CN108200569B - Communication method of virtual SIM card, electronic equipment and device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a communication method of a virtual SIM card, electronic equipment and a device, wherein the communication method is applied to the electronic equipment, the electronic equipment is used for setting a solid SIM card for communication, and the communication method comprises the following steps: judging whether the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located; if not, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment to a global virtual SIM card communication mode, and connecting the electronic equipment to a service terminal through a virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment; the first set of meal information is obtained from the service terminal, and the first set of meal information is converted into the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table. Through the mode, the virtual SIM card does not need to be purchased and activated for multiple times by the outbound user, so that the operation of the outbound user can be saved, and the high communication cost is avoided.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method, an electronic device, and an apparatus for a virtual SIM card.
Background
With the development of social economy, the number of people who travel and business work in the world increases rapidly, and the frequency of surfing the internet by using electronic equipment is higher and higher when the people go out, but the user often selects a virtual SIM card to save communication cost due to higher international roaming service cost.
The inventor of the application finds that the virtual SIM card needs to be purchased and activated for multiple times if the outbound user goes to multiple countries or regions in the use process of the existing virtual SIM card in the long-term research and development process, and the operation process is complicated, so that the outbound user may forget to purchase and activate the virtual SIM card, the communication cost of the outbound user is high, and the economic burden of the outbound user is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem mainly solved by the invention is to provide a communication method, electronic equipment and device of a virtual SIM card, which do not need an outbound user to purchase and activate the virtual SIM card for multiple times, can save the operation of the outbound user and avoid generating high communication cost.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts a technical scheme that: a communication method of a virtual SIM card is provided, the communication method is applied to electronic equipment, the electronic equipment is used for setting a physical SIM card for communication, and the communication method comprises the following steps: judging whether the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located; if not, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment to a global virtual SIM card communication mode, and connecting the electronic equipment to a service terminal through a virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment; the first set of meal information is obtained from the service terminal, and the first set of meal information is converted into the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table.
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention adopts another technical scheme that: an electronic device is provided, which is configured to execute the communication method of the virtual SIM card, and includes: a memory and a processor, the processor coupled to the memory; the processor is used for judging whether the electronic equipment is positioned in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is positioned; if not, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment to a global virtual SIM card communication mode, and connecting the electronic equipment to a service terminal through a virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment; acquiring first set of meal information from a service terminal, and converting the first set of meal information into second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table; the memory is used for storing at least one of position information, a preset conversion table, first set meal information and second set meal information of the electronic equipment.
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention adopts another technical scheme that: there is provided a device having a storage function, the device storing program data executable to implement the above-described communication method of a virtual SIM card.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the present invention provides a communication method for a virtual SIM card, which is applied to an electronic device configured to set a physical SIM card for communication, and the communication method includes: judging whether the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located; if not, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment to a global virtual SIM card communication mode, and connecting the electronic equipment to a service terminal through a virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment; the first set of meal information is obtained from the service terminal, and the first set of meal information is converted into the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table. Through the mode, when the electronic equipment is in the country or the region where the non-entity SIM card is located, the global virtual SIM card communication mode can be automatically switched, the outbound user does not need to purchase and activate the virtual SIM card for multiple times, the operation of the outbound user is omitted, and high communication cost caused by forgetting to purchase and activate the virtual SIM card when the outbound user is in a signal coverage area of the non-entity SIM card is avoided. In addition, the first set of meal information can be converted into the second set of meal information according to the preset conversion table, so that the outbound user can intuitively know the current set of meal information, the outbound user can conveniently select a proper set of meal, and the loss caused by expiration of the virtual SIM card meal without using up can be avoided.
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fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a communication method of a virtual SIM card according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a communication method of a virtual SIM card according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of step S103 in FIG. 2 according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of substep S33 of FIG. 3 according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device according to the invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an apparatus with a storage function according to the present invention.
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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 only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. 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.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a communication method for a virtual SIM card according to the present invention, where the communication method is applied to an electronic device, and the electronic device is used to set a physical SIM card for communication.
The communication method comprises the following steps:
step S101: and judging whether the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the country or region where the physical SIM card is located refers to a signal coverage area of the physical SIM card or a registered country or region of the physical SIM card.
