KR20170087831A - Method for controlling sim card and sd card and electronic device implementing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

According to various embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device comprising: a housing having a hole drilled therein; A tray in which a SIM card and an SD card are accommodated; A first socket located in the housing and through which the tray is inserted; A communication circuit located inside the housing; A processor located within the housing and electrically connected to the communication circuit, the SIM card, and the SD card; And a battery disposed within the housing for supplying power to the communication circuit, the processor, the SIM card, and the SD card, wherein the processor senses the ejection of the tray from the first socket, The power supply to the SIM card and the SD card through the first socket is interrupted in response to the discharge of the tray and the inserting of the tray into the first socket is detected after the power supply is cut off, The priority order of the SD card and the SIM card is judged if both the SIM card and the SD card are accommodated in the inserted tray, and if the comparison result indicates that the SIM card has a higher priority than the SD card , It can be processed to reset a task block that processes the SIM card.
Other embodiments are possible.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method of controlling a SIM card and an SD card,

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a SIM card and SD card control method and an electronic device supporting the same.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] With the recent development of digital technology, electronic devices capable of mobile communication and personal information processing such as mobile communication terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), electronic notebooks, smart phones, tablet PCs,

The electronic device uses the service of the corresponding provider through a SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) (hereinafter referred to as "SIM card") card. At this time, because there is a SIM card for each provider, users have to replace the SIM card to use the service of the provider. Accordingly, users use electronic devices capable of having a plurality of SIM cards. Further, the electronic device may include not only a plurality of SIM cards, but also an SD card (Secure Digital Card) (hereinafter, referred to as an SD card) capable of storing data.

In addition, electronic devices have developed various methods for mounting a plurality of SIM cards, SD cards, and the like in an electronic device having a limited space. One of them is a method of inserting a plurality of different SIM cards and SD cards into one socket by using a tray capable of stacking a plurality of SIM cards and SD cards.

However, when a SIM card and an SD card, which are two different memory cards stacked on a tray, are inserted into an electronic device, there is a security issue such as copying when the electronic device is a SIM card, And performs a user authentication on the inserted SIM card after resetting a task block to be executed. However, in the case of an SD card, there is no need to perform a reset.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the unnecessary reset process as described above, in the case where a plurality of different memory cards are inserted, it is possible to check the priority of the cards to check a card having a higher priority, And to provide an electronic device supporting the SIM and SD card control method.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device comprising: a housing having a hole drilled therein; A tray in which a SIM card and an SD card are accommodated; A first socket located in the housing and through which the tray is inserted; A communication circuit located inside the housing; A processor located within the housing and electrically connected to the communication circuit, the SIM card, and the SD card; And a battery disposed within the housing for supplying power to the communication circuit, the processor, the SIM card, and the SD card, wherein the processor senses the ejection of the tray from the first socket, The power supply to the SIM card and the SD card through the first socket is interrupted in response to the discharge of the tray and the inserting of the tray into the first socket is detected after the power supply is cut off, The priority order of the SD card and the SIM card is judged if both the SIM card and the SD card are accommodated in the inserted tray, and if the comparison result indicates that the SIM card has a higher priority than the SD card , It can be processed to reset a task block that processes the SIM card.

The SIM and SD card control method of an electronic device according to various embodiments may check the priority of inserted memory cards and determine whether to perform a reset of the SIM card based on the priority. This can reduce the power consumed in performing an unnecessary reset.

1 is a diagram illustrating an electronic device in a network environment in various embodiments.
2 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
3 is a block diagram of a program module according to various embodiments.
4 is an exemplary view illustrating a process of inserting a SIM and an SD card into an electronic device according to various embodiments.
5 is a block diagram illustrating an operation for processing SIM information of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating an operation for processing SIM information of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a process of controlling a SIM and an SD card of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
8A and 8B are flow diagrams illustrating a process of controlling the SIM and SD card of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
9 is a view schematically showing an example of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a view schematically showing another example of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a view schematically showing an example of a profile downloading procedure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12A-C are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.
13A-D are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.
14A-D are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.
15A-D are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present document will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that this invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments described herein but includes various modifications, equivalents, and / or alternatives of the embodiments of this document . In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for similar components.

In this document, the expressions "having," " having, "" comprising," or &Quot;, and does not exclude the presence of additional features.

