CN106658569A

CN106658569A - Method, device and system for improving utilization rate of user identification card

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Publication number: CN106658569A
Application number: CN201611168595.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘珍慧; 龚智辉
Original assignee: Shenzhen Ucloudlink New Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Ucloudlink New Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-12-16
Filing date: 2016-12-16
Publication date: 2017-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2036-12-16
Also published as: CN106658569B

Abstract

The invention is applicable to the field of communication, and provides a method, a device and a system for improving the utilization rate of a user identification card. The method comprises the steps of receiving a current flow use condition reported by a first multi-channel communication device according to a preset reporting rule when the first multi-channel communication device accesses a network through the user identification card distributed by a user identification card management center; judging whether the first multi-channel communication device is in sleep preparation state according to a preset sleep judgment rule; if the judgment result is affirmative, marking the user identification card distributed by the user identification card management center as a user identification card in the sleep preparation state and notifying the user identification card management center to enable a second multi-channel communication device to access the network through the user identification card in the sleep preparation state when no idle user identification card exists. Through the method, the problem of standby card cost waste caused by a mode with one card just corresponding to one user in the prior art is solved efficiently, and the utilization rate of the user identification card can be improved efficiently.

Description

Method, device and system for improving utilization rate of user identification card

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of communication, and particularly relates to a method, a device and a system for improving utilization rate of a subscriber identity module card.

Background

With the progress of scientific technology and the improvement of the living standard of people, the communication of people of all countries in the world is more and more compact, more and more people go out of the country and go to foreign work, study, tourism and the like, the dependence degree of people in foreign countries and other countries on the network is greatly increased, the map is looked up to see the route, the local tourism strategy is searched, the people are in contact with the domestic friends and the like, and the network traffic is consumed for realizing the network services. Based on this, cloud WIFI (WIreless-Fidelity) technology is produced.

In the cloud WIFI technology, a multi-channel communication device (i.e., a mobile WIFI terminal) logs in a Subscriber Identity Module management center after being powered on, the Subscriber Identity Module management center allocates a cloud Identity Module (SIM) of a local mobile network to the multi-channel communication device according to a location of the multi-channel communication device, and the multi-channel communication device connects a local mobile network to a network by using the cloud SIM card.

At present, in the prior art, after a cloud SIM card is used to access a local network service, even if a user does not use the network for a long time in the middle of the service, a multi-channel communication device remains resident in the local network and provides the service at any time, and the cloud SIM resource is not released until the user actively shuts down.

Therefore, in the prior art, with the development of the online user quantity, the flow management enterprise must guarantee the number of the user SIM cards corresponding to the user quantity at any time. This leads to the following two problems:

firstly, the method comprises the following steps: when the user peak is high, such as on holidays, the traffic operator may need to purchase a large number of cloud SIM cards to meet the user card distribution requirement, but after the holidays pass, the user amount falls back, a large number of SIM cards will be idle, the income cannot be generated, and the spare card cost is wasted.

II, secondly: most users always occupy the SIM card after starting, but the users may not surf the Internet for a long time, the flow of the SIM card is not used for a long time, but other users cannot call the flow, and the flow cannot be consumed when the validity period of the card cutting package is short, so that the card preparation cost is wasted.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for improving the utilization rate of a user identification card, aiming at solving the problems of waste of the cost of a standby card and low utilization rate of the user identification card in the prior art.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention is implemented as a method for improving utilization rate of a subscriber identity card, including the following steps:

when a first multi-channel communication device accesses a network through a user identification card distributed by a user identification card management center, receiving the current flow use condition reported by the first multi-channel communication device according to a preset reporting rule;

judging whether the first multi-channel communication equipment is in a state to be dormant or not according to the current flow use condition and a preset dormancy judgment rule;

if the judgment result is yes, the subscriber identification card distributed by the subscriber identification card management center is marked as the subscriber identification card to be dormant, and the subscriber identification card management center is informed, so that the second multi-channel communication equipment can access the network through the subscriber identification card to be dormant when no idle subscriber identification card exists.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for increasing a utilization rate of a subscriber identity module card, including the following steps:

receiving a card allocation request reported by second multi-channel communication equipment according to a preset reporting rule, wherein the card allocation request comprises card allocation parameters;

searching whether an idle user identification card matched with the card distribution parameters exists at present or not according to the card distribution parameters;

if not, searching the subscriber identity module card to be dormant corresponding to the card configuration parameter in the subscriber identity module card marked as the state to be dormant;

and releasing the subscriber identity module card to be dormant and distributing the subscriber identity module card to the second multi-channel communication equipment.

