JPH06314244A - Data/application distributing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute the version number management of each terminal and further, the version number management classified by data or application, and simultaneously, to reduce memory capacity so as to shorten transfer time by executing the version number management by classifying the terminal by a group, and executing the version number management for every data and application, and simultaneously, preserving the data or the application by compressing it. CONSTITUTION:This data/application distributing system is constituted as follows. When a server system 21 having received the information of terminal ID from the terminal 11 refers to a group master file 23, and the increase of the number of versions proves to be necessary, the information of the number of versions of the data and the application is given from a group management file 24 to the terminal 11, and the terminal 11 issues a down-loading request to the server system 21 about the data and the application for which the increase of the number of versions is required, and preserves the data or the application down-loaded from the server system 21, and simultaneously, the number of versions of the corresponding terminal 11 of the group master file 23 is made equal to the latest number of versions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to data for a plurality of terminals connected to a server system and data for distributing applications.
It relates to an application distribution method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a system in which a plurality of types of terminals are connected to a server system to perform various business processes. Here, if the version number of the terminal system itself (data or application) is increased, installation work is performed for the number of terminals, and the new version data and application are used. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when there are terminals A, B, ... N, management information, data, and applications are stored in the server system 32 for each of these terminals, and the stored data,
There is a system that upgrades the version number of an application and downloads it to the terminal 31 to upgrade the version number. The configuration and operation of FIG. 6 will be briefly described below.

FIG. 6 shows an explanatory view of the prior art. In FIG. 6, a terminal 31 is any of various terminals that is connected to the server system 32 to perform various tasks, and is, for example, a terminal manufactured by each company.

[0004] The server system 32 connects a plurality of terminals 31 and controls them in a centralized manner.
Management information, data, and applications are managed for each one. Next, the operation will be described.

(1) When the version number of the data or application of the terminal 31 is increased, the version number of the data or application of the corresponding terminal 31 in the server system 32 is increased. (2) Downloading the data or application of the terminal 31 whose version number has been increased in (1) to the corresponding terminal 31 is repeated for the number of terminals 31.

[0006]

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, management information for each terminal 31 in the server system 32, management information for each terminal 31 and management information for each terminal 31 when the version number is increased. , Update the data or application to the version of the data or application that has been upgraded. The downloading of the data and the application whose version number has been increased to the corresponding terminal 31 is repeated for the number of terminals. Therefore, when the number of terminals 31 increases,
It is necessary to repeat the process of upgrading the version number and downloading the data and the application after the version number upgrade to the terminal 31, which requires a lot of time, and the disk capacity for storage in the server system 32 is increased. There was a problem of getting bigger.

The present invention solves these problems.
Efficiently manage the version number of each terminal, and the version number of each terminal and the version number of each data and application, while managing the version number by dividing the terminal into groups and managing the version number for each data and application. The purpose is to reduce memory capacity and transfer time.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a server system 21 connects a plurality of terminals 11 and performs integrated management, and here is composed of a group master file 23, a group management file 24, and the like.

The group master file 23 is stored in the terminal 11
To manage the latest version number of the group and the version numbers of the terminals 11 belonging to the group.
The group management file 24 manages version numbers of data and applications for each group.

[0010]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the server system 21 which has received the notification of the terminal ID from a certain terminal 11 refers to the group master file 23 and compares it with the latest version number of the group to which the terminal ID belongs. When it is determined that the version number needs to be increased, the group management file 24 notifies the terminal 11 of the data of the corresponding group and the version number of the application, and the version number is increased in comparison with the version number stored by the terminal 11 itself. The server system 21 is requested to download the necessary data and applications, the data and applications downloaded from the server system 21 are saved, and the version number of the terminal (11) of the group master file 23 is set equal to the latest version number. I am trying to do it.

At this time, each data or application is compressed in advance and stored in the server system 21, and each terminal 11 that has downloaded the compressed data or application restores and stores it.

Further, after the version number of the data or application of the terminal 11 for each group is increased, the data or application is uploaded and stored in the server system 21, or the data or application is compressed and then uploaded to the server system 21. Group management file 2
I am trying to increase the version number of 4.

Therefore, the terminal 11 is divided into groups and the version number is managed and the version number is managed for each data and application, and the data and the application are compressed and stored. It is possible to efficiently manage the data and the version number for each application, reduce the memory capacity, and shorten the download and upload time.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. Figure 1
In the above, the terminal 11 is a terminal connected to the server system 21 and receives data and applications downloaded from the server system 21, upgrades the version number, and performs various business processes. Here, the terminal 11 is various computers. The terminal 11 is composed of a download process 12, a group management file 13, a terminal ID file 14, and the like.

The download processing 12 is for notifying the server system 21 of the terminal ID, receiving data and applications downloaded from the server system 21 and storing them (see FIG. 2).

