CN110647334B

CN110647334B - Conference control software upgrading method and device

Info

Publication number: CN110647334B
Application number: CN201810678187.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 袁占涛; 亓娜; 古明敏; 张艳军
Original assignee: Visionvera Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Visionvera Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-27
Filing date: 2018-06-27
Publication date: 2024-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2038-06-27
Also published as: CN110647334A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for upgrading conference control software, which are applied to the video networking. The method comprises the following steps: when the conference control software is detected to be started, access information of the Web host is obtained from the service host through a video networking protocol; accessing the Web host according to the access information, and acquiring version upgrading information from the Web host through a video networking protocol; if the need of upgrading is judged according to the version upgrading information, upgrading prompt information is displayed; and after receiving an upgrade request triggered by the user operating the upgrade prompt information, downloading a version upgrade data packet from the Web host through an Internet of view protocol, and upgrading. The embodiment of the invention can realize that the conference control software can be updated in time after the conference terminal is updated, and ensure the normal operation of the conference control software.

Description

Conference control software upgrading method and device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of video networking, in particular to a conference control software upgrading method and a conference control software upgrading device.

Background

With the rapid development of network technology, two-way communication such as video conference and video teaching is widely popularized in the aspects of life, work, study and the like of users. Video conferencing refers to a conference in which people located at two or more sites are talking face-to-face through a communication device and a network. Through the video conference, the participants can hear the sound of other conference sites, see the images, actions and expressions of the participants at the other conference sites, and can also send electronic demonstration contents, so that the participants feel like being personally on the scene.

In the video conference, conference control software is installed on a conference terminal, and the video conference is carried out through the conference control software. To improve the performance of conference terminals, conference terminals are often upgraded to add new features. However, if the conference control software on the conference terminal is not updated in time, these new features cannot be used, and even the conference control software cannot operate normally.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing, embodiments of the present invention are provided to provide a method for upgrading conference control software and a corresponding apparatus for upgrading conference control software, which overcome or at least partially solve the foregoing problems.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for upgrading conference control software, where the method is applied to a video network, the video network includes a conference terminal and a conference management platform, the conference terminal installs the conference control software, the conference management platform includes a service host and a Web host, and the method includes:

when the conference control software is detected to be started, access information of the Web host is acquired from the service host through an Internet of view protocol;

Accessing the Web host according to the access information, and acquiring version upgrading information from the Web host through a video networking protocol;

if the need of upgrading is judged according to the version upgrading information, upgrading prompt information is displayed;

and after receiving an upgrade request triggered by the user operating the upgrade prompt information, downloading a version upgrade data packet from the Web host through an Internet of view protocol, and upgrading.

Preferably, before the step of obtaining the access information of the Web host from the service host through the internet of view protocol, the method further includes: displaying a login interface, receiving login information input by a user in the login interface, and logging in the service host through a video networking protocol according to the login information.

Preferably, the step of obtaining the access information of the Web host from the service host through the internet of view protocol includes: generating an access acquisition request comprising first path information, and sending the access acquisition request to the service host according to the first path information; the first path information comprises a first source address and a first destination address, the first source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the first destination address is a video networking identifier of the service host; receiving access information of the Web host returned by the service host according to the second path information; the access information is obtained by the service host according to the access acquisition request and comprises the second path information; the second path information comprises a second source address and a second destination address, the second source address is the video networking identifier of the service host, and the second destination address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the step of obtaining version upgrade information from the Web host through a video networking protocol includes: generating an upgrade acquisition request comprising third path information, and sending the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host; receiving version upgrading information returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading information is obtained by the Web host according to the upgrading obtaining request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the step of downloading the version upgrade data packet from the Web host through the internet of view protocol includes: generating a downloading request comprising third path information, and sending the downloading request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host; receiving a version upgrading data packet returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading data packet is obtained by the Web host according to the downloading request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the version upgrade information includes an upgrade version number, and after the step of obtaining version upgrade information from the Web host through the internet of view protocol, the method further includes: comparing the current version number of the conference control software with the upgrade version number; and if the current version number of the conference control software is lower than the upgrade version number, determining that the conference control software needs to be upgraded.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a device for upgrading the conference control software, which is applied to the video network, wherein the video network comprises a conference terminal and a conference management platform, the conference terminal is provided with the conference control software, the conference management platform comprises a service host and a Web host, and the device comprises:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the access information of the Web host from the service host through a video networking protocol when the conference control software is detected to be started;

the second acquisition module is used for accessing the Web host according to the access information and acquiring version upgrading information from the Web host through a video networking protocol;

the display module is used for displaying upgrade prompt information if the need of upgrade is judged according to the version upgrade information;

And the upgrading module is used for downloading a version upgrading data packet from the Web host through an Internet of view protocol after receiving an upgrading request triggered by the user operating the upgrading prompt information, and upgrading the version upgrading data packet.

