CN107071733B

CN107071733B - Virtual SIM card service support method and server, communication method and SIM card server and mobile equipment

Info

Publication number: CN107071733B
Application number: CN201710248811.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张俊峰; 王凯航; 张衡; 周好
Original assignee: Shanghai Toupigeon Data Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Toupigeon Data Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2017-04-17
Filing date: 2017-04-17
Publication date: 2020-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2037-04-17
Also published as: CN107071733A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a virtual SIM card service support method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring a first message requesting to allocate the SIM card; acquiring order information, wherein the order information comprises a preset place of an order and the effective time of the order; determining to distribute SIM cards according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the order information; determining a first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment; and sending the address information of the first entity SIM card so that the mobile equipment can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information. The invention determines whether the SIM card can be distributed to the mobile equipment according to the request according to the serial number of the equipment and the order information, and determines the entity card to be distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment, thereby increasing the distribution effectiveness and further improving the reliability of the mobile equipment accessing the communication network through the first entity SIM card.

Description

Virtual SIM card service support method and server, communication method and SIM card server and mobile equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of virtual SIM (subscriber identity module) services, in particular to a virtual SIM card service support method and server, a communication method, an SIM card server and mobile equipment.

Background

When a user roams abroad, all communication services are provided by an overseas operator, resulting in international roaming and high roaming charges. With the increasing frequency of international communication, high roaming fee becomes a problem to be solved urgently in international communication.

In the prior art, when a user is abroad, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is usually purchased directly from a foreign local operator, and the SIM card of the device is replaced with a local SIM card, so as to directly use the local card for communication, thereby avoiding paying expensive international roaming charges. However, the prior art method cannot conveniently transfer the personal data stored in the original SIM card to the newly purchased local SIM card, which undoubtedly increases the cost and is inconvenient to use.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a virtual SIM card service support method, a server, a communication method, an SIM card server and mobile equipment.

The technical scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention is as follows:

an embodiment of the present invention provides a virtual SIM card service support method, including:

acquiring a first message of a mobile device requesting to allocate an SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile device; the method comprises the steps of obtaining order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of an order and effective time of the order; determining whether to allocate an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and a preset place and effective time in the order information; when the SIM card can be distributed to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the preset place and the effective time in the order information, determining a first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment, wherein the entity SIM card is the first entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by a virtual SIM card service support server; sending address information of the first entity SIM card to the mobile equipment so that the mobile equipment can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information, wherein the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least two items as follows: and managing the SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and the number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card and the SIM card server for managing the first entity SIM card have a corresponding relation.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a virtual SIM card service support server, including:

the receiver is used for acquiring a first message of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message contains a serial number of the mobile equipment; the receiver is further used for obtaining order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of the order and the effective time of the order; the processor is used for determining whether to allocate the SIM to the mobile equipment according to the serial number and the preset place and the effective time in the order information; the processor is further used for determining a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the current position of the mobile equipment when the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the preset place and the effective time in the order information, wherein the entity SIM card is the first entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server; a transmitter, configured to transmit address information of a first physical SIM card to a mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first SIM card according to the address information, where the address information of the first physical SIM card is determined by at least two of: and managing the SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and the number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card and the SIM card server for managing the first entity SIM card have a corresponding relation.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a communication method, including:

acquiring a request of a mobile device for accessing a first entity SIM card, wherein the request of the mobile device for accessing the first entity SIM card is determined by a virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset place and effective time in order information and according to the current position of the mobile device after the mobile device determines that an SIM card can be distributed to the mobile device, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server and requests to carry address information of the first entity SIM card, and the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least the following two items: managing an SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and a number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card; acquiring an authentication request parameter sent by the mobile equipment, and sending the authentication request parameter to the first entity SIM card according to the address information; and sending the authentication response parameters calculated by the first entity SIM card to the mobile equipment.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides an SIM card server, including an SIM card main control module, an SIM card slot and a plurality of physical SIM cards, where the physical SIM cards are plugged in the SIM card slot, the SIM card main control module communicates with the physical SIM cards, the SIM card server is connected to the internet and has an independent internet address, each physical SIM card has a unique number in the SIM card server, and the SIM card server further includes: a receiver, configured to obtain a request for a mobile device to access a first entity SIM card, where the request for the mobile device to access the first entity SIM card is determined by the virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset location and valid time in order information, and then according to a current location of the mobile device, the mobile device is capable of allocating an SIM card to the mobile device, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server and requests to carry address information of the first entity SIM card, and the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least two items: managing an SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and a number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card; the receiver is also used for acquiring an authentication request parameter sent by the mobile equipment; the transmitter is used for transmitting the authentication request parameters acquired by the receiver to the first entity SIM card according to the address information of the first entity SIM card; and the transmitter is also used for transmitting the authentication response parameters calculated by the first entity SIM card to the mobile equipment.

sending a first message for requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile equipment; acquiring address information of a first entity SIM card sent by a virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least the following two items: managing an SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and a serial number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, the SIM card server is a server managed by a virtual SIM card service support server, the first entity SIM card is determined by the virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile equipment and a preset place and effective time in order information, the order information corresponds to the serial number of the mobile equipment, and the SIM card server address can be used for managing the first entity SIM card; sending address information and authentication request parameters of a first entity SIM card to an SIM card server; and acquiring an authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, and authenticating according to the authentication response parameter, wherein the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameter.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile device, including:

a transmitter for transmitting a first message requesting assignment of a SIM card, the first message containing a serial number of a mobile device; a receiver, configured to obtain address information of a first entity SIM card sent by a virtual SIM card service support server, where the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least two of: managing an SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and a serial number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, the SIM card server is a server managed by a virtual SIM card service support server, the first entity SIM card is determined by the virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile equipment and a preset place and effective time in order information, the order information corresponds to the serial number of the mobile equipment, and the SIM card server address can be used for managing the first entity SIM card; the transmitter is also used for transmitting the address information and the authentication request parameters of the first entity SIM card to the SIM card server; the receiver is further used for acquiring an authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, wherein the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameter; and the transmitter is also used for sending the authentication response parameters to the network side.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a virtual SIM card service support system, which includes the above virtual SIM card service support server, an SIM card server, and a mobile device.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: after receiving a request for allocating an SIM card to a mobile device, a virtual SIM card service support server in the embodiments of the present invention determines whether to allocate an SIM card to the mobile device according to a serial number of the mobile device and order information of the mobile device, and when it is determined that an SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to the above factors, determines a first entity SIM card to be allocated to the mobile device according to a current location of the mobile device, and sends address information of the SIM card to the mobile device. The invention determines whether the SIM card can be distributed to the mobile equipment according to the request according to the serial number of the equipment and the order information, and determines the entity card to be distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment, thereby increasing the distribution effectiveness and further improving the reliability of the mobile equipment accessing the communication network through the first entity SIM card.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual SIM card service support system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a virtual SIM card service support method according to the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual SIM card service support server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual SIM card service support server according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an SIM card server according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a mobile device according to the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual SIM card service support system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual SIM card service support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the virtual SIM card service support system 10 of the present invention includes a virtual SIM card service support server 20, a SIM card server 30, and a mobile device 40.

