Radio communications device, universal integrated circuit card and related method and communications device
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorOlivier DONG
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a UICC interface and related interfacing method, for use in a mobile radio communications device and including an element enabling the UICC to provide an indication that at least one service requiring location data is present in the UICC, an element for UICC to receive notification that a source of location data is available, an element for allowing the UICC to initiate transfer of location data thereto, an element for the actual transfer of the location data to the UICC, and an element enabling the UICC to terminate the transfer of the location data, and wherein the location data can be provided from a GPS module or remotely in a contact-less manner.
Claims14
A mobile radio communications device comprising:
- a source of geographical location data;
- a notifier for notifying a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) that a source of geographical location data is present;
- a receiver for receiving, from the UICC, a signal indicating that said UICC requires geographical location data;
- a retriever for retrieving geographical location data from said source of geographical location data, and for generating a signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data, in response to receipt of said signal indicating that said UICC requires geographical location data, wherein the signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data comprises an envelope command;
- and a transmitter for sending the generated signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data to the UICC.
A method performed by a mobile radio communications device having a source of geographical location data, of providing said geographical location data to a universal integrated circuit card (UICC), the method comprising:
- notifying the UICC that said source of geographical location data is present;
- receiving, from the UICC, a signal indicating that said UICC requires geographical location data;
- retrieving geographical location data from said source of geographical location data, and generating a signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data, in response to receipt of said signal indicating that said UICC requires geographical location data, wherein the signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data comprises an envelope command;
- and sending the generated signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data to the UICC.
A universal integrated circuit card (UICC) interface for use in a mobile radio communications device, the interface being operable to:
- enable the mobile radio communications device to notify the UICC that a source of geographical location data is present in said mobile radio communications device;
- enable the mobile radio communications device to receive a signal indicating that said UICC requires geographical location data, wherein the signal carrying the retrieved geographical location data comprises an envelope command;
- and enable the mobile radio communications device to send a signal carrying said geographical location data to said UICC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.