Patent ID: 8582464

Claim:
A method for configuring a terminal device, performed by an apparatus for configuring the terminal device, comprising: receiving a message sent by a service provider device, wherein the message comprises configuration information about a the terminal device; discovering an access point (AP) contained in the terminal device; transmitting to the AP, configuration parameters for setting up WLAN in accordance with WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) specifications, so as to set up a wireless connection to the terminal device; wherein the configuration information about the terminal device is transmitted together with the configuration parameters, to the AP of the terminal device; wherein the configuration information about the terminal device comprises a device identifier (ID) of the terminal device and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of an Auto-Configuration Server (ACS); and the configuration parameters of the terminal device are obtained from the ACS over a Customer Premises Equipment Wide Area Network Management Protocol (CWMP) according to the URL of the ACS if the terminal device obtains the URL of the ACS.