The mobile device 40 sends a request to the virtual SIM card service support server 20, the virtual SIM card service support server 20 authenticates the mobile device 40 sending the request, when the mobile device 40 passes the authentication, the virtual SIM card service support server 20 determines the region where the mobile device 40 is located, and allocates a suitable SIM card, which is a physical SIM card managed by the SIM card server 30, to the mobile device 40 from the SIM cards managed by the virtual SIM card service support server 20 according to the region where the mobile device 40 is located. The virtual SIM card service support server 20 sends the information of the assigned SIM card to the mobile device 40, after receiving the information of the assigned SIM card, the mobile device 40 transfers the information of the SIM card to the virtual SIM module in the mobile device 40, after obtaining the information of the SIM card, the virtual SIM module initiates a registration request to the network side through the information of the SIM card, the network side generates an authentication random number and sends the authentication random number to the mobile device 40, the mobile device 40 sends the information of the assigned SIM card and the authentication random number to the entity SIM card assigned by the SIM card server 30, the entity SIM card obtains an authentication response through the calculation of the authentication random number and transfers the authentication response to the SIM card server 30, the SIM card server 30 forwards the authentication response to the mobile device 40, the mobile device 40 sends the authentication response to the network side, if the authentication is passed, the mobile device 40 can connect to the wireless communication network through the assigned SIM card.

It should be noted that in the described embodiment of the present invention, the virtual SIM card service support system finally realizes that the mobile device is connected to the wireless communication network through the virtual SIM card, and before this is achieved, the mobile device is connected to the wireless communication network through the SIM card electrically coupled to the mobile device, which is not described in detail herein.

According to the virtual SIM card service support system of the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the request of the mobile device 40, the virtual SIM card service support server 20 authenticates the mobile device, and after the authentication is passed, allocates the physical SIM card managed by the SIM card server to the mobile device 40, and the mobile device obtains the authentication response parameter through the allocated physical SIM card and sends the authentication response parameter to the network side, thereby implementing the network authentication to connect to the wireless communication network, so that the mobile device 40 can connect to the wireless communication network by using the local SIM card without actually replacing the SIM card in the mobile device, and the use is facilitated while the communication cost is reduced. Moreover, the embodiment of the invention authenticates the equipment and allocates the SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the address of the mobile equipment, thereby further increasing the validity of allocation and simultaneously improving the reliability of the mobile equipment accessing the communication network through the first entity SIM card.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a virtual SIM card service support method according to the present invention, and the embodiment is mainly described with a virtual SIM card service support server as a main body, and according to fig. 2, the embodiment of the virtual SIM card service support method according to the present invention includes:

step 210, acquiring a first message of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile equipment;

as can be seen from the embodiment corresponding to fig. 1, the mobile device 40 sends a request to the virtual SIM card service support server 20, and requests the virtual SIM card service support server 20 to allocate a SIM card to the mobile device, and accordingly, the virtual SIM card service support server 20 obtains the allocation request sent by the mobile device. In step 210, the virtual SIM card service support server 20 obtains a first message that the mobile device requests to assign a SIM card, and specifically, the first message may contain a serial number of the mobile device. The serial number uniquely corresponds to the mobile device and can be used to uniquely identify the mobile device.

The virtual SIM card service support server 20 may obtain and/or store the serial numbers of all devices it manages, and the virtual SIM card service support server 20 may determine whether the mobile device is the mobile device it manages by the serial number of the mobile device included in the first message sent by the mobile device. If one of the serial number sent by the mobile equipment and the serial number of the mobile equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server is matched, the mobile equipment is the mobile equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server. On the contrary, if the serial number sent by the mobile device sending the request is not in the serial numbers of the mobile devices managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, it indicates that the mobile device does not belong to the management of the virtual SIM card service support server, and the virtual SIM card service support server does not assign the SIM card to the mobile device based on the assignment request.

Step 220, obtaining order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of an order and effective time of the order;

in this step, the virtual SIM card service support server obtains order information of the mobile device, for example, obtains a preset location of an order in the order information and an effective time of the order. Specifically, the virtual SIM card service support server may query the order information corresponding to the serial number of the mobile device acquired in step 210. The order information may include a plurality of contents, for example, a location to which the mobile device is to arrive preset in the order, a valid time of the order, that is, a time period during which the user can use the mobile device, a user of the order, a type of service expected to be used in the order, and other information of the user who subscribes to the mobile device, such as a country of residence of the user who subscribes to the mobile device, a commonly used operator, a user class, and the like. In the present embodiment, the order information is focused on when and where the mobile device is to be used.

The virtual SIM card service Support server may obtain the order information corresponding to the mobile device serial number in step 210 from another device, for example, may obtain the order information corresponding to the mobile device serial number obtained in step 210 from an Operation Support System (OSS). Specifically, when the virtual SIM card service support server obtains the allocation request message, it may request the OSS to obtain corresponding order information according to the mobile device serial number carried in the allocation request message, or the OSS actively sends the device serial number and the corresponding order information to the virtual SIM card service support server when obtaining the order information, and the virtual SIM card service support server stores the information and directly queries the order information corresponding to the mobile device serial number when obtaining the allocation request message.

In this step, the virtual SIM card service support server may query order information corresponding to the device requesting to assign the SIM card, for example, may query information of an order corresponding to the device according to a serial number of the mobile device, it may be understood that the obtained order information of the mobile device may include a serial number of the device, and valid time and address information corresponding to the serial number, specific time information may be time period information, location information may be administrative area of a region or a country, and the like, and in the information, the device serial number and the time information are associated with the location information, that is, information of a specific preset time and a specific preset location corresponding to the mobile device that can read the serial number from the information at the same time.

Step 230, determining to allocate an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the order information;

the virtual SIM card service support server can acquire or store the information of all mobile equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, and by comparing the serial number of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card with the serial number of the mobile equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, whether the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card is the mobile equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server can be judged, if so, the mobile equipment is determined to be allocated with the SIM card, otherwise, the mobile equipment cannot be allocated with the SIM card.

In addition, the virtual SIM card service support server may obtain order information of each mobile device, specifically, may obtain and store the order information of each mobile device through another device, for example, may obtain the order information through an OSS server.

In this step, it is decided whether to allow the allocation of a SIM card to the mobile device based on the information obtained in the first two steps. That is, whether the SIM card can be assigned to the mobile device is determined according to the serial number of the mobile device, a preset location and time to arrive of the mobile device, and the like.

The specific judgment criteria may include: the virtual SIM card service support server acquires whether the time of a first message of the mobile equipment requesting to distribute the SIM card is within the effective time of an order; whether the position of the mobile equipment is located in a place which is preset to be reached by the mobile equipment; whether the mobile device is a mobile device managed by the virtual SIM card service support server. If the three standards are met, the mobile equipment is determined to be allocated with the SIM card, and otherwise, the mobile equipment is not allocated.

Step 240, determining a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the current position of the mobile device, where the entity SIM card is a first entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by a virtual SIM card service support server;

in this step, the virtual SIM card service support server determines the first physical SIM card to be assigned according to the current location of the mobile device. It will be appreciated that the mobile device is in wireless communication with a physical SIM card electrically coupled thereto before the mobile device is able to communicate wirelessly through the virtual SIM. When the Mobile device performs wireless communication through the physical SIM card electrically coupled to the Mobile device, the Mobile device can obtain a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network number (MNC) when the Mobile device registers in a wireless Network. The MCC and MNC information will be carried by the mobile device when sending an allocation request to the virtual SIM card service support server.

In this step, the virtual SIM card service support server determines the current location of the mobile device according to the MCC information, for example, when the mobile device is determined to be in a certain country by the MCC, the SIM card in the country managed by the virtual SIM card service support server may be allocated to the mobile device, and in a specific case, the virtual SIM card service support server may also allocate the physical SIM card according to the latest principle or the principle of least expense.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the allocated physical SIM card is the first physical SIM card managed by the SIM card server, and the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server.