In this document, the expressions "A or B," "at least one of A or / and B," or "one or more of A and / or B," etc. may include all possible combinations of the listed items . For example, "A or B," "at least one of A and B," or "at least one of A or B" includes 1) at least one A, 2) at least one B, ) May include both at least one A and at least one B all together.

As used herein, the terms "first," "second," "first," or "second," and the like may denote various components, regardless of their order and / or importance, But is used to distinguish it from other components and does not limit the components. For example, the first electronic device and the second electronic device may represent different electronic devices, regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of the rights described in this document, the first component can be named as the second component, and similarly the second component can also be named as the first component.

(Or functionally or communicatively) coupled with / to "another component (eg, a second component), or a component (eg, a second component) Quot; connected to ", it is to be understood that any such element may be directly connected to the other element or may be connected through another element (e.g., a third element). On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a component (e.g., a first component) is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component (e.g., a second component) It can be understood that there is no other component (e.g., a third component) between other components.

As used herein, the phrase " configured to " (or set) to be "configured according to circumstances may include, for example, having the capacity to, To be designed to, "" adapted to, "" made to, "or" capable of ". The term " configured to (or set up) "may not necessarily mean" specifically designed to "in hardware. Instead, in some situations, the expression "configured to" may mean that the device can "do " with other devices or components. For example, a processor configured (or configured) to perform the phrases "A, B, and C" may be implemented by executing one or more software programs stored in a memory device or a dedicated processor (e.g., an embedded processor) , And a generic-purpose processor (e.g., a CPU or an application processor) capable of performing the corresponding operations.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the other embodiments. The singular expressions may include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. The general predefined terms used in this document may be interpreted in the same or similar sense as the contextual meanings of the related art and, unless expressly defined in this document, include ideally or excessively formal meanings . In some cases, even the terms defined in this document can not be construed as excluding the embodiments of this document.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present document may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet personal computer, a mobile phone, a video phone, an e-book reader, A desktop personal computer, a laptop personal computer, a netbook computer, a workstation, a server, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP) A medical device, a camera, or a wearable device. According to various embodiments, the wearable device may be of the accessory type (e.g., a watch, a ring, a bracelet, a bracelet, a necklace, a pair of glasses, a contact lens or a head-mounted-device (HMD) (E. G., Electronic apparel), a body attachment type (e. G., A skin pad or tattoo), or a bioimplantable type (e.g., implantable circuit).

In some embodiments, the electronic device may be a home appliance. Home appliances include, for example, televisions, digital video disc (DVD) players, audio, refrigerators, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, ovens, microwaves, washing machines, air cleaners, set- Such as a home automation control panel, a security control panel, a TV box such as Samsung HomeSync ™, Apple TV ™ or Google TV ™, a game console such as Xbox ™, PlayStation ™, , An electronic key, a camcorder, or an electronic frame.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic device may be any of a variety of medical devices (e.g., various portable medical measurement devices such as a blood glucose meter, a heart rate meter, a blood pressure meter, or a body temperature meter), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) Navigation systems, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), event data recorders (EDRs), flight data recorders (FDRs), infotainment (infotainment) systems, ) Automotive electronic equipment (such as marine navigation systems, gyro compass, etc.), avionics, security devices, head units for vehicles, industrial or home robots, automatic teller's machines (ATMs) Point of sale, or internet of things (eg, light bulbs, various sensors, electrical or gas meters, sprinkler devices, fire alarms, thermostats, street lights, A toaster, a fitness equipment, a hot water tank, a heater, a boiler, and the like).

According to some embodiments, the electronic device is a piece of furniture or a part of a building / structure, an electronic board, an electronic signature receiving device, a projector, Water, electricity, gas, or radio wave measuring instruments, etc.). In various embodiments, the electronic device may be a combination of one or more of the various devices described above. An electronic device according to some embodiments may be a flexible electronic device. Further, the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present document is not limited to the above-described devices, and may include a new electronic device according to technological advancement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electronic apparatus according to various embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this document, the term user may refer to a person using an electronic device or a device using an electronic device (e.g., an artificial intelligence electronic device).

1 is a block diagram 100 illustrating a network environment, in accordance with various embodiments. 1, an electronic device 101, 102 or 104 or a server 106 may be interconnected via a network 162 or a local area communication 164. The electronic device 101 may include a bus 110, a processor 120, a memory 130, an input / output interface 150, a display 160, and a communication interface 170. In some embodiments, electronic device 101 may omit at least one of the components or additionally comprise other components.

