Streaming program execution method of intelligent terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018349193-A1
Application number	US-201615778217-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	Jan 20, 2016
Publication date	Dec 6, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A streaming program execution method of an intelligent terminal is provided. The intelligent terminal does not store a program package of a program before the program is executed. The program package of the program includes a code segment, a read-only data segment, an uninitialized data segment, and a readable/writable data segment and is stored and managed by a server. The intelligent terminal obtains a program execution instruction, downloads the uninitialized data segment, the readable/writable data segment and the code segment of the program package from the server, loads the same into a local storage space and starts the execution of the program. During the execution process, according to a call request of the program on data of the code segment and the read-only data segment, the intelligent terminal downloads the requested data from the server and loads the data into the local storage space for the call of the program.

First claim

1 . A streaming program execution method of an intelligent terminal, wherein the intelligent terminal does not store a program package of a program before the program is executed, the program package of the program is stored and managed by a server, and according to an ELF file standard, the program package comprises a code segment, a read-only data segment, an uninitialized data segment and a readable/writable data segment, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining, by the intelligent terminal, a program execution instruction, and downloading the uninitialized data segment, the readable/writable data segment and the code segment of the program package from the server; loading, by the intelligent terminal, the uninitialized data segment, the readable/writable data segment and the code segment of the program package into a local storage space and starting an execution of the program; and during an execution process of the program, according to a request of a call of the program on data of the code segment and the read-only data segment, downloading, by the intelligent terminal, the requested data of the code segment and the read-only data segment from the server and loading the data into the local storage space for the call of the program.

2 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 1 , wherein the uninitialized data segment and the readable/writable data segment are downloaded from the server and are loaded into a memory of the intelligent terminal; and the code segment and the read-only data segment are downloaded from the server and are loaded into a flash memory of the intelligent terminal.

3 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 1 , wherein the code segment, the read-only data segment, the uninitialized data segment and the readable/writable data segment of the program package are downloaded from the server and are loaded into a memory of the intelligent terminal.

4 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:
allocating, by the intelligent terminal, a local storage space to the program before the intelligent terminal downloads an executable file from the server, comprising: when the idle local storage space of the intelligent terminal is smaller than the storage space necessary for the execution of the program, terminating, by the intelligent terminal, the execution of the program, and releasing resources occupied by the program; and, when the idle local storage space of the intelligent terminal is not smaller than the storage space necessary for the execution of the program s allocating, by the intelligent terminal, the local storage space to the program.

5 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 4 , wherein before the execution of the program is started, the intelligent terminal only downloads the uninitialized data segment and the readable/writable data segment of the executable file, and downloads a first part of the code segment from the server according to a preset blocking method.

6 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 5 , wherein when the program proposes the request of the call for the data of the code segment and the read-only data segment, the method comprises:
judging whether the requested data are stored in the local storage space; if the requested data are stored in the local storage space, directly providing the data in the local storage space for the call of the program; and, if the requested data are not stored in the local storage space, downloading, by the intelligent terminal, the requested data from the server, and loading the downloaded data into the local storage space for the call of the program.

7 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 6 , wherein the loading, by the intelligent terminal, the data of the code segment of the executable file into the local storage space further comprises a step of re-positioning:
modifying, by the intelligent terminal, a relative address in a code segment system unit into an absolute address according to the absolute addresses of a code segment function unit, an uninitialized data segment memory unit, and a readable/writable data segment memory unit.

8 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 7 , wherein the intelligent terminal judges whether the data requested by the program are stored in the local storage space according to a mapping metadata table.

9 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 8 , wherein the mapping metadata table comprises a physical address, a file code and a file offset; and each piece of data of the mapping metadata table corresponds to a piece of data of the local storage space.

10 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 9 , wherein the intelligent terminal manages the data downloaded to the server through a transmission list, comprising:
judging, by the intelligent terminal judges whether the data requested for downloading from the server are recorded in the transmission list, wherein if the data requested for downloading from the server are recorded in the transmission list, the intelligent terminal does not provide a downloading request for the server and waits for the data downloading, and if the data requested for downloading from the server are not recorded in the transmission list, the intelligent terminal provides a data downloading application for the server, adds the data to the transmission list and downloads the data from the server.

11 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 3 , further comprising:
allocating, by the intelligent terminal, a local storage space to the program before the intelligent terminal downloads an executable file from the server, comprising: when the idle local storage space of the intelligent terminal is smaller than the storage space necessary for the execution of the program, terminating, by the intelligent terminal, the execution of the program, and releasing resources occupied by the program; and when the idle local storage space of the intelligent terminal is not smaller than the storage space necessary for the execution of the program, allocating, by the intelligent terminal, the local storage space to the program.

12 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 11 , wherein before the execution of the program is started, the intelligent terminal only downloads the uninitialized data segment and the readable/writable data segment of the executable file, and downloads a first part of the code segment from the server according to a preset blocking method.

13 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 12 , wherein when the program proposes the request of the call for the data of the code segment and the read-only data segment, the method comprises:
judging whether the requested data are stored in the local storage space; if the requested data are stored in the local storage space, directly providing the data in the local storage space for the call of the program; and if the requested data are not stored in the local storage space, downloading, by the intelligent terminal, the requested data from the server, and loading the downloaded data into the local storage space for the call of the program.

14 . The streaming program execution method of the intelligent terminal of claim 13 , wherein the loading, by the intelligent terminal,

Assignees

• Univ Central South

Inventors

• Zhang Yaoxue
• Yi Letian
• Li Jianbin

Classifications

• G06F9/5016 Primary

  the resource being the memory · CPC title

• G06F9/4843

  by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system · CPC title

• G06F8/654 Primary

  using techniques specially adapted for alterable solid state memories, e.g. for EEPROM or flash memories · CPC title

• G06F9/547

  Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services · CPC title

• G06F9/44521

  Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading · CPC title