The electronic device may be an electronic device capable of using a SIM card, a wearable device, a tablet, a computer, or a vehicle-mounted system, which is not limited herein. The electronic equipment is used for managing the information of the entity SIM card and the information of the virtual SIM card and writing the information of the SIM card into the SIM card, so that the SIM card can execute network access operation and use corresponding network services of an operator.
In this embodiment, the electronic device may acquire its current location information by a Global Positioning System (GPS), a base station of a communication System, WiFi, or the like. For example, the electronic device may obtain its current location information through a GPS positioning system, and first the electronic device has a GPS positioning module, and the GPS positioning module on the electronic device sends its location signal to a positioning background to obtain the current location information of the electronic device. The electronic device may also obtain current location information of itself through a base station of the mobile communication system, and the electronic device may specifically be an electronic device or an electronic device configured with a data card for accessing data services through a mobile communication network, such as a configured virtual SIM card or a configured physical SIM card, and the base station measures and calculates a distance between the electronic device and the base station to determine the location of the electronic device. Certainly, the electronic device can also obtain the current position information of the electronic device through the WiFi hotspot, and the WiFi hotspot calculates the distance between the electronic device and the WiFi hotspot to determine the position of the mobile electronic device. Furthermore, in order to measure the current position information of the electronic device more accurately, a mode of combining a GPS and a mobile communication base station may also be adopted.
Step S102: if not, the communication mode of the electronic equipment is switched to a global virtual SIM card communication mode, and the electronic equipment is connected to the service terminal through the virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment.
The virtual SIM card is different from the traditional entity SIM card, an SIM hardware entity does not exist, the virtual SIM card module realizes the functions of the hardware entity SIM card in a software mode, including the realization of an SIM card file system and a 2G/3G/4G authentication algorithm, and the like, and provides the functions of transmitting and managing SIM information. The virtual SIM stores the SIM information in a storage space of the electronic equipment or the Internet of things equipment; and the subscriber or the operator can perform remote update and management on the SIM information in the virtual SIM card. The communication signals of the virtual SIM card include operator-provided network signals (e.g., 5G, 4G, 3G, 2G, etc.), wireless network signals such as wireless WiFi, etc., and may also be operator-provided wired network signals (e.g., broadband).
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the service terminal refers to a server or a system of a virtual carrier that can provide a virtual SIM card communication service.
In this embodiment, the current location information of the electronic device is compared with the signal coverage area of the current physical SIM card, and if the current location information of the electronic device is not in the signal coverage area of the current physical SIM card, the communication mode is switched to the global virtual SIM card communication mode, and the electronic device is connected to the service terminal through the virtual SIM card of the electronic device. The global virtual SIM card comprises service information of a plurality of virtual SIM cards, and the signal coverage area of the global virtual SIM card comprises a plurality of countries or regions.
The global virtual SIM card communication mode refers to a virtual SIM card communication mode that enables the electronic device to connect to a network at any time and any place in any country or region of the world without the aid of external network signals (e.g., WIFI network signals, physical SIM card network signals). The global virtual SIM card contains service information of a plurality of virtual SIM cards, and the signal coverage area of each virtual SIM card may include at least one country or region, and thus, the signal coverage area of the global virtual SIM card may include a plurality of countries and/or regions.
Step S103: the first set of meal information is obtained from the service terminal, and the first set of meal information is converted into the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first package information of the virtual SIM card has no relation with the package information of the physical SIM.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the first package information may include package information of a virtual SIM card set by the service terminal, and the first package information may include a flow price, a total flow amount, a service life, and the like of the flow package. For example, the package information of the virtual SIM card set by the service terminal is: 10 dollars in gold, 1GB flow currency.