It is understood that the SIM card server manages a plurality of physical SIM cards, and the virtual SIM card service support server manages at least one SIM card server. Each SIM card server manages the physical SIM card belonging to itself, and the SIM card server also sends information of the physical SIM card it manages to the virtual SIM card service support server. Therefore, the virtual SIM card service support server is able to manage all the physical SIM cards managed by all the SIM card servers it manages. In this step, the virtual SIM card service support server allocates the first physical SIM card managed by the virtual SIM card service support server to the mobile device according to the current location of the mobile device.

And step 250, sending the address information of the first entity SIM card to the mobile equipment so that the mobile equipment can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information.

In this step, the virtual SIM card service support server sends the address of the first entity SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information after receiving the address information, and then complete the subsequent authentication process for wireless communication.

The inventor of the present invention finds in a research process that, although the prior art also adopts a virtual SIM card for communication, the lack of corresponding devices or systems for mobile device and order management and the lack of physical SIM card management may cause errors in SIM card assignment, for example, assignment to devices without authority, for example, false assignment may occur if the device requesting assignment of a SIM card is not predetermined to belong to devices managed by the system; or, when the device has not reached the preset country, the card is allocated to the device, and even if the server allocates the card to the mobile device, the mobile device cannot communicate through the allocated card because the mobile device has not reached the preset country, and SIM card resources are wasted; alternatively, cards may be allocated to devices when the available time of the order has exceeded or has not reached the available time, which may cause allocation errors, waste of communication resources, and increase of communication costs. The present inventors have made research and improvement in the course of their research and development with respect to the above-described problems.

In the embodiment of the invention, the virtual SIM card service support server authenticates the mobile equipment through the serial number and the order information of the mobile equipment, allocates the entity SIM card according to the current position of the mobile equipment and transmits the position information to the mobile equipment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of the virtual SIM card service support method according to the present invention, and according to fig. 3, an embodiment of the virtual SIM card service support method according to the present invention includes:

step 310, acquiring a first message of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile equipment;

in this step, a first message that the mobile device requests to allocate the SIM card is obtained, where the first message includes a serial number of the mobile device, and the specific implementation may refer to step 210 of the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

Step 320, obtaining order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of an order and effective time of the order;

in this step, order information of the mobile device is obtained, where the order information of the mobile device includes a preset place of the order and an effective time of the order, and the specific implementation may refer to step 220 in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

Step 330, determining to distribute SIM cards to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the order information, wherein the order information is stored in the virtual SIM card service support server;

the step may specifically include:

3301, determining the mobile device as a mobile device managed by a virtual SIM card service support server through the serial number;

the virtual SIM card business support server compares the serial number of the mobile equipment managed by the virtual SIM card business support server with the serial number of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card, and the mobile equipment is determined to be the equipment managed by the virtual SIM card business support server according to the comparison result. For example, when the serial number of the mobile device requesting assignment of the SIM card is the same as one of the serial numbers of the mobile devices managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, or the serial number of the mobile device requesting assignment of the SIM card belongs to one of the serial numbers of the mobile devices managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, it may be determined that the mobile device is a device managed by the virtual SIM card service support server.

Step 3302, determining that the current position of the mobile device is consistent with the preset location in the order information;

the mobile device will carry the MCC when sending the allocation request to the virtual SIM card service support server, and the virtual SIM card service support server determines the location of the mobile device through the MCC. The virtual SIM card service support server may obtain address information of the order from order information of the mobile device, for example, information of a region or a country where the order is expected to arrive. In this step, whether the position of the mobile device is consistent with the preset place in the order information is compared, if so, it indicates that the mobile device has reached the preset place (which may be a destination to be reached by the user), and if not, it indicates that the mobile device has not reached the preset place in the order. In this step, the position of the mobile device is determined to be consistent with the preset location by comparing the MCC carried by the allocation request of the mobile device with the preset location in the order. It is understood that, currently, the time at which the step is performed is referred to as the time when the virtual SIM card service support server obtains the assignment request message, or the time when the virtual SIM card service support server determines to assign the SIM card to the mobile device, or the time when the mobile device sends the assignment request message, which are very close to each other in practice.

At step 3303, it is determined that the current time is within the valid time of the order.

Specifically, the virtual SIM card service support server compares the time when the mobile device sends the allocation request with the preset time of the order, and determines that the time when the mobile device sends the allocation request is within the preset time of the order of the mobile device. It is to be understood that the time when the mobile device sends the allocation request may be a preset time when the order information of the mobile device is obtained, and the preset time is a time period including a start time and an end time. If the time for sending the allocation request by the mobile equipment is within the preset time period, the time for sending the allocation request by the mobile equipment is within the valid time of the order, otherwise, the valid time of the order is exceeded. In this step, the current time may refer to step 3302.

When the three steps can be concluded affirmatively, the virtual SIM card service support server determines to assign the SIM card to the mobile equipment.

Step 340, determining a first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment, wherein the entity SIM card is the first entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server;

in this step, a first entity SIM card to be allocated is determined according to the current location of the mobile device, where the entity SIM card is the first entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, and the specific implementation may refer to step 230 of the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

Step 350, sending the address information of the first entity SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information.

In this step, the address information of the first entity SIM card is sent to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information, which may be specifically implemented as step 240 in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the SIM card is determined to be allocated to the mobile equipment by determining that the mobile equipment is the equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, determining that the position of the mobile equipment is consistent with the preset place and determining that the current time is within the effective time of the order, so that the validity of the mobile equipment can be determined more accurately, and the success degree of allocating the entity SIM card to the mobile equipment is improved.

Further, in another embodiment of the method for supporting virtual SIM card services of the present invention, determining a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to a current location of a mobile device specifically includes:

and determining a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the MCC information of the current position of the mobile equipment.

MCC is the mobile country code, i.e. the mobile country code of the mobile device at the time of network registration. In the embodiment of the invention, the position of the mobile equipment can be determined according to the mobile country code of the mobile equipment when the mobile equipment is registered in the network, so that the mobile equipment can be allocated with the entity SIM card in the same country as the country in which the mobile equipment is located. Specifically, the mobile device may be assigned a physical SIM card having the MCC in the IMSI and the MCC of the mobile device at the time of network registration. For example, when the user brings the mobile device to france, the mobile device is determined to be located in france by the MCC, and the mobile device is assigned a physical SIM card in france corresponding to the MCC in the IMSI.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention, and according to fig. 4, the virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention includes:

step 410, acquiring a first message of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile equipment;

Step 420, obtaining order information of the mobile device, wherein the order information of the mobile device comprises a preset place of an order and effective time of the order;

Step 430, determining to allocate an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the order information, wherein the order information is stored in the virtual SIM card service support server;

in this step, it is determined to allocate the SIM card to the mobile device according to the serial number of the mobile device and the order information, and the order information is stored in the virtual SIM card service support server, which may be specifically implemented as step 230 in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

Step 440, obtaining information of an operator to which the mobile equipment belongs currently;

when the Mobile device performs wireless communication through the solid SIM card electrically coupled to the Mobile device, the Mobile device can obtain the MCC (Mobile country Code) and the Mobile Network number (Mobile Network Code, hereinafter abbreviated as MNC) of the Mobile device at the time of Network registration.

Step 450, determining a first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the current position MCC of the mobile equipment and the MNC of the operator to which the mobile equipment belongs, wherein the entity SIM card is a first entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server;

it will be appreciated that the preferred operator network is selected for access when the mobile device accesses the network, and therefore the preferred operator information can be obtained from the MNC when the mobile device accesses the network.

In this step, the first entity SIM card to be allocated is determined according to the MCC where the mobile device is currently located and the operator MNC to which the mobile device belongs, that is, the entity SIM card is allocated to the mobile device according to the country where the mobile device is located and the operator used by the mobile device. For example, when the MCC can know that the mobile device is located in france, and the MNC can acquire that the carrier used when the mobile device sends the allocation request is carrier a, it indicates that the signal of carrier a is stronger and has good signal quality, and it is preferred to allocate the physical SIM card of the carrier in france to the mobile device. If there is a france physical SIM card but no carrier a SIM card, the mobile device may be given the carrier's physical SIM card with good signal quality according to the signal quality.

