Mobile communication terminal and software update method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorHirohiko Inohiza
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Abstract
The present invention has an object to prevent an automatic download from overlapping usage of the mobile communication terminal completely or as much as possible. In order to achieve the above-described objective, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal includes: a wireless communication portion; and a control portion which downloads software via the wireless communication portion from a software distribution apparatus connected to a network, wherein the control portion, when an update operation is conducted by using the downloaded software, displays a screen indicating end of operations of system software of the mobile communication terminal.
Claims24
A communication terminal comprising:
- a wireless receiver;
- and
- a controller configured to download software via the wireless receiver from a software distribution apparatus connected to a network, wherein
- the controller is further configured to:
- detect an instruction of power-off from a user,
- determine whether a new version software is available after detecting the instruction of power-off, and
- download the new version software after determining that the new version software is available in a state in which power is supplied without interruption, the power supplied without interruption from the detection of the instruction of power-off from the user until the end of downloading the new version software, and after the end of downloading the new version software the controller turns the power off.
A method for updating software, comprising:
- detecting an instruction of power-off from a user;
- determining whether new version software is available after detecting the instruction of power-off;
- after determining that the new version software is available, downloading the new version software via wireless communication from a software distribution apparatus which is connected to a communication network;
- and
- downloading the new version software in a state in which power is supplied without interruption, the power supplied without interruption from the detection of the instruction of power-off from the user until the end of downloading the new version software, and after the end of downloading the new version software controller turns the power off.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.