METHOD TO SWITCH SUBSCRIPTIONS OF A PERSONAL DEVICE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SUBSCRIPTIONS

• US 20140228071A1
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonica SA
• Original Assignee: Telefonica SA
• Inventors: Villarrubia Grande, Luis, RelanoGil, Jose, Blanco Aparicio, Jorge
• Application Number:
  US14/119,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20140228071A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/66 user interface aspects for indicating selection options for a communication line
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• 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 method comprises performing said subscription switching automatically based on a generated event. Said event is generated by an application running on top of the operating system of said personal device, said event containing encoded information to perform said subscription switching. Said event is captured by the Universal Integrated Circuit Card of the personal device, which switches the active subscription to a new subscription.

The method further comprises analyzing the contents of the Terminal Profile message sent to the UICC in its initialization to discover the capabilities supported by said personal device, which will determine the events that can be captured by the UICC.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A method to switch subscriptions of a personal device supporting multiple subscriptions, comprising performing said subscription switching automatically based on a generated event, said multiple subscriptions supported by means of a Universal Integrated Circuit Card, or UICC, said method comprising:

analyzing the contents of a Terminal Profile message sent to the UICC in its initialization to discover said capabilities supported by said personal device;

generating said event by means of an application running on top of the operating system of said personal device, said event containing encoded information to perform said subscription switching; and

communicating said application and said UICC and capturing, said UICC, said event generated by said application according to the capabilities supported by said personal device.

13. A method as per claim 12, comprising performing said subscription switching by means of the UICC by:

loading the active subscription to the File structure;

loading the new subscription in the Standard Registry; and

refreshing the content of the Standard Registry to take into account the new set of parameters related to said new subscription.

14. A method as per claim 12, comprising triggering said generation of said event when at least one condition related to the context aware variables described in the following list is satisfied:

location, time schedule, tariff, cost of communication, coverage requirements, access restrictions to determined type of services, preferred access type, black/grey lists and security restrictions.

15. A method as per claim 12, comprising triggering said generation of said event when a user interacts with said personal device by means of a user interface, and said interaction comprises accessing to the UICC.

16. A method as per claim 12, wherein said generated event is associated to at least one of the following procedures:

call control, SMS delivery, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, Supplementary Services and Packet Data Protocol.

17. A method as per claim 16, wherein said encoded information of the event is contained in the phone number introduced as parameter of the invoked call when said event is associated to said call control procedure.

18. A method as per claim 16, wherein said encoded information of the event is encoded in the destiny telephone number and/or the body of and intended SMS when said event is associated to said SMS delivery process.