Application program update system, communication device for the same, portable communication terminal for the same, and computer readable medium for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9489191-B2
Application number	US-201314402291-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2013
Priority date	May 23, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

An application program update system includes: a communication device having a cooperative application program for executing a content in cooperation with a portable communication terminal; a communication device update program storage device that stores a communication device update program for updating the cooperative application program; and a communication device update program acquisition device that inputs the communication device update program to the communication device when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device does not match a version of the communication device update program.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An application program update system executed on a processor, the system comprising:
a communication device having a cooperative application program for executing a content in cooperation with a portable communication terminal;
a communication device update program storage device that stores an update program of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device as a communication device update program;
a communication device update program acquisition device that inputs the communication device update program to the communication device when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device does not match a version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device;
a portable communication terminal update program storage device that stores an update program of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal as a portable communication terminal update program;
a portable communication terminal update program acquisition device that inputs the portable communication terminal update program to the portable communication terminal when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal does not match a version of the portable communication terminal update program stored in the portable communication terminal update program storage device; and
an update program acquisition prohibition device that prohibits the communication device update program acquisition device from inputting the communication device update program when the version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device is newer than the version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal,
wherein the portable communication terminal has the cooperative application program for executing the content in cooperation with the communication device.

2. The application program update system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a content execution prohibition device that prohibits the cooperative application program from executing the content until the version of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device matches a latest version of the communication device update program.

3. The application program update system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a content execution prohibition device that prohibits the cooperative application program from executing the content until the version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal matches a latest version of the portable communication terminal update program.

4. The application program update system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a content execution prohibition device that prohibits the cooperative application program from executing the content until the version of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device matches the version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal.

5. The application program update system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the portable communication terminal update program is input from the portable communication terminal update program storage device, the portable communication terminal update program acquisition device acquires the communication device update program having the version corresponding to the portable communication terminal update program from the communication device update program storage device, and inputs the communication device update program to the portable communication terminal, and
wherein the communication device update program acquisition device inputs the communication device update program stored in the portable communication terminal to the communication device.

6. The application program update system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a relay server that relays a data communication between at least one of the communication device and the portable communication terminal, and a content delivery server that delivers the content,
wherein the relay server executes at least one of determination of whether the version of the cooperative application program installed in the portable communication terminal matches the version of the portable communication terminal update program stored in the portable communication terminal update program storage device, and determination of whether the version of the cooperative application program installed in the communication device matches the version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device.

7. The application program update system according to claim 6 ,
wherein the communication device update program storage device is provided in the relay server, and
wherein the portable communication terminal update program storage device is provided in the content delivery server.

8. The application program update system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the communication device update program acquisition device determines whether the version of the cooperative application program matches the version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device when the cooperative application program installed on the communication device is activated, and
wherein the portable communication terminal update program acquisition device determines whether the version of the cooperative application program matches the version of the portable communication terminal update program stored in the portable communication terminal update program storage device when the cooperative application program installed in the portable communication terminal is activated.

9. A communication device that has a cooperative application program for executing a content in cooperation with a portable communication terminal, and acquires a communication device update program which is an update program of the cooperative application program from an external communication device update program storage device executed on a computer processor, the communication device comprising:
a communication device update program acquisition device that acquires the communication device update program when a version of an installed cooperative application program does not match a version of the communication device update program stored in the communication device update program storage device,
wherein the portable communication terminal has the cooperative application program for executing the content in cooperation with the communication device,
wherein the portable communication terminal further includes:
a portable communication terminal update program storage device that stores an update program of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal as a portable communication terminal update program; and
a portable communication terminal update program acquisition device that inputs the portable communication terminal update program to the portable communication terminal when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the portable communication terminal does not match a version of the portable communication terminal update program stored in the portable communication terminal update program storage device, and

wherein an update program acquisition prohibition device prohibits the communication device update program acquisition device from inputting the communication device update program when the version of the communication d

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Ukai Hiroki
• Uefuji Takashi

Classifications

• G06F8/66 Primary

  of program code stored in read-only memory [ROM] · CPC title

• H04M1/72525

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G01C21/3697

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04M1/72406 Primary

  by software upgrading or downloading · CPC title

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title