Method and apparatus for virtualizing SIM card, terminal and network side device
AssigneeSpreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsXupeng Wang, Huawei Zhang, Canguo Wang, Ping Jiang
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for virtualizing a SIM card, a terminal and a network side device are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a request for accessing to SIM card data; and accessing SIM card data on a remote end according to the request for accessing to SIM card data. The method, the apparatus, the terminal and the network side device in the present disclosure are simple in implementation and have a low cost.
Claims12
A method for virtualizing a SIM card, applied to a terminal, comprising:
- receiving a request for accessing to SIM card data;
- and
- accessing SIM card data on a remote end according to the request for accessing to SIM card data;
- wherein the method further comprises:
- disconnecting a connection between a first SIM card data and the terminal in response to a user's request for switching SIM card data from the first SIM card data to a second SIM card data;
- and
- connecting the second SIM card data to the terminal;
- wherein the connection is established through infrared, Bluetooth, a wireless network, a local area network or a wide area network.
A method for virtualizing a SIM card, applied to a network side, comprising:
- receiving a request of a terminal for accessing to SIM card data, and returning the SIM card data stored in the network side according to the request for accessing to SIM card data;
- wherein the method further comprises:
- disconnecting a connection between a first SIM card data and the terminal in response to a user's request for switching SIM card data from the first SIM card data to a second SIM card data;
- and
- connecting the second SIM card data to the terminal;
- wherein the connection is established through infrared, Bluetooth, a wireless network, a local area network or a wide area network.
An apparatus for virtualizing a SIM card, located in a terminal, comprising:
- a SIM card management circuitry, configured to receive a request for accessing to SIM card data, and to access SIM card data on a remote end according to the request for accessing to SIM card data;
- wherein the SIM card management circuitry is configured to obtain the SIM card data on the remote end;
- the apparatus further comprises:
- a SIM card data storage circuitry, configured to store the SIM card data obtained by the SIM card management circuitry;
- wherein the apparatus further comprises a SIM card data switching circuitry, configured to:
- disconnect a connection between a first SIM card data and the terminal in response to a user's request for switching SIM card data from the first SIM card data to a second SIM card data;
- and
- connect the second SIM card data to the terminal;
- wherein the connection is established through infrared, Bluetooth, a wireless network, a local area network or a wide area network.
An apparatus for virtualizing a SIM card, located in a network side, comprising:
- a SIM card pool data storage circuitry, configured to store SIM card data or SIM card configuration;
- and
- a SIM card pool management circuitry, configured to receive a request of a terminal for accessing to SIM card data on the network side, to obtain SIM card data from the SIM card pool data storage circuitry and to return the obtained SIM card data according to the request for accessing to SIM card data;
- wherein the SIM card pool management circuitry is further configured to:
- disconnect a connection between a first SIM card data and the terminal in response to a user's request for switching SIM card data from the first SIM card data to a second SIM card data;
- and
- connect the second SIM card data to the terminal;
- wherein the connection is established through infrared, Bluetooth, a wireless network, a local area network or a wide area network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.