WO2016090997A1

WO2016090997A1 - Method, device, and system for managing terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2016090997A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/091262
Authority: WO
Inventors: 袁洪跃; 代家聪; 唐沁洋
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-12-08
Filing date: 2015-09-30
Publication date: 2016-06-16
Also published as: CN105744509A

Abstract

A method, device, and system for managing a terminal are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method may comprise: a terminal reporting its own current state to a server according to a preset state reporting policy; and, the terminal receiving and executing a terminal management command sent by the server.

Description

Method, device and system for managing terminal

Technical field

The present invention relates to terminal management technologies, and in particular, to a method, device, and system for managing a terminal.

Background technique

The popularity of mobile terminals has spawned a large number of terminal services and applications, such as phone calls, access to personal information, sending e-mails, browsing the web, gaming and leisure, downloading various fees or free services and applications. The complexity and diversity of terminal services and applications can bring cost and risk to users. For example, users need to pay for the use of an application or service in a specific state, such as a call in a roaming state. Business; or, users need to use the mobile network to consume data traffic when using the application or service, such as downloading a large amount of data in a mobile network environment; or leaking the location of the end user in a private place; or, Some applications that consume power and consume traffic, such as when power saving or provincial traffic is required.

These can cause users to misuse, bringing additional cost and risk to users using terminal services and applications.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiments of the present invention are expected to provide a method, device, and system for managing a terminal, which avoids erroneous operation of the user and reduces the use cost and risk of using the terminal service and the application program.

The technical solution of the present invention is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a terminal, where the method includes:

The terminal reports its current status to the server according to the preset status reporting policy.

The terminal receives and executes a terminal management instruction sent by the server.

In the above solution, before the terminal reports the current status of the terminal to the server according to the preset status reporting policy, the method further includes:

The terminal sets its own state reporting policy according to the received configuration message. The configuration message includes: a state reporting policy applicable to the terminal and a terminal management policy applicable to the server;

The terminal sends the configuration message to a server.

In the foregoing solution, the status reporting policy is used to indicate a status that the terminal needs to report and a time interval that indicates that the terminal performs status reporting.

The terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to manage the function and application of the terminal according to the status of receiving the terminal report.

In the above solution, after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, the method further includes:

The terminal feeds back an execution result to the server, and the feedback result is used by the server to know in time the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides another method for managing a terminal, where the method includes:

The server receives the current status reported by the terminal;

The server generates a terminal management command according to a preset terminal management policy according to the time when the terminal reports the current state and the current state reported by the terminal;

The server sends the terminal management command to the terminal.

In the above solution, before the server receives the current status reported by the terminal, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the server, a configuration message sent by the terminal, and setting according to the configuration message The terminal management policy, wherein the configuration message includes a terminal management policy applicable to the server, where the terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to manage the function and application of the terminal according to the status of receiving the terminal report.

The server receives the execution result of the feedback from the terminal, and the execution result is used by the server to know in time the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, where the terminal includes: an acquiring unit, a reporting unit, a receiving unit, and an executing unit, where

The collecting unit is configured to collect the current state of the terminal itself;

The reporting unit is configured to report the current state of the terminal itself collected by the collecting unit to the server according to a preset status reporting policy;

The receiving unit is configured to receive a terminal management instruction sent by the server;

The execution unit is configured to execute a terminal management instruction sent by the server.

In the above solution, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a configuration message, where the configuration message includes: a status reporting policy applicable to the terminal and a terminal management policy applicable to the server;

The terminal further includes: a setting unit and a sending unit, where

The setting unit is configured to set a status reporting policy of the terminal according to the configuration message received by the receiving unit;

The sending unit is configured to send the configuration message to a server.

In the foregoing solution, the terminal further includes a feedback unit, configured to: after the execution unit completes the terminal management instruction, feed back an execution result to the server, where the feedback result is used by the server to learn the timely manner The function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.