The bus 110 may comprise circuitry, for example, connecting the components 110-170 to each other and communicating between components: control messages and / or data).

Processor 120 may include one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), or a communication processor (CP). The processor 120 may perform computations or data processing related to, for example, control and / or communication of at least one other component of the electronic device 101.

Memory 130 may include volatile and / or nonvolatile memory. The memory 130 may store instructions or data related to at least one other component of the electronic device 101, for example. According to one embodiment, the memory 130 may store software and / or programs 140. The program 140 may include, for example, a kernel 141, a middleware 143, an application programming interface (API) 145, and / or an application program (or " At least a portion of the kernel 141, middleware 143, or API 145 may be referred to as an operating system (OS).

The kernel 141 may include, for example, system resources (e.g., bus 110, processor 120, or the like) used to execute an operation or function implemented in other programs (e.g., middleware 143, API 145, Memory 130, etc.). In addition, the kernel 141 may provide an interface to control or manage system resources by accessing individual components of the electronic device 101 in the middleware 143, API 145, or application program 147.

The middleware 143, for example, can perform an intermediary role so that the API 145 or the application program 147 can communicate with the kernel 141 to exchange data.

In addition, the middleware 143 may process one or more task requests received from the application program 147 according to the priority order. For example, middleware 143 may prioritize the use of system resources (e.g., bus 110, processor 120, memory 130, etc.) of electronic device 101 in at least one of application programs 147. For example, the middleware 143 may perform the scheduling or load balancing of the one or more task requests by processing the one or more task requests according to the priority assigned to the at least one task.

The API 145 is, for example, an interface for the application 147 to control the functions provided by the kernel 141 or the middleware 143, and includes at least one interface for file control, window control, image processing, Or functions (e.g., commands).

The input / output interface 150 may serve as an interface through which commands or data input from, for example, a user or other external device can be transferred to another component (s) of the electronic device 101. Output interface 150 may output commands or data received from other component (s) of the electronic device 101 to a user or other external device.

The display 160 may include, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light-emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) display, or an electronic paper display. Display 160 may display various content (e.g., text, images, video, icons, symbols, etc.) to a user, for example. Display 160 may include a touch screen and may receive touch, gesture, proximity, or hovering input, for example, using an electronic pen or a portion of the user's body.

The communication interface 170 may establish communication between, for example, the electronic device 101 and an external device (e.g., the first external electronic device 102, the second external electronic device 104, or the server 106). For example, the communication interface 170 may be connected to the network 162 via wireless communication or wired communication to communicate with an external device (e.g., the second external electronic device 104 or the server 106).

Wireless communications may include, for example, cellular communication protocols such as long-term evolution (LTE), LTE Advance (LTE), code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband CDMA (WCDMA) mobile telecommunications system, WiBro (Wireless Broadband), or Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The wireless communication may also include, for example, local communication 164. The local area communication 164 may include at least one of, for example, wireless fidelity (WiFi), Bluetooth, near field communication (NFC), magnetic stripe transmission (MST), or global navigation satellite system have.

The MST generates a pulse according to the transmission data using an electromagnetic signal, and the pulse can generate a magnetic field signal. The electronic device 101 transmits the magnetic field signal to a point of sale (POS), the POS uses the MST reader to detect the magnetic field signal, and converts the detected magnetic field signal into an electric signal can do.

GNSS can be classified into two types according to the use area or bandwidth, for example, Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass), Beidou Navigation Satellite System (Beidou) And may include at least one. Hereinafter, in this document, "GPS" can be interchangeably used with "GNSS ". The wired communication may include, for example, at least one of a universal serial bus (USB), a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a recommended standard 232, or a plain old telephone service (POTS) May include at least one of a telecommunications network, e.g., a computer network (e.g., a LAN or WAN), the Internet, or a telephone network.

