WORKING METHOD OF MULTI-MODE TERMINAL AND MULTI-MODE TERMINAL

• US 20130267226A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIU, Jiwu, TAN, Zhe
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,062 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention discloses a working method of a multi-mode terminal and a multi-mode terminal and relates to the field of communications technologies, which can implement switching between multi-mode multi-standby and multi-mode single-standby, and improve user experience. The working method of a multi-mode terminal includes: determining, according to a network where a terminal currently camps, a currently applicable working mode of the terminal, where the currently applicable working mode is a multi-mode multi-standby mode and a multi-mode single-standby mode; and configuring a working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal. The present invention may be applied to the field of communications technologies.

Claims

1. A working method of a multi-mode terminal, comprising:

determining, according to a network where a terminal currently camps, a currently applicable working mode of the terminal, wherein the currently applicable working mode is a multi-mode multi-standby mode or a multi-mode single-standby mode; and

configuring a working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

2. The working method of a multi-mode terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the network where the terminal currently camps, the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises:

searching for a mobile country code and/or a mobile network code of the network where the terminal currently camps; and

determining, according to the mobile country code and/or the mobile network code, the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

3. The working method of a multi-mode terminal according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises:

obtaining a working mode that is being used by the terminal;

judging whether the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is consistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal; and

if the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is inconsistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal, configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

4. The working method of a multi-mode terminal according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises:

automatically configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

5. The working method of a multi-mode terminal according to claim 1, wherein the multi-mode multi-standby mode is a multi-mode dual-standby mode.

11. The working method of a multi-mode terminal according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises prompting a user to manually configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

6. A multi-mode terminal, comprising:

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to a network where a terminal currently camps, a currently applicable working mode of the terminal, wherein the currently applicable working mode is a multi-mode multi-standby mode or a multi-mode single-standby mode; and

a configuring unit, configured to configure a working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

7. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the determining unit comprises:

a searching module, configured to search for a mobile country code and/or a mobile network code of the network where the terminal currently camps; and

a determining module, configured to determine, according to the mobile country code and/or the mobile network code, the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

8. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the configuring unit comprises:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain a working mode that is being used by the terminal;

a judging module, configured to judge whether the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is consistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal; and

a configuring module, configured to, when the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is inconsistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal and is obtained by the obtaining module, configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

9. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the configuring unit is configured to automatically configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal;

or prompt a user to manually configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

10. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the multi-mode multi-standby mode is a multi-mode dual-standby mode.