version configuration file, the user terminal side obtains the latest version number and the intermediate version number according to the local version number and the version configuration file, and determines whether the target software needs to be updated. If the target software needs to be updated, it is determined whether there is only one intermediate version. , when the intermediate version number is one, determine whether the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, and if the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, send the latest version download request to the server side , after receiving the corresponding request, the server side finds the corresponding latest version update package and sends it to the user terminal side for upgrading to the latest version; if the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, a multi-level update strategy is triggered Send the intermediate version update package download request and the latest version update package download request to the server side, and the server side sends the update package corresponding to the download request with the corresponding download request, so as to update and upgrade the software on the user terminal side; when the intermediate version When there are multiple numbers, determine whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, and if the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, send a request for downloading the latest version installation package to the server side, The server side sends the corresponding update package to the user terminal side according to the request for software update. If the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, the local version number is compared with the rest of the intermediate version numbers. The version numbers are compared in order from low to high, and the first initial update version number higher than the local version number is determined. The user terminal side software upgrade and update thread triggers a multi-level update strategy, and starts to send to the server side one by one. The update package download request corresponding to each intermediate version in the starting update version number to the latest version number, the server side sends the update package corresponding to the download request one by one to the user terminal side according to the download request, to It is used for software upgrade on the user terminal side. In this embodiment of the present invention, through the above solution, after the software update and upgrade thread is started, the local version number of the target software running locally and the version configuration information in the server corresponding to the target software are obtained, where the version configuration information includes the latest version number of the target software and At least one intermediate version number. When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, determine that the target software needs to be updated, and then download the corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy for software update. Based on the solution of the present invention, from the perspective of the software version iteration process, the update version level of the target software is determined according to the version of the user's target software, the update version level is determined, and the corresponding software update package is downloaded through a multi-level update strategy to achieve the target software. Software update and upgrade, and then control the size of the download update package, reduce the software update time, and reduce the traffic consumption of the software update.

Further, as shown in Figure 5, after the software update and upgrade thread on the terminal side is started, before the step of acquiring the version configuration information of the currently running target software may include:

Step A101, after detecting that a new version update package is uploaded, detect whether the number of version updates reaches a preset threshold;

Step A102, if the number of version updates reaches the threshold of the number of version updates, set the current update version as an intermediate version, generate an update package of the corresponding intermediate version, and write the corresponding version information in the version configuration information.

When the terminal device is a server, the software maintainer can preset the intermediate version setting threshold in the server. Assuming that the intermediate version is changed or modified every k versions, when the system detects that a new version is uploaded, the value in the counter will be changed. The accumulated number M will be accumulated once. When the accumulated number M is not higher than the threshold K, the intermediate version does not need to be set. Otherwise, the K-th version will be set as the intermediate version, and the version information of the new intermediate version will be written in the version configuration file. and the corresponding version number;

By setting the intermediate version, the entire version iteration process can be divided into multiple update version levels. The user can obtain the updated version level to which the local version belongs through the comparison between the local version number and the intermediate version number. Update the version level to download the corresponding update package, and the software has been upgraded.

For example, when the threshold K=7, that is, starting from the V1 version, no intermediate version needs to be set for V1-V7. When the V8 version is detected, V7 is set as the intermediate version; among them, V7 contains all the versions V1-V7. The latest version Vn does not need to include the updated content of versions V1-V7; when the latest version Vn is in the range from V7 to V14, the intermediate versions are all V7. If the user uses a version less than V7, you need to download the update package of the intermediate version V7 and the update package of Vn to update and upgrade. On the contrary, when the user's version is greater than or equal to V7 and less than Vn, he only needs to download the update package of Vn; and the update package of the latest version of Vn only contains the files that need to be modified or added from V7 to Vn, not It is required or optional to include the previously modified or added files such as the V7 version, so that the size of the update package can be effectively controlled;

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, in the above step A102, if the number of version updates reaches the threshold of the number of version updates, the current update version is set as an intermediate version, an update package of the corresponding intermediate version is generated, and the version is configured. The steps of writing the corresponding version information in the information may include:

Step A103, when detecting that a new intermediate version is generated, detect whether the number of the intermediate versions reaches a preset reasonable demand number;

When setting the intermediate version threshold, the software maintainer also needs to set the reasonable number of required intermediate versions. After detecting that the intermediate version is generated, it is necessary to determine whether the number of intermediate versions exceeds the reasonable required number. If it exceeds the reasonable required number, then Whether the intermediate version needs to be deleted is determined according to the number of the intermediate versions and the preset reasonable demand number. Avoid generating too many intermediate versions, which will cause the software update thread to perform too many updates and occupy a lot of memory and affect the user experience.

