Method and apparatus for binding terminals

A method for binding terminals, comprising:

• determining first information of a first terminal, the first information comprising at least one of first current geographical location information and first address information of the first terminal;
• transmitting, by the first terminal, the first information to a server so that the server binds the first terminal and a second terminal according to the first information and second information uploaded by the second terminal, wherein the second information comprises at least one of second current geographical location information and second address information of the second terminal;
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• displaying, by the first terminal a portion of a pre-configured image with decreasing dimension, and by the second terminal, a complementary portion of the pre-configured image with increasing dimension, when transmitting data to be transmitted and stored in the first terminal between the first and second terminals after binding the first and the second terminals, for simulating a progression of transmitting the data.

An apparatus for binding and transferring data between terminals, comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

• receive first information uploaded by a first terminal, the first information comprising at least one of first current geographical location information and first address information of the first terminal;
• receive second information uploaded by a second terminal, the second information comprising at least one of second current geographical location information and second address information of the second terminal;
• bind the first terminal and the second terminal when a distance between the first terminal and the second terminal as determined by the first current geographical location information and the second current geographical location information is smaller than a pre-set distance or the first address information and the second address information belongs to a same Internet Protocol address field;
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• receive separately from the first information, data identification information of data to be transmitted and stored in the first terminal after binding the first terminal and the second terminal but before receiving the data, wherein the data identification information is computed by the first terminal from the data to be transmitted using a predetermined coding algorithm.