Method and terminal for loading operator configuration information

• US 9,391,836 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Guo, Ligang, Chen, Minjiang, Li, Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Elhag, Magdi
• Application Number:
  US14/492,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20150011202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 455/432.2, 455/432.3, 455/435.1, 455/435.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0889 Techniques to speed-up the configuration process
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and a terminal for loading operator configuration information. The method includes obtaining network identification information of a terminal. The network identification information includes a mobile country code and a mobile network code. Secondary network identification information of the terminal is obtained when it is determined that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of operator configuration information according to the network identification information. The secondary network identification information includes a group identifier GID. The operator configuration information corresponding to the terminal is obtained and loaded according to the secondary network identification information.

Claims

1. A method for loading operator configuration information, the method comprising:

obtaining network identification information of a terminal by the terminal, wherein the network identification information comprises a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC);

obtaining secondary network identification information of the terminal by the terminal and in response to determining, according to the network identification information, that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of groups of operator configuration information, wherein the secondary network identification information comprises a group identifier (GID);

obtaining and loading, by the terminal, a group of the operator configuration information corresponding to the terminal according to the secondary network identification information and in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of the groups of operator configuration information;

obtaining and loading, by the terminal, default configuration information in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to zero of the groups of operator configuration information; and

communicating with a network according to loaded configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the network identification information of the terminal comprises reading SIM card information of the terminal, and obtaining the network identification information comprising the MCC and the MNC.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein obtaining the secondary network identification information of the terminal comprises obtaining a group identifier (GID) in the SIM card information of the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein before obtaining the secondary network identification information of the terminal, the method further comprises querying a preset configuration library to determine a number of the groups of operator configuration information corresponding to the MCC and the MNC.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising loading the group of operator configuration information only when it is determined that the terminal corresponds to one group of operator configuration information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein before obtaining the secondary network identification information of the terminal, the method further comprises querying a preset configuration library to determine a number of the groups of operator configuration information corresponding to the MCC and the MNC.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising loading the group of operator configuration information only when it is determined that the terminal corresponds to one group of operator configuration information.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining and loading default configuration information when it is determined that the terminal corresponds to zero groups of operator configuration information.

9. A terminal, comprising a computer including a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program modules executable by the computer, the modules including:

an obtaining module configured to obtain network identification information of the terminal and to obtain secondary network identification information of the terminal, in response to determining, according to the network identification information, that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of groups of operator configuration information, wherein the network identification information comprises a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC) and wherein the secondary network identification information comprises a group identifier (GID); and

a loading module configured to obtain and load a group of the operator configuration information corresponding to the terminal according to the secondary network identification information and in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of the groups of operator configuration information;

wherein the loading module is further configured to obtain and load default configuration information in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to zero of the groups of operator configuration information.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining module comprises a first obtaining unit, configured to read SIM card information of the terminal and to obtain the network identification information comprising the MCC and the MNC.

11. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the obtaining module further comprises a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain the GID in the SIM card information of the terminal.

12. The terminal according to claim 11, further comprising a determining module, configured to query a preset configuration library to determine a number of the groups of operator configuration information corresponding to the MCC and the MNC.

13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the loading module is further configured to load the group of operator configuration information when it is determined that the terminal corresponds to one group of operator configuration information.

14. A terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the processor and having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal to;

obtain network identification information of the terminal and to obtain secondary network identification information of the terminal, in response to determining, according to the network identification information, that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of groups of operator configuration information, wherein the network identification information comprises a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC) and wherein the secondary network identification information comprises a group identifier (GID);

obtain and load a group of the operator configuration information corresponding to the terminal according to the secondary network identification information and in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to at least two groups of the groups of operator configuration information; and

obtain and load default configuration information in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to zero of the groups of operator configuration information.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the instructions causing the terminal to obtain network identification information further comprise instructions causing the terminal to read SIM card information of the terminal and to obtain the network identification information comprising the MCC and the MNC.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the instructions causing the terminal to obtain network identification information further comprise instructions causing the terminal to obtain the GID in the SIM card information of the terminal.

17. The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal to query a preset configuration library to determine a number of the groups of operator configuration information corresponding to the MCC and the MNC.

18. The terminal according to claim 17, wherein the instructions causing the terminal to obtain and load a group of the operator configuration information further comprise instructions causing the terminal to load the group of operator configuration information in response to determining that the terminal corresponds to only one group of operator configuration information.