METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE PIECES OF SIM INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20150189496A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jong-Phil, Park, Dae-Soo, LEE, Jin-Woo
• Granted Patent: US 9,860,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method configured to set a communication environment of an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a user'"'"'s input and selecting at least two pieces of information from among multiple pieces of user identification information comprised in a single SIM module, and determining communication environments corresponding to the at least two pieces of user identification information. The communication environments are loaded into the electronic device all together.

Claims

1. A method configured to set a communication environment of an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a user'"'"'s input and selecting at least two pieces of information from among multiple pieces of user identification information comprised in a single Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) module; and

determining communication environments corresponding to the at least two pieces of user identification information,

wherein the communication environments are loaded into the electronic device all together.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the SIM module comprises information on at least one group comprising the user identification information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information on the at least one group is comprised in metadata of the SIM module.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least two pieces of user identification information are user identification information comprised in one group selected from the at least one group.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, when security is set for the user identification information and a designated security key is input, the selecting is completed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication environments perform communication functions corresponding to the at least two pieces of user identification information independently in the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the at least two pieces of information comprises automatically selecting the at least two pieces of information based on metadata of the SIM module.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the user identification information which is communicating in the communication environments.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating via at least one communication environment corresponding to a location of the electronic device from among the loaded at least two communication environments.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method of claim 1.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a first memory configured to store user identification information corresponding to a set communication environment;

a single Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) module configured;

to detect a user'"'"'s input and select at least two pieces of information from among multiple pieces of user identification information,

to determine communication environments corresponding to the at least two pieces of user identification information, and

to process to load the communication environments into the electronic device all together and communicate independently; and

at least one first processor configured to control the SIM module.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module comprises a second memory comprising the multiple pieces of user identification information and metadata, and a second processor configured to determine the communication environments corresponding to the user identification information.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module exchanges the user identification information with the first processor.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module is configured to transmit information on at least one group comprising the user identification information to the first processor.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the SIM module comprises metadata comprising information on the at least one group which designates the at least two pieces of information from among the multiple pieces of user identification information and comprises the at least two pieces of user identification information.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the SIM module is configured to select the at least two pieces of user identification information included in a single group selected from the at least one group.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein, when security is set for the user identification information and a designated security key is input, the SIM module is configured to complete the selecting.

17. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module is configured to perform communication functions corresponding to the user identification information independently based on the communication environments corresponding to the at least two pieces of user identification information.

18. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module is configured to automatically select the at least two pieces of information based on the metadata of the SIM module.

19. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module is configured to request the first processor to display the user identification information which is communicating in the communication environments on the electronic device.

20. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the SIM module is configured to comprise, in a second memory, metadata storing at least one information indicating whether the user identification information is activated or deactivated, information on a group when the user identification information is comprised in a designated group, information on at least one group, the user identification information comprised in the at least one group, and information on a location where the user identification information is stored.

21. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the first processor communicates via at least one communication environment corresponding to a location of the electronic device from among the loaded at least two communication environments.