Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

• US 7,706,839 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Issued: 04/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ueno, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya; Sam
• Application Number:
  US11/271,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20060063565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/558, 455/412.1, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

An information processing device including a communication device. The information device, an information processing method, and an information processing program use a plurality of SIM cards having different recorded information and enable reading of the information from the SIM cards and writing into the SIM cards, thereby improving the convenience of the SIM cards. The information processing device includes a communication device (48) communicating with an external communication device via a communication line and uses a plurality of SIM cards, SIM card I (361) and SIM card II (362) having different storage information. The information processing device includes an information processing part (CPU 40) for selecting a SIM card according to selection information specifying a SIM card and reading or writing SIM card information between the selected SIM card and the communication device.

Claims

1. An information processing device having a communication device which communicates with an external communication device through a communication network, comprising:

an information processing part, which selects a Subscriber Identity Module card based on a selection information to specify said Subscriber Identity Module card out of a plurality of Subscriber Identity Module cards having different recorded information therein, and reads or writes information of said Subscriber Identity Module card between said Subscriber Identity Module card and said communication device, wherein

the selection information is information which is not dependent on the external communication device,

the information processing part switches a connection between a first device driver that controls the communication device and a plurality of second device drivers that correspond to the plurality of Subscriber Identify Module cards respectively, and controls reading or writing of each of the Subscriber Identify Module cards, and

the Subscriber Identify Module card is selected based on the selection information.

2. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of card attaching parts by which the Subscriber Identity Module cards are attached to a housing having at least said information processing part built-in; and

reading/writing part, which reads/writes information of a Subscriber Identity Module card between said Subscriber Identity Module card and said communication device with respect to each card attaching part.

3. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein said selection information is entered from an input device of the information processing device, or obtained by an application program to be executed in the information processing device.

4. A method of information processing of an information processing device having a communication device which communicates with an external communication device, comprising the steps of:

storing a selection information in a storage part of said information processing device, wherein the selection information specifies a Subscriber Identity Module card out of a plurality of Subscriber Identity Module cards having different recorded information therein; and

selecting the Subscriber Identity Module card based on said selection information stored in the storage part, and reading or writing information of said Subscriber Identity Module card between said Subscriber Identity Module card and said communication device, wherein

the selection information is information which is not dependent on the external communication device,

a connection is switched between a first device driver that controls the communication device and a plurality of second device drivers that correspond to the plurality of Subscriber Identify Module cards respectively, and reading or writing of each of the Subscriber Identify Module cards is controlled, and

the Subscriber Identify Module card is selected based on the selection information.

5. An information processing program of an information processing device having a communication device which communicates with an external communication device through a communication network, comprising:

a first device driver corresponding to said communication device;

a plurality of second device drivers corresponding to a plurality of Subscriber Identity Module cards having different recorded information therein; and

a switching part, which selects a Subscriber Identity Module card by switching a connection between the first device driver and the plurality of said second device drivers based on a selection information entered from an input device of said information processing device, or a selection information obtained by an application program to be executed by said information processing device, wherein

the selection information is information which is not dependent on the external communication device.

6. The information processing program of an information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein said first device driver comprises a judgment program which identifies a Subscriber Identity Module card based on said selection information.

7. The information processing program of an information processing apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a storage area which stores said selection information.