Step 460, sending the address information of the first physical SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first physical SIM card according to the address information.

In this step, the address information of the first entity SIM card is sent to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information, which may be specifically implemented as step 250 in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

The embodiment of the invention determines the first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the current position MCC of the mobile equipment and the MNC of the operator, namely, the entity SIM card is distributed to the mobile equipment according to the country of the mobile equipment and the operator, and further the entity SIM card with the best signal and the most suitable charge can be distributed to the mobile equipment, thereby improving the communication quality.

Further, in another embodiment of the virtual SIM card service support method of the present invention, the address of the first physical SIM card is determined by at least two of: managing the SIM card server address of the first physical SIM card and the number of the first physical SIM card.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention, and according to fig. 5, the virtual SIM card service support method according to another embodiment of the present invention includes:

step 510, acquiring and storing a corresponding relation between an SIM card server sent by the SIM card server and an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, wherein the information of the SIM card server comprises an address of the SIM card server, and the information of the entity SIM card comprises an IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) of the SIM card;

it is to be understood that one SIM card server may manage a plurality of physical SIM cards, and one virtual SIM card service support server may manage at least one SIM card server. Each SIM card server manages the physical SIM card belonging to itself, and the SIM card server transmits information of the physical SIM card managed by the SIM card server to the virtual SIM card service support server. The virtual SIM card service support server can then obtain and store the following three: firstly, each SIM card server managed by the SIM card server; secondly, the entity SIM card managed by each SIM card server; and thirdly, corresponding relation between each SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by each SIM card server. Therefore, the virtual SIM card service support server can know all the entity SIM cards managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, specifically, the correspondence includes that the virtual SIM card service support server can know the information of all the SIM cards managed by the SIM card server through the information of the SIM card server, and conversely, the virtual SIM card service support server can also know the information of the SIM card server to which the SIM card belongs through the information of the specific SIM card.

Step 520, acquiring a first message of the mobile equipment requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile equipment;

Step 530, obtaining order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of an order and effective time of the order;

Step 540, determining to allocate an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the order information, wherein the order information is stored in the virtual SIM card service support server;

Step 550, determining a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the current position of the mobile device, where the entity SIM card is the first entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server;

in this step, a first entity SIM card to be allocated is determined according to the current location of the mobile device, where the entity SIM card is the first entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, and the specific implementation may refer to step 240 of the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2.

Step 560, sending the address information of the first physical SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first physical SIM card according to the address information.

In the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding relation between the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server is obtained and stored, so that when the SIM card is distributed to the mobile equipment, the SIM card can be more accurately distributed, and the success of distribution is further improved, thereby improving the stability of the mobile equipment accessing to the network and improving the user experience.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the virtual SIM card service support server according to the present invention, and according to fig. 6, a virtual SIM card service support server 20 according to the present invention includes a receiver 610, a transmitter 620 and a processor 630, where the receiver 610 is used for receiving or obtaining data, the transmitter 620 is used for sending data, and the processor 630 is used for processing data, it is understood that the virtual SIM card service support server 20 can communicate with the mobile device 40 and the SIM card server 30 through various manners, such as a mobile communication manner supported by a global roaming card, and the processor 630 can be an integral processor unit or can include multiple processor units, where

A receiver 610, configured to obtain a first message that the mobile device requests to assign a SIM card, where the first message includes a serial number of the mobile device;

the receiver 610 obtains a first message from the mobile device requesting assignment of a SIM card, the first message containing a serial number of the mobile device, and the serial number uniquely corresponding to the mobile device, may be used to uniquely identify the mobile device.

The receiver 610 is further configured to obtain order information of the mobile device, where the order information of the mobile device includes a preset place of the order and an effective time of the order;

the receiver 610 further obtains order information of the mobile device, for example, obtains a preset location of an order in the order information, and a valid time of the order. The order information may include a plurality of contents, for example, a location to which the mobile device is to arrive preset in the order, a valid time of the order, that is, a time period for using the mobile device, a user of the order, a type of service expected to be used in the order, and other information about a user who subscribes to the mobile device, such as a country where the user subscribes to the mobile device is often located, a commonly used operator, a user class, and the like. In this embodiment, attention is paid to when and where the mobile device will be used in the order.

The obtained order information of the mobile device may include a serial number of the device, and valid time and address information corresponding to the serial number, and the specific time information may be time period information, and the location information may be administrative areas of a region or a country, and the like, and in the information, the device serial number and the time information and the location information are associated, that is, information that the mobile device that can read the serial number from the information is at a specific preset location at a specific preset time.

A processor 630, configured to determine to assign a SIM card to the mobile device according to the serial number and the order information, where the order information is stored in the virtual SIM card service support server;

the processor 630 may determine whether the mobile device requesting to assign the SIM card is the mobile device managed by the virtual SIM card service support server by comparing the serial number of the mobile device requesting to assign the SIM card with the serial number of the mobile device managed by the mobile device.

Specifically, the processor 630 determines whether the time of the first message requesting the allocation of the SIM card by the mobile device is within the valid time of the order; whether the position of the mobile equipment is located in a place which is preset to be reached by the mobile equipment; whether the mobile device is a mobile device managed by the virtual SIM card service support server. And if the preset standard is met, determining that the SIM card is allocated to the mobile equipment, and otherwise, not allocating.

The processor 630 is further configured to determine, according to the current location of the mobile device, a first entity SIM card to be allocated, where the entity SIM card is a first entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by a virtual SIM card service support server;

before the mobile device is able to wirelessly communicate through the virtual SIM, the mobile device is wirelessly communicated through a physical SIM card electrically coupled thereto. When a mobile device is in wireless communication with a physical SIM card electrically coupled to the mobile device, the mobile device can obtain the mobile country code MCC and the mobile network number MNC of the mobile device at the time of its registration with the wireless network. The MCC and MNC information will be carried by the mobile device when sending an allocation request to the virtual SIM card service support server.

The MCC information may determine the current location of the mobile device, and the processor 630 determines the first physical SIM card to be allocated according to the current location of the mobile device, for example, when the mobile device is determined to be in a certain country by the MCC, the SIM card of the country in the managed physical SIM cards may be allocated to the mobile device, and in a specific case, the physical SIM card may be allocated according to the latest principle or the least expensive principle

And a transmitter 620, configured to transmit address information of the first physical SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first SIM card according to the address information.

The transmitter 620 sends the address of the first entity SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information after receiving the address information, and then complete the subsequent authentication process for wireless communication.

In the embodiment of the invention, the mobile equipment is authenticated through the serial number and the order information of the mobile equipment, the entity SIM card is distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment, and the position information is sent to the mobile equipment.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, a virtual SIM card service support server 20 includes a receiver 610, a transmitter 620 and a processor 630, where steps executed by the receiver 610 and the transmitter 620 and functions implemented by the steps may refer to the corresponding embodiment in fig. 6, where the processor 630 is specifically configured to:

determining to assign a SIM card to the mobile device when the following three are satisfied:

the mobile device is determined to be a device managed by the virtual SIM card service support server through the serial number, and the specific processor 630 compares the serial number of the mobile device requesting to assign the SIM card with the serial number of the mobile device managed by the mobile device, and determines the mobile device to be the device managed by the virtual SIM card service support server through a comparison result.