The second package information may include package information of a country or region in which the electronic device is currently located. For example, referring to table 1, as shown in table 1, if the user is out of the united states, the second package information is a U.S. traffic package. Specifically, the second package information may include a flow price, a total flow, a lifetime, etc. of the U.S. flow package. The electronic equipment acquires first set of meal information (10 dollars, 1GB flow currency) from the service terminal, and converts the first set of meal information into second set of meal information (10 dollars, 512MB US flow) according to a preset conversion table. For another example, if the user is out to hong Kong, the second package information is hong Kong traffic package. Specifically, the second package information may include a flow price, a total amount of flow, a lifetime, etc. of the hong kong flow package. The electronic equipment obtains first set of meal information (10 dollars, 1GB flow currency) from the service terminal, and converts the first set of meal information into second set of meal information (10 dollars, 1GB Singapore flow) according to a preset conversion table.
The electronic equipment only displays the first package information to the user, that is, the user can see the information of the 10 dollar and 1GB flow currency in the virtual SIM card and can monitor how many flow currencies are available in the package. In other embodiments, the user may query the traffic usage details, such as how many traffic coins are used in which country and what the actually used traffic is, through a query function in the electronic device.
Table 1 virtual SIM card flow currency conversion table
In other embodiments, the electronic device converts the first set of meal information into the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table. Specifically, the electronic device may use the flow rate price of a certain country or region as a base price, and calculate the flow rate prices of the other countries or regions corresponding to the base price by using a preset conversion coefficient.
For example, referring to table 2, as shown in table 2, the electronic device bases its flow price in hong kong, which is $ 10 per 1024 MB; wherein the conversion factor between the flow price in the united states and the flow price in hong kong is 2, that is, each outbound user uses 1024/2 MB (i.e., 512MB) of flow in the united states, the outbound user deducts $ 10 (corresponding to the flow price of 1024MB in hong kong); where the conversion factor between the flow price in canada and the flow price in hong kong is 4, i.e., every MB (i.e., 256MB) of flow used (1024/4) by the outbound customer in canada, a $ 10 fee is charged (corresponding to a flow price of 1024MB in hong kong). The conversion of the flow rate price in other countries or regions is not described herein.
Table 2 virtual SIM card flow price conversion table
In other embodiments, the electronic device may perform charging according to the communication duration used by the electronic device. The electronic device may calculate the communication time duration price of a certain country or region by a preset conversion coefficient, with the communication time duration price of the other countries or regions corresponding to the base number price.
For example, referring to Table 3, the electronic device may base its price on the duration of communications in hong Kong and the price of traffic in hong Kong is $ 5 per day, wherein 200MB of high speed traffic and an unlimited amount of low speed traffic may be used per day, as shown in Table 3. Wherein the conversion factor between the communication duration price in the united states and the communication duration price in hong kong is 2, that is, the outbound user can use high speed traffic (200/2) MB (i.e. 100MB) and unlimited low speed traffic in the united states every day, and then deduct $ 5 (corresponding to the communication duration price of 200MB high speed traffic and unlimited low speed traffic in hong kong); the conversion factor between the flow price in canada and the flow price in hong kong is 4, i.e., every MB (i.e., 50MB) of flow used (200/4) by the outbound customer in canada, the call is $ 5 (the price for the duration of the communication for 200MB of high-speed flow and unlimited amount of low-speed flow in hong kong). The conversion of the flow rate price in other countries or regions is not described herein.
Table 3 virtual SIM card communication time length price conversion table
Through the above manner, when the electronic device is in the country or region where the non-physical SIM card is located, the embodiment can automatically switch to the global virtual SIM card communication mode, and does not require the outbound user to purchase and activate the virtual SIM card for multiple times, thereby saving the operation of the outbound user, and avoiding high communication cost caused by forgetting to purchase and activate the virtual SIM card when the outbound user is in the signal coverage area of the non-virtual SIM card. In addition, because this embodiment can be according to the second set of meal information of conversion of predetermineeing the conversion table with first set of meal information, consequently, the user of outbound can directly perceivedly know current set meal information, and the user of outbound of being convenient for selects suitable package to can avoid virtual SIM card package meal not use up just overdue and the loss that leads to.
In an embodiment, after step S102, the communication method further includes: and acquiring virtual SIM card information corresponding to the position information of the electronic equipment from the service terminal, and writing the virtual SIM card information into the virtual SIM card.
The virtual SIM card information may include at least one of a signal coverage area, IMSI, authentication data, validity period of use, and package balance of the virtual SIM card. The signal coverage area of the virtual SIM card includes at least one country or region, for example, may include 1, 2, 3 countries and/or regions. And are not limited herein.