Preferably, the apparatus further comprises: and the login module is used for displaying a login interface, receiving login information input by a user in the login interface, and logging in the service host through an Internet of view protocol according to the login information.

Preferably, the second acquisition module includes: the first generation unit is used for generating an upgrade acquisition request comprising third path information and sending the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host; the information receiving unit is used for receiving version upgrading information returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading information is obtained by the Web host according to the upgrading obtaining request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the upgrade module includes: a second generating unit, configured to generate a download request including third path information, and send the download request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host; the data receiving unit is used for receiving a version upgrading data packet returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading data packet is obtained by the Web host according to the downloading request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the conference terminal is upgraded, the conference control software of the corresponding new version can be released, and the new version of conference control software is deployed in the Web host. When meeting is participated, when meeting control software is detected to be started, access information of a Web host is obtained from a service host through a video networking protocol; accessing the Web host according to the access information, and acquiring version upgrading information from the Web host through a video networking protocol; if the need of upgrading is judged according to the version upgrading information, displaying upgrading prompt information; after receiving an upgrade request triggered by user operation upgrade prompt information, downloading a version upgrade data packet from a Web host through an Internet of view protocol for upgrading. Therefore, the conference control software can be updated timely after the conference terminal is updated, and the normal operation of the conference control software is ensured.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a networking of the present invention for a video networking;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the hardware architecture of a node server according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the hardware architecture of an access switch of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic hardware structure of an ethernet corotation gateway according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of device interactions for a conference control software upgrade of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of steps of a method for upgrading conference control software according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a step flowchart of a method for upgrading conference control software according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of an upgrade apparatus for conference control software according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description.

The video networking is an important milestone for network development, is a real-time network, can realize real-time transmission of high-definition videos, and pushes numerous internet applications to high-definition videos, and the high definition faces.

The video networking adopts a real-time high-definition video exchange technology, and can integrate all required services such as high-definition video conference, video monitoring, intelligent monitoring analysis, emergency command, digital broadcast television, delay television, network teaching, live broadcast, VOD on demand, television mail, personal record (PVR), intranet (self-processing) channel, intelligent video playing control, information release and other tens of services into one system platform, and realize high-definition quality video playing through television or computer.

For a better understanding of embodiments of the present invention, the following description of the video networking is presented to one skilled in the art:

the partial techniques applied by the video networking are as follows:

network technology (Network Technology)

The network technology innovation of the internet of vision improves on the traditional Ethernet (Ethernet) to face the potentially huge video traffic on the network. Unlike pure network Packet Switching (Packet Switching) or network circuit Switching (Circuit Switching), the technology of video networking employs Packet Switching to meet Streaming requirements. The video networking technology has the flexibility, simplicity and low price of packet switching, and simultaneously has the quality and the safety guarantee of circuit switching, thereby realizing the seamless connection of the whole network switching type virtual circuit and the data format.

Exchange technology (Switching Technology)

The video network adopts the two advantages of the asynchronization and the packet switching of the Ethernet, eliminates the Ethernet defect on the premise of full compatibility, has full-network end-to-end seamless connection, and is directly connected with the user terminal to directly bear the IP data packet. The user data does not need any format conversion in the whole network. The video networking is a higher-level form of Ethernet, is a real-time exchange platform, can realize real-time transmission of full-network large-scale high-definition video which cannot be realized by the current Internet, and pushes numerous network video applications to high definition and unification.

Server technology (Server Technology)

The server technology on the video networking and unified video platform is different from the server in the traditional sense, the streaming media transmission is based on connection-oriented basis, the data processing capability is irrelevant to the flow and the communication time, and a single network layer can contain signaling and data transmission. For voice and video services, the complexity of video networking and unified video platform streaming media processing is much simpler than that of data processing, and the efficiency is greatly improved by more than hundred times than that of a traditional server.

Accumulator technology (Storage Technology)

The ultra-high-speed storage technology of the unified video platform adopts the most advanced real-time operating system for adapting to the ultra-large capacity and ultra-large flow media content, the program information in the server instruction is mapped to a specific hard disk space, the media content does not pass through the server any more, the media content is instantly and directly delivered to a user terminal, and the waiting time of the user is generally less than 0.2 seconds. The optimized sector distribution greatly reduces the mechanical motion of magnetic head seek of the hard disk, the resource consumption only accounts for 20% of the IP Internet of the same grade, but the concurrent flow which is 3 times greater than that of the traditional hard disk array is generated, and the comprehensive efficiency is improved by more than 10 times.