And determining that the current position of the mobile equipment is consistent with the preset position in the order information, wherein the mobile equipment carries the MCC when sending an allocation request to the virtual SIM card service support server, and the virtual SIM card service support server judges the position of the mobile equipment at the moment through the MCC. The virtual SIM card service support server may obtain address information of the order from order information of the mobile device, for example, information of a region or a country where the order is expected to arrive. The processor 630 compares the location of the mobile device with the location preset in the order information to determine whether the location is consistent with the location preset in the order information, and if so, indicates that the mobile device has reached the location preset (which may be a destination to be reached by the user), and if not, indicates that the mobile device has not reached the location preset in the order. The processor 630 determines that the location of the mobile device is consistent with the preset location by comparing the MCC carried by the allocation request of the mobile device with the preset location in the order.

It is determined that the current time is within the valid time of the order.

The processor 630 compares the time the mobile device sent the allocation request with the preset time of the order and determines that the time the mobile device sent the allocation request is within the preset time of the order for the mobile device. It is to be understood that the time when the mobile device sends the allocation request may be a preset time when the order information of the mobile device is obtained, and the preset time is a time period including a start time and an end time. If the time for sending the allocation request by the mobile equipment is within the preset time period, the time for sending the allocation request by the mobile equipment is within the valid time of the order, otherwise, the valid time of the order is exceeded.

When the processor 630 determines that the above three are satisfied, it may then be determined that a SIM card is assigned to the mobile device.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, a virtual SIM card service support server 20 includes a receiver 610, a transmitter 620 and a processor 630, wherein the steps executed by the receiver 610 and the transmitter 620 and the functions implemented by the steps can be referred to the corresponding embodiment of fig. 6, and the processor 630 is further configured to determine the first physical SIM card to be allocated according to the MCC of the current location of the mobile device. The MCC is a mobile country code, and in the embodiment of the present invention, the location of the mobile device may be determined according to the mobile country code of the mobile device at the time of network registration, so that the processor 630 may assign an entity SIM card in the same country as the country of the mobile device to the mobile device. For example, when the user takes the mobile device to france, the MCC determines that the mobile device is located in france, and the mobile device is assigned a physical SIM card of france, and specifically, the country to which the SIM card belongs can be determined by the IMSI of the physical SIM card.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, a virtual SIM card service support server 20 includes a receiver 610, a transmitter 620 and a processor 630, where the steps executed by the transmitter 620 and the functions implemented by the transmitter may refer to the corresponding embodiment in fig. 6, where the receiver 610 is further configured to obtain information of an operator to which the mobile device currently belongs, and the processor 630 is further configured to determine the first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the MCC where the mobile device is currently located and the MNC of the operator.

Specifically, when the Mobile device performs wireless communication through the physical SIM card electrically coupled to the Mobile device, the Mobile device can obtain an MCC (Mobile country Code) and a Mobile Network number (MNC) of the Mobile device at the time of Network registration. From the MNC, the operator information used by the mobile device can be known.

When the mobile device accesses the network, the operator network with better signal is selected for access, so after the mobile device accesses the network, the operator information with better signal can be obtained according to the MNC obtained when the mobile device is registered in the network.

The processor 630 determines the first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the MCC and the operator MNC where the mobile device is currently located, that is, allocates the entity SIM card to the mobile device according to the country and the operator where the mobile device is located. For example, when the MCC can know that the mobile device is located in france, and the MNC can acquire that the carrier used when the mobile device sends the allocation request is carrier a, it indicates that the signal of carrier a is stronger and better in signal quality, and it is preferred to allocate the physical SIM card of the carrier in france to the mobile device. If there is a france physical SIM card but no carrier a SIM card, the mobile device may be given the carrier's physical SIM card with good signal quality according to the signal quality.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the virtual SIM card service support server according to the present invention, and according to fig. 7, a virtual SIM card service support server 20 according to the present invention includes a receiver 610, a transmitter 620, a processor 630 and a memory 640, wherein specific implementation manners of the transmitter 620 and the processor 630 can refer to other embodiments of the virtual SIM card service support server according to the present invention, wherein,

the receiver 610 is further configured to obtain a corresponding relationship between the SIM card server sent by the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, where information of the SIM card server includes an address of the SIM card server, and information of the entity SIM card includes an IMSI of the SIM card.

It is understood that one SIM card server manages a plurality of physical SIM cards, and the virtual SIM card service support server manages at least one SIM card server. Each SIM card server manages the physical SIM card belonging to itself, and the SIM card server transmits information of the physical SIM card managed by the SIM card server to the virtual SIM card service support server.

Specifically, the correspondence includes that the virtual SIM card service support server can obtain information of all the SIM cards managed by the SIM card server through the information of the SIM card server, and conversely, the virtual SIM card service support server.

The memory 640 is configured to store the correspondence between the SIM card server sent by the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, where the correspondence is received by the receiver.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a communication method according to the present invention, which is mainly described in the method and steps implemented by the SIM card server 30 in the virtual SIM card service support system 10, and it can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the embodiment described mainly by the SIM card server is under the same technical concept as the embodiment described mainly by the virtual SIM card service support server in fig. 2 to 7, referring to the embodiment corresponding to fig. 1, when the mobile device passes the authentication, the virtual SIM card service support server allocates a suitable SIM card to the mobile device and sends the information of the allocated SIM card to the mobile device, and after the mobile device receives the information of the allocated SIM card, the mobile device initiates a registration request to the network side through the information of the SIM card, the network side generates an authentication code, sends an authentication request parameter to the mobile device 40, the mobile device 40 sends the information of the assigned SIM card and the authentication request parameter to the SIM card assigned by the SIM card server 30, and it can be seen that in the embodiment described with the SIM card server as the main body, the mobile device is authenticated by the virtual SIM card service support server according to the serial number of the mobile device, and the virtual SIM card service support server determines that the SIM card can be assigned according to the serial number of the mobile device and the order information. As shown in fig. 8, a communication method according to the present invention includes:

step 810, acquiring a request for accessing a first entity SIM card by the mobile equipment, wherein the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server and carries address information of the first entity SIM card;

in this step, the SIM card server 30 obtains a request for the mobile device to access the first physical SIM card, where the request carries address information of the first physical SIM card. It is understood that the address information of the SIM card may correspond only to the SIM card.

Specifically, the request acquired by the SIM card server may only include address information of the first entity SIM card, and may also carry other information.

Step 820, obtaining an authentication request parameter sent by the mobile equipment, and sending the authentication request parameter to the first entity SIM card according to the address information;

in this step, the SIM card server obtains the authentication request parameters sent by the mobile device. The authentication request parameter is sent to the mobile device by the network side after the mobile device requests the network side to initiate an access request. Since the mobile device needs to access the mobile communication network through the SIM card located in the SIM card server, the mobile device sends the authentication request parameter to the SIM card managed by the SIM card server. In this step, the server obtains the authentication request parameter sent by the mobile device, and sends the authentication request parameter to the first entity SIM card according to the address information of the SIM card obtained in step 810.

Step 830, the authentication response parameter calculated by the first entity SIM card is sent to the mobile device.

After receiving the authentication request parameter, the first entity SIM card calculates an authentication response parameter through an authentication response module in the SIM card, and sends the authentication response parameter to the SIM card server. In this step, the SIM card server sends the authentication response parameter calculated by the first entity SIM card to the mobile device.

In this embodiment, after receiving the access request and the authentication request parameter, the SIM card server sends the authentication response parameter calculated by the first entity SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can obtain the authentication response parameter calculated by the SIM card managed by the SIM card server after passing through the authentication of the virtual SIM card service support server, thereby accessing the mobile communication network through the virtual SIM card.

