CN113542340A

CN113542340A - Multi-terminal configuration method, terminal and computer-readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113542340A
Application number: CN202110028163.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王少鸣
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-07
Filing date: 2021-01-07
Publication date: 2021-10-22

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-terminal configuration method, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium. The multi-terminal includes a first terminal and at least one second terminal of the same type deployed in a specific area. The multi-terminal configuration method may include: establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; receiving a configuration input at the first terminal and generating and storing terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input; configuring the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and sending the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

Description

Multi-terminal configuration method, terminal and computer-readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium for configuring a plurality of terminals.

Background

In the current daily life of people, a plurality of scenes for deploying a plurality of terminals exist, so that the life of people is greatly facilitated, and the experience degree is improved. For example, a scenario in which multiple terminals are deployed may include a store deploying multiple payment terminals, a hospital deploying multiple self-help registration payment terminals, a residential community deploying multiple entrance guard terminals, and the like, and more particularly, these terminals may be based on identity recognition (including human face, fingerprint, iris, and the like). As a specific scenario, a store may configure multiple payment terminals so that customers may make self-payments at multiple locations.

Currently, the related initialization work of the industry for a plurality of terminals still needs to manually perform the configuration work of initialization information for each terminal. When the number of the terminals is large, the user needs to perform repeated initialization information configuration work on all the terminals, so that the manual configuration and inspection workload is large, and the problem that configuration errors are difficult to find exists.

Therefore, a technique capable of improving the efficiency of the arrangement of a plurality of terminals is required.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, terminal, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product for configuring a plurality of terminals for techniques to improve efficiency of configuration of the plurality of terminals.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for configuring a plurality of terminals including a first terminal and at least one second terminal of the same type deployed in a specific area, the method including: establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; receiving a configuration input at the first terminal and generating terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input; configuring the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and sending the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the method further comprises: determining whether terminal application configuration information is present at the first terminal prior to establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; under the condition that terminal application configuration information does not exist at the first terminal, enabling the first terminal to enter a configuration mode, establishing communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and configuring the first terminal in the configuration mode; and under the condition that the terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal, enabling the first terminal to enter an operation mode without establishing communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and running the specific operation of the first terminal in the operation mode.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the method further comprises: storing the terminal application configuration information at the first terminal and receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the first terminal after configuring the first terminal; and enabling the first terminal to enter an auxiliary configuration mode based on the auxiliary configuration command. In the auxiliary configuration mode: establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one third terminal; and sending terminal application configuration information stored in the first terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided another method for configuring a plurality of terminals including first and second terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, the method including: establishing communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal; receiving, at the second terminal, terminal application configuration information from the first terminal based on the communication connection; and configuring the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of terminals further includes at least one third terminal of the same type deployed in a specific area, the method further comprising: establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and the at least one third terminal; after the second terminal receives the terminal application configuration information, the terminal application configuration information is sent to the at least one third terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, at the second terminal, an auxiliary configuration command after configuring the second terminal; and enabling the second terminal to enter an auxiliary configuration mode based on the auxiliary configuration command. In the auxiliary configuration mode: establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal; and sending terminal application configuration information stored in the second terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a first terminal, the first terminal including: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon a computer program executed to implement the following: establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; receiving a configuration input at the first terminal and generating terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input; configuring the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and sending the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the computer program is executed to implement the following operations: determining whether terminal application configuration information is present at the first terminal prior to establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; under the condition that terminal application configuration information does not exist at the first terminal, enabling the first terminal to enter a configuration mode, establishing communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and configuring the first terminal in the configuration mode; and under the condition that the terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal, enabling the first terminal to enter an operation mode without establishing communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and running the specific operation of the first terminal in the operation mode.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the computer program is executed to implement the following operations: after the first terminal is configured, the first terminal enters an operation mode and runs a specific operation of the first terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the computer program is executed to implement the following operations: storing the terminal application configuration information at the first terminal and receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the first terminal after configuring the first terminal; based on the auxiliary configuration command, the first terminal is caused to enter an auxiliary configuration mode in which: establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one third terminal; and sending terminal application configuration information stored in the first terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one second terminal is within a communication range of the first terminal and can be identified by the first terminal, wherein the step of establishing the communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal includes: and starting a communication connection function of the first terminal so that the first terminal establishes communication connection with the identified at least one second terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one second terminal is a part of the terminals identified by the first terminal, wherein the step of establishing the communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal further includes: receiving an administrator's selection input at the first terminal; generating selection information based on the selection input; and causing the first terminal to select the at least one second terminal from the identified plurality of terminals based on the selection information and establish a communication connection with the selected at least one second terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the first terminal is an identification device, wherein entering the first terminal into an operation mode and running a specific operation of the first terminal includes: in response to receiving an administrator's operation initiation input at the first terminal, causing the first terminal to collect identification data; and providing an identification result based on the collected identification data.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a second terminal, the second terminal including: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon a computer program executed to implement the following: establishing communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal; receiving, at the second terminal, terminal application configuration information from the first terminal; and configuring the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the computer program is further executable to implement the following: establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and the at least one third terminal; after the second terminal receives the terminal application configuration information, the terminal application configuration information is sent to the at least one third terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the computer program is further executable to implement the following: receiving, at the second terminal, an auxiliary configuration command after configuring the second terminal; and enabling the second terminal to enter an auxiliary configuration mode based on the auxiliary configuration command. In the auxiliary configuration mode: establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal; and sending terminal application configuration information stored in the second terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a first terminal, the first terminal including: a communication connection module configured to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal; a configuration module configured to receive configuration input at the first terminal, generate terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input, and configure the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and a transceiver module configured to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal further includes a determination module and a specific operation execution module, the determination module is configured to: determining whether terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal before the communication connection module establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; and under the condition that the terminal application configuration information does not exist at the first terminal, sending indication information to a communication connection module and a configuration module to enable the communication connection module to establish communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and enabling the configuration module to configure the first terminal according to the operation; in the case where the terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal, the instruction information is transmitted to the specific operation execution module without transmitting the instruction information to the communication connection module and the configuration module, so that the specific operation execution module executes the specific operation of the first terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the configuration module is further configured to: after the first terminal is configured, sending indication information to the specific operation execution module to enable the specific operation execution module to execute the specific operation of the first terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the first terminal further comprises a storage module, wherein the storage module is configured to store the terminal application configuration information at the first terminal, and the configuration module is further configured to: receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the first terminal; based on the auxiliary configuration command, the first terminal is caused to enter an auxiliary configuration mode, and in the auxiliary configuration mode: sending indication information to the communication connection module to enable the communication connection module to establish communication connection between the first terminal and at least one third terminal, and sending indication information to the transceiver module to enable the transceiver module to send terminal application configuration information stored in the first terminal to the at least one third terminal to enable the at least one third terminal to be configured based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the at least one second terminal is within the communication range of the first terminal and can be identified by the first terminal, wherein the communication connection module is configured to start the communication connection function of the first terminal, so that the first terminal establishes a communication connection with the identified at least one second terminal.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the at least one second terminal is a part of the terminals identified by the first terminal, wherein the communication connection module is further configured to: receiving an administrator's selection input at the first terminal; generating selection information based on the selection input; and causing the first terminal to select the at least one second terminal from the identified plurality of terminals based on the selection information and establish a communication connection with the selected at least one second terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first terminal is an identification device, wherein the specific operation execution module is configured to: in response to receiving an administrator's operation initiation input at the first terminal, causing the first terminal to collect identification data; and providing an identification result based on the collected identification data.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a second terminal, the second terminal including: the communication connection module is configured to establish communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal; a transceiver module configured to receive terminal application configuration information from the first terminal at the second terminal; and a configuration module configured to configure the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication connection module is further configured to establish a communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal, and the transceiver module is further configured to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the at least one third terminal through the communication connection after the second terminal receives the terminal application configuration information, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the second terminal further comprises a storage module, wherein the storage module is configured to store the terminal application configuration information received by the second terminal at the second terminal, and the configuration module is further configured to: receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the second terminal; based on the auxiliary configuration command, causing the second terminal to enter an auxiliary configuration mode, and in the auxiliary configuration mode: sending indication information to the communication connection module to enable the communication connection module to establish communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal, and sending indication information to the transceiver module to enable the transceiver module to send terminal application configuration information stored in the second terminal to the at least one third terminal to enable the at least one third terminal to be configured based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the operations in the steps of the method as described above.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the operations in the steps of the method as described above.

