Data Account Management Method for a Mobile Communication Terminal

• US 20120244908A1
• Filed: 04/13/2011
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Zheng, Yu
• Granted Patent: US 8,682,383 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present disclosure is suitable for use in a mobile communication terminal, and provides a data account management method for a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the following steps of: a. choosing one of SIM (subscriber identity module) cards of the mobile communication terminal when an application of the mobile communication terminal needs to use a data account; b. searching for a corresponding data account group of the SIM card, and choosing data accounts, which are stored in the data account group, in sequence according to priority orders of the data accounts; and c. activating the data accounts that are chosen.

Claims

1. A data account management method for a mobile communication terminal, comprising the following steps of:

a. choosing one of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards of the mobile communication terminal when an application of the mobile communication terminal needs to use a data account;

b. searching for a corresponding data account group of the SIM card, and choosing data accounts, which are stored in the data account group, in sequence according to priority orders of the data accounts; and

c. activating the data accounts that are chosen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the following steps before the step a:

a01. creating a database for each mobile communication operator of the mobile communication terminal respectively, the database comprising names and priority orders of data accounts corresponding to the respective mobile communication operator; and

a02. when a new SIM card is inserted in the mobile communication terminal, determining an available data account of the new SIM card and a priority order of the available data account according to the database and creating the data account group.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step a02 comprises:

when a new SIM card is inserted in the mobile communication terminal, listing the data accounts corresponding to the respective mobile communication operator according to the database for choice by a user; and

creating the data account group according to the choice of the user and the priority orders of the data accounts in the database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step a comprises:

a1. if only one SIM card is available in the mobile communication terminal when the application of the mobile communication terminal needs to use a data account, then choosing the SIM card directly; and

if two or more SIM cards are available in the mobile communication terminal when the application of the mobile communication terminal needs to use a data account, then choosing one of the two or more SIM cards available.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein choosing one of the two or more SIM cards available in the step al comprises:

if the two or more SIM cards of the mobile communication terminal have priority orders, then choosing one of the SIM cards according to the priority orders; and

if the two or more SIM cards of the mobile communication terminal do not have priority orders, then randomly ranking the two or more SIM cards and choosing one of them.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data accounts comprise a WIFI account.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step a further comprises:

if no SIM card is available in the mobile communication terminal when the application of the mobile communication terminal needs to use a data account, then choosing the WIFI account directly.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step b further comprises:

if the data account that is chosen is the WIFI account, then determining whether the application can be carried by a WIFI channel, and if the application can be carried by the WIFI channel, then proceeding to the step c.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step c further comprises:

if no data account is available, then choosing another of the two or more SIM cards of the mobile communication terminal and proceeding to the step b.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data account is a data combination of the mobile communication field, which comprises an access point name and a corresponding network access user name and password thereof, and an optional name of the data account as well.