User experience and dependency management in a mobile device

摘要

A method, system, and device supporting installation of updates to software and/or firmware in memory of an electronic device is described. The update information may be automatically generated based upon a list of all software components or packages already present on the electronic device, and may comprise software components for all dependencies of an application being installed by the update that are not already present on the electronic device.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one processor; a memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the at least one processor, and wherein the one or more programs include instructions configured to:
access a list of dependencies of a software and/or firmware application to be installed, wherein a dependency comprises a software and/or firmware component used by, but not part of, the software and/or firmware application to be installed;compare the list of dependencies to a list of all software and/or firmware components already present in the memory;produce a dependency graph to determine a number of dependents of the list of dependencies;automatically retrieve all dependencies and dependents of the list of dependencies not already present in the memory;determine whether room is available in the memory for the software and/or firmware application, all dependencies, and dependents of the list of dependencies not already present in the memory;download update information for installing the software and/or firmware application and all dependencies not already present in the memory, via a communication network, if room is available in the memory; andprocess the downloaded update information.