Network security technology (Network Security Technology)

The structural design of the video networking thoroughly structurally solves the network security problem puzzling the Internet by means of independent permission of each service, complete isolation of equipment and user data and the like, generally does not need antivirus programs or firewalls, eliminates attacks of hackers and viruses, and provides a structural carefree security network for users.

Service innovation technology (Service Innovation Technology)

The unified video platform fuses services with transmissions, whether a single user, private network users or a network aggregate, but automatically connects at a time. The user terminal, the set top box or the PC is directly connected to the unified video platform, so that various multimedia video services are obtained. The unified video platform adopts a menu type table allocation mode to replace the traditional complex application programming, and can realize complex application by using very few codes, thereby realizing 'infinite' new business innovation.

Networking of the video networking is as follows:

the video networking is a centrally controlled network structure, which may be of the tree network, star network, ring network, etc., but on the basis of this there is a need for a centralized control node in the network to control the whole network.

As shown in fig. 1, the view network is divided into an access network and a metropolitan area network.

The devices of the access network part can be mainly divided into 3 classes: node server, access switch, terminal (including various set-top boxes, code boards, memories, etc.). The node server is connected with an access switch, which can be connected with a plurality of terminals and can be connected with an Ethernet.

The node server is a node with a centralized control function in the access network, and can control the access switch and the terminal. The node server may be directly connected to the access switch or may be directly connected to the terminal.

Similarly, devices of the metropolitan area network portion can also be classified into 3 categories: metropolitan area server, node switch, node server. The metro server is connected to a node switch, which may be connected to a plurality of node servers.

The node server is the node server of the access network part, namely the node server belongs to the access network part and also belongs to the metropolitan area network part.

The metropolitan area server is a node with centralized control function in the metropolitan area network, and can control a node switch and a node server. The metropolitan area server may be directly connected to the node switch or directly connected to the node server.

Thus, the whole video network is a hierarchical centralized control network structure, and the network controlled by the node server and the metropolitan area server can be in various structures such as tree, star, ring and the like.

The access network part can be vividly called as a unified video platform (part in a dotted circle), and a plurality of unified video platforms can form a video network; each unified video platform can be interconnected and intercommunicated through metropolitan area and wide area video networking.

View networking device classification

1.1 devices in the visual network according to the embodiment of the present invention may be mainly classified into 3 types: a server, a switch (including an ethernet gateway), a terminal (including various set-top boxes, a code board, a memory, etc.). The view networking can be divided into metropolitan area networks (or national networks, global networks, etc.) and access networks as a whole.

1.2 devices in the access network part can be mainly classified into 3 classes: node server, access switch (including Ethernet gateway), terminal (including various set-top boxes, code board, memory, etc.).

The specific hardware structure of each access network device is as follows:

the node server:

as shown in fig. 2, the device mainly comprises a network interface module 201, a switching engine module 202, a CPU module 203 and a disk array module 204;

Wherein, the network interface module 201, the cpu module 203 and the disk array module 204 all enter the switching engine module 202; the switching engine module 202 performs an operation of looking up the address table 205 on the incoming packet, thereby obtaining packet guiding information; and stores the packet into a corresponding queue of the packet buffer 206 according to the packet's guiding information; discarding if the queue of the packet buffer 206 is nearly full; the switch engine module 202 polls all packet buffer queues for forwarding if the following conditions are met: 1) The port sending buffer is not full; 2) The queue packet counter is greater than zero. The disk array module 204 mainly controls the hard disk, including initializing, reading and writing operations on the hard disk; the CPU module 203 is mainly responsible for protocol processing with access switches and terminals (not shown), configuration of the address table 205 (including a downstream protocol packet address table, an upstream protocol packet address table, and a data packet address table), and configuration of the disk array module 204.

Access switch:

as shown in fig. 3, mainly includes a network interface module (a downstream network interface module 301, an upstream network interface module 302), a switching engine module 303, and a CPU module 304;

wherein, the packet (uplink data) coming in from the downlink network interface module 301 enters the packet detection module 305; the packet detection module 305 detects whether the Destination Address (DA), source Address (SA), packet type, and packet length of the packet meet the requirements, if so, allocates a corresponding stream identifier (stream-id), and enters the switching engine module 303, otherwise, discards the packet; the packets (downstream data) coming in from the upstream network interface module 302 enter the switching engine module 303; the data packet coming in from the CPU module 304 enters the switching engine module 303; the switching engine module 303 performs an operation of looking up an address table 306 on an incoming packet, thereby obtaining packet guiding information; if a packet entering the switching engine module 303 is sent from the downstream network interface to the upstream network interface, the packet is stored in the queue of the corresponding packet buffer 307 in association with a stream identifier (stream-id); discarding if the queue of the packet buffer 307 is nearly full; if the packet entering the switching engine module 303 is not sent from the downlink network interface to the uplink network interface, storing the data packet into the queue of the corresponding packet buffer 307 according to the packet guiding information; if the queue of the packet buffer 307 is nearly full, it is discarded.