Further, in another embodiment of the communication method of the present invention, the communication method further includes:

and sending the corresponding relation between the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server to a virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the information of the SIM card server comprises the address of the SIM card server, and the information of the entity SIM card comprises the IMSI of the SIM card. The address of the SIM server may be the unique IP of the SIM server, and the IMSI of the SIM card may uniquely identify the SIM card, so that the SIM card in the system according to the embodiment of the present invention may be uniquely determined by the address of the SIM server and the IMSI of the SIM card.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sending of the correspondence to the virtual SIM card service support server may be sending according to a preset time, or sending in response to a request of the virtual SIM card service support server, or sending when the SIM card managed by the SIM card server changes, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention sends the corresponding relation between the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server to the virtual SIM card service support server, so that the SIM card server can master the condition of the SIM card managed by the SIM card server in real time.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a SIM card server according to the present invention, and according to fig. 9, the SIM card server according to the present invention includes a SIM card main control module, a SIM card slot, and a plurality of physical SIM cards, the physical SIM cards are plugged into the SIM card slot, the SIM card main control module communicates with the SIM cards, the SIM card server is connected to the internet and has an independent internet address, each physical SIM card has a unique number in the SIM card server, specifically, the SIM card server includes a receiver 910, a transmitter 920 and a main control module 930, wherein,

a receiver 910, configured to obtain a request for accessing a first entity SIM card by a mobile device, where the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by a SIM card server and carries address information of the first entity SIM card;

the receiver 910 obtains a request for the mobile device to access the first physical SIM card, where the request carries address information of the first physical SIM card. It is understood that the address information of the SIM card may correspond only to the SIM card.

The receiver 910 is further configured to obtain an authentication request parameter sent by the mobile device;

the receiver 910 obtains the authentication request parameters sent by the mobile device. The authentication request parameter is sent to the mobile device by the network side after the mobile device requests the network side to initiate an access request. Since the mobile device needs to access the mobile communication network through the SIM card located in the SIM card server, the mobile device sends the authentication request parameter to the SIM card managed by the SIM card server. The receiver 910 obtains the authentication request parameters sent by the mobile device, and sends the authentication request parameters to the first physical SIM card according to the address information of the SIM card obtained by the receiver 910.

The main control module 930, configured to send the authentication request parameter obtained by the receiver 910 to the first entity SIM card according to the address information of the first entity SIM card;

the SIM card master module may communicate with the SIM card in various ways, for example, the SIM card master module communicates with the SIM card through the smart card ISO7816 protocol, and sends the authentication request parameter acquired by the receiver 910 to the first entity SIM card through the smart card ISO7816 protocol.

It can be understood that, after the first entity SIM card calculates the authentication response parameter according to the authentication request parameter, the authentication response parameter may also be sent to the SIM card main control module through the smart card ISO7816 protocol.

And a transmitter 920, configured to transmit the authentication response parameter calculated by the first physical SIM card to the mobile device.

The transmitter 920 then transmits the authentication response parameter to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can transmit the authentication response parameter to the network side.

It is understood that, in this embodiment, the mobile device is authenticated by the virtual SIM card service support server according to the serial number of the mobile device, and the mobile device is also determined by the virtual SIM card service support server according to the serial number of the mobile device and the order information, so that the SIM card can be allocated.

Further, in another embodiment of the SIM card server of the present invention, operations and steps performed by the receiver 910 in the SIM card server may be referred to in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 9, wherein the transmitter 920 is further configured to:

and sending the corresponding relation between the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server to a virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the information of the SIM card server comprises the address of the SIM card server, and the information of the entity SIM card comprises the IMSI of the SIM card.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a communication method according to the present invention, which is mainly described in the method and steps implemented by the mobile device 40 in the virtual SIM card service support system 10, and according to fig. 10, the communication method according to the present invention includes:

step 1010, sending a first message requesting to allocate a SIM card, the first message including a serial number of the mobile device;

in this step, the mobile device 40 sends a first message to the virtual SIM card service support server requesting the allocation of a SIM card, the first message containing the serial number of the mobile device. The serial number of the mobile device may uniquely identify the mobile device. As can be understood from the embodiment corresponding to fig. 1, the method and apparatus embodiment corresponding to the virtual SIM card service support server, and the method and apparatus embodiment corresponding to the SIM card server, after the virtual SIM card service support server receives the allocation request sent by the mobile device, the virtual SIM card service support system authenticates the mobile device sending the request, and only after the mobile device passes the authentication, the virtual SIM card service support system allocates the physical SIM card to the mobile device. In this step, the allocation request sent by the mobile device carries the serial number of the mobile device, so that the virtual SIM card service support server can authenticate the mobile device, but the serial number of the mobile device may not be carried in the allocation request message, but may be sent separately.

Step 1020, acquiring address information of a first entity SIM card sent by a virtual SIM card service support server, where the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server;

as can be seen from the corresponding embodiment of fig. 1 and other corresponding embodiments of the present invention, after the mobile device is authenticated, the virtual SIM card service support server assigns an appropriate SIM card to the mobile device from the SIM cards managed by the virtual SIM card service support server according to the location information of the mobile device. The virtual SIM card service support system manages at least one SIM card server, each SIM card server manages a plurality of physical SIM cards, and when it is determined that an SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device, the SIM card managed by the SIM card server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server is allocated to the mobile device.

Step 1030, sending address information of the first entity SIM card and an authentication request parameter to the SIM card server, where the authentication request parameter is sent to the mobile device by the network side according to the access request of the mobile device;

in this step, address information and authentication request parameters of the first entity SIM card are sent to the SIM card server. The address information of the first entity SIM card is sent to the SIM card server, the SIM card server can accurately determine the allocated first entity SIM card according to the address information, and the authentication request parameter is sent to the first entity SIM card according to the address information, so that the first entity SIM card can determine the authentication response parameter according to the authentication request parameter. It is understood that the authentication request parameter is sent by the network side to the mobile device for authentication after the mobile device initiates an access request to the network side. Since the first physical SIM card is managed by the SIM card server, the mobile device sends the authentication request parameters to the SIM card server so that the first physical SIM card calculates the authentication response parameters and sends them back to the mobile device.

Step 1040, obtaining the authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, and authenticating according to the authentication response parameter, where the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameter.

In this step, the mobile device obtains an authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, and performs authentication according to the authentication response parameter, where the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameter.

The mobile device obtains the authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, and then may perform authentication according to sending the authentication response parameter to the network side, and it can be understood that the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card in the SIM card server according to the authentication request parameter, so that the mobile communication network may be accessed through the authentication response parameter.

The embodiment of the invention sends the allocation request information to the virtual SIM card service support server and sends the serial number of the mobile equipment, and sends the address information of the first SIM card to the SIM card server after obtaining the address information of the first entity SIM card, so that the corresponding SIM card in the SIM card server calculates the authentication response parameter, and authenticates according to the authentication response parameter when obtaining the authentication response parameter, thereby accessing the network according to the SIM card which is not arranged in the mobile equipment.

Further, in another embodiment of the communication method of the present invention, the method may further include:

the mobile equipment acquires and stores non-encrypted data of the first entity SIM card, wherein the non-encrypted data comprises one or the combination of the following data: an Integrated Circuit Card Identity (ICCID), IMSI. In a specific implementation process, other non-encrypted data can be included.

In the embodiment of the invention, the mobile equipment acquires and stores other non-encrypted data, so that the mobile equipment can directly acquire the non-encrypted data from the storage unit of the mobile equipment when needing any non-encrypted data, and does not need to acquire the non-encrypted data through a network, thereby improving the operation speed.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the mobile device 40 according to the present invention, and according to fig. 11, the embodiment of the mobile device according to the present invention includes a transmitter 1110, a receiver 1120, and a processor 1140, wherein the processor is configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, wherein,

a transmitter 1110 for transmitting a first message requesting assignment of a SIM card, the first message including a serial number of a mobile device;

the transmitter 1110 is further configured to send a first message to the virtual SIM card service support server requesting assignment of the SIM card, where the first message includes a serial number of the mobile device. The serial number of the mobile device may uniquely identify the mobile device. When the virtual SIM card service support server receives the allocation request sent by the mobile equipment, the virtual SIM card service support server authenticates the mobile equipment sending the request, and when the mobile equipment passes the authentication, the virtual SIM card service support system allocates the entity SIM card to the mobile equipment.