With the above-described technical solution of configuring a plurality of terminals according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, only one terminal needs to be configured, and the terminal application configuration information is forwarded based on the communication connection between the terminals, so that a plurality of terminals can be configured quickly, and since the terminal application configuration information is all the same, only the same terminal application configuration information is checked when checking a configuration error, so that the configuration error can be easily checked. In addition, by enabling the terminal which has already been configured to send the terminal application configuration information to the new terminal, the process that the administrator needs to input the terminal application configuration parameters again is omitted, and the configuration of the administrator on the new terminal application is facilitated and facilitated. Moreover, part of the terminals can forward the terminal application configuration information, so that the reliability of the transmission of the terminal application configuration information is ensured.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings that are required to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. The drawings in the following description are merely exemplary embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 1A illustrates a schematic view of an exemplary payment system having multiple face payment terminals;

fig. 1B shows a schematic diagram of the internal logical architecture of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

2A-2C illustrate a flow diagram of a method for configuring a plurality of terminals in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

3A-3C illustrate a flow diagram of another method for configuring multiple terminals in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

4A-4C illustrate block diagrams of the structure of a terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a system including a server and a plurality of terminals according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure more apparent, example embodiments according to the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a subset of the embodiments of the present disclosure and not all embodiments of the present disclosure, with the understanding that the present disclosure is not limited to the example embodiments described herein.

In the present specification and the drawings, steps and elements having substantially the same or similar characteristics are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals, and repeated description of the steps and elements will be omitted. Meanwhile, in the description of the present disclosure, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used only for distinguishing the description, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or order.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a theory, method, technique and application system that uses a digital computer or a machine controlled by a digital computer to simulate, extend and expand human Intelligence, perceive the environment, acquire knowledge and use the knowledge to obtain the best results. In other words, artificial intelligence is a comprehensive technique of computer science that attempts to understand the essence of intelligence and produce a new intelligent machine that can react in a manner similar to human intelligence. Artificial intelligence is the research of the design principle and the realization method of various intelligent machines, so that the machines have the functions of perception, reasoning and decision making.

The artificial intelligence technology is a comprehensive subject and relates to the field of extensive technology, namely the technology of a hardware level and the technology of a software level. The artificial intelligence software technology mainly comprises a computer vision technology, a voice processing technology, a natural language processing technology, machine learning/deep learning and the like.

Computer vision technology is a science that studies how to "look" at a machine. As a scientific discipline, computer vision research-related theories and techniques attempt to build artificial intelligence systems that can capture information from images or multidimensional data. The computer vision technology may include common biometric technologies (identification technologies) such as face recognition, fingerprint recognition, iris recognition, and the like.

First, a brief explanation of each noun term that may be referred to herein is provided.

Face recognition: the technology of obtaining the identity information of people through the multimedia information of the human faces.

Three-dimensional (3D) camera: compared with a traditional camera, the living body related software and hardware are added, for example, the living body related software and hardware comprise a depth camera and an infrared camera, and information safety is guaranteed.

SN: the character string serial number can uniquely identify one terminal.