For example, when the existing number of intermediate versions M=1, if the target software version is updated to V15, V14 can be set as the intermediate version at this time, and the updated content in the intermediate version V7 can be merged into the intermediate version V14, and then delete the intermediate version V7.

When the existing number of intermediate versions M=2, if the target software version is updated to V15, V14 may be set as the second intermediate version at this time, and the intermediate version V7 may be retained as the first intermediate version.

Step A104, judging whether the number of intermediate versions is not higher than the number of reasonable requirements;

Step A105: when the number of intermediate versions is not higher than the reasonable number of requirements, retain the update packages corresponding to all intermediate versions and the version information in the version configuration information;

Step A106: When the number of intermediate versions is higher than the number of reasonable requirements, merge the first intermediate version and the second intermediate version into a second intermediate version, and delete the first intermediate version in the version configuration information. Version Information.

When the number of intermediate versions is not higher than the reasonable required number, the update packages corresponding to all intermediate versions and the version information in the version configuration information are retained, and new update packages and corresponding version numbers of the intermediate versions are generated. The above version number will be written into the version configuration file as the latest intermediate version number;

When the number of the intermediate versions is higher than the reasonable required number, in some embodiments, the first intermediate version and the second intermediate version are merged into a second intermediate version, and the first intermediate version is deleted in the version Version information in the configuration file.

For example, if the target software version is updated to V22, you can set V21 as the intermediate version, and delete the intermediate version V10 after merging the updated content in the intermediate version V10 into the intermediate version V20.

In other embodiments, when it is detected that the number of intermediate versions is higher than the reasonable required number, the size of the update packages of two adjacent intermediate versions will be compared, and the two with the largest difference will be selected for merging. , that is, merge the update content of the intermediate version of the lower version into the update package of the intermediate version of the higher version, and delete the version number of the intermediate version of the lower version and other version configuration information about the intermediate version of the lower version in the version configuration file.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the more the number of intermediate versions, the more applicable users, but the number of intermediate versions also increases the complexity of the target software update, so the number of intermediate versions must be set within a reasonable range within the range.

In some other embodiments, the software update personnel can set the intermediate version by presetting the update package size threshold, and the specific implementation method is as follows:

The system automatically detects whether the size of the existing latest version update package exceeds a preset threshold, and if it exceeds the preset threshold, after detecting that the next version update package is uploaded, the existing latest version is set as an intermediate version.

For example, when the software is updated from V1 to V7, and it is found that the size of the update package of the V7 version exceeds the preset threshold, after the V8 version is uploaded, the V7 version is set as the intermediate version. At this time, the update package of the intermediate version V7 contains The upgrade content of all versions from V1 to V7 is included. Users who use V7 version and software versions higher than V7 only need to download the version upgrade content between V8 and the latest version Vn when updating. Updating the package size can prevent users of higher versions from downloading large files that have been updated.

In other cases, during the process of the target software being released to the V7 version, the V5 update package that contains the files modified or added by several updates of V1-V2, V2-V3, V3-V4, and V4-V5 is relatively small. If it is too large and exceeds the specified threshold, V5 is set as the intermediate version, where the update package of V5 version contains all the version updates of V1-V5, while the update package of V7 only needs to contain the two versions between V6 and V7. The updated smaller file, when the user of the version higher than V5 performs software upgrade update. You only need to download the smaller V7 version update package, so as to effectively control the update package size, reduce the download update package size for users who use V5 or V6 versions to upgrade to V7, reduce download time, and save download traffic.

In some other embodiments, the generation method of the intermediate version may combine the above two, specifically including:

The software update personnel preset a larger update package size threshold and a version update number threshold;

When it is detected that a certain version update package exceeds the update package size threshold, a corresponding intermediate version is generated, and the version update times accumulator M is cleared to 0;

After the number of versions reaches the preset number of times threshold, a corresponding intermediate version is generated, and the version update times accumulator M is cleared to 0;

Similarly, an intermediate version also needs to set a reasonable number of existing versions. When the number of existing intermediate versions exceeds the reasonable number of existing versions, the intermediate versions can be deleted and merged according to the setting method of the intermediate versions in the above step A105.