The switch engine module 303 polls all packet buffer queues, in two cases in the embodiment of the present invention:

if the queue is sent from the downlink network interface to the uplink network interface, the following conditions are satisfied for forwarding: 1) The port sending buffer is not full; 2) The queue packet counter is greater than zero; 3) Obtaining a token generated by a code rate control module;

if the queue is not addressed by the downstream network interface to the upstream network interface, the following condition is satisfied for forwarding: 1) The port sending buffer is not full; 2) The queue packet counter is greater than zero.

The rate control module 308 is configured by the CPU module 304 to generate tokens for all packet buffer queues from the downstream network interface to the upstream network interface at programmable intervals to control the rate of upstream forwarding.

The CPU module 304 is mainly responsible for protocol processing with the node server, configuration of the address table 306, and configuration of the rate control module 308.

Ethernet corotation gateway：

As shown in fig. 4, the device mainly includes a network interface module (a downstream network interface module 401 and an upstream network interface module 402), a switching engine module 403, a CPU module 404, a packet detection module 405, a rate control module 408, an address table 406, a packet buffer 407, a MAC adding module 409, and a MAC deleting module 410.

Wherein, the data packet coming in from the downlink network interface module 401 enters the packet detection module 405; the packet detection module 405 detects whether the ethernet MAC DA, ethernet MAC SA, ethernet length or frame type, video network destination address DA, video network source address SA, video network packet type and packet length of the data packet meet the requirements, and if so, allocates a corresponding stream identifier (stream-id); then, the MAC DA, MAC SA, length or frame type (2 byte) are subtracted by the MAC delete module 410 and enter the corresponding receive buffer, otherwise discarded;

the downlink network interface module 401 detects the sending buffer of the port, if there is a packet, obtains the ethernet MAC DA of the corresponding terminal according to the destination address DA of the packet's internet of view, adds the ethernet MAC DA of the terminal, the MAC SA of the ethernet co-ordination gateway, and the ethernet length or frametype, and sends.

The function of the other modules in the ethernet corotation gateway is similar to that of the access switch.

And (3) a terminal:

the system mainly comprises a network interface module, a service processing module and a CPU module; for example, the set top box mainly comprises a network interface module, a video/audio encoding/decoding engine module and a CPU module; the coding board mainly comprises a network interface module, a video and audio coding engine module and a CPU module; the memory mainly comprises a network interface module, a CPU module and a disk array module.

1.3 devices of the metropolitan area network part can be mainly classified into 2 classes: node server, node switch, metropolitan area server. The node switch mainly comprises a network interface module, a switching engine module and a CPU module; the metropolitan area server mainly comprises a network interface module, a switching engine module and a CPU module.

2. View networking data packet definition

2.1 Access network packet definition

The data packet of the access network mainly comprises the following parts: destination Address (DA), source Address (SA), reserved bytes, payload (PDU), CRC.

As shown in the following table, the data packet of the access network mainly includes the following parts:

DA

SA

Reserved

Payload

CRC

wherein:

the Destination Address (DA) is composed of 8 bytes (byte), the first byte represents the type of data packet (such as various protocol packets, multicast data packets, unicast data packets, etc.), 256 possibilities are at most provided, the second byte to the sixth byte are metropolitan area network addresses, and the seventh and eighth bytes are access network addresses;

the Source Address (SA) is also composed of 8 bytes (bytes), defined identically to the Destination Address (DA);

the reserved bytes consist of 2 bytes;

the payload portion has different lengths according to different packet types, and is 64 bytes if it is various protocol packets, and 32+1024=1056 bytes if it is a unicast packet, and is of course not limited to the above 2 types;

The CRC consists of 4 bytes and its calculation method follows the standard ethernet CRC algorithm.

2.2 metropolitan area network packet definition

The topology of the metropolitan area network is a pattern, there may be 2 or even more than 2 connections between two devices, i.e. there may be more than 2 connections between node switches and node servers, node switches and node switches, node switches and node servers. However, the metropolitan area network address of the metropolitan area network device is unique, and in order to accurately describe the connection relationship between metropolitan area network devices, parameters are introduced in the embodiment of the present invention: a tag to uniquely describe a metropolitan area network device.

The definition of label in this specification is similar to that of MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switch, multiprotocol label switching), and assuming that there are two connections between device a and device B, there are 2 labels for packets from device a to device B and 2 labels for packets from device B to device a. The label is split into label and label out, and assuming that the label (in label) of the packet entering the device a is 0x0000, the label (out label) of the packet when leaving the device a may become 0x0001. The network access process of the metropolitan area network is a network access process under centralized control, that is, the address allocation and label allocation of the metropolitan area network are all led by the metropolitan area server, the node switch and the node server are all passively executed, which is different from the label allocation of the MPLS, which is the result of mutual negotiation between the switch and the server.