The biological identification technology comprises the following steps: the personal identity is identified by closely combining a computer with high-tech means such as optics, acoustics, biosensors and a biometric principle, and by utilizing the inherent physiological characteristics (such as fingerprints, face images, irises and the like) and behavior characteristics (such as handwriting, voice, gait and the like) of a human body.

Biological payment: the method is a mode for realizing the verification of personal identity and authorizing payment by utilizing a biological identification technology.

As described in the foregoing, in the current daily life of people, there are many scenarios in which a plurality of terminals are deployed. Fig. 1A shows a schematic view of an exemplary payment system 100 with multiple payment terminals.

In fig. 1A, three payment terminals 110A-110C are shown in a self-service checkout area of a supermarket in a payment scenario. The customer may make a purchase of the goods through a biometric payment means such as a face payment or a fingerprint payment as shown in fig. 1A. As shown in fig. 1A, a customer is paying with a payment terminal 110A, and a face payment is adopted, the payment terminal 110A collects an image of the face of the customer by using its associated camera (e.g., 3D camera), and uploads the collected image to a server for verification and identification. At the same time, payment terminal 110B is providing a selection interface so that the customer can choose to adopt his more preferred form of biometric payment, and payment terminal 110C is presenting the user-related information (shown in fig. 1A as a payment code and user ID) just returned from the server side. Only two biopaying modes are shown in fig. 1A, however, there may be more, and the disclosure is not limited thereto.

Each of the payment terminals 110A-110C needs to be in network connection with the server 120, for example, biological payment data (e.g., fingerprint identification information or face picture) and current amount information are uploaded to the server 120 together, so that the server 120 performs identification and related business operations based on the received biological information, and returns user-related information to the corresponding payment terminal.

The specific embodiments of the payment terminal and the terminal mentioned hereinafter may be a desktop terminal, a mobile terminal or other types of terminals having a separate operating system and application executing functions. The server may be implemented as a stand-alone server or as a server cluster consisting of a plurality of servers. The specific operation of each payment terminal 110A-C and server 120 will be described in detail later.

Taking fig. 1A as an example, when the payment terminals land, that is, when the payment terminals are new, it is necessary to perform related application initialization work for a plurality of terminals, that is, it is necessary to perform configuration work of application initialization information for each terminal, so that the terminal can run a corresponding application to implement a specific function (for example, payment). The terminal shown in fig. 1A is a payment terminal in a supermarket store, as previously mentioned, other types of terminals are possible.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for configuring a plurality of terminals, and accordingly disclose a terminal, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product.

In a particular embodiment, the operations in the various steps of the method as described with reference to the figures, carried out at the terminal, are carried out by executing an Application (APP) at the terminal. Each of the terminal and the server is loaded with an operating system, and an application program, which is a computer program developed and executed on the operating system to perform a specific task, runs on the operating system. For convenience of description, before introducing the method, a schematic diagram of an internal logical architecture of a plurality of terminals and servers in the multi-terminal system 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is first briefly introduced, as shown in fig. 1B.

As shown in fig. 1B, the internal logic architecture of the terminal includes an operating system and an application program, and the application program includes service program modules (hereinafter, simply referred to as services) corresponding to respective operations to be performed, and the services are executed after the application program is started to implement the respective corresponding operations. As an example, the application programs of the terminal may include a system start listening service, an application initialization checking service, a communication connection detection service, a connection terminal confirmation service, an initialization information configuration service, a communication connection service, an application caching service, an application ready service, a specific operation execution service.

On the other hand, for the server, the server may also include an operating system and a server application (not shown), and the server application may include service program modules (services) respectively corresponding to respective operations to be performed, and may include, for example, a specific operation execution service and a terminal management service.

The specific corresponding operation of each service illustrated in fig. 1B will be described later in connection with a method of configuring a plurality of terminals according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2A-2C show a flow diagram of a method 200 for configuring multiple terminals in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the plurality of terminals includes a first terminal and at least one second terminal of the same type deployed in a particular area. The first terminal may be one of the

payment terminals

110A, 110B and 110C shown in fig. 1A, and the at least one second terminal may be at least one of the remaining

payment terminals

110A, 110B and 110C shown in fig. 1A. Each terminal has the internal logical architecture of the terminal as shown in fig. 1B.

As shown in fig. 2A, in step S210, a first terminal is connected to at least one second terminal for communication.

Alternatively, one terminal may be selected from a plurality of terminals as the first terminal as the master terminal. Alternatively, the first terminal may not be pre-specified, in a case that all terminals are new, as will be described later, all terminal communication connection functions may be started, and communication connections may be established between the terminals, an administrator may input terminal application configuration parameters at any one terminal (herein, the administrator may be a staff member with configuration authority, for example, an IT person in a supermarket store), and the terminal may send terminal application configuration information generated based on the terminal application configuration parameters to other terminals that need to be initialized and configured, and then the terminal that sends the terminal application configuration information at this time is regarded as the first terminal in this embodiment.

The operation of this step S210 may correspond to a system start listening service, a communication connection detection service, a communication connection service, a connection terminal confirmation service, and the like of an application in the terminal. That is, the operation is achieved by executing at least the services in the application.

The system start monitoring service may be configured to monitor a start instruction of a terminal (e.g., the terminal 1 shown in fig. 1B), so as to start an application based on the start instruction, for example, for a case that the operating system is Android, the start event is broadcasted after the operating system is started, and after the system start monitoring service monitors the broadcast, it is determined that the terminal is started, so that the application may be started. The communication connection detection service is used for detecting which terminals the current terminal can be in communication connection with. Alternatively, the connection terminal confirmation service is used to confirm a terminal to be communicatively connected with the current terminal based on an input of an administrator. The communication connection service is used for being called by the communication connection detection service to quickly establish communication connection between the terminals, and realize intercommunication between the terminals so as to transmit the terminal application configuration information.