Each of the first and second external electronic devices 102, 104 may be the same or a different kind of device as the electronic device 101. According to one embodiment, the server 106 may include one or more groups of servers. According to various embodiments, all or a portion of the operations performed on the electronic device 101 may be performed on one or more other electronic devices, such as the electronic device 102, 104, or the server 106. According to one embodiment, In the event that a function or service is to be performed automatically or on demand, the electronic device 101 may perform at least some of its associated functions in place of or in addition to executing the function or service itself, 104, or server 106. Other electronic devices (e.g., electronic device 102, 104, or server 106) may execute the requested function or additional function and forward the results to electronic device 101. Electronic The device 101 may process the received result as it is or in addition to provide the requested function or service. For this purpose, for example, Computing, distributed computing, or client-server computing techniques may be utilized.

2 is a block diagram 200 illustrating an electronic device 201, in accordance with various embodiments. The electronic device 201 may include all or part of the electronic device 101 shown in Fig. 1, for example. The electronic device 201 may include one or more processors (e.g., an application processor (AP)) 210, a communication module 220 (a subscriber identification module 224, a memory 230, a sensor module 240, an input device 250, a display 260, an interface 270, Module 291, a power management module 295, a battery 296, an indicator 297, and a motor 298. The processor 210 may also include a user management module and a data management module. This will be described with reference to FIG.

The processor 210 may control a plurality of hardware or software components connected to the processor 210, for example, by driving an operating system or an application program, and may perform various data processing and calculations. The processor 210 may be implemented with, for example, a system on chip (SoC). According to one embodiment, the processor 210 may further include a graphics processing unit (GPU) and / or an image signal processor. The processor 210 may include at least some of the components shown in FIG. 2 (e.g., a cellular module 221). The processor 210 may load and process instructions or data received from at least one of the other components (e.g., non-volatile memory) into volatile memory and store the various data in non-volatile memory.

The communication module 220 may have the same or similar configuration as the communication interface 170 of FIG. The communication module 220 may include, for example, a cellular module 221, a WiFi module 222, a Bluetooth module 223, a GNSS module 224 (e.g., a GPS module, a Glonass module, a Beidou module, or a Galileo module), an NFC module 225, an MST module 226, And a radio frequency (RF) module 227.

The cellular module 221 may provide voice, video, text, or Internet services, for example, over a communication network. According to one embodiment, the cellular module 221 may utilize a subscriber identity module (e.g., a SIM card) 229 to perform the identification and authentication of the electronic device 201 within the communication network. According to one embodiment, the cellular module 221 may perform at least some of the functions that the processor 210 may provide. According to one embodiment, the cellular module 221 may include a communication processor (CP).

Each of the WiFi module 222, the Bluetooth module 223, the GNSS module 224, the NFC module 225, and the MST module 226 may include a processor for processing data transmitted and received through a corresponding module, for example. At least some (e.g., two or more) of the cellular module 221, the WiFi module 222, the Bluetooth module 223, the GNSS module 224, the NFC module 225, or the MST module 226 may be integrated into one integrated chip (IC) Lt; / RTI >

The RF module 227 can, for example, send and receive communication signals (e.g., RF signals). The RF module 227 may include, for example, a transceiver, a power amplifier module (PAM), a frequency filter, a low noise amplifier (LNA), or an antenna. According to another embodiment, at least one of the cellular module 221, the WiFi module 222, the Bluetooth module 223, the GNSS module 224, the NFC module 225, or the MST module 226 can transmit and receive RF signals through separate RF modules.

The subscriber identity module 229 may include, for example, a card containing a subscriber identity module and / or an embedded SIM and may include unique identification information (e.g., an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) (E.g., international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)).

Memory 230 (e.g., memory 130) may include, for example, internal memory 232 or external memory 234. The built-in memory 232 may be implemented as, for example, volatile memory (e.g., dynamic RAM, SRAM, or synchronous dynamic RAM), non-volatile memory (e.g., OTPROM one time programmable ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), erasable and programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable and programmable ROM (EEPROM), mask ROM, flash ROM, flash memory (e.g. NAND flash or NOR flash) , Or a solid state drive (SSD).

The external memory 234 may be a flash drive such as a compact flash (CF), a secure digital (SD), a micro secure digital (SD), a mini secure digital (SD) , A multi-media card (MMC), a memory stick, or the like. The external memory 234 may be functionally and / or physically connected to the electronic device 201 through various interfaces.

