Information processing method using virtual subscriber identification card information, electronic apparatus and server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9900446-B2
Application number	US-201514788110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Feb 15, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

An information processing method, an electronic apparatus, and a server are described. The information processing method applied to the electronic apparatus includes sending a service request to a server through a first subscriber identification card channel, when the electronic apparatus itself is in a roaming state, the service request being used for requesting the server to allocate virtual subscriber identification card information to the electronic apparatus, and a virtual subscriber identification card being virtual and belonging to a current place where the electronic apparatus is located; receiving a service response sent by the server through the first subscriber identification card channel, the service response including the virtual subscriber identification card information; obtaining a target subscriber identification card channel; and executing data service transmission in a communication network under a roaming state by using the virtual subscriber identification card information and the target subscriber identification card channel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing method applied to an electronic apparatus, comprising:
judging, by the electronic apparatus, whether the electronic apparatus itself is in a roaming state or not, to obtain a first judgment result;
sending, by the electronic apparatus, a service request to a server through a first subscriber identification card channel that is associated with a first subscriber identification card, when the first judgment result indicates that the electronic apparatus itself is in the roaming state, the service request being used for requesting the server to allocate virtual subscriber identification card information to the electronic apparatus, and a virtual subscriber identification card being virtual and belonging to a current place where the electronic apparatus is located;
receiving a service response sent by the server through the first subscriber identification card channel associated with the first subscriber identification card, the service response including the virtual subscriber identification card information;
obtaining a target subscriber identification card channel, the target subscriber identification card channel being an idle subscriber identification card channel or a second subscriber identification card channel associated with a second subscriber identification card; and
executing data service transmission in a communication network under the roaming state by using the virtual subscriber identification card information and the target subscriber identification card channel,
wherein, the obtaining a target subscriber identification card channel includes:
judging whether the electronic apparatus has an idle subscriber identification card channel or not, to obtain a third judgment result;
obtaining, by the electronic apparatus, a specified subscriber identification card, when the third judgment result indicates that the electronic apparatus has no idle subscriber identification card channel, the specified subscriber identification card being the second subscriber identification card; and,
deactivating, by the electronic apparatus, the specified subscriber identification card, and taking a channel of the deactivated subscriber identification card as the target subscriber identification card channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the electronic apparatus comprises the first subscriber identification card channel and the second subscriber identification card channel which is used as the target subscriber identification card channel, the first subscriber identification card channel and the second subscriber identification card channel including a first modem module, a second modem module, and a shared radio frequency link module, the first subscriber identification card channel being capable of executing data service transmission in a first communication network via the first modem module and the shared radio frequency link module, and the second subscriber identification card channel being capable of executing data service transmission in a second communication network via the second modem module and the shared radio frequency link module.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, the executing, by the electronic apparatus, data service transmission in a communication network under the roaming state by using the virtual subscriber identification card information and the target subscriber identification card channel includes:
receiving, by the second modem module, an authentication request for the subscriber identification card information through communication with a third communication network via the radio frequency link module, and sending the authentication request to the first modem module;
obtaining, by the first modem module, authentication information through communication with the server via the radio frequency link module, and sending the authentication information to the second modem module;
sending, by the second modem module, the authentication information to the third communication network via the radio frequency link module to access the third communication network;
executing, by the second modem module, data service transmission in the third communication network via the radio frequency link module.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the receiving, by the second modem module, an authentication request for the subscriber identification card information through communication with a third communication network via the radio frequency link module, includes:
enabling the first modem module to release the radio frequency link module;
allocating the radio frequency link module to the second modem module;
sending, by the second modem module, the subscriber identification card information to the third communication network via the radio frequency link module;
receiving, by the second modem module, the authentication request for the card information from the third communication network via the radio frequency link module.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the obtaining, by the first modem module, authentication information through communication with the server via the radio frequency link module includes:
enabling the second modem module to release the radio frequency link module;
allocating the radio frequency link module to the first modem module;
sending, by the first modem module, the authentication request to the server via the radio frequency link module, the server obtaining the authentication information based on the authentication request;
receiving, by the first modem module, the authentication information from the server via the radio frequency link module.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the sending, by the second modem module, the authentication information to the third communication network via the radio frequency link module to access the third communication network includes:
enabling the first modem module to release the radio frequency link module;
allocating the radio frequency link module to the second modem module;
sending, by the second modem module, the authentication information to the third communication network via the radio frequency link module.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the method further comprises:
issuing, by the electronic apparatus, a prompt information, when the first judgment result indicates that the electronic apparatus itself is in the roaming state, the prompt information being used for prompting the subscriber whether to load the virtual subscriber identification card or not;
obtaining, by the electronic apparatus, a first operation of a subscriber, the first operation being a response operation for the prompt information;
judging, by the electronic apparatus, whether to load the virtual subscriber identification card or not according to the first operation, to obtain a second judgment result;
sending, by the electronic apparatus, a service request to the server through the first subscriber identification card channel, when the second judgment result indicates that the virtual subscriber identification card needs to be loaded.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the obtaining, by the electronic apparatus, a specified subscriber identification card includes:
issuing, by the electronic apparatus, a second prompt information, the second prompt information being used for prompting the subscriber to deactivate a subscriber identification card on the electronic apparatus;
obtaining, by the electronic apparatus, a second operation of the subscriber, the second operation being a response operation for the second prompt information;
determining, by the electronic apparatus, the specified subscriber identification card according to the second operation.

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hao Zhuangzhuang
• Sun Daliang
• Wu Chenggui
• Xiang Ming
• Liu Meng

Classifications

• H04W12/04

  Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA] · CPC title

• H04W8/183

  Processing at user equipment or user record carrier · CPC title

• H04M15/8038 Primary

  Roaming or handoff · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W8/12

  between location registers or mobility servers · CPC title