For example, after the first terminal is powered on, for example, after the executed system start listening service monitors that its own operating system is started, it may execute its own communication connection detection service (i.e., start a communication connection function), so that the first terminal may identify at least one second terminal within a communication range of the first terminal and establish a communication connection with the second terminals (by executing the communication connection service). In some embodiments, which will be described later, the communication connection detection service may be invoked by an application initialization check service, i.e. invoking the communication connection detection service only if it is checked that no terminal application configuration information is present in the current terminal, and not invoking the communication connection detection service, i.e. not connecting with other terminals, if it is checked that terminal application configuration information is present in the current terminal.

In some embodiments, the first terminal may identify a plurality of terminals within a communication range of the first terminal, but there may be a case where an administrator may not wish to initially configure some of the plurality of terminals, but may wish to configure only a part of the terminals (the part of the terminals that are desired to be configured is the at least one second terminal described above), and thus the step of establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal may specifically include: receiving an administrator's selection input at the first terminal; generating selection information based on the selection input; and causing the first terminal to select the at least one second terminal from the identified terminals based on the selection information and establish a communication connection with the selected at least one second terminal. This selected operation may be implemented by executing a connection terminal confirmation service, which may also be invoked by or included in the communication connection detection service.

In these embodiments, for example, the selection information may be screening information, that is, at least one second terminal with which the administrator desires to establish a communication connection may be first screened from all the terminals identified by the first terminal based on the screening information, and a communication connection may be established with the screened at least one second terminal.

For another example, the selection information may be deletion information, that is, the first terminal may first establish communication connections with all identified terminals, and may receive a deletion input and generate deletion information, and delete the corresponding terminal based on the deletion information. For example, the SNs of all identified terminals currently connected may be presented on a user interface of the first terminal, and the administrator may then manually delete the terminals on the user interface for which initial configuration is not desired.

For example, the first terminal and the at least one second terminal may be connected by short-range communication (e.g., bluetooth communication). However, other communication methods may be adopted as long as two terminals of the same type can perform communication connection and exchange information.

The communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal may be one-to-one or one-to-many, that is, the first terminal may be connected to only one second terminal at a time, or may be connected to a plurality of second terminals to transfer information thereto. In one-to-one case, the first terminal may establish a communication connection with the at least one second terminal in sequence (e.g., in an SN ordering of the terminals) and send terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal in sequence based on the communication connection. In the one-to-many case, the first terminal may simultaneously transmit terminal application configuration information to at least one second terminal.

In step S220, a configuration input is received at the first terminal, and terminal application configuration information is generated based on the received configuration input.

The operation of step S220 may correspond to an initialization information configuration service and an application caching service of an application program in the terminal. The initialization information configuration service is used for an administrator to configure necessary initialization information (terminal application configuration information). An application caching service is performed for locally storing (e.g. based on sqlite) terminal application configuration information of the current terminal. For example, after executing the initialization information configuration service generates terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input, the terminal application configuration information may be stored locally by executing the application caching service.

For example, the first terminal may have a user interface for presenting information to an administrator and receiving configuration inputs from the administrator. Terminal application configuration parameters input by an administrator may be received at the first terminal and, in response to receiving the terminal application configuration parameters, terminal application configuration information may be generated based on the terminal application configuration parameters. The terminal application configuration information may also be stored, e.g. locally and/or uploaded to a server together with an identification (e.g. SN) of the first terminal.

In one specific example, when the first terminal is a payment terminal as shown in fig. 1A, for example, the terminal application configuration information may include store information, usage pattern information, administrator information, and terminal location information. The store information refers to ID information of a store where the current terminal falls, the usage mode information refers to whether the current terminal is in an independent cashier mode or a mode that needs to be used in cooperation with a cashier POS, the administrator information refers to information of a person currently configured for the terminal, and the terminal position information refers to information related to a position where the current terminal is placed in the store.

In step S230, the first terminal is configured based on the terminal application configuration information.

The operation of this step S230 may still configure the service corresponding to the initialization information of the application in the terminal.

In step S240, the terminal application configuration information is sent to the at least one second terminal through a communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

The operation of this step S240 may still correspond to a communication connection service for enabling intercommunication between terminals to transfer terminal application configuration information.

For example, the at least one second terminal is not initially configured, i.e. there is no terminal application configuration information locally, and thus needs to be configured, so a communication connection service may be performed at the at least one second terminal for a communication connection between the at least one second terminal and the first terminal to receive the terminal application configuration information from the first terminal.

Optionally, the communication connection of the first terminal with the at least one second terminal may be disconnected after the first terminal has transmitted the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal. Of course, this is not necessary, and if the respective terminals of the same type are each capable of establishing communication connections with a plurality of terminals at the same time and data/information exchange is possible with the plurality of terminals connected, the first terminal may be kept in communication connection with a plurality of second terminals and may be brought into communication connection with other terminals (terminals other than the at least one second terminal, which the first terminal is capable of recognizing).

Furthermore, the operations described in the above steps are all performed assuming that no terminal application configuration information is present at the first terminal, but the first terminal may already be configured and have terminal application configuration information stored locally (e.g. based on an application caching service), in which case the first terminal may not enter the configuration process.

Thus, as shown in fig. 2B, the method 200 may further include: prior to step S210, determining whether terminal application configuration information is present at the first terminal; then, in the case that the terminal application configuration information does not exist at the first terminal, the first terminal is caused to enter a configuration mode (for example, the operations described in steps S210-S230 are performed), the first terminal is established with the at least one second terminal in a communication connection, and the first terminal is configured in the configuration mode; and, in case of the presence of terminal application configuration information at the first terminal, the first terminal is brought into an operational mode without establishing a communication connection between said first terminal and said at least one second terminal and running a specific operation of the first terminal in the operational mode.

Alternatively, additional steps before step S210 may correspond to operations of the application initialization check service, the application ready service, and the specific operation execution service.