The security module 236 may be a module including a storage space having a higher security level than the memory 230, and may be a circuit that ensures safe data storage and a protected execution environment. The security module 236 may be implemented as a separate circuit and may include a separate processor. The security module 236 may include an embedded secure element (eSE), for example, in a removable smart chip, a secure digital (SD) card, or embedded within a fixed chip of the electronic device 201 . In addition, the security module 236 may be operated with an operating system different from the operating system (OS) of the electronic device 201. For example, it can operate on a Java card open platform (JCOP) operating system.

The sensor module 240 may, for example, measure a physical quantity or sense the operating state of the electronic device 201 to convert the measured or sensed information into an electrical signal. The sensor module 240 includes a gyro sensor 240A, a gyro sensor 240B, an air pressure sensor 240C, a magnetic sensor 240D, an acceleration sensor 240E, a grip sensor 240F, a proximity sensor 240G, a color sensor 240H, (E.g., an RGB (red, green, blue) sensor), a living body sensor 240I, a temperature / humidity sensor 240J, an illumination sensor 240K, or an ultraviolet sensor 240M. Additionally or alternatively, the sensor module 240 may be, for example, an E-nose sensor, an electromyography sensor, an electroencephalogram sensor, an electrocardiogram sensor, an IR an infrared sensor, an iris sensor, and / or a fingerprint sensor. The sensor module 240 may further include a control circuit for controlling at least one or more sensors belonging to the sensor module 240. In some embodiments, the electronic device 201 may further include a processor configured to control the sensor module 240, either as part of the processor 210 or separately, to control the sensor module 240 while the processor 210 is in a sleep state .

The input device 250 may include, for example, a touch panel 252, a (digital) pen sensor 254, a key 256, or an ultrasonic input device 258. As the touch panel 252, for example, at least one of an electrostatic type, a pressure sensitive type, an infrared type, and an ultrasonic type can be used. Further, the touch panel 252 may further include a control circuit. The touch panel 252 may further include a tactile layer to provide a tactile response to the user.

(Digital) pen sensor 254 may be part of, for example, a touch panel or may include a separate recognition sheet. Key 256 may include, for example, a physical button, an optical key, or a keypad. The ultrasonic input device 258 can sense the ultrasonic wave generated by the input tool through the microphone (e.g., the microphone 288) and confirm the data corresponding to the ultrasonic wave detected.

Display 260 (e.g., display 160) may include a panel 262, a hologram device 264, or a projector 266. Panel 262 may include the same or similar configuration as display 160 of FIG. The panel 262 may be embodied, for example, as being transparent, transparent, or wearable. The panel 262 may be formed of a single module with the touch panel 252. The hologram device 264 can display a stereoscopic image in the air using the interference of light. The projector 266 can display an image by projecting light onto a screen. The screen may, for example, be located inside or outside the electronic device 201. According to one embodiment, the display 260 may further include control circuitry for controlling the panel 262, the hologram device 264, or the projector 266.

Interface 270 may include, for example, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) 272, a universal serial bus (USB) 274, an optical interface 276, or a D-sub (D-subminiature) 278. The interface 270 may, for example, be included in the communication interface 170 shown in FIG. Additionally or alternatively, the interface 270 may be, for example, a mobile high-definition link (MHL) interface, a secure digital (SD) card / multi-media card (MMC) ) Standard interface.

The audio module 280 is capable of bi-directionally converting, for example, sound and electrical signals. At least some of the components of the audio module 280 may be included, for example, in the input / output interface 145 shown in FIG. The audio module 280 can process sound information input or output through, for example, a speaker 282, a receiver 284, an earphone 286, a microphone 288, or the like.

The camera module 291 is, for example, a device capable of capturing still images and moving images, and according to one embodiment, one or more image sensors (e.g., front sensor or rear sensor), a lens, an image signal processor And may include a flash (e.g., LED or xenon lamp).

The power management module 295 can manage the power of the electronic device 201, for example. According to one embodiment, the power management module 295 may include a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), a charger integrated circuit ("IC"), or a battery or fuel gauge. The PMIC may have a wired and / or wireless charging scheme. The wireless charging scheme may include, for example, a magnetic resonance scheme, a magnetic induction scheme, or an electromagnetic wave scheme, and may further include an additional circuit for wireless charging, for example, a coil loop, a resonant circuit, have. The battery gauge can measure, for example, the remaining amount of the battery 296, the voltage during charging, the current, or the temperature. The battery 296 may include, for example, a rechargeable battery and / or a solar battery.

