JP2008197811A - Information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus that can execute reserved processing even when programs such as an operating system are updated. <P>SOLUTION: In video recording scheduling, video recording reservation information including starting time, video recording time, broadcast channel and video recording quality is registered. When update information is acquired, update date/time is compared for concurrence with the user-registered reserved video recording date/time, and the video recording reservation is registered on condition that the software update is disabled or the update date/time is moved from the reserved video recording date/time. If the software update is prioritized over the video recording reservation registration, the video recording reservation registration is deleted so that the software update will be performed at the original update date/time. The user can specify which to prioritize if the software update date/time and the scheduled video recording date/time are overlap. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a method for updating a program or the like.

  Conventionally, when a scheduled recording task is started, other tasks that are accessing the recording unit that is the recording destination of the program are temporarily stopped so that the recording can be performed, so that recording can be surely started at the recording start time. There are electronic devices (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

The electronic device determines whether or not the recording unit that is a program recording destination is accessed by a task other than program recording, for example, a task for moving or copying recorded data, and when a scheduled recording task is started. When the judging means determines that the recording unit that is the recording destination of the program is accessed by another task, the other task accessing the recording unit is stopped, and the recording unit can be recorded by the reserved recording task. Can be. For this reason, this electronic device can normally start program recording at the recording start time.
JP 2002-152640 A

  However, in the case of the above method, when there is another task for the drive to be recorded, the task is stopped, and it is not possible to set whether to stop at the time of user input such as reservation registration. There is a problem.

  In addition, in a TV viewing application on a personal computer, when recording or scheduled recording is being performed, recording for the expected time can be performed by rejecting termination of the system or the like. However, if the personal computer is automatically restarted when the update function of the operating system is running and a new update module is installed, the TV viewing application will not be notified and the system will be rejected. Can not do it.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing a reserved process even when a program such as an operating system is updated.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording unit that performs recording, a recording reservation unit that designates a recording start date and time to reserve recording, an update unit that updates software, and the update An update date and time when software is updated by the unit, and a notification unit that notifies when the recording start date and time overlap.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing a reserved process even when a program such as an operating system is updated.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a notebook computer 1 will be described as an example of the information processing apparatus. The computer 1 includes a main body 2, and a display unit 3 is rotatably attached to the main body 2 via a hinge portion 4. Further, a display device composed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 5 is incorporated in the display unit 3. A circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted is accommodated in the main body 2. A touch pad 6 is attached to the front upper surface 2 a of the main body 2, and a keyboard 7 is attached to the rear upper surface 2 b of the main body 2. A power switch 8 for turning on / off the computer 1 is also provided on the rear upper surface 2 b of the main body 2. An antenna (not shown) is mounted in the main body 2 or the display unit 3.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Each component provided in the computer 1 is connected to the CPU 10 via the bus and controlled by the CPU 10. The CPU 10 executes an operating system and various application programs / utility programs loaded from the HDD 16 to the main memory (RAM) 11. The main memory (RAM) 11 is also used for storing various data buffers.

  The graphics controller 13 is a display controller that controls the LCD 5 used as a display monitor of the computer 10. The graphics controller 13 sends a video signal corresponding to display data written in the video memory (VRAM) 14 by the operating system or an application program to the LCD 5.

  The HDD 16 stores an operating system and various application programs in addition to various file data. Further, it holds recording reservation information 30 composed of information related to recording reservation of a program, for example, start time, recording time, broadcast channel, recording quality and the like. The ODD 17 is used to write various data stored in the HDD 16 onto the optical disc.

  The antenna 18 is used to receive a television broadcast transmitted from a television station or the like. The tuner 19 is used for receiving and selecting a television broadcast and obtaining an audio / video signal. The digital broadcast wave received by the TV tuner 19 is decoded by, for example, the CPU 10 and displayed as an image on the LCD 5 or the like. Video content such as digital broadcast received by the TV tuner 19 can be recorded on the HDD 16 using a TV recording application or the like. The video content recorded in the HDD 16 can be viewed later by operating an application such as the TV viewing program 40.