For example, the application initialization check service may be executed to retrieve data of an application caching service local to the current terminal after an application program starts (starts based on a listening result of the system start listening service) to determine whether the current terminal locally stores terminal application configuration information. If terminal application configuration information is present in the application caching service, an application-ready service is directly started, which may invoke a specific operation execution service, i.e. in this case the current terminal application has initialized configuration complete and may be used to execute a specific operation (e.g. to execute a payment operation in response to a click of the user). If the terminal application configuration information does not exist in the application caching service, it indicates that the current terminal application is not initially configured and needs to be configured, so that the current terminal needs to be in communication connection with other terminals to send or receive the terminal application configuration information to or from other terminals (such as terminal 2 in fig. 1B) about to be configured at the current terminal application based on the communication connection, and therefore, the communication connection detection service is called next in this case. That is, the communication connection detection service may be invoked by the application initialization checking service, and the specific operation procedure has been described in the foregoing, and thus will not be repeated here.

In addition, after the configuration of the first terminal is finished, the first terminal can enter an operation mode, and the specific operation of the first terminal can be operated in the operation mode.

For example, in the case that the first terminal is an identification device, the first terminal running a specific operation in the operation mode may include: the method includes collecting identification data in response to a received operation initiation input of an administrator, and providing an identification result based on the collected identification data. More specifically, for example, in the case where the first terminal is a payment terminal as shown in fig. 1A, the first terminal performing a specific operation in the operation mode may include: collecting identification data in response to a received operation start input of an administrator, and uploading the collected identification data to a server; and receives and provides the identification result from the server. For example, when the first terminal is in an operation mode, in response to a received click of a "face payment" button on the user interface by the user, the 3D camera is called to perform image acquisition on the face of the user to obtain a plurality of face images, and an optimal face image can be selected from the plurality of face images (for example, comprehensive evaluation is performed according to coefficient indexes such as face size, face angle, image contrast, brightness and sharpness of the image), and then the selected optimal face image and current money amount information are uploaded to the server together for processing by the server (for example, face recognition, generation of user-related information to return to the terminal, and the like). Or, for example, in a case that the first terminal is an access control terminal, the running of the specific operation by the first terminal in the operation mode may include: the method includes collecting identification data in response to a received operation initiation input of an administrator and comparing the collected identification data with pre-stored identification information to provide an identification result.

There is another possible situation where the first terminal may have already been configured, where the terminal application configuration information has been stored locally, and where even the terminal application configuration information has been forwarded to the connected at least one second terminal such that these second terminals have also completed the configuration, when a new at least one third terminal needs to initiate the configuration.

In this case, the new at least one third terminal may be communicatively connected to each other as described above, and the terminal application configuration parameters (from the administrator) are received at one of the third terminals, and the terminal application configuration information is generated based on the terminal application configuration parameters to be forwarded to other third terminals, so as to finally implement the initial configuration of all the third terminals. Furthermore, the first terminal, which is already configured (i.e. has terminal application configuration information locally), may also participate in the configuration process of the new third terminal without receiving terminal application configuration parameters from the administrator. For example, the first terminal may also be configured to have an auxiliary configuration mode for configuring such a new third terminal. In this case, the application in the first terminal may further comprise an auxiliary configuration service (not shown) for being executed to implement an auxiliary configuration procedure for the other terminal.

In particular, as shown in fig. 2C, an auxiliary configuration command may be received at the first terminal, where the auxiliary configuration command may be generated based on, for example, a click from an administrator on a button on the user interface. Alternatively, the auxiliary configuration command may also be generated based on the first terminal itself periodically detecting whether there is a terminal requiring a communication connection and detecting that there is another terminal, for example, by periodically performing a communication connection detection service to determine whether there is a terminal requiring a communication connection.

Thereafter, based on the auxiliary configuration command, the first terminal may be brought into an auxiliary configuration mode in which operations similar to steps S210 and S240 are performed, i.e.: establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one third terminal; and sending the terminal application configuration information stored in the first terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

Furthermore, as will be described later with reference to fig. 3A to 3C, any one of the at least one second terminal that has undergone configuration (having stored terminal application configuration information locally) may also establish a communication connection with at least one third terminal to transmit the terminal application configuration information thereto, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

With the above-described method of configuring a plurality of terminals of an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is only necessary to configure at one terminal, and the terminal application configuration information is forwarded based on communication between terminals, so that a plurality of terminals can be rapidly configured, and since the terminal application configuration information is all the same so that only the same terminal application configuration information is checked when checking for a configuration error, a configuration error can be easily checked.

Furthermore, by causing the terminal that has already been configured to enter the auxiliary configuration mode to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the new third terminal, the process in which the administrator needs to re-input the terminal application configuration parameters is eliminated, and the administrator can cause the terminal having the terminal application configuration information to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the new terminal only by a simple operation such as a click operation.

Fig. 3A-3C show a flow diagram of another method 300 for configuring multiple terminals in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. In some embodiments, the plurality of terminals includes first and second terminals of the same type deployed in a particular area. The first terminal may be one of the

payment terminals

110A, 110B, and 110C shown in fig. 1A, and the second terminal may be another one of the

payment terminals

110A, 110B, and 110C shown in fig. 1A. Each terminal has an internal logical architecture as shown in fig. 1B.

As shown in fig. 3A, in step S310, a second terminal is established a communication connection with a first terminal.

Alternatively, the second terminal may be a terminal of the plurality of terminals that does not generate the terminal application configuration information locally thereto.

For example, one terminal may be selected from a plurality of terminals as a first terminal and treated as a master terminal. Alternatively, the first terminal and the second terminal may not be specified in advance, and in the case where all the terminals are new, as will be described later, the communication connection function of all the terminals for making communication connection with other terminals is activated, and communication connection can be established with each other. The administrator may input the terminal application configuration parameters at any terminal, and the terminal may send the terminal application configuration information generated based on the terminal application configuration parameters to other terminals requiring initial configuration, so that the terminal is the first terminal at this time, and any terminal receiving the terminal application configuration information from the first terminal is the second terminal.