In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a device for increasing the utilization rate of a subscriber identity card, including:

a traffic usage receiving unit, configured to receive a current traffic usage reported by a first multi-channel communication device according to a preset reporting rule when the first multi-channel communication device accesses a network through a subscriber identity card centrally allocated by a subscriber identity card management center;

a judging unit, configured to judge whether the first multichannel communication device is in a to-be-dormant state according to a preset dormancy judgment rule according to the current traffic usage;

and the to-be-dormant state marking unit is used for marking the subscriber identification card distributed by the subscriber identification card management center as the to-be-dormant state subscriber identification card and informing the subscriber identification card management center when the judgment result is yes, so that the second multi-channel communication equipment can access the network through the to-be-dormant state subscriber identification card when no idle subscriber identification card exists.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for increasing a utilization rate of a subscriber identity module card, where the apparatus includes:

the first card allocation request receiving unit is used for receiving a card allocation request reported by the second multi-channel communication equipment according to a preset reporting rule, wherein the card allocation request comprises card allocation parameters;

the idle user identification card searching unit is used for searching whether an idle user identification card matched with the card matching parameters exists at present or not according to the card matching parameters;

the to-be-dormant SIM card searching unit is used for searching the to-be-dormant SIM card corresponding to the card matching parameter in the SIM card marked in the to-be-dormant state if the result is negative;

and the distribution unit is used for releasing the subscriber identity module card to be dormant and distributing the subscriber identity module card to the second multi-channel communication equipment.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for utilizing a subscriber identity card, where the system includes:

an equipment management center, comprising the device for improving the utilization rate of the subscriber identity card according to claims 9-13;

a subscriber identity card management center, the subscriber identity card management center comprising an apparatus for increasing utilization of subscriber identity cards according to claims 14-16; and

and the multi-channel communication equipment is used for requesting the user identification card to the user identification card management center so as to access the network.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the first multi-channel communication equipment accesses the network through the user identification card distributed by the user identification card management center, the flow use condition sent by the first multi-channel communication equipment is received through the equipment management center, whether the first multi-channel communication equipment is in the state to be dormant is judged according to the flow use condition, when the first multi-channel communication equipment is in the state to be dormant, the user identification card distributed by the user identification card management center is marked as the user identification card to be dormant, and the user identification card management center is informed, so that the second multi-channel communication equipment can access the network through the user identification card to be dormant when no idle user identification card exists, one user identification card can be used by a plurality of users by preferentially distributing the user identification card not used by the user currently to the user needing to use the user identification card, the problem of the cost of spare cards wasted in the mode that only one card corresponds to one user in the prior art is effectively solved, and the utilization rate of the user identification card can be effectively improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an implementation environment of a system for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of an implementation of a method for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a timing diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention for improving the utilization of a subscriber identity card;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation of another method for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation of a sleep method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an implementation of a method for releasing hibernation according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation of yet another method for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of another implementation of a method for sleep according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation of another method for releasing from sleep according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for releasing hibernation according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of another sleep device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of another apparatus for releasing from sleep according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first multi-channel communication device and the second multi-channel communication device are only used for representing different multi-channel communication devices, and are not used for limiting specific multi-channel communication devices.

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an implementation environment of a system for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, and for convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

Referring to fig. 1, at least one multi-channel communication device 1 is connected to a device management center 2 and a subscriber identity card management center 3 through a network, by sending a subscriber identity card allocation request to the subscriber identity card management center 3, the subscriber identity card management center 3 queries a subscriber identity card to be allocated through querying a subscriber identity card storage module 4 and allocates the subscriber identity card to the multi-channel communication device 1, the multi-channel communication device 1 accesses the network through the subscriber identity card allocated by the subscriber identity card management center 3 and sends a traffic usage to the device management center 2 according to a preset reporting rule, the device management center 2 marks the subscriber identity card used by the multi-channel communication device 1 as a dormant state according to the traffic usage and a preset dormant rule when the multi-channel communication device 1 is judged to be in the dormant state, so that when no idle card exists in other multi-channel devices, the card to be dormant can be used, so that the utilization rate of the subscriber identity module card is improved, and the cost of the standby card is reduced.

The device management center 2 and the subscriber identity card management center 3 may be a unified management center.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the multi-channel communication device 1 is located at the side of the user terminal 5, and may be connected to the user terminal 5 as an independent device or may be integrated with the user terminal 5.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network may be a mobile network or WiFi.

The first embodiment,

Fig. 2 shows an implementation flow of a method for improving utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, an application and a device management center, and fig. 3 is a timing diagram corresponding thereto, which is detailed as follows:

in step S110, when the first multi-channel communication device accesses the network through the subscriber identity module card centrally allocated by the subscriber identity module card management center, the current traffic usage reported by the first multi-channel communication device according to the preset reporting rule is received.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset reporting rule is real-time reporting and timed reporting, wherein when the report is timed reporting, the report may be performed once every preset time, for example, once every 10 minutes, or may be set to a preset time point, for example, 6 points, that is, the report may be performed once every 6 o' clock is reached.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the current flow usage includes a current flow usage amount, a current flow usage speed, a flow usage duration, and the like.

