US 8,527,006 B2Granted

Processing system, wireless device and method

AssigneeRenesas Mobile Corporation

InventorsNguyen Quan Tat, Stuart Ian Geary, Jari Ruohonen, Andrew Bishop, Sami Jutila, Alexander Graham Charles, Roy Hansen

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Abstract

A wireless device has at least a first modem and a second modem and at least a first SIM and a second SIM. The first modem supports a different level of service than the second modem. A processing system of the wireless device selectively reconfigures the connection of the first modem and the second modem to the SIMs. In a first mapping configuration, the first SIM is connected to the first modem and the second SIM is connected to the second modem. In a second mapping configuration, the second SIM is disconnected from the second modem, and the first SIM is disconnected from the first modem and is connected to the second modem thereby to obtain a different level of service for the first SIM than in the first mapping configuration.

Claims22

Dependent claims

Apparatus for controlling a wireless device, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory including computer program code;
the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
selectively reconfigure, during wireless communications by the wireless device, connection of at least a first modem and a second modem of the wireless device to at least a first SIM and a second SIM of the wireless device in use such that,
in a first mapping configuration, said first SIM is connected to said first modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and said second SIM is connected to said second modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and,
in a second mapping configuration, said second SIM is disconnected from said second modem, and said first SIM is disconnected from said first modem and is connected to said second modem and provides wireless communication capability to the wireless device thereby to provide a different level of wireless communication service for the first SIM than in the first mapping configuration.

4 more elements

A wireless device, the wireless device comprising:

at least a first modem and a second modem, the first modem supporting a different level of service than the second modem;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory including computer program code;
the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
selectively reconfigure, during wireless communications by the wireless device, connection of the first modem and the second modem to at least a first SIM channel and a second SIM channel of the wireless device in use such that,
in a first mapping configuration, the first SIM channel is connected to the first modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and the second SIM channel is connected to the second modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and,
in a second mapping configuration, the second SIM channel is disconnected from the second modem, and the first SIM channel is disconnected from the first modem and is connected to the second modem and provides wireless communication capability to the wireless device thereby to provide a different level of wireless communication service for the first SIM channel than in the first mapping configuration.

5 more elements

A method of operating a wireless device, the wireless device comprising at least one processor, at least one memory including computer program code, at least a first SIM and a second SIM, and at least a first modem and a second modem, the first modem supporting a different level of service than the second modem, the method comprising:

selectively reconfiguring, using the at least one processor and during wireless communications by the wireless device, connection of the first modem and the second modem to the first SIM and the second SIM such that,
in a first mapping configuration, the first SIM is connected to the first modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and the second SIM is connected to the second modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and,
in a second mapping configuration, the second SIM is disconnected from the second modem, and the first SIM is disconnected from the first modem and is connected to the second modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device thereby to provide a different level of wireless communication service for the first SIM than in the first mapping configuration.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/285,926Filed 31 Oct 2011
Priority: GB 1118681.428 Oct 2011
Published: US 2013/0109436 A12 May 2013
Granted: 3 Sep 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

H04W 88/06
Terminal devices: adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
H04W 8/183
Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data:…
H04W
Wireless communication networks