Methods for transmitting mobile originated requests by mobile station with subscriber identity cards and systems utilizing the same

• US 8,213,989 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xueshan Technologies Inc. (Wi-LAN Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Jheng, Yu-Syuan, Lin, Keng-Chung, Wu, Chun-Ying
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Danh
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROSARIO, NELSON M
• Application Number:
  US12/337,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20090239584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,293 Days
• Field of Search: 455/405, 455/406, 455/432.1, 455/444, 455/455, 455/558, 455/417, 455/432.2, 455/433
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/45 using multiple identity modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0245 according to signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for transmitting mobile originated requests by a mobile station with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, executed by a processor, is provided. It is determined whether a preference setting has been enabled. A preferred subscriber identity card is obtained from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card when the preference setting has been enabled. The mobile originated request is issued to a called party via the preferred subscriber identity card when the preference setting has been enabled.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a mobile originated request by a mobile station with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, performed by a processor of the mobile station, comprising:

determining whether a preference setting has been enabled, wherein the preference setting is enabled via a man-machine interface (MMI);

obtaining a preferred subscriber identity card from the first and second subscriber identity cards when the preference setting has been enabled;

issuing the mobile originated request to a called party via the preferred subscriber identity card when the preference setting has been enabled;

issuing the mobile originated request to the called party via one subscriber identity card from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card determined by a rule when the preference setting is disabled.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a condition of the rule comprises roaming information regarding the roaming statuses of the first and second subscriber identity cards, and the mobile originated request is issued to the called party via one subscriber identity card without roaming.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a condition of the rule comprises cell information regarding whether at least a certain percentage or number of the neighboring cell identities (IDs) corresponding to a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on is present in a plurality of preset low-fee cell IDs, and, if so, the mobile originated request is issued to the called party via the first subscriber identity card, otherwise, the mobile originated request is issued to the called party via the second subscriber identity card.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a condition of the rule comprises fare plan information regarding the charges of the first and second subscriber identity cards at a current time, and the mobile originated request is issued to the called party via one specific subscriber identity card with the lowest charge.

5. A method for transmitting a mobile originated request by a mobile station with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, performed by a processor of the mobile station, comprising:

obtaining a first roaming information indicating whether the first subscriber identity card is in a roaming or non-roaming status, and a second roaming information indicating whether the second subscriber identity card is in a roaming or non-roaming status;

determining one subscriber identity card from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card according to the first roaming information and the second roaming information when the first roaming information and the second roaming information indicate that the roaming statuses of the first and second subscriber identity cards are different;

determining a preferred subscriber identity card from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card when the first roaming information and the second roaming information indicate that the roaming statuses of the first and second subscriber identity cards are the same; and

issuing the mobile originated request to a called party via a cell that the determined subscriber identity card camps on.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first subscriber identity card is determined when the first roaming information indicates that the first subscriber identity card is in a non-roaming status and the second roaming information indicates that the second subscriber identity card is in a roaming status.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first roaming information indicates that the first subscriber identity card is in a non-roaming status when a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC) stored in the first subscriber identity card are the same as that of a System Information (SI) broadcasted in a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on, and the second roaming information indicates that the second subscriber identity card is in a non-roaming status when an MCC and an MNC stored in the second subscriber identity card are the same as that of an SI broadcasted in a second cell that the second subscriber identity card camps on.

8. A method for transmitting a mobile originated request by a mobile station with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, performed by a processor of the mobile station, comprising:

obtaining a first cell identity report from a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on, wherein the first cell identity report comprises a plurality of cell identities (IDs) of the neighboring cells of the first cell;

obtaining a plurality of low-fee cell IDs from a storage device of the mobile station;

determining the first subscriber identity card when at least a certain percentage or number of the neighboring cell IDs is present in the low-fee cell IDs;

determining the second subscriber identity card when a certain percentage or number of the neighboring cell IDs is not present in the low-fee cell IDs; and

issuing the mobile originated request to a called party via a cell that the determined subscriber identity card camps on.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first cell identity report is obtained from System Information (SI) broadcasted in the first cell.

10. A method for transmitting a mobile originated request by a mobile station with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, performed by a processor of the mobile station, comprising:

obtaining a dialed number of a called party and a current time;

identifying a called operator according to the dialed number;

reading a first fare plan for the first subscriber identity card and a second fare plan for the second subscriber identity card from a storage device of the mobile station;

filtering out at least one first record related to the identified called operator and the current time from the first fare plan and at least one record related to the identified called operator and the current time from the second fare plan;

determining one subscriber identity card with the lowest charge by comparing charge rates recorded in the filtered out first record and second record; and

issuing the mobile originated request to the called party via the determined subscriber identity card.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of filtering further comprises:

filtering out at least one first record related to a prefix number of the dialed number and the current time from the first fare plan and at least one second record related to the prefix number of the dialed number and the current time from the second fare plan.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first or second fare plan is obtained from a man-machine interface.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first or second fare plan is obtained from at least one advice of charge (AoC) message sent by a first network operator providing the first subscriber identity card or a second network operator providing the second subscriber identity card.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first or second fare plan is obtained by parsing a monthly bill provided by a first network operator providing the first subscriber identity card or a second network operator providing the second subscriber identity card.