In the embodiment of the invention, the first multichannel communication equipment firstly requests the user identification card from the user identification card management center, accesses the network according to the user identification card distributed by the user identification card management center, and reports the traffic use condition to the equipment management center through a preset reporting rule.

In step S120, according to the current traffic usage and a preset dormancy determination rule, it is determined whether the first multi-channel communication device is in a state to be dormant.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset rule of the sleep determination includes: if the flow report is not received within the preset time duration, or the reported flow does not reach the preset flow use threshold, it is determined that the multi-channel communication device is in the to-be-dormant state, where the preset time duration may be a specific numerical value, for example, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and the like, and may be specifically set according to an actual situation, which is not limited in the present invention.

Further, in order to prevent the system from frequently determining that the device enters the standby state or cancels the standby state due to the fact that the user uses the device for a while and does not use the device for a while in a short time, the duration of the non-flow report or the report of insufficient flow can be set to be longer, for example, 30 min.

In an embodiment of the present invention, to avoid that a user enters into a sleep state after the first multi-channel communication device is started up and the user has not started using the first multi-channel communication device, a login duration may be set, for example, 30min, and after logging in for 30min, within a preset time period, a traffic report is not received, or a reported traffic does not reach a preset traffic use threshold, it is determined that the multi-channel communication device is in a state to be in the sleep state.

In another embodiment of the present invention, to prevent a user from entering a to-be-dormant state due to failure of normal use after the first multi-channel communication device is powered on, the traffic usage amount reported by the multi-channel communication device may be counted, and after the cumulative usage traffic after logging in reaches a preset traffic usage threshold, the traffic report is not received within a preset time period, or the reported traffic does not reach the preset traffic usage threshold, the multi-channel communication device is determined to be in the to-be-dormant state. The preset flow rate usage threshold may be a specific value, for example, 50M, and may be specifically set according to an actual situation, which is not limited by the present invention.

In step S130, if the determination result is yes, the subscriber identity card allocated by the subscriber identity card management center is marked as a subscriber identity card to be dormant, and the subscriber identity card management center is notified, so that the second multi-channel communication device can access the network through the subscriber identity card to be dormant when there is no idle subscriber identity card.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the traffic usage reported by the first multi-channel communication device satisfies the preset rule to be dormant, the subscriber identity card currently used by the first multi-channel communication device is marked as the state to be dormant, and the subscriber identity card is allocated by the subscriber identity card management center and can be a virtual subscriber identity card.

When the second multi-channel communication equipment requests the user identification card from the user identification card management center, if no idle user identification card exists at the moment, the user identification card to be dormant is distributed to the second multi-channel communication equipment, so that the user identification card is utilized for multiple times, and the utilization rate of the user identification card is improved.

In the embodiment of the invention, the equipment management center and the SIM card management center can realize information synchronization, namely, the equipment management center can synchronize the SIM card management center when the SIM card is marked to enter a to-be-dormant state.

In an embodiment of the present invention, further comprising,

in step S140, if the determination result is no, no processing is performed.

Example II,

Fig. 4 shows an implementation flow of another method for improving utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is similar to the first embodiment, except that the method marks the subscriber identity card centrally allocated in the subscriber identity card management center as a pending dormancy state, and then further includes:

in step S210, receiving a traffic usage amount reported by the first multi-channel communication device;

in step S220, when the traffic usage reaches a preset traffic threshold for releasing the to-be-dormant state, the to-be-dormant state of the first multi-channel communication device is released.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the first multi-channel communication device is in the to-be-dormant state, if the traffic usage amount reported by the first multi-channel communication device is received and the used traffic reaches the traffic usage threshold for releasing the to-be-dormant state, the first multi-channel communication device releases the to-be-dormant state and continues to surf the internet using the network that resides before.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the flow threshold for releasing the to-be-dormant state may be a specific value, for example, 512kb, and the specific flow threshold for releasing the to-be-dormant state may be set according to an actual situation, which is not limited in the present invention.

Example III,

Fig. 5 shows an implementation flow of a hibernation method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, which is similar to the first embodiment, except that the step of marking the subscriber identity card centrally allocated by the subscriber identity card management center as a state to be hibernated further includes:

in step S410, receiving a dormancy notification sent by the subscriber identity card management center, where the dormancy notification carries information of a multi-channel communication device to be dormant;

in step S420, according to the information of the multi-channel communication device to be dormant, the corresponding multi-channel communication device to be dormant enters a dormant state.

