Working method of multi-mode terminal and multi-mode terminal

• US 8,996,062 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Jiwu, Tan, Zhe
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US13/797,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20130267226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: 455/432.1, 455/436, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/558, 370/352, 370/331, 370/252
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• 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: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention discloses a working method of a multi-mode terminal and a multi-mode terminal and relates to the field of communications technologies, which can implement switching between multi-mode multi-standby and multi-mode single-standby, and improve user experience. The working method of a multi-mode terminal includes: determining, according to a network where a terminal currently camps, a currently applicable working mode of the terminal, where the currently applicable working mode is a multi-mode multi-standby mode and a multi-mode single-standby mode; and configuring a working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal. The present invention may be applied to the field of communications technologies.

Claims

1. A method of a multi-mode terminal, comprising:

determining a network on which a terminal currently camps, wherein the network is either in a CS (circuit switched) domain or a PS (packet switched) domain, and the terminal includes a plurality of sets of radio frequency channels, wherein each set of radio frequency channels corresponds to a working mode that supports a protocol standard of the network;

determining, based on the network on which the terminal currently camps, a currently applicable working mode of the terminal, wherein the currently applicable working mode is a multi-mode multi-standby mode or a multi-mode single-standby mode, wherein a single set of radio frequency channels in the plurality of sets of radio frequency channels works in the multi-mode single-standby mode, and multiple sets of radio frequency channels in the plurality of sets of radio frequency channels work at a same time in the multi-mode multi-standby mode; and

configuring a working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the network where the terminal currently camps, the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises:

searching for a mobile country code and/or a mobile network code of the network on which the terminal currently camps; and

determining, according to the mobile country code and/or the mobile network code, the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises:

obtaining a working mode that is being used by the terminal;

judging whether the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is consistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal; and

in response to judging that the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is inconsistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal, configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises:

automatically configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the multi-mode multi-standby mode is a multi-mode dual-standby mode.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuring the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal comprises prompting a user to manually configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

6. A multi-mode terminal, comprising:

a determining unit, configured to;

determine a network on which the terminal currently camps, wherein the network is either in a CS (circuit switched) domain or a PS (packet switched) domain, and the terminal includes a plurality of sets of radio frequency channels, wherein each set of radio frequency channels corresponds to a working mode that supports a protocol standard of the network, and

determine, based on the network on which the terminal currently camps, a currently applicable working mode of the terminal, wherein the currently applicable working mode is a multi-mode multi-standby mode or a multi-mode single-standby mode, wherein a single set of radio frequency channels in the plurality of sets of radio frequency channels works in the multi-mode single-standby mode, and multiple sets of radio frequency channels in the plurality of sets of radio frequency channels work at a same time in the multi-mode multi-standby mode; and

a configuring unit, configured to configure a working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

7. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the determining unit comprises:

a searching module, configured to search for a mobile country code and/or a mobile network code of the network in which the terminal currently camps; and

a determining module, configured to determine, according to the mobile country code and/or the mobile network code, the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

8. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the configuring unit comprises:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain a working mode that is being used by the terminal;

a judging module, configured to judge whether the currently applicable working mode of the terminal is consistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal; and

a configuring module, in response to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal being inconsistent with the working mode that is being used by the terminal and is obtained by the obtaining module, configured to configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

9. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the configuring unit is configured to automatically configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal;

or prompt a user to manually configure the working mode of the terminal to the currently applicable working mode of the terminal.

10. The multi-mode terminal according to claim 6, wherein the multi-mode multi-standby mode is a multi-mode dual-standby mode.