WO2016000102A1

WO2016000102A1 - Application transferring method, terminal and application server

Info

Publication number: WO2016000102A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/079767
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李洪玺
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2014-06-12
Filing date: 2014-06-12
Publication date: 2016-01-07

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of terminals, especially to an application transferring method, a terminal and an application server, in order to solve the problem that the existing application downloading method consumes a plenty of downloading traffic, and wastes the local storage space of the terminal. In the application transferring method provided by the embodiments of the present invention, after receiving a request for downloading an application from the terminal, determining a locally stored application program package corresponding to the application and the terminal attribute information of the terminal; according to the determined terminal attribute information, determining, from each resource included in the determined application program package, the specific resource needing to be sent to the terminal; removing other resources in the application program package; and sending to the terminal the application program package in which the other resources has been removed. In the method, determining, according to the terminal attribute information of the terminal, the specific resource which needs to be sent to the terminal and is included in the application program package corresponding to the application, thus avoiding downloading the total application program package to the local terminal, reducing the downloading traffic, and saving the local storage space of the terminal.

Description

Application delivery method, terminal and application server

The present invention relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to an application transmission method, a terminal, and an application server.

Background technique

With the development of smart terminal technology, more and more applications are available for users of the terminal to download, install and use, which greatly improves the practicality of the terminal. For example, an existing smart terminal for Android (hereinafter referred to as "Android terminal") provides an application publishing method such as an application market such as Google Play, and an Android terminal (such as a mobile phone, a tablet or a glasses). Users buy and download apps from the app market to a local installation.

However, because the attributes of the intelligent terminal are complex and diverse, if the application does not match the terminal attributes, the application availability may be degraded or even run on the terminal. Therefore, when developing an application, the current method is to develop different versions for the same application for different applications, for the corresponding terminal to install and use.

In order to adapt the application to the terminal attribute, for the Android terminal, an existing method for downloading and running the application according to the screen resolution of the terminal includes: an application package file for adapting all screen resolutions (application package file Android, APK) The resources are all loaded into the resource package during the compilation process. After the user of the Android terminal downloads the resource package, the Android operating system dynamically loads and runs the application according to the screen resolution of the Android terminal while the application is running.

As shown in Figure 1, when the application is downloaded, it will include Low Dots Per Inch (LDPI) resources, Middle Dots Per Inch (MDPI) resources, and High Resolution (High Dots Per Inch, HDPI). The complete APK, including the resource, is downloaded to the Android terminal. When the application is running, if the MDPI resource is used according to the screen resolution of the Android terminal, the MDPI resource is dynamically loaded, and neither the LDPI resource nor the HDPI resource is loaded. use.

The above existing methods have the disadvantage of consuming a large amount of download traffic and wasting terminal local storage space. Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention provide an application transmission method, a terminal, and an application server, which are used to solve the problem that a method for downloading an existing application consumes a large amount of download traffic and wastes a local storage space of the terminal.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application delivery method, including:

After receiving the request for downloading the application sent by the terminal, determining, by the locally stored application package corresponding to the application, and terminal attribute information of the terminal;

Determining, according to the determined terminal attribute information, a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal from among the determined resources included in the application package;

And removing the determined resources of the application package except the specific resource. In combination with the first aspect, in a first possible implementation, determining the specific resources that need to be sent to the terminal, including:

Determining a resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the terminal in the application package corresponding to the locally stored application;

Among the determined resources, a file that does not match the terminal attribute information of the terminal is converted into a file that matches the terminal attribute information of the terminal;

The resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the converted terminal is used as the specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the request for downloading an application includes attribute indication information for indicating terminal attribute information of the terminal;

Determining terminal attribute information of the terminal, including:

Determining terminal attribute information of the terminal according to the attribute indication information included in the download application request.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the terminal attribute information includes: One or more of screen resolution, operating system type, processing power, production quotient, product model, and operating system software version.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application delivery method, including:

Sending a request for downloading an application to the application server, where the request includes attribute indication information for indicating a property of the terminal, and instructing the application server to determine, according to the attribute indication information, the returned application package included in the application package corresponding to the application Resource

Receiving the application package returned by the application server in response to the request.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the terminal attribute information includes: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version. .

