Methods for handling hands-free device by audio gateway device with subscriber identity cards and systems utilizing the same

• US 8,792,940 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2008
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Hou, Kai-Yuan, Yan, Chang-Ching, Lin, Liang-Yen
• Primary Examiner(s): GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN
• Application Number:
  US12/273,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20090215491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,078 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/426.1, 455/557, 455/569.1, 455/344, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/575.2, 455/41.3, 455/345, 455/462, 455/428, 455/422.1, 370/329, 370/401, 370/331, 379/430, 381/74
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0701 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for power management
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• 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: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for handling a Hands-Free device by an Audio Gateway device with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, executed by a micro-processing unit (MCU) of a Baseband chip, is provided. A command is received from the Hands-Free device, wherein the Hands-Free device issues the first command to request a status report of the Audio Gateway device. The status report is provided to the Hands-Free device via a result code which comprises a plurality of integrated status indicators corresponding to statuses of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card.

Claims

1. A method for handling a Hands-Free device by an Audio Gateway device with a first inserted subscriber identity card and a second inserted subscriber identity card, comprising:

receiving a command from the Hands-Free device, wherein the Hands-Free device issues the command to request a status report of the Audio Gateway device;

collecting a first status of the first subscriber identity card for the received command;

collecting a second status of the second subscriber identity card for the received command;

generating an integrated status indicator according to the collected first and second statuses; and

providing the status report to the Hands-Free device via a result code which comprises the integrated status indicator.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated status indicator indicates that no service is available when no access network is being camped on by any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, and indicates that a service is available when at least an access network is being camped on by at least one of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated status indicator indicates that there is no active call when no call is active for any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, and indicates that there is an active call when a call is active for the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated status indicator indicates that no call is processing when no incoming or outgoing call process is set up for any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, and indicates that there is a call is being processed when an incoming or outgoing call process is set up for the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated status indicator indicates that no call is being held when no call is held for any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card.

6. A method for handling a Hands-Free device by an Audio Gateway device with a first inserted subscriber identity card and a second inserted subscriber identity card, comprising:

obtaining an event signal indicating that a status corresponding to the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card has been updated;

caching information indicating that the updated status corresponds to one of the first or second subscriber identify card subscriber identity card;

providing a status update report to the Hands-Free device via an unsolicited result code which comprises a status indicator corresponding to the updated status;

receiving a command after providing the status update report, which is issued by the Hands-Free device; and

performing a first operation associated with one of the first and the second subscriber identity cards indicated by the cached information.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the Hands-Free device configures a second operation mapping to a button of the Hands-Free device when the status update report is received, and issues the command after the button is pressed.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the status indicator indicates that an incoming call request has been received, the cached information indicates that an incoming call request has been received from a cell that one of the first and second subscriber identity cards camps on, and the first operation is performed to answer an incoming call via the same cell in response to the incoming call request according to the cached information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the status indicator indicates that no call is active, and the first operation is performed to dial a last dialed number via a preferred subscriber identity card or the last dialed subscriber identity card according to the cached information.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the status indicator indicates that there is an outgoing call, the cached information indicates the outgoing call is made with which subscriber identity card, and the first operation is performed to abort the outgoing call with the subscriber identity card indicated by the cached information.

11. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the status indicator indicates that there is a active call and there is a waiting call or a held call, the cached information indicates that the active call is associated with the first subscriber identity card and the waiting call or the held call is associated with the second subscriber identity card, and the first operation is performed to release or hold the active call with the first subscriber identity card and retrieve the waiting call or the held call with the second subscriber identity card according to the cached information.

12. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the status indicator indicates that there is an active call and there is a waiting call or a held call, the cached information indicates that there is an active call for the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card and there is a waiting VOIP call or a held VOIP call through Internet, and the first operation is performed to release or hold the active call via the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card and retrieve the VOIP call via a Wi-Fi module according to the cached information.

13. A system for handling a Hands-Free device, in which comprises a first inserted subscriber identity card and a second inserted subscriber identity card, comprising:

a processor receiving a command from the Hands-Free device, wherein the Hands-Free device issues the command to request a status report of the Audio Gateway device, collecting a first status of the first subscriber identity card for the received command, collecting a second status of the second subscriber identity card for the received command, generating an integrated status indicator according to the collected first and second statuses, and providing a status report to the Hands-Free device via a result code in response to the command, wherein the result code comprises the integrated status indicator.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the integrated status indicator indicates that no service is available when no access network is being camped on by any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, and indicates that a service is available when at least an access network is being camped on by at least one of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the integrated status indicator indicates that there is no active call when no call is active for any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, no call is being processed when no incoming or outgoing call process is being set up for the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, and no call is being held when no call is held for the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card.

16. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the processor provides a status update report to the Hands-Free device via an unsolicited result code when an event signal indicating a status corresponding to the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card has been updated, and caches information indicating that the status corresponds to one of the first or second subscriber identity card, wherein the unsolicited result code comprises the updated status.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the Hands-Free device configures a first operation mapping to a button of the Hands-Free device according to the status update report, and issues an AT command by executing the first operation after the button is pressed, and the processor receives an AT command from the Hands-Free device after providing the status update report, and performs a second an operation according to the AT command, wherein the operation is performed with one of the first and the second subscriber identity cards indicated by the cached information.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the operation is performed to answer an incoming call via a cell that one of the first and second subscriber identity cards camps on when the cached information indicates that an incoming call request from the cell has been received, or to dial a last dialed number with a preferred subscriber identity card or the last dialed subscriber identity card when the cached information indicates that no call is active for any of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, or to abort an outgoing call with one of the first and second subscriber identity cards when the cached information indicates that the outgoing call is ongoing.

19. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the cached information indicates that there is a active call for the first subscriber identity card and there is a waiting call or a held call for the second subscriber identity card, and the operation is performed to release or hold the active call with the first subscriber identity card and retrieve the waiting call or the held call with the second subscriber identity card.

20. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the cached information indicates that there is a active call for the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card and there is a waiting VOIP call or a held VOIP call through Internet, and the operation is performed to release or hold the active call with the first subscriber identity card or the second subscriber identity card and retrieve the VOIP call with a Wi-Fi module.