As shown in the following table, the data packet of the metropolitan area network mainly includes the following parts:

DA

SA

Reserved

label (Label)

Payload

CRC

I.e. Destination Address (DA), source Address (SA), reserved bytes (Reserved), labels, payload (PDU), CRC. Wherein the format of the tag may be defined with reference to the following: the tag is 32 bits, with the high 16bit reservation, with only the low 16bit, and its position is between the reserved bytes and payload of the packet.

Based on the characteristics of the video networking, the upgrading scheme of the conference control software of the embodiment of the invention is provided, and the conference control software is timely upgraded according to the protocol of the video networking.

Referring to fig. 5, a device interaction diagram of a conference control software upgrade of the present invention is shown. As shown in fig. 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, the devices involved in the process of upgrading the conference control software include a conference terminal and a conference management platform. The conference terminal is provided with conference control software, and the conference terminal participates in the video conference of the video network through the conference control software. The conference management platform comprises a service host and a Web host, wherein the service host can provide access information and the like of the Web host, and the Web host can provide information, data and the like related to upgrading. The conference terminal and the conference management platform are both connected to the video networking and interact through the video networking and based on a video networking protocol.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 6, a flowchart of steps of a method for upgrading conference control software according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown. The method can be applied to the video networking.

The method for upgrading the conference control software of the embodiment of the invention can comprise the following steps:

and step 601, when the conference control software is detected to be started, acquiring the access information of the Web host from the service host through an Internet of view protocol.

The conference terminal is accessed into the video network in advance, and conference control software is installed. When the video conference is carried out, conference control software is started on the conference terminal, and the video conference is participated in through the conference control software. The conference terminal may be various terminals accessing to the video network, such as STB (Set Top Box), PC (Personal Computer ), and the conference control software may be Pamir software.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the conference control software is started, the conference control software is not directly started to the video conference, but the upgrading process of the conference control software described in the embodiment of the invention is executed first. When the conference control software detects itself to be started, it can communicate with the service host through the internet of view protocol. Access information of the Web host is stored in the service host in advance, and the conference control software can acquire the access information of the Web host from the service host through the Internet of view protocol. The access information may include information such as a MAC address, an IP address, an internet of view number (when the external device accesses the internet of view, a corresponding internet of view number is allocated), and a port number of the Web host.

Step 602, accessing the Web host according to the access information, and obtaining version upgrading information from the Web host through a video networking protocol.

The conference control software can access the Web host through the acquired access information, and communicate with the Web host through the Internet of view protocol. The Web host can deploy version upgrade information and version upgrade data packages related to software upgrade, for example, after the conference terminal is upgraded, if conference control software of a corresponding new version is released, the version upgrade information and version upgrade data packages of the conference control software of the new version can be deployed into the Web host. Conference control software can obtain version upgrade information from a Web host through a video networking protocol. The version upgrade information may include upgrade version number, size of version upgrade data packet, final upgrade date, etc.

And step 603, if it is determined that the upgrade is required according to the version upgrade information, displaying upgrade prompt information.

Whether the current conference control software needs to be upgraded or not can be judged according to the version upgrade information, for example, whether the current conference control software needs to be upgraded or not can be judged by comparing the version numbers. If it is determined that the upgrade is required, upgrade prompt information can be displayed, for example, a prompt box can be popped up to display the upgrade prompt information and the like.

Step 604, after receiving an upgrade request triggered by the user operating the upgrade prompt information, downloading a version upgrade data packet from the Web host through an internet of view protocol, and upgrading.

The user may operate the upgrade prompt to trigger a corresponding request. For example, if the user operates the upgrade prompt message to select upgrade, an upgrade request may be triggered; if the upgrade prompt message is operated by the user to select not to upgrade, the upgrade prohibition request can be triggered.

If the conference control software receives the upgrade request, the conference control software can communicate with the Web host computer through the Internet of view protocol, and the version upgrade data packet is downloaded from the Web host computer. After the version upgrade data is downloaded, upgrade operation is carried out, and after upgrade is successful, the upgraded conference control software can be started and video conferences are entered.

If the conference control software receives the update prohibition request, the conference control software can continue to start the current conference control software and enter the video conference.

The embodiment of the invention can realize that the conference control software can be updated in time after the conference terminal is updated, and ensure the normal operation of the conference control software.

Example two

Referring to fig. 7, a step flow diagram of a method for upgrading conference control software according to a second embodiment of the present invention is shown. The method can be applied to the video networking.

in step 701, when the conference control software is detected to be started, a login interface is displayed.