The group management file 13 is a file for managing the group distinction of the terminal 11 and the version numbers of data and applications. The terminal ID file 14 is a file that manages the ID of the terminal 11.

The server system 21 connects a plurality of terminals 11 to provide various services, and automatically distributes data and applications for increasing the version number here. It is composed of a group master file 23, a group management file 24, a data / application file 25, a data / application management processing 26, and the like.

The distribution process 22 downloads (automatically distributes) data or an application to the corresponding terminal 11 (see FIG. 2). The group master file 23 registers and manages the terminal ID, the latest version number, the terminal version number, etc. for each group.

The group management file 24 manages the version numbers of data and applications for each group. The data / application file 25 centrally manages data and applications compressed for each group.

The data / application management processing 26 centrally manages data and applications (see FIG. 5). next,
The operation when downloading to the terminal 11 with the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail according to the order of S1 to S16 of FIG.

In FIG. 2, S1 inputs and sets the installation terminal ID. This is set by the operator inputting the terminal ID to be installed (upgraded version) on the screen of the terminal 11 shown in FIG.

In step S2, the downloader is activated. this is,
After setting the terminal ID to be installed in S1, start the downloader (download processing 12)
The processes after 3 are executed.

In S3, the server system is notified of the terminal ID. S4 refers to the group master file 23. This is based on the terminal ID notified in S3, for example, by referring to the group master file 23 of FIG. 3, it is found which group it belongs to. For example, the terminal A finds that it belongs to the group 1 in the group master file 23 of FIG.

In step S5, it is determined whether the version number needs to be increased. This is to compare the version number of the terminal ID in the group found from the terminal ID in S4 with the latest version number of the group,
It is determined whether the version number of D is small and the version number needs to be increased. YE
If S, go to S6. on the other hand,. If no,
Since it has been determined that the version number upgrade is unnecessary, a series of processing is terminated.

In step S6, the contents of the group management file 24 are downloaded. This is because it is determined that the version number needs to be increased in S5, so the group management file 24,
For example, the data / application information (version number of data or application) is downloaded from the group management file 24 of FIG. 4 to the terminal 11.

In step S7, the data / application information downloaded in step S6 is stored. In S8, the version numbers of the data application are compared. This is to sequentially compare the version number of the data or application stored in the terminal 11 in S7 with the version number of its own data or application stored in the group management file 13,
Find data and apps that need a version up.

In step S9, a download request is issued only for the data application that needs to be upgraded. In S10, the server system 21 retrieves only the data and application requested to be downloaded in S9 from the data / application file.

In step S11, the data and application retrieved in step S10 are downloaded. In step S12, the data or application downloaded in step S11 is received, restored to the original data or application, and stored.

In step S14, it is determined whether or not the process is completed. In the case of YES, the download request of all the data and the application required to upgrade the version has been completed, and thus the process proceeds to S15. On the other hand, NO
In this case, S9 and subsequent steps are repeated, and the request to download the next data or application and the reception / restoration / saving are repeated.

In S15, since the download of the data and application for which the version number needs to be increased is completed in YES in S14, the server system 21 is notified of the end. S16 is S1
The server system 21 which received the end notification in 5 updates the version of the terminal 11 of the group master file 23,
Make it equal to the latest version.

From the above, the terminal ID from a certain terminal 11
To the server system 21, and referring to the group master file 23 based on the terminal ID to compare the latest version of the group and the version of the terminal 11 to upgrade the version, The group management file 24 notifies the terminal 11 of the data and the version number of the application. Terminal 11
The server system 21 compares the notified version number of the data or application with the version number of the data or application stored by itself and requests the download of the data or the application that needs the version number increase.
And save the downloaded data and apps. Server system 21 when download is completed
The version number of the terminal 11 of the group master file 23 is set equal to the latest version number. In this way, the terminal 11 is divided into groups and the version number is managed and the version number is managed for each data and application, and the data and the application are compressed and stored. It is possible to efficiently manage the version number of.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the group master file of the present invention. This group master file 23 divides terminals into groups and registers and manages terminal IDs and version numbers belonging to the groups. Here, the latest version of group 1 is “5”, the version of terminal A is “4”, the version of terminal B is “5”, ... The version of terminal N is registered as “4” Therefore, it is determined that the terminal A needs to be downloaded and upgraded, the terminal B need not be upgraded, and the terminal N needs to be downloaded and upgraded.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the group management file of the present invention. The group management file 24 is for registering the current data to be downloaded to the terminals in the group and the version number for each application. Here, the data and application information of group 1 are: -Data 1 is version number 4-Data 2 is version number 5-Data 3 is version number 4 ...- Data 10 is version number 5-App is version number 4 And register. Upon receiving the notification of the data / application information, the terminal 11 compares the version number of its own data or the application, and when it is determined that the version number needs to be increased (S in FIG. 2).
9), request download to the server system 21,
Save downloaded data and apps.