15. An apparatus for transmitting a mobile originated request, equipped with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, comprising:

a processor determining whether a preference setting has been enabled, wherein the preference setting is enabled via a man-machine interface (MMI), obtaining a preferred subscriber identity card from the first and second subscriber identity cards when the preference setting has been enabled, issuing the mobile originated request to a called party via the preferred subscriber identity card when the preference setting has been enabled, and issuing the mobile originated request to the called party via one subscriber identity card from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card determined by a rule when the preference setting is disabled.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein a condition of the rule comprises roaming information regarding the roaming statuses of the first and second subscriber identity cards, and the processor issues the mobile originated request to the called party via one subscriber identity card without roaming when the preference setting is disabled.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein a condition of the rule comprises cell information regarding whether at least a certain percentage or number of the neighboring cell identities (IDs) corresponding to a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on is present in a plurality of preset low-fee cell IDs, and the processor issues the mobile originated request to the called party via the first subscriber identity card when the percentage or number of the neighboring cell identities (IDs) corresponding to the first cell is present in the preset low-fee cell IDs, and the preference setting is disabled.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein a condition of the rule comprises fare plan information regarding the charges of the first and second subscriber identity cards at a current time, and processor issues the mobile originated request to the called party via one specific subscriber identity card with the lowest charge when the preference setting is disabled.

19. An apparatus for transmitting a mobile originated request, equipped with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, comprising:

a processor obtaining a first roaming information indicating whether the first subscriber identity card is in a roaming or non-roaming status, and a second roaming information indicating whether the second subscriber identity card is in a roaming or non-roaming status, determining one subscriber identity card from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card according to the first roaming information and the second roaming information when the first roaming information and the second roaming information indicate that the roaming statuses of the first and second subscriber identity cards are different, determining a preferred subscriber identity card from the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card when the first roaming information and the second roaming information indicate that the roaming statuses of the first and second subscriber identity cards are the same, and issuing the mobile originated request to a called party via a cell that the determined subscriber identity card camps on.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the processor determines the first subscriber identity card when the first roaming information indicates that the first subscriber identity card is in a non-roaming status and the second roaming information indicates that the second subscriber identity card is in a roaming status.

21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first roaming information indicates that the first subscriber identity card is in a non-roaming status when a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC) stored in the first subscriber identity card are the same as that of a System Information (SI) broadcasted in a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on, and the second roaming information indicates that the second subscriber identity card is in a non-roaming status when an MCC and an MNC stored in the second subscriber identity card are the same as that of an SI broadcasted in a second cell that the second subscriber identity card camps on.

22. An apparatus for transmitting a mobile originated request, equipped with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, comprising:

a processor obtaining a first cell identity report from a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on, wherein the first cell identity report comprises a plurality of cell identities (IDs) of the neighboring cells of the first cell, obtaining a plurality of low-fee cell IDs from a storage device of the mobile station, determining the first subscriber identity card when at least a certain percentage or number of the neighboring cell IDs is present in the low-fee cell IDs, determining the second subscriber identity card when a certain percentage or number of the neighboring cell IDs is not present in the low-fee cell IDs, and issuing the mobile originated request to a called party via a cell that the determined subscriber identity card camps on.

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 22, wherein the first cell identity report is obtained from System Information (SI) broadcasted in the first cell.

24. An apparatus for transmitting a mobile originated request, equipped with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, comprising:

a processor obtaining a dialed number of a called party and a current time, identifying a called operator according to the dialed number, reading a first fare plan for the first subscriber identity card and a second fare plan for the second subscriber identity card from a storage device of the mobile station, filtering out at least one first record related to the identified called operator and the current time from the first fare plan and at least one record related to the identified called operator and the current time from the second fare plan, determining one subscriber identity card with the lowest charge by comparing charge rates recorded in the filtered out first record and second record, and issuing the mobile originated request to the called party via the determined subscriber identity card.

25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the processor further filters out at least one first record related to a prefix number of the dialed number and the current time from the first fare plan and at least one second record related to the prefix number of the dialed number and the current time from the second fare plan.

26. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the processor obtains the first or second fare plan by sending at least one advice of charge (AoC) message to a first network operator providing the first subscriber identity card or a second network operator providing the second subscriber identity card.

27. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the first or second fare plan is obtained by parsing a monthly bill provided by a first network operator providing the first subscriber identity card or a second network operator providing the second subscriber identity card.