The conference control software may first log into the service host before it obtains information from the service host. Thus, upon detecting that conference control software is started, a login interface may be displayed.

Step 702, receiving login information input by a user in a login interface, and logging in a service host through an internet of view protocol according to the login information.

The user can input the relevant login information on the login interface, and the conference control software logs in the service host through the video networking protocol according to the login information.

For example, an account number and a password input box may be displayed in the login interface, and a login button may be displayed, and the user inputs a login account number in the account number input box and inputs a login password in the password input box, so that the login information may include the login account number and the login password. After the user inputs the login information, the user can click a login button as an action for triggering login, and then start to login.

The conference control software receives login information input by a user in a login interface, and after detecting the action of triggering login by the user, the conference control software can send the login information to the service host through the Internet of view protocol. After receiving the login information, the service host verifies the login information, if the verification is passed, the login is successful, otherwise, the login fails.

Step 703, determining whether the login is successful. If yes, go to step 704; if not, return to step 701.

The login procedure may be successful or may fail. For example, if an account number or password is input incorrectly, the login may fail; for another example, if a network connection fails, login may fail, and so on. If the login is successful, the subsequent step 704 may continue to be performed; if the login fails, the process may return to step 701 to redisplay the login interface so that the user may re-perform the login process.

In step 704, access information of the Web host is obtained from the service host through the internet of view protocol.

After successfully logging in the service host, access information of the Web host can be obtained from the service host through the Internet of view protocol.

This step 704 may include the sub-steps of:

a1, generating an access acquisition request comprising first path information, and sending the access acquisition request to the service host according to the first path information.

The conference control software generates an access acquisition request, which is a request based on the internet of view protocol, and includes first path information, content indicating acquisition of the access information, and the like. The conference control software may send the access acquisition request to the service host according to the first path information via a video networking protocol.

The first path information comprises a first source address and a first destination address, wherein the first source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the first destination address is a video networking identifier of the service host. The video networking identifier of the conference terminal can be the MAC address of the conference terminal or the video networking number of the conference terminal, and the video networking identifier of the service host can be the MAC address of the service host or the video networking number of the service host.

a2, receiving the access information of the Web host returned by the service host according to the second path information.

After receiving the access acquisition request, the service host analyzes the access acquisition request, and can learn that the access information of the Web host is to be acquired through the content indicating the acquisition of the access information. Therefore, the service host generates the second path information, carries the second path information into the access information of the Web host, and returns the access information to the conference control software according to the second path information through the Internet of view protocol.

The second path information comprises a second source address and a second destination address, the second source address is the video networking identifier of the service host, and the second destination address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Step 705, accessing the Web host according to the access information, and obtaining version upgrade information from the Web host through the Internet of view protocol.

The access information of the Web host may include information such as a MAC address, an IP address, a video network number, a port number, etc. of the Web host, and the Web host may be accessed through the access information. Version upgrading information, version upgrading data packets and the like related to software upgrading can be deployed in the Web host, and conference control software can acquire the version upgrading information from the Web host through a video networking protocol.

This step 705 may comprise the sub-steps of:

b1, generating an upgrade acquisition request comprising third path information, and sending the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information.

The conference control software generates an upgrade acquisition request, wherein the upgrade acquisition request is a request based on a video networking protocol, and the upgrade acquisition request comprises third path information, content indicating acquisition of version upgrade information and the like. The conference control software can send the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information through the Internet of view protocol.

The third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, wherein the third source address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is the video networking identifier of the Web host. The internet of view identifier of the Web host may be a MAC address of the Web host or an internet of view number of the Web host.

And b2, receiving version upgrading information returned by the Web host according to the fourth path information.

After receiving the upgrade acquisition request, the Web host analyzes the upgrade acquisition request, and can learn that the version upgrade information is to be acquired through the content of the upgrade information. Therefore, the Web host generates fourth path information, carries the fourth path information into the version upgrading information, and returns the version upgrading information to the conference control software according to the fourth path information through the Internet of view protocol.

The fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is the video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Step 706, determining whether the acquisition was successful. If yes, go to step 707; if not, step 712 is performed.

Version upgrade information may be successfully acquired or may fail to be acquired. For example, if version upgrade information is not stored in the Web host, acquisition fails; for another example, if a network connection is problematic, acquisition may fail, and so on. If the acquisition is successful, the subsequent step 707 may continue; if the acquisition fails, step 712 is performed to enter the video conference.

Step 707, judging whether the upgrade is needed according to the version upgrade information. If yes, go to step 708; if not, step 712 is performed.

The version upgrade information may include information of an upgrade version number, a size of a version upgrade data packet, a final upgrade date, etc. Whether the upgrade is needed or not can be judged according to the version upgrade information. For example, the current version number of the conference control software may be compared to the upgrade version number. If the current version number of the conference control software is lower than the upgrade version number, determining that the conference control software needs to be upgraded; otherwise, it is determined that no upgrade is needed.