The collecting unit, the reporting unit, the receiving unit, the executing unit, the setting unit, the sending unit, and the feedback unit may use a central processing unit (CPU, Central Processing Unit) when performing processing. ), digital signal processor (DSP, Digital Singnal Processor) or programmable logic array (FPGA, Field-Programmable Gate Array) implementation.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a server, where the server includes: a receiving unit, a generating unit, and a sending unit, where

The receiving unit is configured to receive a current state reported by the terminal;

The generating unit is configured to generate a terminal management command according to a preset terminal management policy according to the time when the receiving unit receives the time when the terminal reports the current state, and the receiving unit receives the current state reported by the terminal;

The sending unit is configured to send a terminal management command generated by the generating unit to the terminal.

In the above solution, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a configuration message sent by the terminal;

The server further includes a setting unit configured to set a terminal management policy according to the configuration message, where the configuration message includes a terminal management policy applicable to the server, where the terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to receive the The status reported by the terminal manages the functions and applications of the terminal.

In the foregoing solution, the receiving unit is further configured to: after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, receive an execution result fed back by the terminal, where the execution result is used by the server to obtain the terminal in time Functions and applications after executing the terminal management instructions The program is turned on or off.

The receiving unit, the generating unit, the sending unit, and the setting unit may use a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP, Digital Singnal Processor), or Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing a terminal, where the system includes: a terminal and a server, where

The terminal is configured to:

Reporting the current status of the user to the server according to the preset status reporting policy;

And receiving and executing a terminal management instruction sent by the server;

The server is configured to:

Receiving a current status reported by the terminal;

And generating, according to the preset terminal management policy, a terminal management instruction according to the time when the terminal reports the current state and the current state reported by the terminal;

And transmitting the terminal management instruction to the terminal.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, device and system for managing a terminal. The server can use the information of the time period and the geographical location of the terminal as the basis for determining the current state of the terminal; and the service and application of the terminal according to the current state of the terminal. Corresponding management and control to avoid user misuse and reduce the cost and risk of using the terminal services and applications.

DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing a terminal on a terminal side according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a preset state reporting policy of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing a terminal on a server side according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for managing a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an exemplary application scenario is provided in an embodiment of the present invention. In this scenario, the terminal 10 is in communication connection with the server 20, and the server 20 may be based on the time period and geographic location of the terminal 10. The information serves as a basis for discriminating the current situation of the terminal 10; and correspondingly manages and controls the service and application of the terminal 10 according to the current situation of the terminal 10, thereby avoiding user misoperation, reducing the use cost of the user using the terminal service and the application program, and risk.

Referring to FIG. 2, a detailed flowchart of a method for managing a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The method is described by using the application scenario shown in FIG. 1 as an example. It should be noted that the scenario shown in FIG. 1 is only It is used to explain the technical solution of the embodiment. The method includes a terminal side and a server side for performing a communication connection, and the method may include:

S201: The terminal sets its own status reporting policy according to the received configuration message.

It should be noted that the configuration message may be obtained by the terminal from the input content of the user received by the terminal; the configuration message reflects the user's management function of the terminal and the application management requirement;

Specifically, the configuration message may include: a status reporting policy and a terminal management policy. The status reporting policy is applicable to the terminal side, and can be used to indicate the status of the terminal that needs to be reported, for example, the location status of the terminal, and can also be used to indicate the time interval for the terminal to report the status, for example, the status report is performed every other hour. The terminal management policy is applicable to the server side, and can be used to instruct the server to manage the functions and applications of the terminal according to the status reported by the receiving terminal, for example, to enable or disable certain functions or applications of the terminal at a certain time.

S202: The terminal sends a configuration message to the server.

It should be noted that, since the configuration message further includes a terminal management policy for managing functions and applications of the terminal, the terminal may send the terminal management policy in the configuration message to the server, so that the server can manage the policy according to the terminal. Manage the functions and applications of the terminal.

S203: The server sets a terminal management policy according to the configuration message.

It can be understood that the process of the foregoing S201 to S203 can be regarded as a process of pre-setting the status reporting policy of the terminal and the terminal management policy of the server, after performing the status reporting policy and the terminal management policy preset by the terminal and the server respectively. The subsequent steps can enable the terminal and the server to report and manage according to the preset policy. Therefore, after the status reporting policy of the terminal and the terminal management policy of the server are all preset, the method may further include:

S204: The terminal reports the current status of the terminal to the server according to the preset status reporting policy.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the terminal may locate the location where the current location is located according to the time interval for reporting the state in the state reporting policy, and send the positioning information of the terminal to the server; understandably, the terminal performs positioning. The accuracy can also be indicated to the terminal through the status reporting policy.