Next, according to the order of S21 to S32 in FIG. 5, the operation when uploading and registering the data and application compressed by the terminal (dedicated management terminal) 11 having the configuration of FIG. 1 to the server system 21 will be described in detail. Explained.

In FIG. 5, the uploader is activated in step S21. This starts an uploader (upload processing 17) for uploading data or an application compressed by an operator to the server system 21, and starts the processing from S22.

In step S22, a download request for the group master file 23 is issued. In S23, the server system 21 downloads the contents of the group master file 23.

In step S24, the contents of the group master file 23 downloaded in step S23 are saved. S2
The item 5 selects a group whose version number is to be updated and requests information on the group.

In step S26, the server system 21 downloads the requested data / application information of the group from the group management file 24 in response to the request in step S25. In step S27, the data / application information of the group (data or version number of the application) downloaded in step S26 is displayed on the screen.

In step S28, a data application is selected from the screen (version number is +1). This is to select the data or application whose version number is to be increased from the data and applications in the group displayed on the screen in S27.

In step S29, the selected data application is compressed. S30 uploads the compressed data application and management information. In S31, the server system 21, which has received the data, application, and management information uploaded in S30,
The corresponding data / application file 25 is overwritten and updated to upgrade the version number.

At S32, the version number of the corresponding group is incremented by one. As for this, the corresponding data of the group management file 24 of the corresponding group, the version number of the application is increased by one, and the fact that the version number is increased is registered.

By the above, the terminal (management-specific terminal) 11
Downloads the group master file 23, downloads the group management file 24 of the group whose version number is selected from the server system 21 and displays it on the screen, and selects the data and application to be updated. After compression, the data is uploaded and overwritten on the data / application file 25 of the server system to be updated, and the corresponding data of the group in the group management file 24 and the version number of the application are incremented by one. As a result, it is possible to increase the version data for each application and the data collected for each group, and it is possible to efficiently manage the version number.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The terminals 11 are divided into groups for version number management, and the versions of data and applications are collectively managed for each group, and the configuration is adopted in which the data and applications are compressed and stored. It is possible to efficiently manage the version number and the version number of data and applications, reduce the memory capacity, and shorten the transfer time at the time of download or upload. With these, (1) When the models of the terminals 11 are the same, since they belong to the same group, a large number of terminals 11 of the same model can be collectively managed efficiently.

(2) Since all data and applications are collectively managed for each group and the version number is managed for each data and application, only the data and applications that need to be upgraded can be efficiently used by the terminal 11. Can be downloaded.

(3) Since not only the application for each group but also the data are collectively managed on the server system 21, the data arbitrarily designated by the user, for example, the icon file and the document created by the user are also stored. The latest version can be automatically delivered.

(4) Data and application are compressed and stored in the data / application file 25, and this is downloaded to each terminal 11. Therefore, the memory capacity of the data / application file 25 is reduced, and at the time of downloading or uploading. The transfer time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a group master file of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a group management file of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a version number increase process of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Terminal 12: Download processing 13, 16: Group management file 14: Terminal ID file 15: Group master file 17: Upload processing 21: Server system 22: Distribution processing 23: Group master file 24: Group management file 25: Data Application file 26: Data / application management processing

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a data / application distribution method for distributing data and applications of a plurality of terminals connected to a server system, the terminals (11) are grouped into a latest version number of the group and terminals (11) belonging to the group. ), A group master file (23) for managing the version number and a group management file (24) for managing the version numbers of data and applications for each group are provided in the server system (21), and from one terminal (11) to another terminal The server system (21) receiving the notification of the ID transmits the group master file (23).
When it is found that the version number needs to be increased by comparing with the latest version number of the group to which the terminal ID belongs, the version number of the data and application of the corresponding group is calculated from the group management file (24). ) To the terminal (1
1) requests the server system (21) to download the data or application that needs to be upgraded in comparison with the version number stored by itself, and saves the data or application downloaded from the server system (21). At the same time, the data application distribution method is characterized in that the version number of the terminal (11) of the group master file (23) is made equal to the latest version number. 2. The data and applications are compressed in advance and stored in a server system (21), and each terminal (11) that receives the download of the compressed data and applications restores and stores them. The data / application distribution method according to claim 1, wherein 3. The data or application of the terminal (11) for each group is upgraded, and then the data or application is uploaded to the server system (21) for storage.
Alternatively, the data and application are compressed and then uploaded to and stored in the server system (21), and the version number of the group management file (24) is increased. The data / application distribution method described in 2.