  The CPU 10 grasps the version of the application program and the operating system, and when the update program exists, operates the software update program 50 that receives it from the outside via the network and updates it to the latest version. Is possible. Further, after updating the software, the software update program 50 accesses the EC / KBC 20 described later and restarts the computer 1 to initialize a part of the main memory 11 and the HDD 16 and complete the software update operation. To do.

  The embedded controller / keyboard controller (EC / KBC) 20 is a one-chip microcomputer in which an embedded controller for power management and a keyboard controller for controlling the keyboard 7 and the like are integrated. The EC / KBC 20 cooperates with the power supply circuit 21 to execute processing for powering on / off the computer 1 in response to the operation of the power switch 8 by the user. The power supply circuit 21 generates power to be supplied to each component in the computer 1 using power from the battery 22 built in the computer 1 or power supplied from the outside via the AC adapter 23.

  An RTC (Real Time Clock) 25 is a chip dedicated to timing. The RTC 25 operates while receiving power from a battery built in the RTC 25 while the computer 1 is turned off. While the computer 1 is on, it receives power from the external power source 22. The computer 1 can acquire the date and time from the RTC 25.

  The network controller 26 detects and authenticates a connection state with the LAN 27 and the Internet 28. The computer 1 can communicate with devices on an external network using the communication protocol TCP / IP via the Internet 28 and can download various files and programs.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Each function is realized by an operating system and various application programs. The computer 1 according to the present embodiment includes an update control unit 100 for adjusting installation of an update program such as an operating system, recording reservation, and disk writing operation. The update control unit 100 includes a communication unit 101, an update unit 102, an update notification unit 103, a restart unit 104, a restart control unit 105, and a setting unit 106. The communication unit 101 communicates with the outside and downloads various files, security update programs, and the like. The update unit 102 updates the operating system and other software using the update program downloaded from the communication unit 101. The update notification unit 103 notifies the user that the software has been updated by the update program. The restarting unit 104 restarts the computer 1 when necessary, for example, after an update program is installed.

  The restart control unit 105 controls the restart operation by the restart unit 104 according to other environments. The setting unit 106 sets the priority when the update program installation overlaps the optical disc writing operation or the recording reservation. In addition, the update control unit 100 stops or temporarily stops the operation of the software update program and resumes after the temporary stop according to the setting by the setting unit 106.

  The recording unit 200 has a function of recording the received television broadcast. The recording unit 200 includes a recording reservation unit 201 and an operation unit 202, and the recording reservation unit 201 reserves a program in response to an operation from the operation unit 202.

  The writing unit 300 has a function of writing data stored in the HDD 16 or the like to the optical disc, and includes a writing control unit 301 and a writing reservation unit 302. The time for writing by the write reservation unit 302 can be set in advance, and the write control unit 301 controls the write operation according to the reservation status by the write reservation unit 302 and the setting status by the setting unit 106.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. When a recording reservation is made by the recording reservation unit 201, recording reservation information such as a start time, a recording time, a broadcast channel, and recording quality is registered (step 1-1). On the other hand, the operating system is updated to download a security program or upgrade the software, and update information is acquired when the update is performed (step 1-2).

  When the update information is acquired, it is compared whether or not the update date and time and the reserved recording date and time registered by the user overlap (step 1-3). When the scheduled recording date / time and the updated date / time do not overlap (No in step 1-3), it is not necessary to perform special processing, but when the scheduled recording date / time and the updated date / time overlap (Yes in step 1-3), A caution message is displayed (step 1-4). The notice message may be notified to the user by displaying a pop-up window on the display screen of the LCD 5 of the computer 1. At this time, a setting property screen as shown in FIG. 6 may be displayed together with a caution message. After displaying the caution message, an inquiry is made as to whether or not to perform recording reservation registration (step 1-5). When recording reservation registration is performed (Yes in step 1-5), the software update is stopped, or the update date and time is shifted so as not to overlap the recording reservation date and time, and recording reservation registration is performed (step 1-). 6). When priority is given to software update and recording reservation registration is not performed (No in step 1-5), the recording reservation registration is deleted, and the software is updated at the original update date and time (step 1-7). ).