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application server, including:

a transceiver unit, configured to receive a request for downloading an application sent by the terminal;

a processing unit, configured to determine, after the receiving and receiving unit receives the request for downloading an application, a locally stored application package corresponding to the application, and terminal attribute information of the terminal; Attribute information, determining, from each of the resources included in the determined application package, a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal; removing the determined resource other than the specific resource in the application package;

The transceiver unit is further configured to send the application package that the processing unit removes the other resources to the terminal.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation, the processing unit is specifically configured to: determine a resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the terminal in the application package corresponding to the application that is locally stored;

In combination with the third aspect, the first possible implementation of the third aspect, in the second possible implementation In the current mode, the request for downloading the application includes attribute indication information for indicating terminal attribute information of the terminal;

The processing unit is specifically configured to: determine terminal attribute information of the terminal according to the attribute indication information included in the download application request.

With reference to the third aspect, the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the terminal attribute information includes: One or more of the operating system type, processing power, manufacturer, product model, and operating system software version.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

a sending unit, configured to send, to the application server, a request for downloading an application, where the request includes the attribute indication information for indicating the attribute of the terminal, and the application server is configured to determine, according to the attribute indication information, the returned application corresponding to the application. The resources contained in the package;

And a receiving unit, configured to receive the application package returned by the application server in response to the request.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the terminal attribute information includes: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version. .

The application transmission method, the terminal, and the application server provided by the embodiment of the present invention can determine the resources included in the application package corresponding to the application that needs to be sent to the terminal according to the terminal attribute information, and avoid downloading the complete application package to the terminal. Locally, it consumes a lot of download traffic and wastes the terminal's local storage space. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional download application method;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an application delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a principle of an application transmission system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a first application transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second application transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first application server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a second application server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

In the first application transmission method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the request for downloading the application sent by the terminal, determining the locally stored application package corresponding to the application, and the terminal attribute information of the terminal; Information, from each resource included in the determined application package, determining a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal; removing resources other than the specific resource in the determined application package; and an application that removes other resources The package is sent to the terminal.

In the method, according to the terminal attribute information of the terminal, the specific resource included in the application package corresponding to the application that needs to be sent to the terminal is determined; after the resources other than the specific resource in the application package are removed, the other components are removed. The application package of the resource is sent to the terminal, thereby avoiding the problem of downloading the complete application package to the terminal local, requiring a large amount of download traffic, and wasting the local storage space of the terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the application delivery system provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced. Then, the application delivery method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced from the terminal and the application server respectively. Finally, the terminal and the application server provided by the embodiment of the present invention are introduced.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an application delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the system includes: a terminal 201 and an application server 202;

The terminal 201 is configured to: send a request for downloading an application to the application server 202, and receive an application package corresponding to the application sent by the application server 202; The application server 202 is configured to: after receiving the request for downloading the application sent by the terminal 201, determine the locally stored application package corresponding to the application, and the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201; and determine the application according to the determined terminal attribute information. Among the resources included in the packet, the specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal 201 is determined; the resources other than the specific resource in the application package are removed, and the application package from which other resources are removed is sent to the terminal 201.

Here, the terminal attribute information may include one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version.

For example, if the terminal attribute information includes a screen resolution, the screen resolution may include, but is not limited to, one of LDPL MDPI and HDPI, and various screen resolution standards such as LDPL MDPI and HDPI may be pre-defined; or the screen resolution is specific. The screen resolution values, such as: 720P, 1080P, etc. Optionally, after determining the screen resolution of the terminal 201, the application server 202 determines resources suitable for the screen resolution, removes other resources in the application package, and sends the application package with other resources removed to the terminal 201.

For example, if the terminal attribute information includes the operating system type, the operating system type may be a Windows operating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or the like; if the terminal attribute information includes a processing capability, the processing capability may include: And/or the memory capacity of the terminal, etc.; if the terminal attribute information includes an operating system software version, the operating system software version may include, for example, Android 4.0, Android 4.4, Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.5, and the like.

Or for example: If the terminal attribute information includes the production quotient number and product model number, the manufacturer can be: one of the manufacturer 1, the manufacturer 2, etc., the product model can be the model of the manufacturer to produce the product, such as Model-I, Model - Hey and so on.

It should be noted that the terminal attribute information may include any one of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version, or any of a plurality.

Optionally, the request for downloading the application sent by the terminal 201 includes attribute indication information for indicating the terminal attribute of the terminal 201. The application server 202 determines the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201 according to the attribute indication information.

For example, a manufacturer's product model number is Model-I's terminal, and the download application is sent. In the request, the terminal attribute of the terminal may be indicated by carrying the following attribute indication information in the request:

After receiving the terminal attribute indication information, the manufacturer 3-Model-I-HDPI application server 202 determines that the terminal 201 is a terminal of the model type I produced by the manufacturer 3, and the screen resolution of the terminal is HDPI, thereby obtaining the The terminal attribute information of the terminal 201 determines a specific resource that needs to be transmitted to the terminal 201 from among the resources included in the locally stored application package corresponding to the application.