In step S320, terminal application configuration information is received at the second terminal from the first terminal based on the communication connection.

Alternatively, the second terminal may disconnect the communication connection with the first terminal after the second terminal has received the terminal application configuration information from the first terminal, and of course, similarly to the foregoing, if the terminal itself allows the one-to-many connection method, the communication connection is not disconnected.

In step S330, the second terminal is configured based on the terminal application configuration information.

Likewise, the steps S310 to S330 may also correspond to a system start listening service, an application initialization checking service, a communication connection detection service, a connection terminal confirmation service, a communication connection service, and the like of the application program in the second terminal. For example, the execution system in the second terminal starts the listening service to call the application initialization check service, then executes the application initialization check service to check that the terminal application configuration information does not exist in the application caching service in the second terminal, thus calling the communication connection detection service to identify other terminals with which a connection can be established, and executes the communication connection service to establish a communication connection with at least one other terminal to receive the terminal application configuration information from one other terminal. For the second terminal, the connected terminal confirmation service does not receive an input of the administrator at the time of execution, and thus there is no terminal selection process, so that communication connection can be made with all terminals including the first terminal, which can be recognized.

Further, in consideration of the relatively small distance or range over which short-range communication such as bluetooth communication can communicate, in the case of those communication methods, a first terminal storing terminal application configuration information may be far apart from a third terminal (or at least one third terminal) to be configured so that a communication connection satisfying a predetermined communication quality cannot be established with the third terminal, but a second terminal exists between the locations of the first terminal and the third terminal, so that an operation similar to forwarding terminal application configuration information can be performed by making the second terminal act as a relay between the first terminal and the third terminal which are far apart.

Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in this case, the method 300 may further include: in step S340, establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal; and in step S350, the second terminal may send the terminal application configuration information to the at least one third terminal based on the communication connection after receiving the terminal application configuration information, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information. The at least one third terminal is a terminal of the same type which has not been initially configured.

The second terminal can establish a communication connection with the first terminal and at least one third terminal simultaneously in addition to establishing a communication connection with the first terminal.

Here, after the second terminal receives the terminal configuration information from the first terminal, the communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal may be disconnected. Thereby, the second terminal may transmit the terminal application configuration information only to the at least one third terminal to which it is connected.

In this case, a forwarding service may be correspondingly provided within the application program of the terminal for being executed to forward the terminal application configuration information. In some cases, the operation of the second terminal to forward (perform a forwarding service) may be triggered by the first terminal. For example, a first terminal generating the terminal application configuration information may perform a measurement of the communication quality, and upon detecting that the communication quality of the communication link with a third terminal does not reach a threshold quality, send an indication over the communication connection to a second terminal (e.g., a terminal ranked first in an SN ranking of terminals whose communication qualities reach the threshold quality) with which the communication quality of the communication link reaches the threshold quality, to instruct the second terminal to forward the terminal application configuration information to the third terminal.

Furthermore, as shown in fig. 3C, in the case that a new at least one third terminal needs to be initially configured after the second terminal has completed configuration based on the terminal configuration information received from the first terminal, the second terminal (which has stored locally terminal application configuration information) may also have an auxiliary configuration mode with the first terminal described above with reference to fig. 2C, and configure the at least one third terminal based on the auxiliary configuration mode, that is, the method 300 may further include steps S360 and S370, wherein, in step S360, an auxiliary configuration command is received at the second terminal, and in step S370, based on the auxiliary configuration command, the second terminal is brought into an auxiliary configuration mode in which: establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal; and sending the terminal application configuration information stored in the second terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information. Also in this case, the application in the terminal may further include an auxiliary configuration service (not shown) for being executed to implement an auxiliary configuration procedure for the other terminal.

Likewise, the second terminal and the at least one third terminal may enter an operational mode to perform a specific operation after configuration is completed, such as performing an identification operation in response to an operation initiation input.

By using the above method for configuring multiple terminals of the embodiments of the present disclosure, each terminal can acquire terminal application configuration information from other terminals and configure based on the terminal application configuration information, so that there is no need for a user to input any terminal application configuration parameters at the terminal, thereby enabling multiple terminals to be configured quickly and enabling configuration errors to be discovered easily because the terminal application configuration information is the same.

Furthermore, by causing the terminal that has already been configured to enter the auxiliary configuration mode to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the new third terminal, the process that the user needs to re-input the terminal application configuration parameters is eliminated, and the user can cause the terminal having the terminal application configuration information to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the new terminal only by a simple operation such as a click operation. Moreover, by having the terminal, which has received the terminal application configuration information from one terminal, relay/forward the terminal application configuration information to another terminal based on a communication connection of better communication quality, reliability of transfer of the terminal application configuration information is ensured.

Fig. 4A illustrates a block diagram of a terminal 400 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 4A, the terminal 400 includes a processor, a memory, a network interface, an input device, and a display screen connected through a system bus. Wherein the memory includes a non-volatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium of the terminal stores an operating system and may also store a computer program that, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to carry out various operations as described in the steps of the method for configuring a plurality of terminals described previously with reference to figures 2A-2C or described with reference to figures 3A-3C. The internal memory may also have stored therein a computer program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the various operations described in the steps of the same deployment method.

For example, when the terminal is the first terminal described above, the operations may include: establishing communication connection between a first terminal and at least one second terminal; receiving a configuration input at the first terminal and generating terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input; configuring the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and sending the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information. Further operation and specific details may refer to the previous description of the various steps with respect to fig. 2A-2C.

For example, when the terminal is the second terminal as described above, the operations may include: establishing communication connection between a second terminal and a first terminal; receiving, at the second terminal, terminal application configuration information from the first terminal; and configuring the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information. Further operation and specific details may refer to the previous description of the various steps with respect to fig. 3A-3C.