Specifically, in this embodiment, networking is performed in a global virtual SIM card communication mode, virtual SIM card information corresponding to current location information of the electronic device is acquired from a service terminal, and the virtual SIM card information is written into the electronic device. In another embodiment, the virtual SIM card information corresponding to the current location information of the electronic device may be obtained from the internet resource, and the virtual SIM card information may be written into the electronic device.
In one embodiment, step S101 further includes: and if the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment into the entity SIM card communication mode, and communicating through the entity SIM card.
Specifically, in this embodiment, if the current location of the electronic device is within the signal coverage area of the physical SIM card, the communication mode of the electronic device is automatically switched to the physical SIM card communication mode, and the physical SIM card is used to access the network to perform a communication service.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of a communication method of a virtual SIM card according to the present invention. The communication method further includes:
step S201: and when the charge of the virtual SIM card is zero or the lease period is expired, sending the information of the virtual SIM card to the service terminal so that the service terminal judges whether the information of the virtual SIM card meets the recovery condition.
Specifically, in this embodiment, if the charge of the virtual SIM card is zero or the lease expires, the charge information and the lease information of the virtual SIM card are sent to the service terminal. The charge information comprises charge balance and arrearage condition of the virtual SIM card, and the lease information comprises residual lease and overdue information of the virtual SIM card.
The recovery condition may be set by the service terminal, for example, the recovery condition may be that a balance of a charge of the virtual SIM card is zero or the virtual SIM card is owed, or the recovery condition may also be that the virtual SIM card is due or expired, which is not limited herein.
Step S202: and when the service terminal judges that the virtual SIM card information accords with the recovery condition, the virtual SIM card is stopped.
Specifically, when the tariff information and lease information of the virtual SIM card meet the recycling condition of the service terminal, the electronic device will deactivate the virtual SIM card and delete the virtual SIM card information from the electronic device.
Through the manner, the electronic equipment in the embodiment can automatically delete the virtual SIM card meeting the recycling condition so as to avoid the situation that a large amount of useless information is stored in the electronic equipment and the storage space of the electronic equipment is occupied, and because the embodiment can timely stop the useless virtual SIM card meeting the recycling condition, a user does not need to worry about the situation that the virtual SIM card can continuously deduct fees, and the communication cost is further saved.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of step S103 in fig. 2 according to the present invention. After step S103, the communication method further includes:
substep S31: and selecting a first package corresponding to the virtual SIM card through the electronic equipment, and sending the information of the first package to the service terminal.
The first package is a service package containing traffic information and package telephone charge. In this embodiment, the electronic device may select the first package of the virtual SIM card through a pre-installed application program, or select the first package of the virtual SIM card on a service platform of an operator, or select the first package corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a short message, and send information of the first package to the service terminal.
Substep S32: and paying the first set of meal through the electronic equipment so that the service terminal binds the virtual SIM card with the first set of meal.
Specifically, the electronic device may pay the first package through the online payment platform, and after the service terminal confirms that the collection of the money is received, the package information may be bound to the IMSI and the authentication data of the virtual SIM card.
Substep S33: and acquiring the binding success information from the service terminal, and communicating through the virtual SIM card according to the binding success information.
Specifically, in this embodiment, after the service terminal binds the package information with the virtual SIM card, the electronic device may obtain binding success information from the service terminal. The successful binding information comprises tariff information, lease information, IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) of the virtual SIM card and authentication data which are obtained after the service terminal binds the package information and the virtual SIM card.
The electronic equipment can write the tariff information, the lease information and the virtual SIM card information according to the binding success information and carry out communication service through the virtual SIM card.
Through the above manner, the method and the system select the package information of the virtual SIM card so that the outbound user can select the appropriate package of the virtual SIM card according to personal requirements, and thus the waste of package flow is avoided.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of substep S33 of fig. 3 according to the present invention. The sub-step S33 further includes:
substep S331: and generating an activation request according to the binding success information, and sending the activation request to the service terminal so that the service terminal activates the virtual SIM card.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the electronic device generates an activation request according to the service information, and the electronic device may select an activation option on a service platform of an operator through an activation page in a pre-installed application program, or send the activation request to the service terminal through a short message, so that the service terminal activates the virtual SIM card. And are not limited herein.