Here, it should be noted that the application package corresponding to the application stored by the application server 202 usually includes multiple resources, and the resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201 is used as the application corresponding to the application that needs to be sent to the terminal 201. The specific resource included in the application package means that the application server 202 removes the resource that does not correspond to the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201 in the application package corresponding to the application stored locally.

For example, the terminal 201 with the Android 4.0 operating system is used as an example. If the application package corresponding to the application stored by the application server 202 includes the resource 1, the resource 2, and the resource N,

When N is a positive integer, the application server 202 determines a resource used by the terminal 201 suitable for the Android 4.0 operating system from among the above N resources, and uses the determined resource as a specific resource that needs to be transmitted to the terminal 201.

Optionally, if it is determined that the locally corresponding application package corresponding to the application, the resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201 has a file that does not match the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201, the file that is not matched It is converted into a file that matches the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201.

For example, the terminal attribute information of the terminal 201 includes a screen resolution, and the screen resolution is LDPI. The resource corresponding to the terminal 201 determined by the application server 202 includes only some HDPI pictures, and the application server 202 converts the HDPI pictures into LDPI pictures. The converted resource is sent to the terminal 201, otherwise the terminal 201 will not display the above picture correctly when the application is run locally.

In another case, if the resource of the application includes both the HDPI picture and the LDPI picture and the MDPI picture corresponding to the HDPI picture, the application number package of the application that needs to be sent to the terminal 201 is determined. Only LDPI pictures are included.

Hereinafter, the application delivery system provided by the present invention will be described by way of the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, The application is transmitted according to the screen resolution of the terminal, and the application server 202 (ie, the APK market in FIG. 3) converts the picture in the resource, and sends the converted resource to the terminal.

Embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 3, in the first embodiment, the application server 202 is an APK market (APK market), and the terminal is an Android terminal. The Android terminal sends a request for downloading an application to the APK market, and the request carries the attribute for indicating the terminal. The terminal attribute indication information, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the upload screen information XDPI, wherein the XDPI may include, but is not limited to, one of LDPI, HDPI, and MDPI.

The API market determines the resources corresponding to the screen information XDPI of the Android terminal from the APK of the application stored by the API, deletes other resources from the APK, and converts some of the determined images into convertible to the Android terminal. The picture of the screen information XDPI forms a converted APK and is sent to the Android terminal. Since the resource in the APK that does not match the screen information XDPI of the Android terminal is deleted, the converted APK will become smaller.

After the Android terminal receives the reduced APK, it runs the APK locally.

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an application transmission method, a terminal, and a server. The application transmission method, the terminal, and the server provided by the embodiment of the present invention are the same as the application transmission system provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The implementation may refer to the implementation of the system, and the details are not repeated here.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a first application transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the method includes:

S401: After receiving the request for downloading the application sent by the terminal, determining, by the locally stored application package corresponding to the application, and terminal attribute information of the terminal;

S402: Determine, according to the determined terminal attribute information, a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal from among the resources included in the determined application package.

S403: Removing other resources in the determined application package except for a specific resource;

S404: Send an application package with other resources removed to the terminal.

Optionally, in step S402, determining a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal, including: Determining, by the locally stored application package corresponding to the application, a resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the terminal;

Among the determined resources, the file that does not match the terminal attribute information of the terminal is converted into a file that matches the terminal attribute information of the terminal;

The resource corresponding to the converted terminal attribute information is used as a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal.

Optionally, the request for downloading the application includes attribute indication information for indicating terminal attribute information of the terminal;

Determining the terminal attribute information of the terminal, including:

Optionally, the terminal attribute information includes: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second application transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, the method includes:

S501: Send a request for downloading an application to the application server, where the request includes the attribute indication information for indicating the attribute of the terminal, and the application server is configured to determine, according to the attribute indication information, the resource included in the application package corresponding to the returned application;

S502: Receive an application package returned by the application server in response to the above request.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first application server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6, the application server includes:

The transceiver unit 601 is configured to receive a request for downloading an application sent by the terminal;

The processing unit 602 is configured to: after receiving the request for downloading the application, the transceiver unit 601 determines an application package corresponding to the locally stored application, and terminal attribute information of the terminal; and determining the application package according to the determined terminal attribute information. Among the included resources, it is determined that it needs to be sent to the terminal. The specific resource of the determined application package except for the specific resource is removed; the transceiver unit 601 is further configured to send the application package that the processing unit 602 removes other resources to the terminal.