If an upgrade is required, then subsequent steps 708 may continue; if no upgrades are needed, step 712 is performed to enter the video conference.

Step 708, if it is determined that the upgrade is required according to the version upgrade information, an upgrade prompt message is displayed.

If the upgrading is judged according to the version upgrading information, upgrading prompt information can be displayed, and a user can trigger a corresponding request by operating the upgrading prompt information.

For example, both forced upgrades and recommended upgrades may be provided. For forced upgrade, a prompt box can be popped up to display a determination option corresponding to the forced upgrade, and the user can click on the determination option to trigger an upgrade request. For the proposed upgrade, a prompt box may be popped up to display an upgrade option and a tentative upgrade option corresponding to the proposed upgrade, and the user may select the upgrade option to trigger the upgrade request or select the tentative upgrade option to trigger the inhibit upgrade request.

Step 709, determining if the user has selected an upgrade. If yes, go to step 710; if not, step 712 is performed.

After receiving the upgrade request triggered by the upgrade prompt message of the user operation, determining that the user selects upgrade, and then continuing to execute the following step 710; after receiving the update prohibition request triggered by the user operation update prompt information, determining that the user selects not to update, executing step 712, and entering the video conference.

And step 710, downloading the version upgrade data packet from the Web host through the Internet of view protocol, and upgrading.

If the user selects an upgrade, the conference control software may download the version upgrade package from the Web host via a video networking protocol.

This step 710 may include the sub-steps of:

and c1, generating a downloading request comprising third path information, and sending the downloading request to the Web host according to the third path information.

The conference control software generates a downloading request, wherein the downloading request is a request based on an internet of view protocol, and the downloading request comprises third path information, content indicating to acquire a version upgrading data packet and the like. The conference control software may send the download request to the Web host according to the third path information via the internet of view protocol.

The third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, wherein the third source address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is the video networking identifier of the Web host.

And c2, receiving a version upgrading data packet returned by the Web host according to the fourth path information.

After receiving the downloading request, the Web host analyzes the downloading request, and can learn that the version upgrading data packet is to be acquired through indicating the content of the version upgrading data packet to be acquired. Therefore, the Web host generates fourth path information, carries the fourth path information into the version upgrading data packet, and returns the version upgrading data packet to the conference control software according to the fourth path information through the Internet of view protocol.

And after receiving the version upgrading data packet, the conference control software executes upgrading operation.

Step 711, after the upgrade is successful, the upgraded conference control software is started, and the video conference is entered.

After the upgrade is successful, the upgraded conference control software is started and enters the video conference to start to participate in the video conference.

Step 712, a video conference is entered.

The embodiment of the invention realizes the automatic upgrading of the conference control software, can enable the user to know the latest release state of the software, improves the update rate of the software, and ensures the user to know and use the new function in time.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the method embodiments are shown as a series of acts, but it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments are not limited by the order of acts, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently in accordance with the embodiments. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are presently preferred embodiments, and that the acts are not necessarily required by the embodiments of the invention.

Example III

Referring to fig. 8, a block diagram of an upgrade apparatus for conference control software according to a third embodiment of the present invention is shown, and the apparatus may be applied to the internet of vision.

The upgrading device of the conference control software of the embodiment of the invention can comprise the following modules:

a first obtaining module 801, configured to obtain access information of the Web host from the service host through a video networking protocol when the conference control software is detected to be started;

A second obtaining module 802, configured to access the Web host according to the access information, and obtain version upgrade information from the Web host through a internet of view protocol;

the display module 803 is configured to display upgrade prompt information if it is determined that upgrade is required according to the version upgrade information;

and the upgrading module 804 is configured to download a version upgrading data packet from the Web host through an internet-of-view protocol after receiving an upgrading request triggered by the user operating the upgrading prompt information, and upgrade the version upgrading data packet.

Preferably, the first acquisition module includes: the access generation unit is used for generating an access acquisition request comprising first path information, and sending the access acquisition request to the service host according to the first path information, wherein the first path information comprises a first source address and a first destination address, the first source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the first destination address is a video networking identifier of the service host; the access receiving unit is used for receiving the access information of the Web host returned by the service host according to the second path information; the access information is obtained by the service host according to the access acquisition request and comprises the second path information; the second path information comprises a second source address and a second destination address, the second source address is the video networking identifier of the service host, and the second destination address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the second acquisition module includes: the first generation unit is used for generating an upgrade acquisition request comprising third path information, and sending the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information, wherein the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a visual network identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a visual network identifier of the Web host; the information receiving unit is used for receiving version upgrading information returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading information is obtained by the Web host according to the upgrading obtaining request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the upgrade module includes: the second generating unit is used for generating a downloading request comprising third path information and sending the downloading request to the Web host according to the third path information, wherein the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a visual network identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a visual network identifier of the Web host; the data receiving unit is used for receiving a version upgrading data packet returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading data packet is obtained by the Web host according to the downloading request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

Preferably, the version upgrade information includes an upgrade version number, and the apparatus further includes: the comparison module is used for comparing the current version number of the conference control software with the upgrade version number; and the determining module is used for determining that the conference control software needs to be upgraded if the current version number of the conference control software is lower than the upgrade version number.

