METHODS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING USER DATA AND TERMINAL DEVICES

• US 20160330611A1
• Filed: 01/09/2014
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Zijun, Rong, Guoqiang
• Application Number:
  US15/110,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20160330611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for sending and receiving user data and terminal devices, to resolve a problem that user data cannot be transferred together with SIM card data. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, an instruction for transferring a virtual subscriber identity module SIM card of the first terminal to a second terminal; acquiring, by the first terminal according to the instruction, user data associated with the virtual SIM card; and sending, by the first terminal, the user data to a server, or sending, by the first terminal, the user data to the second terminal.

Claims

1. A method for sending user data, comprising:

receiving, by a first terminal, an instruction for transferring a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) card of the first terminal to a second terminal;

acquiring, by the first terminal according to the instruction, user data associated with the virtual SIM card; and

sending, by the first terminal, the user data to a server, or sending, by the first terminal, the user data to the second terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring, by the first terminal according to the instruction, user data associated with the virtual SIM card comprises:

acquiring, by the first terminal, SIM card data of the virtual SIM card according to the instruction;

acquiring, by the first terminal, a local storage address of the user data, wherein the local storage address of the user data is comprised in the SIM card data; and

acquiring, by the first terminal, the user data according to the local storage address.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the sending, by the first terminal, the user data to a server comprises:

acquiring, by the first terminal, a network storage address of the user data, wherein the network storage address of the user data is comprised in the SIM card data; and

uploading, by the first terminal, the user data to a server that corresponds to the network storage address.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the first terminal, an owner identifier of the user data to the server when sending the user data to the server, so that the server sends the user data to the second terminal when receiving a request for downloading the user data, wherein the request is sent by the second terminal and carries the owner identifier.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

acquiring, by the first terminal according to the instruction, user data associated with the virtual SIM card comprises;

acquiring, by the first terminal, SIM card data of the virtual SIM card according to the instruction, wherein the SIM card data comprises the user data; and

sending, by the first terminal, the user data to a server, or sending, by the first terminal, the user data to the second terminal comprises;

sending, by the first terminal, the SIM card data to the server, or sending, by the first terminal, the SIM card data to the second terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user data comprises one or any combination of the following types of data:

contact information, short message service message, text document, image data, video data and audio data.

7. A method for receiving user data, comprising:

receiving, by a second terminal, an instruction for transferring a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) card of a first terminal to the second terminal; and

receiving, by the second terminal according to the instruction, user data that is sent by a server and associated with the virtual SIM card;

or receiving, by the second terminal according to the instruction, user data that is sent by the first terminal and associated with the virtual SIM card.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein receiving, by the second terminal according to the instruction, user data that is sent by a server and associated with the virtual SIM card comprises:

receiving, by the second terminal, SIM card data of the virtual SIM card according to the instruction, wherein the SIM card data of the virtual SIM card is sent by the first terminal;

acquiring, by the second terminal, a network storage address of the user data, wherein the network storage address of the user data is comprised in the SIM card data;

requesting, by the second terminal, a server that corresponds to the network storage address to send the user data; and

receiving, by the second terminal, the user data sent by the server.

9. The method according to claim 8, after the receiving, by the second terminal, the user data sent by the server, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the second terminal, a local storage address of the user data; and

recording, by the second terminal, the local storage address in the SIM card data.

10-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A terminal device, comprising:

a memory, configured to store user data associated with a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) card;

a processor, configured to receive an instruction for transferring the virtual SIM card to another terminal, and acquire the user data according to the instruction; and

a transmitter, configured to send the user data to a server, or send the user data to the another terminal.

19. The device according to claim 18, wherein:

the memory is further configured to store SIM card data of the virtual SIM card; and

the processor is further configured to;

acquire the SIM card data according to the instruction;

acquire a local storage address of the user data, wherein the local storage address of the user data is comprised in the SIM card data; and

acquire the user data according to the local storage address.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein:

the processor is further configured to acquire a network storage address of the user data, wherein the network storage address of the user data is comprised in the SIM card data; and

the transmitter is configured to upload the user data to a server that corresponds to the network storage address.

21. The device according to claim 18, wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

send an owner identifier of the user data to the server, so that the server sends the user data to the another terminal when receiving a request for downloading the user data, wherein the request is sent by the another terminal and carries the owner identifier.

22. The device according to claim 18, wherein:

the memory is further configured to store SIM card data of the virtual SIM card;

the processor is further configured to acquire the SIM card data according to the instruction, wherein the SIM card data comprises the user data; and

the transmitter is further configured to send the SIM card data to the server, or send the SIM card data to the another terminal.

23-25. -25. (canceled)