In the embodiment of the invention, when other multi-channel communication equipment requests card allocation to a user identification card management center, if no idle card exists at the moment, the user identification card corresponding to the multi-channel communication equipment requesting card allocation is acquired by matching with the user identification card to be dormant, the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant corresponding to the user identification card to be dormant is acquired according to the user identification card to be dormant, and at the moment, the user identification card management center sends a dormancy notification to the equipment management center to inform the equipment management center to set the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant to be in a dormant state, release the user identification card to be dormant of the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant, and distribute the user identification card to be dormant to other multi-channel communication equipment for use.

Example four,

Fig. 6 shows a flow of implementing a method for releasing dormancy according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is similar to the first embodiment, except that the multi-channel communication device in a state to be dormant is set to be dormant according to the dormancy notification, and then the method further includes:

in step S510, a cancel sleep notification sent by the multi-channel communication device entering the sleep state is received.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the multi-channel communication equipment enters the dormant state and needs to use the network service again, a notification of canceling the dormant state can be sent to the equipment management center so as to cancel the dormant state and restore the network service.

In step S520, according to the notification of canceling dormancy, sending a subscriber identity card allocation request to the subscriber identity card management center, where the subscriber identity card allocation request carries information of the subscriber identity card used before the multi-channel communication device entering the dormant state sleeps.

In the embodiment of the invention, because the subscriber identification card used before the dormant multi-channel communication equipment is recovered by the subscriber identification card management center, after receiving the notification of canceling dormancy sent by the equipment management module, the equipment management center sends the subscriber identification card distribution request to the subscriber identification card management center and comprises the subscriber identification card information used before the dormant multi-channel communication equipment entering the dormant state is dormant, so that the subscriber identification card management center distributes the subscriber identification card used before to the dormant multi-channel communication equipment in priority, the wireless re-matching is carried out, and the multi-channel communication equipment can be accessed to the original network in priority.

In step S530, when the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is idle, receiving the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information, which is allocated by the subscriber identity module card management center; or,

in step S540, when the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is busy, the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the multi-channel communication device entering the dormant state, which is allocated by the subscriber identity module card management center according to a preset allocation rule, is received.

In the embodiment of the invention, when sending a card distribution request to a subscriber identity card management center, the subscriber identity card management center firstly inquires according to subscriber identity card information used before a multi-channel communication device entering a dormant state carried in the card distribution request is dormant, when the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information is in an idle state at present, the subscriber identity card is distributed to the dormant subscriber identity card to access a network, and when the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information is in a busy state, the subscriber identity card corresponding to the dormant multi-channel communication device and the dormant multi-channel communication device is obtained and distributed to the network by searching a subscriber identity card storage module.

In the embodiment of the invention, the preset allocation rule is that the local subscriber identity module card is preferentially allocated according to the current geographical position information of the dormant subscriber identity module card, and the subscriber identity module card with good signal quality and low charge rate is acquired from the local subscriber identity module card and allocated to the multi-channel communication equipment.

Example V,

Fig. 7 shows an implementation flow of a method for improving utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a subscriber identity card management center, and is detailed as follows:

in step S510, a card allocation request reported by the second multi-channel communication device according to a preset reporting rule is received, where the card allocation request includes card allocation parameters.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset reporting rule includes real-time reporting, timed reporting, or reporting once every moving a preset distance.

The timed reporting may be performed every preset time, such as 5 seconds, or every time a set time point is reached, such as 6 o 'clock, or every time 6 o' clock.

In the embodiment of the invention, the card configuration parameters comprise the current geographic position information of the user, the user identification code and other information.

The current geographic position information is the geographic position information of the current geographic position of the multi-channel communication equipment, and can be a specific coordinate point or a coordinate range; the user identification code is used for uniquely identifying one user by the unique identification code, and can be a user name, a password and the like.

In step S520, according to the card allocation parameter, whether there exists an idle subscriber identity module card matching the card allocation parameter is searched.

In the embodiment of the invention, according to the current geographical position information carried in the card configuration request reported by the second multi-channel communication equipment according to the preset rule, the network operator identifier with the optimal network quality corresponding to the current geographical position information is obtained, and further according to the network operator identifier and the user identification code, whether an idle user identification card corresponding to the network operator identifier exists in the idle user identification card is searched.

In the embodiment of the invention, the idle subscriber identity card is a subscriber identity card which is not currently allocated to other multi-channel communication equipment, and can be a virtual subscriber identity card.

In step S530, if the result is negative, the subscriber identity module card to be dormant corresponding to the card configuration parameter is searched for in the subscriber identity module card marked as the state to be dormant.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the idle subscriber identity module corresponding to the current geographical location information reported by the second multi-channel communication equipment is not found according to the current geographical location information, the equipment management center marks the subscriber identity module to be dormant, acquires the network operator identifier with the optimal network quality corresponding to the current geographical location information, and further searches the subscriber identity module to be dormant corresponding to the network operator identifier according to the network operator identifier and the subscriber identity module.

