Method, apparatus, system for realizing a virtual sim card, and mobile terminal
AssigneeGuangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
InventorXinquan ZHOU
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for implementing a virtual SIM card, and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a main board and a virtual SIM card chip electrically connected to the main board by means of surface-mount integration. By means of electrically connecting the virtual SIM card chip to the main board by means of surface-mount integration, the mobile terminal can realize the function of the SIM card without using a card socket or a card holder.
Claims20
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a main board;
- and
- a virtual subscriber identification module (SIM) card chip attached on the main board and electrically connected to the main board.
A system for realizing a virtual subscriber identification module (SIM) card, comprising:
- a mobile terminal comprising a main board and a virtual SIM card chip, wherein the virtual SIM card chip is attached on the main board and electrically connected to the main board;
- a card reader coupled with the mobile terminal;
- and
- an external SIM card inserted in the card reader and storing SIM card information, wherein the mobile terminal identifies the SIM card information stored in the external SIM card and copy the SIM card information to the virtual SIM card chip.
A method for realizing a virtual subscriber identification module (SIM) card, comprising:
- controlling a card reader by a mobile terminal to read SIM card information of an external SIM card;
- copying the SIM card information to a virtual SIM card chip arranged inside the mobile terminal;
- reading the SIM card information from the virtual SIM card chip and proceeding initialization.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.