S205: The server receives the current state reported by the terminal, and generates a terminal management finger according to the preset terminal management policy according to the time when the terminal reports the current state and the current state reported by the terminal. make;

It should be noted that the terminal management policy is a basis for the server to manage the functions and applications of the terminal according to the status reported by the receiving terminal. Therefore, the server sets the corresponding management command for the terminal through the terminal management policy according to the time and current status reported by the terminal. ;

For example, when the terminal management policy is specifically: when the terminal is located at the B position at the time A, the C function and the D application of the terminal are closed, and the E application of the terminal is started; then, when the server receives the current B position reported by the terminal at the time A, When the terminal manages a C function and a D application for closing the terminal according to the terminal management policy, the terminal management command of the E application of the terminal is started.

S206: The terminal receives and executes a terminal management instruction sent by the server.

Specifically, in this embodiment, when the terminal management instruction is used to close the C function and the D application of the terminal, when the E application of the terminal is started, the terminal will execute the management instruction, and the C function and the D application of the terminal are used. Close and open your own E app.

It can be understood that, through S204 to S206, the server is managed to manage the service and application of the terminal according to the current state of the terminal.

Optionally, after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, the execution result may also be fed back to the server, so that the server end can know the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the open or closed state of the application in time.

In this embodiment, the server may use the information of the time period and the geographical location of the terminal as the basis for determining the current state of the terminal; and perform corresponding management and control on the service and application of the terminal according to the current state of the terminal, thereby avoiding user error. Operation, reducing the cost and risk of using the terminal services and applications.

Based on the same technical concept of the foregoing embodiment, referring to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of a method for managing a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method is applied to a terminal side that is in communication connection with a server, and the method may include:

S301: The terminal reports the current status of the terminal to the server according to the preset status reporting policy.

It should be noted that the current state of the terminal is used by the server to manage and control the functions and applications of the terminal.

It can be understood that, before step S301, referring to FIG. 4, the method may further include S300A and S300B:

S300A: The terminal sets its own status reporting policy according to the received configuration message.

S300B: The terminal sends a configuration message to the server.

S302: The terminal receives and executes a terminal management instruction sent by the server.

It can be understood that when the server manages the function and the application of the terminal according to the current state reported by the terminal and the terminal management policy, the server generates a terminal management instruction for instructing the terminal to perform the management.

Illustratively, in addition to S301 and S302, when the terminal performs the terminal management instruction completion After that, the execution result can also be fed back to the server, so that the server can know in time the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.

The embodiment provides a method for managing a terminal. The terminal sends its current state to the server, so that the server manages the terminal according to the current state of the terminal, thereby avoiding user misoperation and reducing user use of the terminal service. The cost and risk of using the application.

Based on the same technical concept of the foregoing embodiment, referring to FIG. 5, a method flow of a management terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The method is applied to a server side that is in communication connection with a terminal, and the method may include:

S501: The server receives the current status reported by the terminal.

It can be understood that the current status reported by the terminal is the basis for the server to manage the functions and applications of the terminal.

S502: The server generates a terminal management instruction according to a preset terminal management policy according to a time when the terminal reports the current state and a current state reported by the terminal.

S503: The server sends the terminal management instruction to the terminal.

It can be understood that the server sending the terminal management instruction to the terminal may enable the terminal to implement the terminal to manage the function and the application of the terminal by executing the terminal management instruction.

It should be noted that, before step S501, the method may further include:

The server receives the configuration message sent by the terminal, and sets a terminal management policy according to the configuration message;

It can be understood that the terminal management policy is applicable to the server side, and can be used to instruct the server to manage the function and application of the terminal according to the status reported by the receiving terminal, for example, when Enable or disable certain features or applications of the terminal, etc.

Except, in addition to steps S501 to S503, after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, the server may also receive the execution result of the terminal feedback, thereby enabling the server to know in time the function and application of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction. Turns on or off.

