DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHING, DISTRIBUTING, AND INSTALLING SOFTWARE WHICH IS INDEPENDENT FROM PLATFORM AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A device for automatically searching, distributing, and installing software and a method thereof are provided to search a web automatically without an intervention of a user and to distribute an application program automatically by analyzing an OSD(Open Script Description) document which is an open specification for a software technique, loading a web search module capable of extracting information, and loading an application program automatically distributing module based on an SyncML(Synchronization Markup Language). CONSTITUTION: An OSD information analysis unit(21) searches, analyzes, and extracts software information and downloads software of a corresponding site. A web notice software information managing unit(22) manages information extracted from the OSD information analysis unit(21) and downloaded software using a database. A SyncML processing unit(23) transmits changed software database information being managed by the web notice software information managing unit(22) to a SyncML processing unit(25) of a terminal loading unit in accordance with a SyncML protocol. The SyncML processing unit(25) receives new software information in accordance with a SyncML protocol from the SyncML processing unit(23) and analyzes the software information. An information managing unit(24) manages application software information installed in the terminal loading unit as a database format.