Terminal management system for automatic management of POS terminal upgrading and upgrading management method thereof

[0029] like figure 1 As shown, the terminal management system of the present invention includes a database management module 1, a data center module 2, a system processing module 3, an access module 4 and a POS terminal 5; the data center module 2 and the system processing module 3 are respectively connected with the database management module The module 1 is connected, the data center module 2 and the access module 4 are respectively connected with the system processing module 3, and the access module 4 is connected with the POS terminal 5; the database management module 1 is regularly updated with the POS terminal upgrade information; the data center module 2 is based on the database The POS terminal upgrade information in the management module 1 formulates the download plan task information and transmits the download plan task information from the system processing module 3 to the access module 4; the access module 4 calls the corresponding POS terminal 5 according to the download plan task information and sends the POS The feedback information of the terminal 5 is transmitted to the system processing module 3; the system processing module 3 generates its corresponding program or parameter information according to the feedback information of the POS terminal 5, and the program or parameter information is transmitted by the access module 4 to the corresponding POS terminal 5 and Control it to complete the upgrade.

[0030] The access module 4 of the present invention is a service interface provided to the terminal, which is responsible for the access management of the POS terminal 5, the selection of the system processing module 3, the provision of channel communication methods, the configuration of channel transactions and their message composition, and the like. After the access module 4 clarifies the download plan task information, it starts the main upgrade service, reads the POS terminals 5 that need to be upgraded in the plan information, and then dials up these POS terminals 5, informs the POS terminals 5 to start the upgrade program and parameters, and then cooperates with the POS terminal 5. POS terminal 5 is connected and the upgrade is completed.

[0031] The connection among the database management module 1, the data center module 2, the system processing module 3, the access module 4, and the POS terminal 5 of the present invention adopts a wired or wireless manner.

[0032] The connection between the access module 4 of the present invention and the POS terminal 5 is realized through a 3G network. The large bandwidth of the 3G network enables the upgrade of the POS terminal 5 to be completed more quickly.

[0033]The POS terminal upgrade information in the database management module 1 of the present invention includes POS terminal manufacturer information, POS terminal model, POS terminal hardware information, POS terminal user information, POS terminal program, and POS terminal parameters.

[0034] Specifically, the POS terminal manufacturer information includes different manufacturer numbers assigned to each manufacturer, so as to manage the POS terminal manufacturers that have obtained qualification certification; The registration information of various types of POS terminals; the hardware information of the POS terminal is the registration information of the POS terminal authorized to access the system, so as to ensure that the users of the POS terminal use all specified specific POS terminals; the described POS terminal user information is the registration information to the POS terminal user, in order to clarify the effective position of this POS terminal and carry out maintenance and upgrading; Described POS terminal program and POS terminal parameter refer to the POS terminal program and POS terminal program and Parameters, these programs and parameters are constantly updated, which is the improvement and improvement of the previous version. The "update" and "upgrade" of the POS terminal in the present invention is to download and install the latest version of the program and parameters to the user's POS terminal.

[0035] The data center module 2 of the present invention also refers to the system resource situation, network resource situation and usage situation of the POS terminal of the terminal management system when formulating the download plan task information.

[0036] The system processing module 3 of the present invention is hierarchically set according to the type of POS terminal it manages to upgrade. In this way, the limited number of accessing POS terminals caused by insufficient system resources can be avoided, and the separation of routes can be realized according to the different accessing POS terminals, which improves the system processing capability. The selection of system processing modules at all levels can be determined by the system according to the type and distribution of POS terminals, or can be independently selected by the user according to the network resources when upgrading.

[0037] The upgrade of the POS terminal 5 by downloading the planned task information of the present invention is carried out in batches. In this way, the access module 4 can make batch calls to the POS terminals 5 according to the download plan task information. When a batch of POS terminals 5 or some of the POS terminals 5 are upgraded, the data center module 2 generates the next batch according to the system resources. Download the planned task information every time, so as to determine the next batch of POS terminals 5 to be called, and finally complete the upgrade of all POS terminals 5.

[0038] The feedback information of the POS terminal 5 in the present invention is an upgrade request including the current program or parameter information of the POS terminal 5 that is automatically initiated by the POS terminal 5 after receiving the call from the access module 4 .

[0039] The terminal management system of the present invention also includes a security authentication module 6, which is connected to the access module 4, performs security authentication on the POS terminal 5 connected to the access module 4, and encrypts the communication information . The security authentication for POS terminal 5 access can be carried out in the form of Internet + user name + password + certificate, the access to communication messages can be encrypted, and the key system can be processed in a way of one machine and one secret, which can be real-time Update the system master key to strengthen the security of the system.

[0040] The terminal management system of the present invention also includes an upgrade log record module 7, which is connected to the access module 4, the database management module 1 and the data center module 2 respectively, and the upgrade log record module 7 records the current program or parameters of the POS terminal 5 version information and its update status.

[0041] The method for upgrading management using the terminal management system of the present invention comprises the following steps:

[0042] Step 1: The data center module 2 regularly checks the POS terminal upgrade information in the database management module 1, and performs synchronous updates;

[0043] Step 2: The data center module 2 generates download plan task information in batches according to the POS terminal upgrade information, system resource conditions, network resource conditions and POS terminal usage conditions, and transmits them to the system processing module 3;

[0044] Step 3: the system processing module 3 transmits the download plan task information to the access module 4, and the access module 4 calls the POS terminal 5 in batches according to the download plan task information, and requires the POS terminal 5 to download the program;

[0045] Step 4: After receiving the call, the POS terminal 5 automatically sends a request for downloading the program to the access module 4;

[0046] Step 5: the access module 4 transmits the request of the POS terminal 5 download program to the system processing module 3, and the system processing module 3 generates corresponding POS terminal program information according to the request;

[0047] Step 6: The POS terminal program information is transmitted 4 to the corresponding POS terminal 5 via the access module;

[0048] Step 7: The POS terminal 5 uses the program information of the POS terminal to update the program.

[0049] In the upgrade management method of the present invention, after the POS terminal 5 has downloaded and updated the program, it automatically sends a request for downloading parameters to the access module 4, and completes the update of the POS terminal 5 parameters according to steps 5 to 7.

[0050] In the upgrade management method of the present invention, after the POS terminal 5 has downloaded and updated the program or parameters, the access module 4 records the upgrade of the POS terminal 5 in the upgrade log recording module 7, and the upgrade of the POS terminal 5 is provided to the data The central module 2 is used to generate download plan task information references in batches.