METHODS FOR HANDLING AN APPARATUS TERMINATED COMMUNICATION REQUEST AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME

• US 20110294548A1
• Filed: 08/11/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Liang, Ching-Hsiu, Jheng, Yu-Syuan, Wu, Chun-Ying
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5009 Adding a party to an existing conference conducting a computer conference, e.g. admission detection H04L12/1822
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/62 user interface aspects of conference calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A communication apparatus is provided. A first subscriber identity card is with a first address and camps on a first cell. A second subscriber identity card is with a second address and camps on a second cell. A processor determines whether a first communication status of the first subscriber identity card reaches a first limitation, determines whether a second communication status of the second subscriber identity card reaches a second limitation, and determines whether to activate a service instructing the first wireless network to transfer a first apparatus terminated communication request of the first subscriber identity card to the second subscriber identity card according to determination results for the first communication status and the second communication status, wherein the first apparatus terminated communication request is initiated from a peer communication entity to request for establishing wireless communication with the first subscriber identity card.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus having a first radio transceiver module, a second radio transceiver module, a first subscriber identity card with a first address camping on a first cell belonging to a first wireless network via the first radio transceiver module, and a second subscriber identity card with a second address camping on a second cell belonging to a second wireless network via the second radio transceiver module, comprising:

a processor coupled to the first radio transceiver module, the second radio transceiver module, the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, determining whether a first communication status of the first subscriber identity card reaches a first limitation, determining whether a second communication status of the second subscriber identity card reaches a second limitation, and determining whether to activate a service instructing the first wireless network to transfer a first apparatus terminated communication request of the first subscriber identity card to the second subscriber identity card according to determination results for the first communication status and the second communication status, wherein the first apparatus terminated communication request is initiated from a peer communication entity to request for establishing wireless communication with the first subscriber identity card.

2. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication status indicates a total number of active and held calls currently maintained by the first subscriber identity card, the first limitation indicates a total number of active and held calls which can be supported by the first wireless network, the second communication status indicates a total number of active and held calls currently maintained by the second subscriber identity card, and the second limitation indicates a total number of active and held calls which can be supported by the second wireless network.

3. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication status indicates a total number of active call or calls currently maintained by the first subscriber identity card, the first limitation indicates a total number of active call or calls which can be supported by the first wireless network, the second communication status indicates a total number of active call or calls currently maintained by the second subscriber identity card, and the second limitation indicates a total number of active call or calls which can be supported by the second wireless network.

4. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein, when the first communication status reaches the first limitation and the second communication status does not reach the second limitation, the processor further transmits a transfer request from the first subscriber identity card to the first cell to request the first wireless network to transfer the first apparatus terminated communication request of the first subscriber identity card to the second subscriber identity card.

5. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein, after receiving the first apparatus terminated communication request, the processor further determines whether the first communication status reaches the first limitation and whether the second communication status reaches the second limitation, and transmits the transfer request after receiving an answer indication message to indicate acceptance of the first apparatus terminated communication request.

6. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the transfer request is a call deflection supplementary service request with the second address so as to deflect the first apparatus terminated communication request to the second subscriber identity card.

7. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the processor further receives a release message indicating termination of procedures of establishing the wireless communication from the first cell, receives a second apparatus terminated communication request of the second subscriber identity card from the second cell, and establishes the wireless communication with the peer communication entity through the second cell.

8. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the first communication status does not reach the first limitation, the processor establishes the wireless communication with the peer communication entity through the first cell after receiving an answer indication message to indicate acceptance of the first apparatus terminated communication request.

9. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the first communication status and the second communication status respectively reaches the first limitation and the second limitation, the processor transmits a reject request from the first subscriber identity card to the first cell to reject the first apparatus terminated communication request.

10. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first communication status indicates the current status of a forwarding service corresponding to the first subscriber identity card, the first limitation indicates that no forwarding service corresponding to the first subscriber identity card has been activated, the second communication status indicates the current status of a packet data protocol (PDP) context corresponding to the second subscriber identity card, and the second limitation indicates that an PDP context has been activated.

11. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein, when the first communication status reaches the first limitation and the second communication status does not reach the second limitation, the processor transmits a transfer request from the first subscriber identity card to the first cell to request the first wireless network to activate a forwarding service to transfer at least one apparatus terminated communication request of the first subscriber identity card to the second subscriber identity card.

12. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the forwarding service is a call forwarding related supplementary service with the second address so as to forward the apparatus terminated communication request to the second subscriber identity card, and the transfer request is an activate call forwarding supplementary service request to request for activating the call forwarding related supplementary service.

13. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processor further transmits at least one deactivate PDP context request from the first subscriber identity card to the first cell to deactivate all PDP contexts corresponding to the first subscriber identity card, and transmits a deactivate transfer request from the first subscriber identity card to the first cell to deactivate the forwarding service after all PDP contexts have been deactivated.