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

• US 8,738,081 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• 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:
  US13/341,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20120094678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 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 method for handling apparatus originated communications, performed by a processor of a mobile communications apparatus, comprising:

receiving, by the processor, an apparatus originated communication request with a destination address;

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

transmitting, by the processor, the apparatus originated communication request to a 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 method 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 method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the processor, a plurality of third contact entries in a memory device, where a portion of the content of the third contact entries is copied from the first and second contact entries, each third contact entry further comprising origination information indicating where partial content of this entry is copied from,

wherein the determination step further comprises determining, by the processor, 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 method 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 method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determination step further comprises issuing, by the processor, 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 method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each destination address comprises a series of numbers representing a phone number.

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

8. A method for handling apparatus originated communications, performed by a processor of a mobile communications apparatus, comprising:

receiving, by the processor, message data and an apparatus originated communication request with a plurality of destination addresses;

determining, by the processor, whether each received destination address is currently stored in a first or a second subscriber identity cards;

grouping, by the processor, the destination addresses currently stored in a plurality of first contact entries into a first group;

grouping, by the processor, the destination addresses currently stored in a plurality of second contact entries into a second group;

sending, by the processor, the message data to the destination addresses of the first group via a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on; and

sending, by the processor, the message data to the destination addresses of the second group via a second cell that the second subscriber identity card camps on.

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

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

storing, by the processor, a plurality of third contact entries in a memory device, where which a portion of the content of the third contact entries is copied from the first and second contact entries, each third contact entry further comprising origination information indicating where partial content of this entry is copied from,

wherein the determination step further comprises determining, by the processor, 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.

11. The method 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 method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the determination step further comprises issuing, by the processor, 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.

13. A method for handling apparatus originated communications, performed by a processor of a mobile communications apparatus, comprising:

receiving, by the processor, 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;

determining, by the processor, whether each received destination address is currently stored in a first or a second subscriber identity card;

sending, by the processor, the apparatus originated communication request to a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on when most of the received destination addresses correspond to the first subscriber identity card; and

sending, by the processor, the apparatus originated communication request to a second cell that the second subscriber identity card camps on when most of the received destination addresses correspond to the second subscriber identity card.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

storing, by the processor, a plurality of third contact entries in a memory device, where a portion of the content of the third contact entries is copied from the first and second contact entries, each third contact entry further comprising origination information indicating where partial content of this entry is copied from,

wherein the determination step further comprises determining, by the processor, 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.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the determination step further comprises issuing, by the processor, 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.

16. A method for handling apparatus originated communications, performed by a processor of a mobile communications apparatus, comprising:

storing, by the processor, a plurality of contact entries in a memory, wherein each 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;

receiving, by the processor, 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;

sending, by the processor, the apparatus originated communication request to a first cell that the first subscriber identity card camps on when most of the preference information of the contact entries indicates the first subscriber identity card; and

sending, by the processor, the apparatus originated communication request to a second cell that the second subscriber identity card camps on when most of the preference information of the contact entries indicates the second subscriber identity card.

17. A method as claimed in claim 16, 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.