In step S540, the subscriber identity module card to be dormant is released and allocated to the second multi-channel communication device.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the subscriber identity module card to be dormant corresponding to the second multi-channel communication equipment is found, the subscriber identity module card to be dormant is released and is redistributed to the second multi-channel communication equipment, so that the second multi-channel communication equipment uses the subscriber identity module card to be dormant to access the network.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes, in step S550, when the result is yes, allocating an idle subscriber identity card matching the card allocation parameter to the second multi-channel communication device.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the second multi-channel communication equipment requests the subscriber identification card from the subscriber identification card management center, the subscriber identification card management center inquires whether the subscriber identification card matched with the subscriber identification card currently exists or not according to the request, and when the subscriber identification card which is marked to be dormant does not exist, the subscriber identification card matched with the subscriber identification card is searched in the subscriber identification card marked to be dormant and is distributed to the second multi-channel communication equipment, so that the second multi-channel communication equipment is accessed to the network. The user identification card which is not used by the user at present is preferentially distributed to the user needing to use the user identification card, one user identification card can be used by a plurality of users, the problem of waste of the cost of the standby card caused by the mode that only one card corresponds to one user in the prior art is effectively solved, and the utilization rate of the user identification card can be effectively improved.

Example six,

Fig. 8 shows an implementation flow of another sleep method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, which is similar to the fifth embodiment, except that the releasing and allocating the subscriber identity card to be dormant to the second multi-channel communication device further includes:

in step S610, a to-be-dormant multi-channel communication device to which the to-be-dormant subscriber identity card belongs is acquired according to the to-be-dormant subscriber identity card.

In the embodiment of the present invention, according to the card allocation request reported by the second multi-channel communication device, when no idle subscriber identity card matching therewith is found, the device management center marks the subscriber identity card to be dormant to obtain the subscriber identity card to be dormant matching therewith from the subscriber identity cards to be dormant, and at this time, the information of the multi-channel communication device to which the subscriber identity card to be dormant is allocated is obtained through the subscriber identity card to be dormant, that is, the multi-channel communication device which accesses the network by using the subscriber identity card to be dormant before.

In step S620, a sleep notification is sent to the device management center, so that the multi-channel communication device to be put into a sleep state;

wherein the sleep notification includes information of the multi-channel communication device to be put to sleep.

In the embodiment of the invention, the information of the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant comprises a user name, a password and the like which can be used for uniquely identifying the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the multi-channel communication device to be dormant to which the subscriber identification card to be dormant belongs is acquired through the subscriber identification card to be dormant, a dormancy notification is sent to the device management center, and the dormancy notification includes information of the multi-channel communication device to be dormant, so that the device management center sets the multi-channel communication device to be dormant corresponding to the information of the multi-channel communication device to be dormant according to the information of the multi-channel communication device to be dormant, so as to recycle the subscriber identification card allocated to the multi-channel communication device in the dormant state and reallocate the multi-channel communication device to other required multi-channel communication devices.

EXAMPLE seven

Fig. 9 shows an implementation flow of another method for releasing dormancy according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is similar to the fifth embodiment, except that the sending a dormancy notification to the device management center to enable the multi-channel communication device to be dormant to enter a dormant state further includes:

in step S710, a subscriber identity card allocation request sent by the device management center is received, where the subscriber identity card allocation request carries information of a subscriber identity card used before the dormant multi-channel communication device is dormant.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant enters the dormant state according to the dormancy notification of the SIM card management center, and the SIM card distributed by the SIM card management center is released, if the user wants to use the network service again, the SIM card management center receives the SIM card distribution request sent by the equipment management center when the equipment management center obtains the dormancy release notification sent by the dormant multi-channel communication equipment, so that the SIM card management center distributes the SIM card to the dormant multi-channel communication equipment according to the SIM card distribution request, so that the dormant multi-channel communication equipment releases the dormant state and accesses the network again.

In step S720, according to the subscriber identity card information, it is queried whether the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information is in an idle state.

In the embodiment of the invention, after a card configuration request sent by an equipment management center is received, according to the information of the subscriber identity card used before dormancy of the dormant multi-channel communication equipment carried by the card configuration request, a subscriber identity card storage module is inquired preferentially, and whether the subscriber identity card corresponding to the information of the subscriber identity card used before dormancy of the dormant multi-channel communication equipment is in an idle state currently or not is judged.

Wherein the idle state comprises that the subscriber identity card is not allocated to other multi-channel communication equipment, or that the subscriber identity card is marked to be in a dormant state.

