# US 9,883,515 B2 · Communication device and method for receiving information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,883,515 B2 - Document ID: US9883515B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/743,380 - Filed: 2013-01-17 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-17 - Assignees: Intel Deutschland GmbH - Applicants: Bent Henneberg Rysgaard - Inventors: Bent Henneberg Rysgaard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9883515B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel - H04W 60/005: {Multiple registrations, e.g. multihoming} - H04W 68/12: Inter-network notification - H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A communication device is described including a transceiver configured to establish a communication channel via a first radio cell and receive idle mode information of a second radio cell via the communication channel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multi-SIM communication device comprising: a transceiver configured to establish a communication channel to a first radio cell; wherein the first radio cell is connected to a gateway, and wherein the gateway is connected to a first server computer and connected to a second server computer; establish a first communication connection to the first server computer via the gateway; establish a second communication connection to the second server computer via the gateway where the second server computer transmits idle information of a second cell; receive idle mode information of the second radio cell from the second server computer via the second communication connection; and two or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs); wherein a first SIM is in idle mode; and wherein a second SIM is in a connected mode for the first SIM. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication channel is a physical channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication channel is a dedicated channel for the communication device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive useful data via the first communication connection and/or the second communication connection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to establish the communication channel with a base station operating the first radio cell. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to establish a communication connection by means of the communication channel and to receive the idle mode information via the first communication connection and/or second communication connection. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The communication device according to claim 6, wherein the first communication connection and/or second communication connection is a transport layer connection. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The communication device according to claim 6, wherein the first communication connection and/or second communication connection is a communication connection to a server computer and the transceiver is configured to receive the idle mode information from the server computer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver is further configured to request the idle mode information via the communication channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a mobile communication terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a subscriber terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first radio cell is a radio cell of a first radio communication network and the second radio cell is a radio cell of a second radio communication network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The communication device according to claim 12, wherein the communication device is a subscriber terminal of the first radio communication network and a subscriber terminal of the second radio communication network. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The communication device according to claim 12, wherein the communication device comprises a first subscriber identity module identifying the communication device as a subscriber of the first radio communication network and a second subscriber identity module identifying the communication device as a subscriber of the second radio communication network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first radio cell and the second radio cell are radio cells of the same radio communication network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The communication device according to claim 15, wherein the communication device is a subscriber terminal of the radio communication network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the idle mode information for the second radio cell is control information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the idle mode information comprises information of up to layer 3. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the idle mode information is paging information of the second radio cell, system information of the second radio cell, synchronization information of the second radio cell or radio cell broadcast information of the second radio cell. ### Claim 20 A method for receiving information comprising: establishing a communication channel from a communicated device having two or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs) to a first radio cell; wherein the first radio cell is connected to a gateway, and wherein the gateway is connected to a first server computer and connected to a second server computer; wherein a first SIM is in idle mode, and wherein a second SIM is in a connected mode for the first SIM; establishing a first communication connection to the first server computer via the gateway; establishing a second communication connection to the second server computer via the gateway; receiving idle mode information of a second radio cell from the second server computer via the second communication connection. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method according to claim 20, wherein the communication channel is a physical channel. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method according to claim 20, carried out by a communication device wherein the communication channel is a dedicated channel for the communication device.