Subscriber identity module for a mobile telecommunications terminal, and a mobile telecommunications terminal

• US 6,178,336 B1
• Filed: 11/18/1997
• Issued: 01/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IPG Electronics 504 Limited (Coller IP Capital Limited)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Crozat, Marielle
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRAVER, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US08/972,890
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/557, 455/558, 455/90, 455/550, 455/575, 455/418, 455/425, 455/559, 455/556, 455/552, 455/551, 455/420, 455/405-408, 379/111, 379/114, 379/120, 379/357, 379/420, 365/50-52
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A subscriber identity module for a mobile telecommunications terminal, said module including means for storing “basic” data relating to facilities offered to the user for accessing telecommunications services, said data being stored in a predefined memory zone in order to ensure compatibility between the module and the various types of mobile terminal that are suitable for receiving such a module, and said module essentially further including means for storing associated complementary data, relating to complementary facilities, and for storing said data in another predefined memory zone so as to provide compatibility between the module and certain terminals only.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications terminal subscriber identity module, comprising:

basic data relating to basic functionalities commonly provided by a plurality of different types of mobile telecommunications terminals for user implementation of common telecommunications services, said basic data being stored in a basic data predefined memory zone; and

corresponding complementary data relating to a complementary facility for providing additional functionality or information associated with said basic functionalities and being provided by only a certain type of said different types of mobile terminals, said complementary data being stored in a predefined complementary data memory zone different from said basic data predefined memory zone.

2. A module according to claim 1, wherein said basic data is phone book data and includes telephone numbers relating to accessing basic services or to supplementary services, and wherein said complementary data comprises at least one of:

information relating to ones of said telephone numbers; and

control strings, for supplementary services, stored in the phone book data.

3. A module according to claim 1, wherein:

said basic data is phone book data relating to accessing at least one of basic services and supplementary services,

said complementary data is identity data for identifying stored information, said stored information including at least one of;

telephone numbers stored in said phone book data, and

control strings for supplementary services stored in said phone book data; and

wherein said identity data comprises graphics symbols associated with said stored information.

5. A module according to claim 1, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing services for transmitting short alphanumeric messages, and

said complementary data comprises identity data for identifying ones of said messages by means of an associated graphics symbol.

6. A module according to claim 1, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing added-value operator services, and

said complementary data includes complementary information data concerning the added-value operator services.

7. A module according to claim 1, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing added-value operator services, and

said complementary data includes data for identifying said operator services using graphic symbols.

8. A module according to claim 1, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing added-value operator services, and

said complementary data comprises messages for guiding the user while using an interactive type of said operator services.

4. A mobile telecommunications terminal subscriber identity module, comprising:

basic data relating to a basic facility for user access of telecommunications services, said basic data being stored in a basic data predefined memory zone, and being compatible with all of a plurality of different types of mobile terminals; and

corresponding complementary data relating to a complementary facility associated with said basic facility, said complementary data being stored in a predefined complementary data memory zone different from said basic data predefined memory zone, and being compatible with only a certain type of said plurality of different types of mobile terminals, wherein;

said basic data relates to accessing services for transmitting short alphanumeric messages, and

said complementary data comprises complementary short alphanumeric messages including endings that can be associated with said basic data as short alphanumeric message starts.

9. A mobile telecommunications terminal, comprising:

a subscriber identity module, comprising;

basic data relating to basic functionalities commonly provided by a plurality of different types of mobile telecommunications terminals for user implementation of common telecommunications services, said basic data being stored in a basic data predefined memory zone; and

corresponding complementary data relating to a complementary facility for providing additional functionality or information associated with said basic functionalities and being provided by only a certain type of said different types of mobile terminals, said complementary data being stored in a predefined complementary data memory zone different from said basic data predefined memory zone; and

a processor controlling said terminal to;

read said basic data stored in said subscriber identity module,

make use of said basic data thus read in accordance with said basic functionalities,

control, when reading said basic data, a subsequent reading of said corresponding complementary data, and

make use of said corresponding complementary data, when said mobile telecommunications terminal is said certain type, in accordance with said complementary facility.

10. A mobile telecommunications terminal for co-operating with a subscriber identity module comprising a first data storage device for storing basic data relating to basic functionalities commonly provided by a plurality of different types of mobile telecommunications terminals for user implementation of common telecommunications services, the terminal comprising a processor for reading said basic data stored in said first data storage device of said module, and for making use of the basic data read in this way, and a second data storage device for storing corresponding a complementary data relating to complementary facility for providing additional functionality or information associated with said basic functionalities and being provided by only a certain type of said different types of mobile terminals, wherein said processor, when reading said basic data in said module, controls a subsequent reading of said corresponding complementary data in said terminal, and makes use of said corresponding complementary data in accordance with said complementary facility.

11. A terminal according to claim 10, wherein said basic data is phone book data and includes telephone numbers relating to accessing basic services or to supplementary services, and wherein said complementary data comprises at least one of:

information relating to ones of said telephone numbers; and

control strings, for supplementary services, stored in the phone book data.

12. A terminal according to claim 10, wherein:

said basic data is phone book data relating to accessing at least one of basic services and supplementary services,

said complementary data is identity data for identifying stored information, said stored information including at least one of;

telephone numbers stored in said phone book data, and

control strings for supplementary services stored in said phone book data; and

wherein said identity data comprises graphics symbols associated with said stored information.

14. A terminal according to claim 10, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing added-value operator services, and

said complementary data includes complementary information data concerning the added-value operator services.

15. A terminal according to claim 10, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing added-value operator services, and

said complementary data includes data for identifying said operator services using graphic symbols.

16. A terminal according to claim 10, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing added-value operator services, and

said complementary data comprises messages for guiding the user while using an interactive type of said operator services.

13. A mobile telecommunications terminal for co-operating with a subscriber identity module itself including means for storing basic data relating to facilities offered to the user for accessing telecommunications services, the terminal including a processor for reading said basic data stored in said module, and for making use of the basic data read in this way, and said terminal further including stored corresponding complementary data relating to complementary facilities, wherein said processor, when reading said basic data in said module, controls a subsequent reading of said corresponding complementary data in said terminal, and makes use of said corresponding complementary data in accordance with said complementary facilities, wherein:

said basic data relates to accessing services for transmitting short alphanumeric messages, and

said complementary data comprises complementary short alphanumeric messages including endings that can be associated with said basic data as short alphanumeric message starts.