Indicator 297 may indicate a particular state of the electronic device 201 or a portion thereof (e.g., processor 210), such as a boot state, a message state, or a state of charge. The motor 298 can convert an electrical signal to mechanical vibration, and can generate vibration, haptic effects, and the like. Although not shown, the electronic device 201 may include a processing unit (e.g., a GPU) for mobile TV support. The processing device for mobile TV support can process media data according to standards such as digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), digital video broadcasting (DVB), or mediaFlo (TM).

Each of the components described in this document may be composed of one or more components, and the name of the component may be changed according to the type of the electronic device. In various embodiments, the electronic device may comprise at least one of the components described herein, some components may be omitted, or may further include additional other components. In addition, some of the components of the electronic device according to various embodiments may be combined into one entity, so that the functions of the components before being combined can be performed in the same manner.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram 300 illustrating a program module 310, in accordance with various embodiments. According to one embodiment, the program module 310 (e.g., the program 140) may be stored on an electronic device (e.g., an operating system (OS) that controls resources associated with the electronic device 101) and / For example, Android, iOS, windows, symbian, tizen, or the sea (bada), etc. The operating system may be, for example, .

The program module 310 may include a kernel 320, a middleware 330, an application programming interface (API) 360, and / or an application 370. At least a portion of the program module 310 may be preloaded on an electronic device or may be downloaded from an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device 102, 104, server 106, etc.).

The kernel 320 (e.g., the kernel 141 may include, for example, a system resource manager 321 and / or a device driver 323. The system resource manager 321 may perform control, allocation, or recovery of system resources. According to one embodiment, the system resource manager 321 may include a process manager, a memory manager, or a file system manager, etc. The device driver 323 may be a display driver, a camera driver, a Bluetooth driver, a shared memory driver, A USB driver, a keypad driver, a WiFi driver, an audio driver, or an inter-process communication (IPC) driver.

The middleware 330 may provide various functions to the application 370 through the API 360, for example, to provide the functions that the application 370 needs in common or to allow the application 370 to efficiently use the limited system resources inside the electronic device have. According to one embodiment, the middleware 330 (e.g., middleware 143) includes a runtime library 335, an application manager 341, a window manager 342, a multimedia manager 343, a resource manager 344 A power manager 345, a database manager 346, a package manager 347, a connectivity manager 348, a notification manager 349, a location manager 350, A graphic manager 351, a security manager 352, or a payment manager 354.

The runtime library 335 may include, for example, a library module that the compiler uses to add new functionality through a programming language while the application 370 is running. The runtime library 335 may perform input / output management, memory management, or functions for arithmetic functions.

The application manager 341 can manage the life cycle of at least one of the applications 370, for example. The window manager 342 can manage GUI resources used on the screen. The multimedia manager 343 can identify the format required for playback of various media files and can encode or decode the media file using a codec suitable for the format. The resource manager 344 can manage resources such as source code, memory or storage space of at least one of the applications 370.

The power manager 345 operates in conjunction with a basic input / output system (BIOS), for example, to manage a battery or a power source, and to provide power information necessary for the operation of the electronic device. The database manager 346 may create, retrieve, or modify a database for use by at least one of the applications 370. The package manager 347 can manage installation or update of an application distributed in the form of a package file.

The connection manager 348 may manage wireless connections, such as, for example, WiFi or Bluetooth. The notification manager 349 may display or notify events such as arrival messages, appointments, proximity notifications, etc. in a manner that is not disturbed to the user. The location manager 350 can manage the location information of the electronic device. The graphic manager 351 may manage the graphical effect to be provided to the user or a user interface related thereto. The security manager 352 can provide security functions necessary for system security or user authentication. According to one embodiment, the middleware 330 may further include a telephony manager for managing the voice or video call capabilities of the electronic device, such as when the electronic device 101 includes a telephone function. The manager 354 can relay information for payment from the application 370 to the application 370 or the kernel 320. It is also possible to store information related to the payment received from the external device in the electronic device 200 or to transfer the information stored therein to the external device have.

The middleware 330 may include a middleware module that forms a combination of various functions of the above-described components. The middleware 330 can provide a module specialized for each type of operating system in order to provide differentiated functions. In addition, the middleware 330 may dynamically delete some existing components or add new ones.