Substep S332: and acquiring network access information from the service terminal, and binding the network access information with the virtual SIM card.
Specifically, in this embodiment, after the electronic device sends an activation request to the service terminal, the electronic device receives the network access information sent by the service terminal. Wherein, the network access information is a network access serial number. In this embodiment, the electronic device binds the network access serial number with the tariff information, lease information, IMSI, and authentication data of the virtual SIM card to activate the virtual SIM card and obtain a corresponding operator communication service. In other embodiments, the network access information may include a network access serial number and network access authentication information. The electronic device may receive a successful network access message after confirming the network access authentication information and passing the authentication of the network access information, so as to activate the virtual SIM card and obtain a corresponding carrier communication service.
Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device 10 according to the present invention, where the electronic device 10 is configured to execute a communication method of a virtual SIM card, and the electronic device 10 includes: a processor 11, a memory 12 and a transceiver 13, the processor 11 being coupled to the memory 12 and the transceiver 13.
The processor 11 is configured to determine whether the electronic device 10 is located in a country or a region where the physical SIM card is located; if not, the processor 11 switches the communication mode of the electronic device 10 to the global virtual SIM card communication mode.
The transceiver 13 is connected to a service terminal (not shown) via a virtual SIM card of the electronic device 10, and acquires the first set of meal information from the service terminal.
The processor 11 converts the first set of meal information into the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table.
The memory 12 is used for storing at least one of the position information of the electronic device 10, a preset conversion table, the first set of meal information and the second set of meal information.
In one embodiment, the transceiver 13 is further configured to obtain virtual SIM card information corresponding to the location information of the electronic device 10 from the service terminal.
The processor 11 is configured to write the virtual SIM card information to the virtual SIM card.
The memory 12 is used to store virtual SIM card information.
In one embodiment, if the electronic device 10 is located in a country or a region where the physical SIM card is located, the processor 11 switches the communication mode of the electronic device 10 to the physical SIM card communication mode, and the transceiver 13 performs communication through the physical SIM card.
In one embodiment, when the charge of the virtual SIM card is zero or the lease period expires, the transceiver 13 sends the virtual SIM card information to the service terminal, so that the service terminal determines whether the virtual SIM card information meets the recycling condition.
When the service terminal judges that the virtual SIM card information meets the recovery condition, the transceiver 13 receives the recovery information fed back by the service terminal, and the processor 11 deactivates the virtual SIM card according to the recovery information fed back by the service terminal.
In one embodiment, the processor 11 is further configured to select, by the electronic device 10, a first package corresponding to the virtual SIM card.
The transceiver 13 sends the information of the first package to the service terminal, and the processor 11 pays the first package through the electronic device 10, so that the service terminal binds the virtual SIM card with the first package.
The transceiver 13 acquires the binding success information from the service terminal and performs communication through the virtual SIM card according to the binding success information.
The memory 12 is used for storing the first package and binding success information.
In one embodiment, the processor 11 is further configured to generate an activation request according to the binding success information. The transceiver 13 sends the activation request to the service terminal to cause the service terminal to activate the virtual SIM card.
The transceiver 13 is also used to obtain network entry information from the service terminal. The processor 11 binds the network access information with the virtual SIM card.
The memory 12 is used for storing network access information.
It should be noted that the electronic device 10 of the above embodiment may execute the steps in the communication method of the virtual SIM card in the above embodiment, and for detailed description of related contents, refer to the above method section, which is not described in detail herein.
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the device with a storage function according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a device 20 with a storage function stores program data 21, and the program data 21 can be executed to implement the steps in the above embodiment of the communication method of the virtual SIM card of the present invention, and for a detailed description of related contents, refer to the above method parts, which are not described herein again.