A receiver 1120, configured to obtain address information of a first entity SIM card sent by a virtual SIM card service support server, where the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server;

it is understood that the virtual SIM card service support system manages at least one SIM card server, each SIM card server managing a plurality of physical SIM cards, and when the virtual SIM card service support server determines that a SIM card can be assigned to a mobile device, assigns the SIM card managed by the SIM card server it manages to the mobile device. Specifically, the virtual SIM card service support server may send address information of the first physical SIM card to be assigned to the mobile device. In this embodiment, the receiver 1120 of the mobile device may obtain address information of a first physical SIM card sent by the virtual SIM card service support server, where the first physical SIM card is a physical SIM card managed by the SIM card server, and the SIM card server is a server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server.

A transmitter 1110, further configured to send address information of the first entity SIM card and the authentication request parameter to the SIM card server;

the transmitter 1110 sends the address information of the first entity SIM card and the authentication request parameter to the SIM card server, and the authentication request parameter is sent to the mobile device by the network side according to the access request of the mobile device.

It is understood that after the mobile device initiates an access request to the network side, the network side sends an authentication request parameter to the mobile device to authenticate the mobile device, and in this embodiment of the present invention, the transmitter 1110 of the mobile device sends address information of the first entity SIM card to the SIM card server, and the SIM card server may determine the assigned first entity SIM card according to the address information and send the authentication request parameter to the first entity SIM card according to the address information, so that the first entity SIM card can determine the authentication response parameter according to the authentication request parameter.

The receiver 1120 is further configured to obtain an authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, where the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameter;

as can be seen from the embodiment corresponding to fig. 1 and other embodiments, after receiving the address information and the authentication request parameter of the first entity SIM card sent by the mobile device, the SIM card server sends the authentication request parameter to the first entity SIM card corresponding to the address, and the first entity SIM card calculates the authentication response parameter according to the authentication request parameter, and sends the authentication response parameter to the mobile device. Correspondingly, the receiver 1120 of the mobile device obtains the authentication response parameters sent by the SIM card server.

The transmitter 1110 is further configured to send the authentication response parameter to the network side.

After obtaining the authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, the mobile device sends the authentication response parameter to the network side for authentication.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the mobile device of the present invention, and according to fig. 12, an embodiment of the mobile device of the present invention includes a transmitter 1110, a receiver 1120, a processor 1140 and a memory 1130, wherein operations and steps performed by the transmitter 1110 may refer to the embodiment corresponding to fig. 11, wherein,

the receiver 1120 of the mobile device is further configured to obtain unencrypted data of the first physical SIM card, the unencrypted data including one or a combination of: ICCID, IMSI, in the specific implementation, the receiver may also receive other non-encrypted data.

The memory 1130 of the mobile device obtains and stores unencrypted data of the first physical SIM card, where the unencrypted data includes one or a combination of the following: ICCID, IMSI. In particular implementations, the memory 1130 may also store unencrypted data, including other data, received by the receiver 1120.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual SIM card service support system according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 13, the virtual SIM card service support system 10 of the present invention includes the virtual SIM card service support server 20, the SIM card server 30 and the mobile device 40 in the above-described embodiment. The operations performed by the virtual SIM card service support server 20, the SIM card server 30 and the mobile device 40 may be referred to the above embodiments. The virtual SIM card service support server 20 may further include a Device management module (DM 201), a SIM card management module (SM) 202, and a Data management module (DB) 203, where the Device management module performs mobile Device authentication, the SIM card management module performs SIM card assignment, and the DB stores a corresponding relationship between the SIM card server and the SIM card managed by the SIM card server.

The mobile device 40 sends an allocation request to the virtual SIM card service support server 20, the device management module 201 of the virtual SIM card service support server 20 authenticates the mobile device according to the serial number of the mobile device, after the authentication is passed, the SIM card management module 202 of the virtual SIM card service support server 20 allocates a SIM card to the mobile device, and the SIM card management module 202 can obtain the corresponding relationship between the SIM card server and the SIM card from the DB 203.

The virtual SIM card service support server provided by the embodiment of the invention realizes more modularization of each function, and further improves the system operation efficiency.

The virtual SIM card service support system of the embodiment of the invention comprises a virtual SIM card service support server 20, an SIM card server 30 and a mobile device 40, and the virtual SIM card service support system executes the following steps:

the mobile equipment requests the virtual SIM card service support server to distribute the SIM card and sends the serial number of the mobile equipment;

the virtual SIM card service support server authenticates the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment, and if the authentication is passed, the next step is executed;

the virtual SIM card service support server acquires order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of an order and the effective time of the order, and determines to distribute an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the order information;

the virtual SIM card business support server distributes an SIM card for the mobile equipment;

the virtual SIM card business support server sends the address information of the distributed SIM card and the data of the SIM card to the mobile equipment;

the mobile equipment initiates an access request to a network side according to the information of the SIM card;

the mobile equipment acquires an authentication request parameter sent by a network side;

the mobile equipment sends the acquired address information of the SIM card and the authentication request parameters acquired in the previous step to an SIM card server;

the SIM card server main control module sends the authentication request parameter to the SIM card corresponding to the address information;

the SIM card calculates an authentication response parameter according to the authentication request parameter and sends the authentication response parameter to a SIM card server main control module;

the SIM card server sends the authentication response parameter to the mobile equipment;

the mobile equipment sends the obtained authentication response parameters to the network side for authentication, and after the authentication is successful, the mobile equipment is accessed into the mobile communication network through the entity SIM card of the SIM card server.

The invention determines whether the SIM card can be distributed to the mobile equipment according to the request according to the serial number of the equipment and the order information, and determines the entity card to be distributed according to the current position of the mobile equipment, thereby increasing the distribution effectiveness and further improving the reliability of the mobile equipment accessing the communication network through the first entity SIM card.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. With this understanding in mind, the above-described technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A virtual SIM card service support method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

acquiring a first message of a mobile device requesting to allocate an SIM card, wherein the first message comprises a serial number of the mobile device;

obtaining order information of the mobile equipment, wherein the order information of the mobile equipment comprises a preset place of the order and effective time of the order;

determining whether to allocate an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and a preset place and effective time in the order information;

when an SIM card can be allocated to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the preset place and the effective time in the order information, a first entity SIM card to be allocated is determined according to the current position of the mobile equipment, wherein the first entity SIM card is managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server;

sending address information of the first entity SIM card to the mobile equipment so that the mobile equipment can access the first entity SIM card according to the address information, wherein the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least the following two items: managing an SIM card server address of the first physical SIM card and a number of the first physical SIM card, wherein there is a correspondence between the first physical SIM card and an SIM card server managing the first physical SIM card, wherein,

the determining to allocate the SIM card to the mobile device according to the serial number of the mobile device and the order information includes:

determining the mobile equipment as the equipment managed by the virtual SIM card service support server through the serial number; and

determining that the current position of the mobile equipment is consistent with the preset place in the order information; and

determining that the current time is within the valid time of the order.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first physical SIM card to assign according to the current location of the mobile device comprises:

and determining a first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the mobile country code information of the current position of the mobile equipment.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining information of an operator to which the mobile device currently belongs,

the determining a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to the current position of the mobile equipment comprises the following steps:

and determining a first entity SIM card to be distributed according to the mobile country code and the mobile network code of the mobile equipment.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, further comprising:

and acquiring and storing a corresponding relation between the SIM card server and an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, wherein the information of the SIM card server comprises an address of the SIM card server, and the information of the entity SIM card comprises an international mobile subscriber identity of the SIM card.