The API 360 (e.g., API 145) is, for example, a collection of API programming functions, and may be provided in different configurations depending on the operating system. For example, for Android or iOS, you can provide one API set per platform, and for tizen, you can provide more than two API sets per platform.

The application 370 (e.g., application program 147) includes a home 371, a dialer 372, an SMS / MMS 373, an instant message 374, a browser 375, a camera 376, an alarm 377, a contact 378, 380, a calendar 381, a media player 382, an album 383, a clock 384, a payment 385, a health care (e.g., measuring exercise or blood glucose) ), And so on.

According to one embodiment, the application 370 is an application that supports the exchange of information between an electronic device (e.g., electronic device 101 and an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device 102, 104) The information exchange application may include, for example, a notification relay application for communicating specific information to an external electronic device, or a device management application for managing an external electronic device . ≪ / RTI >

For example, the notification delivery application may send notification information generated by other applications (e.g., SMS / MMS applications, email applications, healthcare applications, or environmental information applications) of the electronic device to external electronic devices, 104). ≪ / RTI > Further, the notification delivery application can receive notification information from, for example, an external electronic device and provide it to the user.

The device management application may be used to control at least one function (e.g., turn-on / turn-off) of an external electronic device (e.g., (E. G., Installing, deleting, or otherwise) managing services provided by an external electronic device or external electronic device (e. G., A call service or message service) Update).

According to one embodiment, the application 370 may include an application (e.g., a healthcare application of a mobile medical device, etc.) designated according to the attributes of the external electronic device (e.g., electronic device 102, 104) The application 370 may include an application received from an external electronic device (e.g., server 106 or electronic devices 102, 104). According to one embodiment, application 370 may be downloaded from a preloaded application or server And possibly a third party application. The names of the components of the program module 310 according to the illustrated embodiment may vary depending on the type of the operating system.

According to various embodiments, at least some of the program modules 310 may be implemented in software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of at least two of them. At least some of the program modules 310 may be implemented (e.g., executed) by, for example, a processor (e.g., processor 210). At least some of the program modules 310 may include, for example, modules, programs, routines, sets of instructions, or processes for performing one or more functions.

As used in this document, the term "module" may refer to a unit comprising, for example, one or a combination of two or more of hardware, software or firmware. A "module" may be interchangeably used with terms such as, for example, unit, logic, logical block, component, or circuit. A "module" may be a minimum unit or a portion of an integrally constructed component. A "module" may be a minimum unit or a portion thereof that performs one or more functions. "Modules" may be implemented either mechanically or electronically. For example, a "module" may be an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or programmable-logic devices And may include at least one.

At least a portion of a device (e.g., modules or functions thereof) or a method (e.g., operations) according to various embodiments may include, for example, computer-readable storage media in the form of program modules, As shown in FIG. When the instruction is executed by a processor (e.g., processor 120), the one or more processors may perform a function corresponding to the instruction. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, a memory 130. [

The computer readable recording medium may be a hard disk, a floppy disk, a magnetic media (e.g., a magnetic tape), an optical media (e.g., a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) digital versatile discs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, hardware devices such as read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM) Etc. The program instructions may also include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc. The above- May be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiment, and vice versa.

Modules or program modules according to various embodiments may include at least one or more of the elements described above, some of which may be omitted, or may further include additional other elements. Operations performed by modules, program modules, or other components in accordance with various embodiments may be performed in a sequential, parallel, iterative, or heuristic manner. Also, some operations may be performed in a different order, omitted, or other operations may be added. And the embodiments disclosed in this document are presented for the purpose of explanation and understanding of the disclosed technology and do not limit the scope of the technology described in this document. Accordingly, the scope of this document should be interpreted to include all modifications based on the technical idea of this document or various other embodiments.

4 to 11, a SIM and SD card control method according to various embodiments of the present invention and an electronic device supporting the SIM and SD card will be described in detail.

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a process of inserting a SIM and an SD card into an electronic device according to various embodiments.

The electronic device may have at least one socket through which the tray can be inserted. In one embodiment, the electronic device may include at least one hybrid socket. A hybrid socket may mean a socket in which a plurality of different cards can be inserted together into one socket. The hybrid socket may require a tray corresponding to the shape of the socket. The sockets may be configured within the electronic device, and an insertion port of the sockets may be formed on one side of the electronic device corresponding to the sockets.