Optionally, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:

Determining, in the application package corresponding to the locally stored application, a resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the terminal;

The resource corresponding to the terminal attribute information of the converted terminal is used as a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal.

The processing unit 602 is specifically configured to: determine terminal attribute information of the terminal according to the attribute indication information included in the download application request.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second application server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 7, the application server includes:

An I/O interface 701, configured to receive a request for downloading an application sent by the terminal;

The processor 702 is configured to: after receiving the request for downloading the application, the I/O interface 701, determining an application package corresponding to the locally stored application, and terminal attribute information of the terminal; and determining the application according to the determined terminal attribute information. Determining, for each resource included in the package, a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal; removing resources other than the specific resource in the determined application package;

In FIG. 7, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linked by one or more processors represented by the processor 702 and various circuits of the interface devices represented by the I/O interface 701. . The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art, and therefore, It will not be further described. The bus interface provides an interface. Memory 703 can include one or more memory units. For different user equipments, the user interface 704 may also be an interface capable of externally connecting the required devices, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 8, the terminal includes:

The sending unit 801 is configured to send a request for downloading an application to the application server, where the request includes the attribute indication information for indicating the attribute of the terminal, and the application server is configured to determine, according to the attribute indication information, the resource included in the application package corresponding to the returned application;

The receiving unit 802 is configured to receive an application package returned by the application server in response to the request. Optionally, the terminal attribute information includes: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 9, the terminal includes:

The first interface 901 is configured to send a request for downloading an application to the application server, where the request includes the attribute indication information for indicating the attribute of the terminal, and the application server is configured to determine, according to the attribute indication information, the resource included in the application package corresponding to the returned application. ;

The second interface 902 is configured to receive an application package returned by the application server in response to the request. Optionally, the terminal attribute information includes: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version.

In FIG. 9, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically one or more processors represented by the processor 905 and various interface devices represented by the first interface 901 and the second interface 902. The circuits are linked together. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Memory 903 can include one or more memory units. For different user equipments, the user interface 904 may also be an interface capable of externally connecting the required devices, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, Speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

In summary, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application transmission method, a terminal, and an application server. The determining, according to the terminal attribute information of the terminal, the resources included in the application package corresponding to the application that needs to be sent to the terminal, has the following beneficial effects:

1. Reduce the work of application package developers. There is no need to publish application packages with different resources according to different terminal attributes.

2. Reduce the traffic consumption of the application packet download. Download the file of the application packet to reduce (only the resources corresponding to the terminal attribute);

3. Reduce the local storage space consumption of the terminal;

4. The application data package operation efficiency is improved. Some files in the resource that do not match the terminal attributes are converted on the application server side, and the terminal does not need to perform the local conversion operation, which saves the processing resources and storage space of the server.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. To implement the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of a flowchart The instructions in the production result include an article of manufacture of an instruction device that implements the functions specified in a block or blocks of a flow or a flow and/or a block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

Although the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the < Therefore, the appended claims are intended to be interpreted as including the preferred embodiments and the modifications and modifications

It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of the inventions

Claims

Rights request

An application delivery method, comprising:

Removing the determined resources of the application package other than the specific resource; and transmitting the application package from which the other resources are removed to the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a specific resource that needs to be sent to the terminal comprises:

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the request for downloading the application includes attribute indication information for indicating terminal attribute information of the terminal;

Determining terminal attribute information of the terminal, including:

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the terminal attribute information comprises: a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version. One or more.

5. An application delivery method, the method comprising:

Sending a request to download an application to the application server, where the request includes a function for indicating a terminal attribute Attribute indication information, instructing the application server to determine, according to the attribute indication information, a resource included in an application package corresponding to the returned application;

The method according to claim 5, wherein the terminal attribute information comprises: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version. .

7. An application server, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to determine, after the receiving and receiving unit receives the request for downloading an application, a locally stored application package corresponding to the application, and terminal attribute information of the terminal; according to the determined terminal attribute information And determining, from the determined resources included in the application package, other resources that need to be sent; the sequence package is sent to the terminal.

The application server according to claim 7, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

The application server according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the request for downloading the application includes attribute indication information for indicating terminal attribute information of the terminal;

The processing unit is specifically configured to: according to the attribute indication included in the downloading application request Information, determining terminal attribute information of the terminal.

The application server according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the terminal attribute information comprises: a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version. One or more.

11. A terminal, comprising:

The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the terminal attribute information comprises: one or more of a screen resolution, an operating system type, a processing capability, a manufacturer, a product model, and an operating system software version. .