5. A virtual SIM card service support server, comprising:

the receiver is used for acquiring a first message of a mobile device requesting to allocate a SIM card, wherein the first message contains a serial number of the mobile device;

the receiver is further configured to obtain order information of the mobile device, where the order information of the mobile device includes a preset place of the order and an effective time of the order;

the processor is used for determining whether to allocate an SIM card to the mobile equipment according to the serial number and a preset place and effective time in the order information;

the processor is further configured to determine a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to a current location of the mobile device when it is determined that an SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset location and valid time in order information, where the first entity SIM card is managed by an SIM card server, and the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server;

a transmitter, configured to send address information of the first physical SIM card to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can access the first physical SIM card according to the address information, where the address information of the first physical SIM card is determined by at least two of: manage a SIM card server address of the first physical SIM card and a number of the first physical SIM card, where the first physical SIM card has a correspondence with a SIM card server that manages the first physical SIM card, and where the processor is configured to:

determining that the current time is within the valid time of the order.

6. The virtual SIM card service support server of claim 5,

the processor is further configured to determine a first entity SIM card to be allocated according to mobile country code information of a current location of the mobile device.

7. The virtual SIM card service support server of claim 6, wherein the receiver is further configured to obtain information of a current carrier of the mobile device,

the processor is further configured to determine a first physical SIM card to be allocated according to a current mobile country code and a mobile network code of the mobile device.

8. The virtual SIM card service support server according to any one of claims 5-7,

the receiver is further configured to obtain a correspondence between the SIM card server sent by the SIM card server and an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, where information of the SIM card server includes an address of the SIM card server, and information of the entity SIM card includes an international mobile subscriber identity of the SIM card;

the virtual SIM card service support server further includes:

and the memory is used for storing the corresponding relation between the SIM card server and the entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, which is received by the receiver and sent by the SIM card server.

9. A method of communication, comprising:

the method comprises the steps of obtaining a request of a mobile device for accessing a first entity SIM card, wherein the request of the mobile device for accessing the first entity SIM card is determined by a virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset place and effective time in order information and according to the current position of the mobile device after the mobile device determines that an SIM card can be distributed to the mobile device, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by an SIM card server, the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, the request carries address information of the first entity SIM card, and the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least the following two items: managing an SIM card server address of the first entity SIM card and a number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card;

acquiring authentication request parameters sent by the mobile equipment, and sending the authentication request parameters to the first entity SIM card according to the address information;

sending the authentication response parameters calculated by the first entity SIM card to the mobile equipment, wherein the virtual SIM card service support server determines that the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile equipment according to the serial number of the mobile equipment and the preset place and the effective time in the order information, and the method comprises the following steps:

determining that the current time is within the valid time of the order.

10. The communication method according to claim 9, further comprising:

and sending a corresponding relation between the SIM card server and an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server to a virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the information of the SIM card server comprises an address of the SIM card server, and the information of the entity SIM card comprises an international mobile subscriber identity of the SIM card.

11. A SIM card server comprising a SIM card host, a SIM card slot and a plurality of physical SIM cards, the physical SIM cards being plugged into the SIM card slot, the SIM card host communicating with the physical SIM cards, the SIM card server being connected to the internet and having an independent internet address, each of the physical SIM cards having a unique number in the SIM card server, the SIM card server further comprising:

a receiver, configured to obtain a request for a mobile device to access a first entity SIM card, where the request for the mobile device to access the first entity SIM card is determined by a virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset location and valid time in order information, and then according to a current location of the mobile device, the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, the SIM card server is managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, the request carries address information of the first entity SIM card, and the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least two items: managing an address of an SIM card server of the first entity SIM card and a number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a correspondence with an SIM card server that manages the first entity SIM card, wherein the virtual SIM card service support server determines that an SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset location and valid time in order information, comprising:

determining that the current time is within the valid time of the order;

the receiver is further configured to obtain an authentication request parameter sent by the mobile device;

the main control module is used for sending the authentication request parameters acquired by the receiver to the first entity SIM card according to the address information of the first entity SIM card;

a transmitter, further configured to transmit the authentication response parameter calculated by the first physical SIM card to the mobile device.

12. The SIM card server of claim 11, wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

and sending the corresponding relation between the SIM card server and an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server to a virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the information of the SIM card server comprises the address of the SIM card server, and the information of the entity SIM card comprises the international mobile subscriber identity of the SIM card.

13. A method of communication, comprising:

sending a first message for requesting to allocate the SIM card, wherein the first message contains a serial number of the mobile equipment;

acquiring address information of a first entity SIM card sent by a virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least the following two items: managing an address of an SIM card server of the first entity SIM card and a number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, the SIM card server is a server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the first entity SIM card is determined by the virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset location and an effective time in order information, the order information corresponds to a serial number of the mobile device, and the virtual SIM card service support server determines that the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to a current location of the mobile device after determining that the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to the serial number of the mobile device and the preset location and the effective time in the order information, the method comprises the following steps:

determining that the current time is within the valid time of the order;

sending address information and authentication request parameters of the first entity SIM card to the SIM card server, wherein the authentication request parameters are sent to the mobile equipment by a network side according to an access request of the mobile equipment;

and acquiring authentication response parameters sent by the SIM card server, and authenticating according to the authentication response parameters, wherein the authentication response parameters are determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameters.

14. The communication method according to claim 13, further comprising:

acquiring and storing non-encrypted data of the first entity SIM card, wherein the non-encrypted data comprises one or the combination of the following data: an integrated circuit card identification code, an international mobile subscriber identification code.

15. A mobile device comprising a processor, a transmitter and a receiver, wherein,

the transmitter is configured to send a first message requesting allocation of a SIM card, the first message including a serial number of the mobile device;

the receiver is configured to acquire address information of a first entity SIM card sent by a virtual SIM card service support server, where the address information of the first entity SIM card is determined by at least two of: managing an address of an SIM card server of the first entity SIM card and a number of the first entity SIM card, wherein the first entity SIM card has a corresponding relationship with an SIM card server managing the first entity SIM card, the first entity SIM card is an entity SIM card managed by the SIM card server, the SIM card server is a server managed by the virtual SIM card service support server, wherein the first entity SIM card is determined by the virtual SIM card service support server according to a serial number of the mobile device and a preset location and an effective time in order information, the order information corresponds to a serial number of the mobile device, and the virtual SIM card service support server determines that the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to a current location of the mobile device after determining that the SIM card can be allocated to the mobile device according to the serial number of the mobile device and the preset location and the effective time in the order information, the method comprises the following steps:

determining that the current time is within the valid time of the order;

the transmitter is further configured to send address information and authentication request parameters of the first entity SIM card to the SIM card server;

the receiver is further configured to obtain an authentication response parameter sent by the SIM card server, where the authentication response parameter is determined by the first entity SIM card according to the authentication request parameter;

the transmitter is further configured to send the authentication response parameter to a network side.

16. The mobile device of claim 15,

the receiver is further configured to obtain unencrypted data of the first entity SIM card, where the unencrypted data includes one or a combination of: an integrated circuit card identification code, an international mobile subscriber identification code;

the mobile device further comprises:

a memory for storing unencrypted data of the first physical SIM card.

17. A virtual SIM card service support system, characterized by comprising a virtual SIM card service support server according to any one of claims 5-8, and a SIM card server according to claim 11 or 12, and a mobile device according to claim 15 or 16.