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AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsCanfeng Chen, Changjiang Zhang, Jianying Wen, Xuan Guo, Xin Zhang
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A host processing apparatus (100) and a user removable memory (40) are disclosed. The host processing apparatus (100) and the user removable memory (40) are, in use, connected to one another by respective connectors. The user removable memory (40) is provided in the form of a secure digital (SD) memory card with an expanded subscriber identity module (SIM) function. The host processing apparatus (100) is configured to convert SIM- related request signals to file access signals which identify a location or locations on the user removable memory (40) and one or more file access functions. The file access signals are transferred to the user removable memory (40) via the connectors. The user removable memory (40) comprises a flash memory (59), a SIM (42) programmed with data associated with a communications system, and interface means (52) for receiving the file access signals from the host processing apparatus (100), and configured to identify from the location(s) therein whether a memory or SIM function is to be applied. If the latter, the received file access function(s) are converted to SIM function(s) which are applied to the SIM (42) for transferring results back to the host processing apparatus (100).
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A method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
Apparatus, the apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon which when executed controls the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
Apparatus comprising:
A method of providing a subscriber identity module (SIM) function in a user removable memory module for use with a host device, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.