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AssigneeShoo 533 Limited
InventorsMichael CAMILLERI, Jose Luis Merino Gonzalez
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A wireless device includes a single SIM, plus an application module adapted to enable the device to operate as though it included two or more different SIMs. The module, referred to as a ‘proprietary applications module’ (PAM) is connected to, or built into, a wireless device (WD). The PAM is capable of switching all incoming traffic by associating the WD to one specific subscriber identity sub-module, referred to as “Local SIM” (LS). It can also switch or re-route all outgoing traffic by associating the same WD with a different subscriber identity sub-module, typically a “Roaming SIM” (RS). In a preferred embodiment, the PAM, RS and LS are built-into a single SIM for use in a WD; alternatively the PAM is built-into a WD and the RS and LS are built-into the single SIM.
A wireless device including a single SIM, the wireless device further including an application module adapted to enable the device to operate as though it included two or more different SIMs in which the device includes two SIM sub-modules, each with a different IMSI and the application module is adapted to switch the single SIM between (a) operating as a local SIM using the first sub-module, which is associated with a network operator 1 based in country A and (b) operating as a roaming SIM using the second sub-module, which is associated with a network operator 2 based in country B, the switching occurring inside country A under the manual control of a user to obtain lower cost routing when in that country A and in which, at power-on, the sub-module operating as a local SIM is selected by default.
A downloadable software based application module that, when running on a wireless device, results in that device being a wireless device including a single SIM, the wireless device further including an application module adapted to enable the device to operate as though it included two or more different SIMs in which the device includes two SIM sub-modules, each with a different IMSI and the application module is adapted to switch the single SIM between (a) operating as a local SIM using the first sub-module associated with a network operator 1 based in country A and (b) operating as a roaming SIM using the second sub-module associated with a network operator 2 based in country B, the switching occurring inside country A under the manual control of a user to obtain the lower cost routing when in that country A.
A SIM including a local SIM sub-module with a first IMSI associated with a network operator 1 based in country A and a second SIM sub-module with a different IMSI associated with a network operator 2 based in country B, the SIM being switchable between either of the sub-modules inside country A under the manual control of a user to obtain the lower cost routing when in that country A.
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