The program data 21 can be executed by a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor (processor) to implement all or part of the steps of the voice command automated testing method of the present invention. The aforementioned device 240 with storage function includes: various devices capable of storing program codes, such as a server, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A communication method based on a virtual SIM card is applied to electronic equipment, and the electronic equipment is used for setting a physical SIM card for communication, and the communication method comprises the following steps:
judging whether the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located;
if not, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment to a global virtual SIM card communication mode, and connecting the electronic equipment to a service terminal through a virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment; the global virtual SIM card comprises service information of a plurality of virtual SIM cards, and the signal coverage area of the global virtual SIM card comprises a plurality of countries or regions;
acquiring first package information from the service terminal, wherein the first package information comprises flow price, total flow and service life of a flow package; converting the flow price, the total flow and the service life in the first set of meal information into actual flow and actual service life corresponding to the flow price in the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table, deducting the flow in the first set of meal according to the use condition of the actual flow, and displaying the residual flow information of the first set of meal; wherein the first package information is not associated with the package information of the entity SIM.
2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein after said connecting to a service terminal through the virtual SIM card of the electronic device, the method further comprises:
and acquiring virtual SIM card information corresponding to the position information of the electronic equipment from the service terminal, and writing the virtual SIM card information into the virtual SIM card.
3. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the electronic device is located in the country or region where the physical SIM card is located comprises:
and if so, switching the communication mode of the electronic equipment to an entity SIM card communication mode, and communicating through the entity SIM card.
4. The communication method according to claim 2, wherein the communication method further comprises:
when the charge of the virtual SIM card is zero or the lease period is expired, the virtual SIM card information is sent to the service terminal so that the service terminal can judge whether the virtual SIM card information meets the recovery condition;
and when the service terminal judges that the virtual SIM card information accords with the recovery condition, the virtual SIM card is stopped.
5. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein after the converting the flow price, the total flow amount, and the lifetime in the first package information into an actual flow and an actual lifetime corresponding to the flow price in the second package information according to a preset conversion table and deducting the flow in the first package according to the usage of the actual flow, the method further comprises:
selecting a first package corresponding to the virtual SIM card through the electronic equipment, and sending the information of the first package to the service terminal;
paying the first set of meal through the electronic equipment so that the service terminal binds the virtual SIM card with the first set of meal;
and acquiring binding success information from the service terminal, and communicating through the virtual SIM card according to the binding success information.
6. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the communicating via the virtual SIM card according to the binding success information comprises:
generating an activation request according to the binding success information, and sending the activation request to the service terminal so that the service terminal activates the virtual SIM card;
and acquiring network access information from the service terminal, and binding the network access information with the virtual SIM card.
7. An electronic device, characterized in that it is configured to execute the communication method of the virtual SIM card according to any one of claims 1 to 6, and the electronic device comprises: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver; the processor is coupled with the memory and the transceiver;
the processor is used for judging whether the electronic equipment is located in the country or the region where the entity SIM card is located; if not, the processor switches the communication mode of the electronic equipment to a global virtual SIM card communication mode; the global virtual SIM card comprises service information of a plurality of virtual SIM cards, and the signal coverage area of the global virtual SIM card comprises a plurality of countries or regions;
the transceiver is connected to a service terminal through a virtual SIM card of the electronic equipment, and acquires first package information from the service terminal, wherein the first package information comprises flow price, total flow and service life of a flow package; wherein the first package information is not associated with the package information of the entity SIM;
the processor converts the flow price, the total flow and the service life in the first set of meal information into actual flow and actual service life corresponding to the flow price in the second set of meal information according to a preset conversion table, deducts the flow in the first set of meal according to the service condition of the actual flow, and displays the residual flow information of the first set of meal;
the memory is used for storing at least one of position information of the electronic equipment, the preset conversion table, the first set of meal information and the second set of meal information.
8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the transceiver is further configured to obtain virtual SIM card information corresponding to the location information of the electronic device from the service terminal;
the processor is further configured to write the virtual SIM card information to the virtual SIM card;
the memory is also used for storing the virtual SIM card information.
9. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein when the tariff of the virtual SIM card is zero or the lease period has expired, the transceiver sends the virtual SIM card information to the service terminal, so that the service terminal determines whether the virtual SIM card information meets a recycling condition;
and when the service terminal judges that the virtual SIM card information accords with a recovery condition, the processor stops the virtual SIM card.
10. An apparatus having a storage function, characterized in that the apparatus stores program data executable to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
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