In step S730, if the result is negative, a subscriber identity card corresponding to the dormant multi-channel communication device is allocated to the dormant multi-channel communication device, so that the dormant multi-channel communication device accesses the network through the subscriber identity card.

In the embodiment of the invention, when a subscriber identity module corresponding to subscriber identity module information used before dormant multi-channel communication equipment carried in a card allocation request sent by an equipment management center is dormant, a network operator identifier with the best network quality corresponding to the current geographic position information is obtained again according to the current geographic position information of the multi-channel communication equipment, and further according to the network operator identifier and a subscriber identity module, the subscriber identity module corresponding to the network operator identifier is searched and distributed to the dormant multi-channel communication equipment, so that the multi-channel communication equipment is accessed to a network again according to the subscriber identity module.

In step S740, if the result is yes, the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information is allocated to the multi-channel communication device in the dormant state, so that the dormant multi-channel communication device is re-connected to the network.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information used before the dormant multi-channel communication device is dormant, which is carried in the card configuration request sent by the device management center, is in an idle state, the subscriber identity card used before the dormant multi-channel communication device is preferentially allocated to the dormant multi-channel communication device, so that the dormant multi-channel communication device can access a network where the dormant multi-channel communication device resides before, and the matching does not need to be performed again.

Further, when the position of the dormant multi-channel communication device changes, in order to ensure that the dormant multi-channel communication device can access the optimal network service at any time, the subscriber identity module card with the best network quality and the lowest rate is matched again according to the current geographical position information.

Example eight,

Fig. 10 shows a structure of an apparatus 800 for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a device management center, and for convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

The apparatus 800 comprises: a traffic usage receiving unit 81, a judging unit 82, and a to-sleep state marking unit 83.

A traffic usage receiving unit 81, configured to receive a current traffic usage reported by the first multi-channel communication device according to a preset reporting rule when the first multi-channel communication device accesses the network through the subscriber identity card centrally allocated by the subscriber identity card management center.

A determining unit 82, configured to determine, according to the current traffic usage and according to a preset dormancy determination rule, whether the first multichannel communication device is in a state to be dormant.

In another embodiment of the present invention, to prevent a user from entering a to-be-dormant state due to failure of normal use after the first multi-channel communication device is powered on, the traffic usage amount reported by the multi-channel communication device may be counted, and after the cumulative usage traffic after logging in reaches a preset traffic usage threshold, the traffic report is not received within a preset time period, or the reported traffic does not reach the preset traffic usage threshold, the multi-channel communication device is determined to be in the to-be-dormant state. The preset flow rate usage threshold may be a specific value, for example, 50M, and may be specifically set according to the actual situation, which is not limited in the present invention.

And a to-be-dormant state marking unit 83, configured to mark, when the determination result is yes, the subscriber identity card allocated by the subscriber identity card management center as the to-be-dormant state subscriber identity card, and notify the subscriber identity card management center, so that the second multi-channel communication device can access the network through the to-be-dormant state subscriber identity card when no idle subscriber identity card exists.

Examples nine,

Fig. 11 shows a structure of another apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, and for convenience of description, only the portions related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

The apparatus 800 further comprises: a traffic usage receiving unit 84 and a to-sleep state releasing unit 85.

A traffic usage receiving unit 84, configured to receive traffic usage reported by the first multi-channel communication device;

and a to-sleep state release unit 85 configured to release the to-sleep state of the first multi-channel communication device when the traffic usage reaches a preset traffic threshold for releasing the to-sleep state.

Examples ten,

Fig. 12 shows a structure of a sleep apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and only a portion related to the embodiment of the present invention is shown for convenience of description.

The sleep apparatus 810 includes: sleep notification reception section 811, and sleep section 812.

A dormancy notification receiving unit 811, configured to receive a dormancy notification sent by the subscriber identity module management center, where the dormancy notification carries information of a multi-channel communication device to be dormant;

and a dormancy unit 812, configured to enable the corresponding multi-channel communication device to be dormant to enter a dormant state according to the information of the multi-channel communication device to be dormant.

Examples eleven,

Fig. 13 shows a structure of an apparatus for releasing hibernation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and for convenience of description, only the portions related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

The means 820 for releasing from sleep includes: a cancel sleep notification transmission unit 821, a subscriber identification card allocation request transmission unit 822, a first reception unit 823, and a second reception unit 824.

A cancel sleep notification transmission unit 821 for receiving a cancel sleep notification transmitted by the multi-channel communication device entering the sleep state.

A subscriber identity card allocation request sending unit 822, configured to send a subscriber identity card allocation request to the subscriber identity card management center according to the notification of canceling the hibernation, where the subscriber identity card allocation request carries information of the subscriber identity card used before the multi-channel communication device entering the hibernation state hibernates.