For example, when the number of updates threshold K=7, the size of the update package from version V1 to version V12 does not exceed the specified threshold. When the V13 version update is released to the outside world, it is found that the size of the V13 update package exceeds the specified threshold. , then after the V14 version is uploaded, set the V13 version as the intermediate version, while the V14 version does not set the intermediate version. Similarly, the software updater can also limit the existence of the intermediate version by setting the reasonable number of intermediate versions. If If the number of intermediate versions is M = 1, the V13 update package needs to include the contents of the files that need to be modified or added to upgrade to the V13 version, including 12 versions such as V1-12. The configuration information is deleted, and the updated content of the intermediate version V7 version is merged into the V13 version;

If there is a reasonable number of intermediate versions M=2, the V7 intermediate version is retained, and the V13 update package only needs to contain the content required to update the V7-12 version to V13; if the update package size from version V14 to V20 does not exceed the specified threshold , after the release of version V21, set the V20 version as an intermediate version. However, if it exceeds the specified reasonable number of existences, the intermediate version V7 can be merged into the intermediate version V13, a new V13 version update package can be generated, and the version configuration information of the intermediate version V7 in the version configuration file can be deleted.

With this intermediate version setting method, multiple intermediate versions can be retained according to the reasonable number of intermediate versions. This method of generating an intermediate version is more flexible and effective, and can avoid, to the greatest extent, a user who has a higher version and needs to be updated from downloading an update package with a larger file.

It can be seen from the above method that the software update method, device, device and storage medium proposed by the real-time example of the present invention divide the software update version into multiple update version levels by setting the intermediate version, and after the software update and upgrade thread is started, obtain Version configuration information of the currently running target software, the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software. When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, It is determined that the target software needs to be updated, and a corresponding software update package is downloaded according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update. Software upgrade through multi-level update strategy can effectively control the size of the update package, reduce the update download time, and quickly upgrade the software. Based on the solution of the present invention, starting from the process of iterating the software version, by setting one or more intermediate versions, the software version is divided into multiple levels, and the size of the software version content that the user needs to update is determined by judging the user's software version. , by introducing a multi-level update strategy to upgrade the software, thereby controlling the size of the download update package, reducing the software update time and reducing the traffic consumption of the software update.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application also proposes a software update device, where the software update device includes:

an information acquisition module, configured to acquire version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software update and upgrade thread is started, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software;

A determining module, configured to determine that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number;

An update and upgrade module, configured to download a corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update.

Further, the software update device also includes:

The intermediate version generation module is used to detect that the number of version updates reaches a preset threshold after detecting that the update package of the new version is uploaded, set the current update version as the intermediate version, generate the update package of the corresponding intermediate version, and generate the update package of the corresponding intermediate version. The corresponding version information is written in the configuration information.

For the principle and implementation process of the software update implemented in this embodiment, please refer to the above-mentioned embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application also proposes a terminal device, the terminal device includes a memory, a processor, and a software update program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the software update program being The steps of implementing the above-mentioned software updating method when executed by the processor are described.

Since the software update program adopts all the technical solutions of the foregoing embodiments when executed by the processor, it has at least all the beneficial effects brought by all the technical solutions of the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application also proposes a computer-readable storage medium, where a software update program or an update version division program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and the software update program is executed by a processor to implement the above-mentioned The steps of the software update method, when the update version dividing program is executed by the processor, implements the steps of the above-mentioned update version dividing method.

Since the software update program adopts all the technical solutions of the foregoing embodiments when executed by the processor, it has at least all the beneficial effects brought by all the technical solutions of the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

Compared with the prior art, the software update method, device, device and storage medium proposed by the real-time example of the present invention divide the software update version into multiple update intervals by setting an intermediate version, and a multi-level update strategy. After the update and upgrade thread is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, and the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software. When the latest version number is obtained, it is determined that the target software needs to be updated, and the corresponding software update package is downloaded according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy to perform software update. Software upgrade through multi-level update strategy can effectively control the size of the update package, reduce the update download time, and quickly upgrade the software. Based on the solution of the present invention, starting from the process of iterating the software version, by setting one or more intermediate versions, the software version is divided into multiple levels, and the size of the software version content that the user needs to update is determined by judging the user's software version. , by introducing a multi-level update strategy to upgrade the software, thereby controlling the size of the download update package, reducing the software update time and reducing the traffic consumption of the software update.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or system comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or system. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or system that includes the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present application are only for description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or the parts that make contributions to the prior art, and the computer software products are stored in the above storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic CD, CD), including several instructions to make a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, a controlled terminal, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method of each embodiment of the present application.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present application. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present application, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields , are similarly included within the scope of patent protection of this application.

