Automatic installation and upgrading method of terminal unit application software

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic installation and upgrade method for application software of terminal equipment, wherein, the application software which is required by normal operations of the terminal equipment is stored into a memory by means of arranging the memory inside the terminal equipment; when the terminal equipment is connected with a host computer, application environment is prepared for the terminal equipment through calling and executing function programs in application software like installation programs or repair programs and so on by adoption of a bootstrap program; simultaneously, update of installation files of the application software is completed by the terminal equipment by means of the host computer downloading new version software which is provided by a device manufacturer. By adoption of the automatic installation and upgrade method of the invention, various defects of taking compact discs as carriers in the application software of the terminal equipment in the prior art are overcome; convenience sense for using the terminal equipment of a user is improved; extra cost of the equipment manufacturer is reduced.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the software support technology of terminal equipment, in particular to an automatic installation and upgrading method of application software of terminal equipment. Background technique [0002] In order to facilitate the installation and use of terminal equipment, the manufacturer usually provides one or several CDs with terminal equipment application software with the terminal equipment. Users need to install the application software in the CD to the computer when using the terminal equipment for the first time. [0003] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the installation process of the existing terminal equipment application software, as shown in Figure 1, after starting the application software, the system first checks whether the software has been installed, if not, the software installation interface will be displayed, and the user will follow the instructions on the interface Prompt to operate until the installation of ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] As mentioned above, the method of installing application software using a CD has the following disadvantages for users: if the terminal device is used on another computer or after the operating system of the computer is replaced, it is necessary to use the CD to re-install the application software manually. The installation of the application software can only be started after the installation is successful; when the CD is lost or damaged, the user may not be able to use the terminal device; in actual use, the CD is very inconvenient to carry; stored in the CD The application software cannot be updated; these have brought a lot of inconvenience to the user experience of the terminal equipment, especially for fashion and innovation products such as mobile phones and wireless data cards, which will reduce user satisfaction

For the manufacturers of terminal equipment, in order to provide the application software supporting the terminal equipment, CDs need to be produced at the same time, which is very inflexible to use, which not only increases the additional production cost of the manufacturer, but also prolongs the production cycle of the terminal equipment

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