The embodiment provides a method for managing a terminal. The server receives the current state of the terminal and manages the terminal according to the current state of the terminal, thereby avoiding user misoperation and reducing the use cost of the user using the terminal service and the application. And risk.

Based on the same technical concept of the foregoing embodiment, referring to FIG. 6, a structure of a terminal 60 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The terminal 60 may include: an acquisition unit 601, a reporting unit 602, a receiving unit 603, and an execution unit. 604, wherein

The collecting unit 601 is configured to collect the current state of the terminal 60 itself;

The reporting unit 602 is configured to report the current status of the terminal 60 collected by the collecting unit 601 to the server according to a preset status reporting policy;

The receiving unit 603 is configured to receive a terminal management command sent by the server;

The executing unit 604 is configured to execute a terminal management instruction sent by the server.

In the foregoing solution, the receiving unit 603 is further configured to receive a configuration message, where the configuration message includes: a status reporting policy applicable to the terminal 60 and a terminal management policy applicable to the server;

Referring to FIG. 7, the terminal 60 further includes: a setting unit 605 and a sending unit 606, where

The setting unit 605 is configured to set a status reporting policy of the terminal 60 according to the configuration message received by the receiving unit 603;

The sending unit 606 is configured to send a configuration message to the server.

In the above solution, the status reporting policy is used to indicate the status that the terminal 60 needs to report and the time interval that the terminal 60 performs status reporting.

The terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to use the status reported by the receiving terminal 60 to the terminal 60. The features and applications are managed.

In the foregoing solution, referring to FIG. 7, the terminal 60 further includes a feedback unit 607 configured to feed back an execution result to the server after the execution unit 604 completes the terminal management instruction, and the feedback result is used by the server to know in time that the terminal 60 is executing the terminal management instruction. After the function and application are turned on or off.

The present embodiment provides a terminal 60, which sends the current state of the terminal to the server through the terminal 60, so that the server manages the terminal 60 according to the current state of the terminal 60, thereby avoiding the user's misoperation and reducing the user's use of the terminal service. And application cost and risk.

Based on the same technical concept of the foregoing embodiment, referring to FIG. 8, a structure of a server 80 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The server 80 may include: a receiving unit 801, a generating unit 802, and a sending unit 803, where

The receiving unit 801 is configured to receive the current status reported by the terminal;

The generating unit 802 is configured to generate a terminal management command according to a preset terminal management policy according to the receiving unit 801 receiving the time when the terminal reports the current state and the receiving unit 801 receiving the current state reported by the terminal;

The sending unit 803 is configured to send the terminal management command generated by the generating unit 802 to the terminal.

In the above solution, the receiving unit 801 is further configured to receive a configuration message sent by the terminal;

Referring to FIG. 9, the server 80 further includes a setting unit 804 configured to set a terminal management policy according to the configuration message. The configuration message includes a terminal management policy applicable to the server 80, and the terminal management policy is used to instruct the server 80 to report the status according to the receiving terminal. Manage the functions and applications of the terminal.

In the above solution, the receiving unit 801 is further configured to: after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, receive the execution result fed back by the terminal, and the execution result is used by the server 80 to timely know the function and the application of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction. Turns on or off.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a server 80, which receives the current state of the terminal through the server 80, and manages the terminal according to the current state of the terminal, thereby avoiding user misoperation and reducing the use cost of the user using the terminal service and the application program. risk.

Referring to FIG. 10, a structure of a system 100 for managing a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The system 100 may include: a terminal 60 and a server 80, where

The terminal 60 is configured to:

Reporting the current status of the user to the server 80 according to the preset status reporting policy;

And receiving and executing a terminal management instruction sent by the server 80;

Server 80, configured as:

Receiving the current status reported by the terminal 60;

And generating a terminal management instruction according to the preset terminal management policy according to the time when the terminal 60 reports the current state and the current state reported by the terminal 60;

And, the terminal management command is transmitted to the terminal 60.

The embodiment provides a system for managing a terminal. The server 80 can use the information of the time period and the geographic location of the terminal 60 as a basis for determining the current state of the terminal 60; and the service and application of the terminal 60 according to the current state of the terminal 60. Corresponding management and control to avoid user misuse and reduce the cost and risk of using the terminal services and applications.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention can take the form of a hardware embodiment, a software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage and optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each of the processes and/or blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, and in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. / or a combination of boxes. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

Claims

A method of managing a terminal, the method comprising:

The terminal reports its current status to the server according to the preset status reporting policy.