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1. a software update method, is characterized in that, is applied to terminal, described software update method comprises: After the software update and upgrade thread is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software; When the local version number is lower than the latest version number, determine that the target software needs to be updated; The corresponding software update package is downloaded according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update. 2. software update method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described according to described local version number and described intermediate version number, and multi-level update strategy download corresponding software update package, to carry out the step of software update include: When the intermediate version number is one, determine whether the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number; If the local version number is not lower than the intermediate version number, download the latest version update package for software update; When there are multiple intermediate version numbers, determine whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number; If the local version number is not lower than the latest intermediate version number, download the latest version installation package for software update. 3. The software update method according to claim 2, wherein, after the step of determining whether the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number when the intermediate version number is one, the method further comprises: If the local version number is lower than the intermediate version number, after downloading the intermediate version update package for update and upgrade, download the latest version update package to upgrade to the latest version. 4. The update method according to claim 2, wherein, when the intermediate version number is multiple, after the step of determining whether the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, the method further comprises: If the local version number is lower than the latest intermediate version number, compare the local version number with the rest of the intermediate version numbers in order from low to high, and determine the first one that is higher than the local version number. Begin to update the version number; Starting from the initial update version number, after downloading the corresponding update package for update and upgrade, download the update package corresponding to the version number higher than the initial update version number in sequence for software update and upgrade, until the update reaches the The new version of the target software. 5. A software update method, wherein the method is applied to a server, and the software update method comprises: After the software update and upgrade thread on the terminal side is started, the version configuration information of the currently running target software is obtained, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software; delivering the version configuration information to the terminal, so that the terminal can determine that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number; according to the local version number and the The intermediate version number and the multi-level update strategy trigger the corresponding software update package download request; Receive a software update package download request sent by the terminal, and send a corresponding software update package to the terminal according to the software update package download request to perform software update. 6. The software updating method according to claim 5, characterized in that, before the step of acquiring the version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software updating and upgrading thread on the terminal side is started, the method further comprises: When it is detected that a new version update package is uploaded, it is detected whether the number of version updates reaches a preset threshold; If the number of version updates is higher than the threshold for the number of version updates, the current update version is set as an intermediate version, an update package of the corresponding intermediate version is generated, and the corresponding version information is written in the version configuration information. 7. The software updating method according to claim 5, characterized in that, before the step of acquiring the version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software updating and upgrading thread on the terminal side is started, the method further comprises: Detecting whether the size of the current latest version update package of the target software exceeds a preset threshold, and if it exceeds the preset threshold, after detecting that the next version update package is uploaded, set the current latest version as an intermediate version; or During the process of releasing the target software to the latest version, if it is detected that the size of the update package of one or more lower versions lower than the latest version exceeds the preset threshold, the detected lower version is set as the intermediate version . 8. A software update device, wherein the software update device comprises: an information acquisition module, configured to acquire version configuration information of the currently running target software after the software update and upgrade thread is started, where the version configuration information includes the local version number, the latest version number, and at least one intermediate version number of the target software; A determining module, configured to determine that the target software needs to be updated when the local version number is lower than the latest version number; An update and upgrade module, configured to download a corresponding software update package according to the local version number, the intermediate version number, and the multi-level update strategy, so as to perform software update. 9. A terminal device, characterized in that the terminal device comprises: a memory, a processor, and a software update program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the software update program being executed by the When executed by the processor, the steps of the method for software updating according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or the steps of the method for software updating according to any one of claims 5 to 7 are implemented. 10. A storage medium, characterized in that, a software update program is stored in the storage medium, and when the software update program is executed by a processor, the method for software update according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is implemented steps, or steps of the software updating method described in any one of 5 to 7.

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