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A method, equipment and system for controlling the upgrade of software version

A technology for controlling software and software versions, applied in the field of communication, can solve the problems of being unable to control the specific version upgraded by users, unable to control the upgrade fees of different versions, and upgrading services without license control methods

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-10-24
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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For example: in the above example, Version 2.0 has enhanced functions compared to Version 1.0. Part A does not have a corresponding license control method to perform license control on the upgrade service.
[0005] In addition, the above-mentioned existing technologies do not correspond the upgrade fee to the specific version number, that is, they do not control the upgrade fee between different versions, and the research and development investment costs between different versions are different, so once the user pays the upgrade fee , which means that the user can upgrade between any versions. For example: a product has V1, V2, V3, and V4 versions, and the user is currently using V1. Once the user pays the upgrade fee, the version can be upgraded to V2, V3, Any one of V4, which makes us unable to control the specific version that users upgrade
Because the R&D investment costs of V2, V3, and V4 versions are different, the existing license control technology for upgrade services cannot control the upgrade costs between different versions, which will bring losses to equipment manufacturers; It is lower than the price of purchasing a new version of the software separately, so if the user does not install the old version of the software, he only needs to pay an upgrade fee, and the device manufacturer will send the user a new version of the software, which is also a problem for the device manufacturer. big loss

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[0035] Referring to Fig. 1, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling software version upgrade, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0036] Step 101: The license control center saves the version number information of the software upgrade in the database according to the user's requirements in the contract signed between the user and the device manufacturer.

[0037] User needs are usually reflected in the contract in the form of a quotation item sequence, which includes software upgrade quotation items, that is, first-time installation quotation items or upgrade quotation items, and software upgrade quotation items include specified software upgrade version number information . Since in a contract, the first installation or the upgrade installation are two mutually exclusive business scenarios, so only the first installation quotation item or the upgrade quotation item exists in a contract, that is, the two quotation items cannot e...

Embodiment 2

[0056] In this embodiment, the process of submitting a software version upgrade application, receiving a license file and running the new version software is completed by the device to be upgraded. Referring to Fig. 2, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for controlling software version upgrade, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0057] Step 201: The license control center saves the version number information of the software upgrade in the database according to the user's requirements in the contract signed between the user and the device manufacturer.

[0058] In this embodiment, a certain software product has four versions, V1, V2, V3, and V4, and a user's demand is to upgrade the software product from version V2 to version V3 as an example.

[0059] Step 202: When the user upgrades the software version, the device to be upgraded submits a software version upgrade application to the License Control Center, and the software version u...

Embodiment 3

[0080] The difference between this embodiment and Embodiment 2 is that the process of submitting the software version upgrade application, receiving the license file and running the new version of the software is completed by the user service installation engineer of the equipment manufacturer, that is, the user service installation engineer implements the software for the user. When the version is upgraded, submit the software version upgrade application to the License Control Center, and after receiving the license file containing the version number information from the License Control Center, run the new version of the software, and the new version of the software will , to verify the version number related to the current software upgrade, if the verification is passed, the new version of the software is allowed to be installed; otherwise, the new version of the software is not allowed to be installed.

[0081] Concrete steps when the software version is upgraded in the pres...

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Abstract

The disclosed method for controlling software version upgrade comprises: submitting the software version upgrade request to the license control center; returning license file included version message; reading the license to extract version message; accordingly validating the version number, and allowing the upgrade if the verification successful. It also discloses the relative modules for controlling the software upgrade. This invention controls software upgrade well.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a method, device and system for controlling software version upgrade. Background technique [0002] The version upgrade strategy is an important part of the product sales strategy. The version upgrade fee can reflect the value of each version of the roadmap. The telecom software manufacturers in the industry regard the upgrade fee as an important source of funds for increasing product R&D investment and after-sales maintenance. At present, equipment suppliers are paying more and more attention to the establishment of version upgrade fees, and upgrade fees have become an international standard for charging policies, and have gradually been recognized by most operators. [0003] Before the upgrade fee, most equipment suppliers provide free upgrade service, without effective control over the upgrade service. With the popularity of upgrade fees, the control of upgrade services will become ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/24G06F9/445
CPCG06F8/65
Inventor 全一
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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