For the device embodiments, since they are substantially similar to the method embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and reference is made to the description of the method embodiments for relevant points.

In this specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment is mainly described by differences from other embodiments, and identical and similar parts between the embodiments are all enough to be referred to each other.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, apparatus, or computer program product. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, embodiments of the invention may take the form of a computer program product on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, terminal devices (systems), 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 block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing terminal device to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing terminal device, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. It is therefore intended that the following claims be interpreted as including the preferred embodiment and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the embodiments of the invention.

Finally, it is further noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article or terminal device comprising the element.

The above description of the method for upgrading conference control software and the device for upgrading conference control software provided by the invention applies specific examples to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the invention, and the description of the above examples is only used for helping to understand the method and core ideas of the invention; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will have variations in the specific embodiments and application scope in accordance with the ideas of the present invention, the present description should not be construed as limiting the present invention in view of the above.

Claims

1. The method is applied to the video network, the video network comprises a conference terminal and a conference management platform, the conference terminal is provided with conference control software, the conference management platform comprises a service host and a Web host, and the method comprises the following steps:

when the conference control software is detected to be started and does not enter a video conference, access information of the Web host is obtained from the service host through a video networking protocol; the access information comprises an MAC address, an IP address, a video network number and a port number of the Web host;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the step of obtaining access information for the Web host from the service host via a internet of view protocol:

displaying a login interface, receiving login information input by a user in the login interface, and logging in the service host through a video networking protocol according to the login information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining access information of the Web host from the service host through a internet of view protocol comprises:

generating an access acquisition request comprising first path information, and sending the access acquisition request to the service host according to the first path information; the first path information comprises a first source address and a first destination address, the first source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the first destination address is a video networking identifier of the service host;

Receiving access information of the Web host returned by the service host according to the second path information; the access information is obtained by the service host according to the access acquisition request and comprises the second path information; the second path information comprises a second source address and a second destination address, the second source address is the video networking identifier of the service host, and the second destination address is the video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining version upgrade information from the Web host via a internet of view protocol comprises:

generating an upgrade acquisition request comprising third path information, and sending the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host;

receiving version upgrading information returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading information is obtained by the Web host according to the upgrading obtaining request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of downloading the version upgrade package from the Web host via a internet of view protocol comprises:

generating a downloading request comprising third path information, and sending the downloading request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host;

receiving a version upgrading data packet returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading data packet is obtained by the Web host according to the downloading request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the version upgrade information includes an upgrade version number, and further comprising, after the step of obtaining version upgrade information from the Web host via a internet of view protocol:

Comparing the current version number of the conference control software with the upgrade version number;

and if the current version number of the conference control software is lower than the upgrade version number, determining that the conference control software needs to be upgraded.

7. The utility model provides an upgrade device of meeting control software, its characterized in that, the device is applied to in the visual network, visual network includes meeting terminal and meeting management platform, meeting terminal installs meeting control software, meeting management platform includes service host computer and Web host computer, the device includes:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the access information of the Web host from the service host through a video networking protocol when the conference control software is detected to be started and does not enter a video conference; the access information comprises an MAC address, an IP address, a video network number and a port number of the Web host;

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

and the login module is used for displaying a login interface, receiving login information input by a user in the login interface, and logging in the service host through an Internet of view protocol according to the login information.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second acquisition module comprises:

the first generation unit is used for generating an upgrade acquisition request comprising third path information and sending the upgrade acquisition request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host;

the information receiving unit is used for receiving version upgrading information returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading information is obtained by the Web host according to the upgrading obtaining request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the upgrade module comprises:

a second generating unit, configured to generate a download request including third path information, and send the download request to the Web host according to the third path information; the third path information comprises a third source address and a third destination address, the third source address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal, and the third destination address is a video networking identifier of the Web host;

the data receiving unit is used for receiving a version upgrading data packet returned by the Web host according to fourth path information, wherein the version upgrading data packet is obtained by the Web host according to the downloading request and comprises the fourth path information; the fourth path information comprises a fourth source address and a fourth destination address, the fourth source address is a video networking identifier of the Web host, and the fourth destination address is a video networking identifier of the conference terminal.