  Instead of recording reservation registration, whether to give priority to software update or data writing to the optical disk may be determined according to whether data writing is reserved by the optical disk. In this case, after displaying the caution message, inquire about whether to write data to the optical disk, stop updating the software, or shift the update date and time so that it does not overlap with the reserved date and time for data writing. Register the write reservation for. Prioritizing software update, when not registering a write reservation, the write reservation registration is deleted, and the software is updated at the original update date and time.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a software update setting screen according to the present embodiment. Since the operating system update program may include security-critical updates, it is preferable to perform the update program under the authority of the administrator in order to change or stop the update program. When the scheduled recording date / time and the update date / time overlap at the time of recording reservation, a warning message as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed to the user. When the scheduled recording date and time and the update date and time overlap, a screen as shown in FIG. 5 may be displayed to change or stop the update date and time from this screen.

  From the setting screen shown in FIG. 5, the user can designate which is prioritized when the software update date and time and the recording reservation date and time overlap. When the software update date / time and the recording reservation date / time overlap, the software update may be started after the recording reservation ends, or the software update is paused before the recording reservation starts, Software update may be resumed after completion. By updating the software after the recording reservation is completed, it is possible to prevent the computer 1 from being restarted and recording failed before the recording reservation is completed.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, even when the recording reservation and the program update overlap, it is possible to select which one has priority, and even when updating the program such as the operating system, Scheduled processing can be performed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment as long as it does not depart from the gist of the present invention, and various modifications are possible.

1 is an external perspective view showing an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the outline of a structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The schematic diagram which shows the setting screen of the software update which concerns on this embodiment. The schematic diagram of the attention message at the time of the task registration which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Computer, 2 ... Main body, 3 ... Display unit, 5 ... LCD, 7 ... Keyboard, 8 ... Power switch, 10 ... CPU, 11 ... Main memory, 16 ... HDD, 17 ... ODD, 18 ... Antenna, 19 ... Tuner 20 ... EC / KBC, 21 ... power circuit, 22 ... battery, 23 ... AC adapter, 30 ... recording reservation information, 40 ... TV viewing program, 50 ... software update program, 100 ... update control unit, 101 ... communication unit, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 102 ... Update part, 103 ... Update notification part, 104 ... Restart part, 105 ... Restart control part, 106 ... Setting part, 200 ... Recording part, 201 ... Recording reservation part, 202 ... Operation part, 300 ... Write part, 301: Write control unit, 302 ... Write reservation unit

Claims (6)

A recording unit for recording;
A recording reservation section for specifying a recording start date and time and recording reservation;
An update unit for updating the software;
A notification unit that performs notification when the update date and time when the software is updated by the update unit overlaps the recording start date and time;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A restarting unit for restarting the main body after updating the software;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a restart control unit that prohibits restart by the restart unit when an update date and time at which software is updated by the update unit and the recording start date and time overlap. . A storage unit for storing data;
A writing unit for writing data stored in the storage unit to a storage medium;
A write reservation unit that specifies a date and time and performs a write reservation by the writing unit, and
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs notification when an update date and time when software is updated by the update unit overlaps with the writing start date and time.   A setting unit configured to set which of the software update and the video recording by the video recording unit is prioritized when the update date and time when the software is updated by the update unit and the recording start date and time overlap. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.   2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the software update overlaps the scheduled recording date and time, the software update is interrupted until the recording is finished, and the software update is resumed after the recording is finished.   4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the software update overlaps with the write reservation date and time, the software update is interrupted until the writing is completed, and the software update is resumed after the writing is completed.

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