The processor may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented or performed. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like, which may be of the X84 or ARM architecture.

The non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. It should be noted that the memories of the methods described in this disclosure are intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memories.

The display screen of the terminal can be a liquid crystal display screen or an electronic ink display screen, and the input device of the terminal can be a touch layer covered on the display screen, a key, a track ball or a touch pad arranged on a shell of the terminal, an external keyboard, a touch pad or a mouse and the like.

Further, the structural block diagrams of the terminal are also shown in fig. 4B-4C, divided according to the implemented functions.

The terminal 400 is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, and in the case that the terminal 400 is the first terminal described above, as shown in fig. 4B, the first terminal may include: a communication connection module 401 configured to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal; a configuration module 402 configured to receive configuration input at the first terminal, generate terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input, and configure the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and a transceiving module 403 configured to send the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal over the communication connection, such that the at least one second terminal is configured based on the terminal application configuration information.

Optionally, the terminal may further comprise a determining module 404 and a specific operation performing module 405, the determining module 404 being configured to: before the communication connection module 401 establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal, determining whether terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal; and in case that there is no terminal application configuration information at the first terminal, sending indication information to the communication connection module 401 and the configuration module 402 to cause the communication connection module 401 to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal and to cause the configuration module 402 to configure the first terminal; in the case where the terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal, the instruction information is transmitted to the specific operation performing module 405 without transmitting the instruction information to the communication connection module 401 and the configuration module 402, so that the specific operation performing module 405 performs the specific operation of the first terminal.

Optionally, the configuration module 402 may be further configured to: after configuring the first terminal, indication information is transmitted to the specific operation performing module 405 to cause the specific operation performing module to perform the specific operation of the first terminal.

Optionally, the first terminal may further comprise a storage module 406, wherein the storage module 406 is configured to store the terminal application configuration information at the first terminal, and the configuration module 402 is further configured to: receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the first terminal; based on the secondary configuration command, the first terminal is brought into a secondary configuration mode, and in the secondary configuration mode: sending indication information to the communication connection module 401 to enable the communication connection module to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one third terminal, and sending indication information to the transceiver module 403 to enable the transceiver module 403 to send terminal application configuration information stored in the first terminal to the at least one third terminal to enable the at least one third terminal to perform configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

Optionally, the at least one second terminal is within the communication range of the first terminal and can be identified by the first terminal, and therefore, the communication connection module 401 is configured to start the communication connection function of the first terminal, so that the first terminal establishes a communication connection with the identified at least one second terminal.

Optionally, the at least one second terminal is a part of the terminals identified by the first terminal, and the communication connection module 401 is further configured to: receiving, at a first terminal, a selection input of an administrator; generating selection information based on the selection input; and causing the first terminal to select at least one second terminal from the identified plurality of terminals based on the selection information and establish a communication connection with the selected at least one second terminal.

Optionally, the first terminal is an identity recognition device, wherein the specific operation performing module 405 is configured to: in response to receiving an administrator's operation initiation input at the first terminal, causing the first terminal to collect identification data; and providing an identification result based on the collected identification data.

Further, in the case where the terminal 400 is the second terminal described above, as shown in fig. 4C, the second terminal may include: a communication connection module 401' configured to establish a communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal; a transceiving module 403' configured to receive terminal application configuration information from the first terminal at the second terminal; and a configuration module 402' configured to configure the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication connection module 401 'is further configured to establish a communication connection between the second terminal and at least one third terminal, and the transceiver module 403' is further configured to transmit the terminal application configuration information to the at least one third terminal through the communication connection after the second terminal receives the terminal application configuration information, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the second terminal further comprises a storage module 404 ', wherein the storage module is configured to store the terminal application configuration information received by the second terminal at the second terminal, and the configuration module 403' is further configured to: receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the second terminal; based on the secondary configuration command, the second terminal is brought into a secondary configuration mode, and in the secondary configuration mode: sending indication information to the communication connection module 401 'to enable the communication connection module 401' to establish a communication connection between the second terminal and the at least one third terminal, and sending indication information to the transceiver module 403 'to enable the transceiver module 403' to send terminal application configuration information stored in the second terminal to the at least one third terminal to enable the at least one third terminal to be configured based on the terminal application configuration information.

Likewise, the configuration module 402' may be further configured to: after the second terminal is configured, indication information is transmitted to a specific operation performing module (not shown) to cause the specific operation performing module to perform a specific operation of the second terminal.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configurations shown in fig. 4A-4C are only block diagrams of some of the configurations relevant to the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the terminals to which the present application is applied, and a particular terminal may include more or fewer components/modules than shown in the figures, or combine certain components/modules, or have different arrangements of components and modules. For example, the terminals of fig. 4B and 4C should be terminals including the same module, with only a little difference as shown in the figure according to whether information is configured thereat.

Fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a server 500 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As described earlier, the terminal enters an operation mode after completing the configuration and performs a specific operation of the first terminal. Taking the payment terminal shown in fig. 1A as an example, after the payment terminal completes configuration based on terminal application configuration information, if a payment start input is received at the payment terminal (a user clicks a "face payment" button on a user interface), the payment terminal invokes a 3D camera to perform image acquisition on the face of the user to obtain a plurality of face images, selects an optimal face image from the plurality of face images, and uploads the selected optimal face image and current amount information to a server for processing by the server (for example, face recognition, generation of user-related information to return to the terminal, and the like). That is, the terminal needs to interact with the server in the process of performing a specific operation.

Therefore, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides a server.

Referring to fig. 5, a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a processor and a memory. The processor and the memory may be connected by a bus. The memory may have stored thereon an operating system and a computer program.

