Subscriber identity module having a plurality of subscriber identities

A system comprising:

• an omnidirectional antenna configured to provide a mobile device hosting the omnidirectional antenna with access to a network, said access including a wireless connection between the mobile device and a network access device of the network;
• storage configured to store a plurality of mobile subscriber identities, the plurality of mobile subscriber identities mapped to a mobile station network number associated with the mobile device, wherein the plurality of mobile subscriber identities comprise a voice-call continuity (VCC) subscriber identity and a non-VCC subscriber identity;
• and
• an identity manager coupled to the storage and to the omnidirectional antenna and hosted by the mobile device, the identity manager configured to:
• access the network to retrieve one or more capabilities of the network;
• determine call-continuity parameters based, at least in part, on the one or more capabilities of the network;
• select one or both of the VCC subscriber identity or the non-VCC subscriber identity, of the plurality of mobile subscriber identities, based at least in part on said determination;
• and
• register said selected subscriber identities with a database associated with the network via the wireless connection to facilitate a policy on call continuity of the mobile device.

A system comprising:

• a network interface;
• and
• a service manager coupled to the network interface and configured to:
• receive, from a mobile device, via the network interface, a first and a second mobile subscriber identity, both the first and second subscriber identities mapped to a phone number associated with the mobile device, wherein the first identity is a voice-call continuity (VCC) subscriber identity and the second identity is a non-VCC subscriber identity;
• receive a request for routing information, said request including the phone number;
• determine call-continuity capabilities of an access domain to which the station is coupled;
• select either the first or second subscriber identity based at least in part on said determined call-continuity capabilities;
• and
• provide, in response to said received request for information, routing information associated with the selected subscriber identity.

A tangible non-transitory machine-accessible medium having associated instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, enable the mobile device to:

• access a network to retrieve one or more capabilities of the network;
• determine call-continuity parameters based, at least in part, on the one or more capabilities of the network;
• select one or both of a VCC subscriber identity or a non-VCC subscriber identity from a plurality of mobile subscriber identities stored in storage based at least in part on the determined call-continuity parameters;
• and
• register the selected subscriber identities with a database associated with the network via a wireless network interface of the mobile device hosting the subscriber identity module to facilitate a policy on call continuity of the mobile device.

A method comprising:

• accessing, by a mobile device, a network to retrieve one or more capabilities of the network;
• determining, by the mobile device, a plurality of call-continuity parameters based, at least in part, on the one or more capabilities of the network, wherein at least one of the one or more capabilities of the network is indicative of whether the network supports voice-call continuity (VCC);
• selecting, by the mobile device, one or both of a VCC subscriber identity or a non-VCC subscriber identity, from a plurality of mobile subscriber identities stored in a storage of the mobile device, based at least in part on the determined call-continuity parameters;
• registering, by the mobile device, the selected subscriber identities with a database associated with the network via a wireless network interface of the mobile device to facilitate a policy on call continuity of the mobile device.