A first receiving unit 823, configured to receive, when a subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is idle, a subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information, which is allocated by the subscriber identity module card management center; or,

a second receiving unit 824, configured to receive, when the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is busy, the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the multichannel communication device entering the dormant state, where the subscriber identity module card is allocated by the subscriber identity module card management center according to a preset allocation rule.

Examples twelve,

Fig. 14 shows a structure of another apparatus for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a subscriber identity card management center, and for convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

The apparatus 900 comprises: a first card allocation request receiving unit 91, an idle subscriber identity card searching unit 92, a subscriber identity card to be dormant searching unit 93 and an allocating unit 94.

The first card allocation request receiving unit 91 is configured to receive a card allocation request reported by the second multi-channel communication device according to a preset reporting rule, where the card allocation request includes card allocation parameters.

And the idle subscriber identity module card searching unit 92 is configured to search whether an idle subscriber identity module card matching the card matching parameter exists currently according to the card matching parameter.

And the to-be-dormant SIM card searching unit 93 is used for searching the to-be-dormant SIM card corresponding to the card matching parameter in the SIM cards marked as to-be-dormant state if the result is negative.

An assigning unit 94, configured to release the subscriber identity card to be dormant and assign the card to the second multi-channel communication device.

Example thirteen,

Fig. 15 shows a structure of another sleep apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention, and only a portion related to the embodiment of the present invention is shown for convenience of description.

The dormant apparatus 910 includes: a dormant multi-channel communication device acquisition unit 911 and a dormancy notification transmission unit 912.

A dormant multi-channel communication device acquiring unit 911, configured to acquire, according to the to-be-dormant subscriber identity module card, a to-be-dormant multi-channel communication device to which the to-be-dormant subscriber identity module card belongs.

A sleep notification sending unit 912, configured to send a sleep notification to the device management center, so that the multi-channel communication device to be put into a sleep state;

Examples fourteen,

Fig. 16 shows another structure of an apparatus for releasing from sleep according to an embodiment of the present invention, and for convenience of description, only the portions related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

An apparatus 920 for releasing dormancy, comprising: a second card distribution request receiving unit 921, an inquiry unit 922, a first subscriber identification card distribution unit 923, and a second subscriber identification card distribution unit 924.

A second card allocation request receiving unit 921, configured to receive a subscriber identity card allocation request sent by the device management center, where the subscriber identity card allocation request carries information of a subscriber identity card used before the dormant multi-channel communication device is dormant.

The querying unit 922 is configured to query whether the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is in an idle state according to the subscriber identity module card information.

A first subscriber identity module card allocating unit 923, configured to allocate a subscriber identity module card corresponding to the multi-channel communication device in the dormant state to the dormant multi-channel communication device if the result is negative, so that the dormant multi-channel communication device accesses the network through the subscriber identity module card.

A second subscriber identity card allocating unit 924, configured to, if the result is yes, allocate the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information to the dormant multi-channel communication device, so that the dormant multi-channel communication device re-accesses the network.

Example fifteen,

Fig. 17 shows a structure of a system for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to an embodiment of the present invention, and for convenience of description, only the portions related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown.

As shown in fig. 17, the system includes a multi-channel communication device 1, a device management center 2, and a subscriber identity card management center 3.

The device management center 2 includes an apparatus for increasing the utilization rate of the subscriber identity card according to the eighth embodiment to the eleventh embodiment.

The subscriber identity card management center 3 includes another means for increasing the utilization rate of the subscriber identity card described in the twelfth embodiment to the fourteenth embodiment, and

In the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further includes a subscriber identity card storage module 4, configured to store a plurality of subscriber identity cards, so that a subscriber identity card management center performs subscriber identity card inquiry and assignment.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps in the method according to the above embodiments may be implemented by using a program to instruct relevant hardware, and the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, flash disk, etc.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for improving the utilization rate of a user identification card is applied to a device management center, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber identity card assigned to the subscriber identity card management center is marked as a pending dormancy state, and then further comprising:

receiving the traffic usage reported by the first multi-channel communication equipment;

and when the flow usage reaches a preset flow threshold value for releasing the state to be dormant, releasing the state to be dormant of the first multi-channel communication device.

