Methods for handling apparatus originated communication requests and communication apparatuses utilizing the same

• US 8,112,117 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Xueshan Technologies Inc. (Wi-LAN Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Jheng, Yu-Syuan, Lin, Keng-Chung
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Lam T
• Application Number:
  US12/340,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20090270128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 455/558, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/436, 455/416, 455/553.1, 455/417, 455/411, 455/422.1, 455/458, 455/435.1, 370/261, 370/328
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys

Abstract

A communication apparatus is provided. A first subscriber identity card camps on a first cell belonging to a first wireless network via a radio transceiver module and stores first contact entries each having a destination address. A second subscriber identity card camps on a second cell belonging to a second wireless network via the radio transceiver module and stores second contact entries each having a destination address. A processor receives an apparatus originated communication request with a destination address, determines whether the received destination address is currently stored in one of the first contact entries of the first subscriber identity card or one of the second contact entries of the second subscriber identity card, and transmits the apparatus originated communication request to the cell that the determined subscriber identity card camps on to establish a wireless communication with a peer device associated with the received destination address.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus operating with at least one radio transceiver module, a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, wherein the first subscriber identity card camps on a first cell belonging to a first wireless network via the one radio transceiver module and stores a plurality of first contact entries each comprising a destination address, and the second subscriber identity card camps on a second cell belonging to a second wireless network via the same radio transceiver module as or a different radio transceiver module from in use by the first subscriber identity card and stores a plurality of second contact entries each comprising a destination address, comprising:

processor logic coupled to the first subscriber identity card, the second subscriber identity card and the radio transceiver module, receiving an apparatus originated communication request with a destination address;

processor logic determining whether the received destination address is currently stored in one of the first contact entries of the first subscriber identity card or one of the second contact entries of the second subscriber identity card; and

processor logic transmitting the apparatus originated communication request to the cell that the determined subscriber identity card camps on to establish a wireless communication with a peer device associated with the received destination address.

2. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apparatus originated communication request is a voice communication request, a data communication request, a video communication request, a short message service (SMS) communication request, or a voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) communication request.

3. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a memory device coupled to the processor and storing a plurality of third contact entries, wherein a portion of the content of the third contact entries is copied from the first and second contact entries, and each third contact entry further comprises origination information indicating where partial content of this entry is copied from, and wherein the processor further determines whether the destination address is currently stored in one of the first contact entries or one of the second contact entries by inspecting the origination information of the third contact entries.

4. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card is the subscriber identity module (SIM) card corresponding to the global system for mobile communications (GSM) communication system, the universal subscriber identity module (USIM) card corresponding to the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) communication system, or the removable user identity module (RUIM) card or the CDMA subscriber identity module (CSIM) card corresponding to the code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000 communication system.

5. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising processor logic that issues commands to the first and second subscriber identity cards and determines whether the destination address is currently stored in one of the first contact entries or one of the second contact entries according to reply results.

6. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each destination address comprises a series of numbers representing a phone number.

7. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each destination address comprises a series of numbers representing an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

8. A communication apparatus operating with at least one radio transceiver module, a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, wherein the first subscriber identity card camps on a first cell belonging to a first wireless network via the one radio transceiver module and stores a plurality of first contact entries each comprising a destination address, and the second subscriber identity card camps on a second cell belonging to a second wireless network via the same radio transceiver module as or a different radio transceiver module from in use by the first subscriber identity card and stores a plurality of second contact entries each comprising a destination address, comprising:

processor logic coupled to the first subscriber identity card, the second subscriber identity card and the radio transceiver module, receiving message data and an apparatus originated communication request with a plurality of destination addresses;

processor logic determining whether each received destination address is currently stored in one of the first and second subscriber identity cards, grouping the destination addresses currently stored in the first contact entries into a first group;

processor logic grouping the destination addresses currently stored in the second contact entries into a second group, sending the message data to the destination addresses of the first group via the first cell and sending the message data to the destination addresses of the second group via the second cell.

9. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the message data is short message service (SMS) data or multimedia message service (MMS) data.

10. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a memory device coupled to the processor and storing a plurality of third contact entries, wherein a portion of the content of the third contact entries is copied from the first and second contact entries, and each third contact entry further comprises origination information indicating where partial content of this entry is copied from, and wherein the processor determines whether each destination address is currently stored in the first or second subscriber identity card by inspecting the origination information of the third contact entries.

11. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein at least one of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card is the subscriber identity module (SIM) card corresponding to the global system for mobile communications (GSM) communication system, the universal subscriber identity module (USIM) card corresponding to the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) communication system, or the removable user identity module (RUIM) card or the CDMA subscriber identity module (CSIM) card corresponding to the code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000 communication system.

12. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising processor logic that issues commands to the first and second subscriber identity cards and determines whether the destination address is currently stored in the first or second subscriber identity card according to reply results.

13. A communication apparatus operating with at least one radio transceiver module, a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, wherein the first subscriber identity card camps on a first cell belonging to a first wireless network via the one radio transceiver module, and the second subscriber identity card camps on a second cell belonging to a second wireless network via the same radio transceiver module as or a different radio transceiver module from in use by the first subscriber identity card, comprising:

processor logic coupled to the first subscriber identity card, the second subscriber identity card and the radio transceiver module, receiving an apparatus originated communication request with a plurality of destination addresses for establishing a wireless conference communication with a plurality of peer devices having the received destination addresses;

processor logic determining whether each received destination address corresponds to one of the first and second subscriber identity cards;

processor logic sending the apparatus originated communication request to the first cell when most of the received destination addresses correspond to the first subscriber identity card; and

processor logic sending the apparatus originated communication request to the second cell when most of the received destination addresses correspond to the second subscriber identity card.

14. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first subscriber identity card stores a plurality of destination addresses, the second subscriber identity card stores a plurality of destination addresses, the processor further determines whether each received destination address is currently stored in the first or second subscriber identity card, sends the apparatus originated communication request to the first cell when most of the received destination addresses are stored in the first subscriber identity card, and sending the apparatus originated communication request to the second cell when most of the received destination addresses are stored in the second subscriber identity card.

15. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a memory device coupled to the processor and storing a plurality of third contact entries, wherein the first subscriber identity card stores a plurality of first contact entries each comprising destination addresses, the second subscriber identity card stores a plurality of second contact entries each comprising a destination addresses, a portion of the content of the third contact entries is copied from the first and second contact entries, and each third contact entry further comprises origination information indicating where partial content of this entry is copied from, and wherein the processor further determines whether each destination address is currently stored in the first or second subscriber identity cards by inspecting the origination information of the third contact entries.

16. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 14, further comprising processor logic that issues commands to the first and second subscriber identity cards and determines whether the destination address is currently stored in the first or second subscriber identity card according to reply results.

17. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a memory device coupled to the processor and storing a plurality of third contact entries, wherein each third contact entry comprises a destination address and preference information indicating one of the first and second subscriber identity cards as a preferred subscriber identity card for this destination address, and wherein the processor further sends the apparatus originated communication request to the first cell when most of the preference information of the third contact entries indicates the first subscriber identity card and sends the apparatus originated communication request to the second cell when most of the preference information of the third contact entries indicates the second subscriber identity card.

18. The communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least one of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card is the subscriber identity module (SIM) card corresponding to the global system for mobile communications (GSM) communication system, the universal subscriber identity module (USIM) card corresponding to the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) communication system, or the removable user identity module (RUIM) card or the CDMA subscriber identity module (CSIM) card corresponding to the code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000 communication system.