Multi-card device for telecommunications, and process for automatically managing telephone communications
First Claim
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1. Multi-card device for telecommunications, comprising:
- a central processing unit;
a plurality of SIM cards connected to said central processing unit and selectively managed by said central processing unit;
a plurality of slots configured to house said plurality of SIM cards;
displaying means and key input means, respectively to display and choose operating functions to be activated;
wherein said central processing unit is configured to perform an automatic activation process for said SIM cards upon turning-on, said automatic activation process of said SIM cards upon turning-on including;
turning on said device;
sequentially first scanning said slots and requesting a PIN code for every detected SIM card;
sequentially second scanning said slots with the obtained PIN code and activating a first slot found with a chip card; and
activating usual functions of said device with said first activated slot; and
further including, after said first scanning;
checking for a presence of an active time agenda; and
in a case an active time agenda is present, reading an internal clock time and activating the slots as function of an assigned time range.
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Abstract
A multi-card cellular telephone apparatus includes a central processing unit and a plurality of SIM cards connected to the central processing unit through slots. The plurality of SIM cards are selectively managed by the central processing unit employing an active time agenda that allows reading of an internal clock time and activating the SIM cards as a function of the assigned time range. A process is also disclosed for automatically managing multiple SIM cards.
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14 Claims
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1. Multi-card device for telecommunications, comprising:
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a central processing unit;
a plurality of SIM cards connected to said central processing unit and selectively managed by said central processing unit;
a plurality of slots configured to house said plurality of SIM cards;
displaying means and key input means, respectively to display and choose operating functions to be activated;
wherein said central processing unit is configured to perform an automatic activation process for said SIM cards upon turning-on, said automatic activation process of said SIM cards upon turning-on including;
turning on said device;
sequentially first scanning said slots and requesting a PIN code for every detected SIM card;
sequentially second scanning said slots with the obtained PIN code and activating a first slot found with a chip card; and
activating usual functions of said device with said first activated slot; and
further including, after said first scanning;
checking for a presence of an active time agenda; and
in a case an active time agenda is present, reading an internal clock time and activating the slots as function of an assigned time range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Process for automatically managing multiple telephone communication items in a telephone device, comprising:
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sequentially scanning for a presence of SIMs in said device and requesting a PIN code for every detected SIM;
optionally scanning at an international roaming level for a presence of local SIMs in said device and requesting a PIN code for every detected local SIM;
in a case a local SIM at the international roaming level is present, activating said local SIM and activating usual functions of said device with said activated local SIM;
in a case a local SIM at the international roaming level is not present, activating the first detected SIM and activating usual functions of said device with said activated SIM;
checking for a presence of an active time agenda in said device; and
in a case an active time agenda is present, reading an internal clock time and activating every detected SIM as a function of a time range assigned to said SIM. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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