3. The method for increasing utilization rate of a subscriber identity card according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber identity card assigned to the subscriber identity card management center is marked as a pending dormancy state, and then further comprising:

receiving a dormancy notification sent by the SIM card management center, wherein the dormancy notification carries information of the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant;

and enabling the corresponding multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant to enter a dormant state according to the information of the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the setting the multi-channel communication device to be in the dormant state to the dormant state according to the dormancy notification, further comprises:

receiving a dormancy cancellation notification sent by the multi-channel communication equipment entering the dormant state;

sending a subscriber identity module card distribution request to the subscriber identity module card management center according to the dormancy canceling notice, wherein the subscriber identity module card distribution request carries subscriber identity module card information used before the multichannel communication equipment entering the dormant state is dormant;

when the user identification card corresponding to the user identification card information is idle, receiving the user identification card which is distributed by the user identification card management center and corresponds to the user identification card information; or,

and when the subscriber identification card corresponding to the subscriber identification card information is busy, receiving the subscriber identification card corresponding to the multichannel communication equipment entering the dormant state, which is distributed by the subscriber identification card management center according to a preset distribution rule.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the dormancy rule comprises:

and within a preset time length, if the flow report is not received or the reported flow does not reach a preset flow use threshold, judging that the multi-channel communication equipment is in a to-be-dormant state.

6. A method for improving the utilization rate of a user identification card is applied to a user identification card management center, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the releasing and allocating the subscriber identity card to be dormant to the second multi-channel communication device further comprises:

acquiring the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant to which the subscriber identity module card to be dormant belongs according to the subscriber identity module card to be dormant;

sending a dormancy notification to the equipment management center so that the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant enters a dormant state;

8. The method for improving utilization rate of subscriber identity cards according to claim 7, wherein the sending of the sleep notification to the device management center to enable the multi-channel communication device to be put to sleep further comprises:

receiving a subscriber identity module card distribution request sent by the equipment management center, wherein the subscriber identity module card distribution request carries subscriber identity module card information used before the dormant multi-channel communication equipment is dormant;

inquiring whether the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is in an idle state or not according to the subscriber identity module card information;

and if not, allocating a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card corresponding to the dormant multi-channel communication equipment so that the dormant multi-channel communication equipment accesses the network through the SIM card.

And if so, allocating the subscriber identification card corresponding to the subscriber identification card information to the multi-channel communication equipment in the dormant state, so that the dormant multi-channel communication equipment is accessed to the network again.

9. An apparatus for improving utilization rate of a subscriber identity module card, applied to a device management center, the apparatus comprising:

10. The apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card of claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a traffic volume receiving unit, configured to receive a traffic volume reported by the first multi-channel communication device;

and the to-be-dormant state releasing unit is used for releasing the to-be-dormant state of the first multi-channel communication equipment when the flow usage reaches a preset flow threshold value for releasing the to-be-dormant state.

11. The apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card of claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a dormancy notification receiving unit, configured to receive a dormancy notification sent by the subscriber identity module management center, where the dormancy notification carries information of a multi-channel communication device to be dormant;

and the dormancy unit is used for enabling the corresponding multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant to enter a dormant state according to the information of the multi-channel communication equipment to be dormant.

12. The apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card of claim 11, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a dormancy cancellation notification sending unit, configured to receive a dormancy cancellation notification sent by the multi-channel communication device entering the dormant state;

a subscriber identity card allocation request sending unit, configured to send a subscriber identity card allocation request to the subscriber identity card management center according to the notification of canceling the hibernation, where the subscriber identity card allocation request carries information of a subscriber identity card used before the multi-channel communication device entering the hibernation state hibernates;

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information, which is allocated by the subscriber identity module card management center, when the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is idle; or,

and the second receiving unit is used for receiving the subscriber identity module card which is distributed by the subscriber identity module card management center according to a preset distribution rule and corresponds to the multichannel communication equipment which enters the dormant state when the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is busy.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the dormancy rule comprises:

14. An apparatus for improving utilization rate of a subscriber identity module card, applied to a subscriber identity module card management center, the apparatus comprising:

15. The method of claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a dormant multi-channel communication device obtaining unit, configured to obtain, according to the to-be-dormant subscriber identity module card, a to-be-dormant multi-channel communication device to which the to-be-dormant subscriber identity module card belongs;

a dormancy notification sending unit, configured to send a dormancy notification to the device management center, so that the to-be-dormant multi-channel communication device enters a dormant state;

16. The apparatus for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card of claim 15, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a second card allocation request receiving unit, configured to receive a subscriber identity module card allocation request sent by the device management center, where the subscriber identity module card allocation request carries subscriber identity module card information used before dormancy of a dormant multi-channel communication device;

the inquiry unit is used for inquiring whether the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the subscriber identity module card information is in an idle state or not according to the subscriber identity module card information;

and the first subscriber identity module card distribution unit is used for distributing the subscriber identity module card corresponding to the dormant multi-channel communication equipment when the result is negative so as to enable the dormant multi-channel communication equipment to access the network through the subscriber identity module card.

And the second subscriber identity card distribution unit is used for distributing the subscriber identity card corresponding to the subscriber identity card information to the dormant multi-channel communication equipment when the result is yes so as to enable the dormant multi-channel communication equipment to be accessed into the network again.

17. A system for increasing utilization of a subscriber identity card, comprising: