Method and apparatus for cellular capable secondary wireless device compatibility with multi-SIM wireless device

A method to establish conditional forwarding between a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM of a multiple SIM (multi-SIM) wireless device, the method comprising:

• by the multi-SIM wireless device:
• detecting pairing of a cellular capable secondary wireless device with the multi-SIM wireless device;
• receiving, via a user interface of the multi-SIM wireless device, an indication to receive page messages for mobile terminated connections for both the first SIM and the second SIM on the cellular capable secondary wireless device;
• and
• providing an indication to a network element of a second wireless network associated with the second SIM to forward conditionally page messages and/or short message service (SMS) messages to a first wireless network associated with the first SIM.

A wireless device configured to establish conditional forwarding between a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM of the wireless device, the wireless device comprising:

• wireless circuitry configurable to communicate via a first radio access network of a first wireless network and via a second radio access network of a second wireless network, the wireless circuitry comprising one or more antennas;
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless circuitry;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors,
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to cause the wireless device to:
• detect pairing of a cellular capable secondary wireless device with the wireless device;
• receive, via a user interface of the wireless device, an indication to receive page messages for mobile terminated connections for both the first SIM and the second SIM on the cellular capable secondary wireless device;
• and
• provide an indication to a network element of a second wireless network associated with the second SIM to forward conditionally page messages and/or short message service (SMS) messages to a first wireless network associated with the first SIM.

An apparatus configurable for operation in a wireless device, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors,
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to cause the wireless device to:
• detect pairing of a cellular capable secondary wireless device with the wireless device;
• receive, via a user interface of the wireless device, an indication to receive page messages for mobile terminated connections for both a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM on the cellular capable secondary wireless device;
• and
• provide an indication to a network element of a second wireless network associated with the second SIM to forward conditionally page messages and/or short message service (SMS) messages to a first wireless network associated with the first SIM.