Mobile communication device with subscriber identity module

• US 9,055,154 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2014
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Griffin, Jason Tyler, Lazaridis, Mihal, Pattenden, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US14/453,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20140349706A1
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 455/552.1, 455/456.3, 455/456.1, 455/11.1, 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/500, 455/507, 455/553.1, 455/556.1, 455/558, 455/559
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of directing calls on a mobile communication device comprises receiving a call signal at the mobile communication device from a short-range enabled communication device operably connected with the mobile communication device, accessing subscriber identity module data of the short-range enabled communication device, preparing an outgoing call signal using the accessed subscriber identity module data of the short-range enabled communication device, establishing a communication session between the short-range enabled communication device and a network, and transmitting the outgoing call signal to the network.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

a first communication subsystem communicating with a wireless network;

a second communication subsystem communicating with a first communication device comprising a first subscriber identity module having a first subscriber identity data associated therewith; and

a processor communicably connected to the first communication subsystem and to the second communication subsystem; and

a memory storing computer program instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

establishing a communication session between the wireless network and the first communication device while appearing to the wireless network directly as a short-range enabled communication device in response to;

receiving a call signal originating on the first communication device operably connected to the mobile communication device via the second communication subsystem; and

determining that the first subscriber identity data is available and accessed by the mobile communication device from the first subscriber identity module.

2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber identity data is accessed from one of a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC), and a Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) attached to the first communication device.

3. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 further comprising a second subscriber identity module directly associated therewith.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 3 wherein the first communication subsystem comprises a first radio frequency (RF) transceiver adapted for communication associated with the second subscriber identity module associated with the mobile communication device and a second radio RF transceiver adapted for communication associated with the first subscriber identity module associated with the first communication device.

5. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 wherein the operations further comprising:

initiating and maintaining a subscriber identity data access session between the mobile communication device and the mobile communication device.

6. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 wherein the first communication subsystem is configured to operate with one of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, an Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) Evolution (EDGE) network, a 3rd Generation (3G) network, an Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (IDEN), a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, and a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) network.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprising verifying whether the wireless network supports voice media.

8. The mobile communication device of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprising:

in response to verifying that the wireless network does not support voice media, generating an indication of a reason for failing to generate an instruction command, wherein the reason for failing to generate an instruction command is a failure by the wireless network to support voice media.

9. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprising:

determining whether the first subscriber identity data is available on the mobile communication device by determining whether a subscriber identity module access session is active between the mobile communication device and the first communication device.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile communication device, a call signal originating on a first communication device comprising a first subscriber identity module having a first subscriber identity data associated therewith, wherein the first communication device is operably connected to the mobile communication device; and

establishing, via a first communication subsystem, a communication session between a wireless network and the first communication device while appearing to the wireless network directly as a short-range enabled communication device in response to determining that the first subscriber identity data is available and accessed by the mobile communication device from the first subscriber identity module.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the call signal is received via a second communication subsystem communicating with the first communication device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising initiating and maintaining a subscriber identity data access session between the mobile communication device and the mobile communication device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising verifying whether the wireless network supports voice media.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

in response to verifying that the wireless network does not support voice media, generating an indication of a reason for failing to generate an instruction command, wherein the reason for failing to generate an instruction command is a failure by the wireless network to support voice media.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the first subscriber identity data is available on the mobile communication device by determining whether a subscriber identity module access session is active between the mobile communication device and the first communication device.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a mobile communication device, a call signal originating on a first communication device comprising a first subscriber identity module having a first subscriber identity data associated therewith and operably connected to the mobile communication device; and

establishing a communication session between a wireless network and the first communication device while appearing to the wireless network directly as a short-range enabled communication device in response to determining that the first subscriber identity data is available and accessed by the mobile communication device from the first subscriber identity module.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the wireless network is communicating with a first communication subsystem.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the call signal is received via a second communication subsystem communicating with the first communication device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

initiating and maintaining a subscriber identity data access session between the mobile communication device and the mobile communication device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

determining whether the first subscriber identity data is available on the mobile communication device by determining whether a subscriber identity module access session is active between the mobile communication device and the first communication device.