Method and system for providing communication services using a plurality of remote subscriber identity modules
AssigneePismo Labs Technology Limited
InventorsMan Kit Kwan, Uzair Ahmed Chughtai, Ka Ho Ho
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Abstract
A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.
Claims18
A method of providing a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) profile at a SIM bank, comprising:
- a. receiving an authentication request from a wireless communication device through a wireless carrier connection;
- b. forwarding the authentication request to at least one corresponding SIM;
- c. receiving the authentication information from the at least one corresponding SIM;
- and
- d. forwarding the authentication information to the at least one corresponding SIM;
- wherein:
- the at least one corresponding SIM is a remote SIM or a local SIM, and accessible by the SIM bank;
- the remote SIM is assigned with a priority level higher than a priority level assigned to the local SIM;
- the local SIM is one of a plurality of local SIMs housed in the SIM bank;
- the at least one corresponding SIM is selected by the SIM bank;
- and
- the wireless carrier connection is an authentication connection.
A method of providing a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) profile at a SIM bank, comprising:
- a. receiving an authentication request from a wireless communication device through a wireless carrier connection;
- b. determining an identity of a wireless carrier network being used;
- c. determining a number of remote SIMs to be selected;
- d. determining wireless carrier networks to be used;
- e. forwarding the authentication request to at least one corresponding SIM;
- f. receiving the authentication information from the at least one corresponding SIM;
- and
- g. forwarding the authentication information to the at least one corresponding SIM;
- wherein:
- the at least one corresponding SIM is selected based on a SIM selection policy;
- the at least one corresponding SIM is a remote SIM or a local SIM, and accessible by the SIM bank;
- the remote SIM is assigned with a priority level higher than a priority level assigned to the local SIM;
- the local SIM is housed in the SIM bank;
- the at least one corresponding SIM is selected by the SIM bank;
- and
- the wireless carrier connection is an authentication connection.
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) bank, comprising:
- at least one processing unit;
- a plurality of SIM interfaces;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions executable by the at least one processing unit for:
- a. receiving an authentication request from a wireless communication device through a wireless carrier connection;
- b. forwarding the authentication request to at least one corresponding SIM;
- c. receiving the authentication information from the at least one corresponding SIM;
- and
- d. forwarding the authentication information to the at least one corresponding SIM;
- wherein:
- the at least one corresponding SIM is remote SIM(s) or local SIM(s) accessible by the SIM bank;
- the remote SIM is assigned with a priority level higher than a priority level assigned to the local SIM;
- the local SIM is housed in the SIM bank;
- the at least one corresponding SIM is selected by the SIM bank;
- and
- the wireless carrier connection is an authentication connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.