The processor may execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the following operations: the method comprises the steps of acquiring identification data uploaded by a terminal, generating matching indication information (for example, a recognized identity) based on a matching result between the identification data and a pre-stored identification data set, and returning the matching indication information to the terminal.

For example, the server may receive the optimal face image selected by the payment terminal and the information of the amount of money currently required to be paid from the payment terminal shown in fig. 1A, and then perform face recognition, generate user-related information to return to the terminal, and the like. Alternatively, the user-related information may be information of a user ID and a payment code of the user.

Further, the computer program in the memory may be executable to implement the following: the terminal application configuration information is stored, so that further refined management and control of the terminal can be facilitated, for example, different user-related information is returned for different usage modes of the terminal. Optionally, for the payment scenario shown in fig. 1A, refined operation control is performed for different terminal usage modes (independent cash register or used in cooperation with the cash register POS), for example, a payment code with a discounted price is returned only for the independent cash register mode.

As shown in fig. 6, the system 600 includes a plurality of terminals and servers.

One of the plurality of terminals may be a first terminal as described above and the other terminal may be a second terminal as described above.

Further, the server may be a server as described above with reference to fig. 5.

The specific operations of the first terminal, the second terminal and the server have been described in detail above and thus will not be repeated here.

Based on the above-mentioned terminal and system according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, each terminal can acquire terminal application configuration information from other terminals to configure based on the terminal application configuration information, so that it is not necessary for an administrator to re-input any terminal application configuration parameters at the terminal, thereby enabling to configure a plurality of terminals quickly, and since the terminal application configuration information is all the same so that only the same terminal application configuration information is checked when checking a configuration error, thereby enabling to easily check a configuration error.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of the method for configuring a plurality of terminals as described above.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for configuring a plurality of terminals as described above.

It is to be noted that the flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises at least one executable instruction for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

In general, the various example embodiments of this disclosure may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, firmware, logic or any combination thereof. Certain aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device. While aspects of embodiments of the disclosure have been illustrated or described as block diagrams, flow charts, or using some other pictorial representation, it is well understood that the blocks, apparatus, systems, techniques or methods described herein may be implemented in, as non-limiting examples, hardware, software, firmware, special purpose circuits or logic, general purpose hardware or controller or other computing devices, or some combination thereof.

The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure described in detail above are merely illustrative, and not restrictive. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and combinations of these embodiments or features thereof may be made without departing from the principles and spirit of the disclosure, and that such modifications are intended to be within the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a plurality of terminals including a first terminal and at least one second terminal of the same type deployed in a specific area, the method comprising:

establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal;

receiving a configuration input at the first terminal and generating terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input;

configuring the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and

and sending the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: before establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal,

determining whether terminal application configuration information is present at the first terminal;

under the condition that terminal application configuration information does not exist at the first terminal, enabling the first terminal to enter a configuration mode, establishing communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and configuring the first terminal in the configuration mode;

and under the condition that the terminal application configuration information exists at the first terminal, enabling the first terminal to enter an operation mode without establishing communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and running the specific operation of the first terminal in the operation mode.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: after the configuration of the first terminal has been performed,

and enabling the first terminal to enter an operation mode and running the specific operation of the first terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing the terminal application configuration information at the first terminal, and after configuring the first terminal,

receiving an auxiliary configuration command at the first terminal;

based on the auxiliary configuration command, the first terminal is caused to enter an auxiliary configuration mode in which:

establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one third terminal;

and sending the terminal application configuration information stored in the first terminal to the at least one third terminal, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one second terminal is within a communication range of the first terminal and is identifiable by the first terminal, wherein establishing the communication connection with the at least one second terminal comprises:

and starting a communication connection function of the first terminal so that the first terminal establishes communication connection with the identified at least one second terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one second terminal is part of terminals identified by the first terminal, wherein establishing the communication connection with the first terminal and the at least one second terminal further comprises:

receiving an administrator's selection input at the first terminal;

generating selection information based on the selection input; and

causing the first terminal to select the at least one second terminal from the identified terminals based on the selection information and establish a communication connection with the selected at least one second terminal.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the first terminal is an identification device, wherein entering the first terminal into an operational mode and running the specific operations of the first terminal comprises:

in response to receiving an administrator's operation initiation input at the first terminal, causing the first terminal to collect identification data; and

based on the collected identification data, an identification result is provided.

8. A method for configuring a plurality of terminals including first and second terminals of the same type deployed in a particular area, the method comprising:

establishing communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal;

receiving, at the second terminal, terminal application configuration information from the first terminal based on the communication connection; and

and configuring the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of terminals further comprises at least one third terminal of the same type deployed in the particular area, the method further comprising:

establishing a communication connection between the second terminal and the at least one third terminal;

after the second terminal receives the terminal application configuration information, the terminal application configuration information is sent to the at least one third terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one third terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

10. A terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a first terminal, the first terminal comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having stored thereon a computer program executed to implement the following:

establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal;

11. The terminal of claim 10, the computer program further executed to implement the following: before establishing a communication connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal,

12. A terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a second terminal, the second terminal comprising:

a processor; and

receiving, at the second terminal, terminal application configuration information from the first terminal;

13. A terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a first terminal, the first terminal comprising:

the communication connection module is used for establishing communication connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal;

a configuration module to receive configuration input at the first terminal, and to generate terminal application configuration information based on the received configuration input, and to configure the first terminal based on the terminal application configuration information; and

a transceiver module, configured to send the terminal application configuration information to the at least one second terminal through the communication connection, so that the at least one second terminal performs configuration based on the terminal application configuration information.

14. A terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals of the same type deployed in a specific area, as a second terminal, the second terminal comprising:

the communication connection module is used for establishing communication connection between the second terminal and the first terminal;

a transceiver module for receiving terminal application configuration information from the first terminal at the second terminal; and

and the configuration module is used for configuring the second terminal based on the terminal application configuration information.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.