The terminal receives and executes a terminal management instruction sent by the server.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further includes: before the terminal reports the current status of the terminal to the server according to the preset status reporting policy, the method further includes:

The terminal sets its own state reporting policy according to the received configuration message. The configuration message includes: a state reporting policy applicable to the terminal and a terminal management policy applicable to the server;

The terminal sends the configuration message to a server.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the status reporting policy is used to indicate a status that the terminal needs to report and a time interval that indicates that the terminal performs status reporting;

The terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to manage the function and application of the terminal according to the status of receiving the terminal report.
The method of claim 1, wherein after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, the method further comprises:

The terminal feeds back an execution result to the server, and the feedback result is used by the server to know in time the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.
A method of managing a terminal, the method comprising:

The server receives the current status reported by the terminal;

The server generates a terminal management command according to a preset terminal management policy according to the time when the terminal reports the current state and the current state reported by the terminal;

The server sends the terminal management command to the terminal.
The method of claim 5, wherein the server receives a report from the terminal Before the pre-state, the method further includes:

The server receives the configuration message sent by the terminal, and sets a terminal management policy according to the configuration message. The configuration message includes a terminal management policy applicable to the server, where the terminal management policy is used to indicate that the server is configured according to the server. Receiving the status reported by the terminal, managing the function and application of the terminal.
The method of claim 5, wherein after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, the method further comprises:

The server receives the execution result of the feedback from the terminal, and the execution result is used by the server to know in time the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.
A terminal, the terminal includes: an acquisition unit, a reporting unit, a receiving unit, and an execution unit, where

The collecting unit is configured to collect the current state of the terminal itself;

The reporting unit is configured to report the current state of the terminal itself collected by the collecting unit to the server according to a preset status reporting policy;

The receiving unit is configured to receive a terminal management instruction sent by the server;

The execution unit is configured to execute a terminal management instruction sent by the server.
The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a configuration message, where the configuration message comprises: a status reporting policy applicable to the terminal and a terminal management policy applicable to the server;

The terminal further includes: a setting unit and a sending unit, where

The setting unit is configured to set a status reporting policy of the terminal according to the configuration message received by the receiving unit;

The sending unit is configured to send the configuration message to a server.
The method of claim 9 wherein said status reporting policy is for indicating a status of the terminal to be reported and a time interval indicating that the terminal performs status reporting;

The terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to manage the function and application of the terminal according to the status of receiving the terminal report.
The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the terminal further comprises a feedback unit configured to, after the execution unit completes the terminal management instruction, feed back an execution result to the server, the feedback result being used for the The server can know in time the function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application.
A server, the server comprising: a receiving unit, a generating unit, and a sending unit, wherein

The receiving unit is configured to receive a current state reported by the terminal;

The generating unit is configured to generate a terminal management command according to a preset terminal management policy according to the time when the receiving unit receives the time when the terminal reports the current state, and the receiving unit receives the current state reported by the terminal;

The sending unit is configured to send a terminal management command generated by the generating unit to the terminal.
The server according to claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a configuration message sent by the terminal;

The server further includes a setting unit configured to set a terminal management policy according to the configuration message, where the configuration message includes a terminal management policy applicable to the server, where the terminal management policy is used to instruct the server to receive the The status reported by the terminal manages the functions and applications of the terminal.
The server according to claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to: after the terminal performs the terminal management instruction, receive an execution result fed back by the terminal, where the execution result is used by the server The function of the terminal after executing the terminal management instruction and the on or off state of the application can be known in time.
A system for managing a terminal, the system comprising: a terminal and a server, wherein

The terminal is configured to:

Reporting the current status of the user to the server according to the preset status reporting policy;

And receiving and executing a terminal management instruction sent by the server;

The server is configured to:

Receiving a current status reported by the terminal;

And generating, according to the preset terminal management policy, a terminal management instruction according to the time when the terminal reports the current state and the current state reported by the terminal;

And transmitting the terminal management instruction to the terminal.