Apparatus and method for portable terminal having dual subscriber identity module card

• US 9,716,987 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2016
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Baek, In-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Suhail
• Application Number:
  US15/222,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20160337826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/543 Call deflection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• 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

Abstract

A method of operating a portable terminal having a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is provided. The method includes displaying a message regarding whether to set a dual SIM active function, selecting an area included in the message, and confirming a setting of the dual SIM active function upon the selection of the area included in the message.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first subscriber identity module (SIM) slot to accommodate a first SIM corresponding to a first phone number;

a second SIM slot to accommodate a second SIM corresponding to a second phone number;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

display a menu via the display, the menu including one or more options to set a dual SIM function to forward a first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, or to forward a second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number,

receive a selection of an option from the one or more options included in the menu,

set, based at least in part on the selection of the option, the dual SIM function to forward the first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, or to forward the second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number, and

after the selection is received, display, via the display, the first phone number as a forwarding phone number for the second SIM, or the second phone number as the forwarding phone number for the first SIM based at least in part on the setting.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, as at least part of the one or more options, a first option corresponding to the dual SIM function to forward the first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, a second option corresponding to the dual SIM function to forward the second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number, and a third option corresponding to the dual SIM function to forward the first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number and to forward the second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

forward the first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, or the second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number based at least in part on a determination that a corresponding phone number of the first phone number and the second phone number is not reached.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

set, based at least in part on the selection of the option, a call waiting function with respect to a corresponding phone number of the first phone number and the second phone number.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display information indicating a setting result of the call waiting function with respect to a corresponding SIM of the first SIM and the second SIM.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain the first phone number from the first SIM, or the second phone number from the second SIM.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain the first phone number or the second phone number based at least in part on a user input.

8. The apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform the first incoming call directed to the first phone number, and

receive the second incoming call directed to the second phone number before the first incoming call ends, and

wherein the second incoming call is to be forwarded to the first phone number based at least in part on the receiving of the second incoming call.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform the second incoming call using the first phone number in response to a user input to accept the second incoming call.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform a call waiting function with respect to the first incoming call based at least in part on the performing of the second incoming call using the first phone number.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a first subscriber identity module (SIM) slot to accommodate a first SIM corresponding to a first phone number;

a second SIM slot to accommodate a second SIM corresponding to a second phone number;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

display a menu, via the display, the menu including a first option corresponding to a dual SIM function to forward a first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, and a second option corresponding to the dual SIM function to forward a second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number,

receive a selection of the first option or the second option,

set the dual SIM function to forward the first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, or to forward the second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number based at least in part on the selection of the first option or the second option, and

after the selection is received, display, via the display, the first phone number as a forwarding phone number for the second SIM, or the second phone number as the forwarding phone number for the first SIM based at least in part on the setting.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

forward the first incoming call from the first phone number to the second phone number, or the second incoming call from the second phone number to the first phone number based at least in part on a determination that a corresponding phone number of the first phone number and the second phone number is not reached.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

set, based at least in part on the selection of the option, a call waiting function with respect to a corresponding phone number of the first phone number and the second phone number, and

display information indicating a setting result of the call waiting function with respect to a corresponding SIM of the first SIM and the second SIM.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

set the call forwarding function for a third SIM when the first SIM or the second SIM is replaced with the third SIM.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a first subscriber identity module (SIM) slot to accommodate a first SIM corresponding to a first phone number;

a second SIM slot to accommodate a second SIM corresponding to a second phone number;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

display, via the display, a menu including an option to set a dual SIM function,

receive a selection of the option,

identify, in response to receiving the selection, the first phone number corresponding to the first SIM and the second phone number corresponding to the second SIM,

set a call forwarding function with respect to the first SIM using the second phone number, and with respect to the second SIM using the first phone number, and

after the selection is received, display, via the display, the first phone number as a forwarding phone number for the second SIM, or the second phone number as the forwarding phone number for the first SIM based at least in part on the setting.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the option to set the dual SIM function includes an indication indicating whether to set the dual SIM function.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

set, based at least in part on the selection of the option, a call waiting function with respect to a corresponding phone number of the first phone number and the second phone number.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display information indicating a setting result of the call waiting function with respect to a corresponding SIM of the first SIM and the second SIM.

18. The apparatus of claim 14,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform a first call directed to the first phone number, and

receive a second call directed to the second phone number before the first call ends, and

wherein the second call is to be forwarded to the first phone number based at least in part on the receiving of the second call.