4, the electronic device 400 may include a plurality of sockets (not shown) within the electronic device 400 and may include an inlet 421 of a plurality of sockets (not shown) on one side of the electronic device 400 , ≪ / RTI > The first tray 411 and the second tray 412 may have a shape that can be inserted into the socket. In one embodiment, the first tray 411 may be a tray in which the first SIM card 401 is accommodated, and the second tray 412 may be a tray in which the second SIM card 402 and one SD card 403 may be accommodated. The first tray 411 may be inserted into the first insertion opening 421 and the second tray 412 may be inserted into the second insertion opening 422. But it is not so limited, and according to various embodiments of the present invention, the socket into which the tray and the tray are inserted may have various forms. A description thereof will be given in FIGS. 8 to 11. FIG.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an operation for processing SIM information of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention.

In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, the SIM card may be a physical chip that stores SIM information, and may also be a memory card for a virtual SIM card in which there is no physical chip stored in a particular space of the memory of the electronic device SIM information itself. Some or all of the information of the virtual SIM card stored in the specific space of the memory of the electronic device can be stored in the trusted area of the AP or the CP.

The block diagram shown in Fig. 5 is a block diagram relating to the case where a virtual SIM card is present in an electronic device and a physical SIM card is inserted.

In one embodiment, in addition to the virtual SIM card 502 in operation 511, the virtual SIM card 502 can be processed by detecting the insertion of a chip-type SIM card inserted through the socket.

In operation 512, the application processor 550 can perform an authentication procedure with a protocol layer based on the information of the virtual SIM card 502.

In operation 513, when the authentication is completed, the communication processor 560 can update the information of the virtual SIM card 502 to the temporary storage SIM cache through the authentication process with the protocol layer.

At operation 514, the communications processor 560 may update the SIM cache 502 with information from the SIM card 502. The communication processor 560 can perform operations on the virtual SIM card 502 with the updated information in the SIM cache.

In operation 515, when the virtual SIM card 502 is deactivated, for example, when the modem is reset, in operation 516, the communication processor performs an authentication procedure with the protocol layer based on the information of the SIM card 501 Can be performed.

In operation 517, when the authentication is completed, the communication processor 560 can update the information of the SIM card 501 with the SIM cache, which is a temporary storage, through the authentication process with the protocol layer.

At operation 518, the communications processor 560 may update the information in the SIM card 501 to the SIM cache. The communication processor 560 can perform operations on the SIM card 501 with updated information in the SIM cache.

The operations related to the inserted SIM card and the information related to the virtual SIM card 502 stored in the specific space can be operated simultaneously. It is also possible to operate only the operation related to the inserted SIM card or vice versa.

For example, referring to FIG. 4, the first SIM card 401 inserted through the first tray 411 may be assumed as a virtual SIM card 502. The information about the first SIM card may be stored in a specific space in the memory of the electronic device. Based on such an example, the electronic device may require only one socket into which the second tray 412, which can accommodate the second SIM card 402 and one SD card 403, is inserted, unlike that shown in Fig. 4 .

6 is a block diagram illustrating an operation for processing SIM information of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the electronic device can perform the following operations as well as perform operations as shown in FIG.

The electronic device may have one SIM card, which may be in the form of an eSIM, which may have a plurality of SIM information. The electronic device may include a local profile assistant (LPA) 603 that manages SIM information in eSIM 601 and eSIM 601 and forms a secure channel from an over-the-air (OTA) server 602.

The eSIM 601 includes an Issuer Security Domain Profile (ISD-P) 605 for storing SIM information transmitted through an OTA server 602 such as an ICCID and an IMSIM, and an ISD-R (Issuer Security Domain Root) 604 for managing an ISD- . ISD-R 604 can enable / disable / delete ISD-P 605.

The ISD-P 605 may be plural, and each can have independent SIM information. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may request the SIM information change via the LPA 603, without physically separating or changing the SIM card according to the user's input. Upon receiving the request, the ISD-R 604 may disable the ISD-P1 and enable the ISD-P2. The electronic device processes the SIM information of the ISD-P1 and can process the SIM information of the ISD-P2 without physical change of the user.

The electronic device may include additional interfaces with respect to a separate SIM 606.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 4, the first SIM card 401 inserted through the first tray 411 may be assumed to be the ISD-P1 of the eSIM card. Based on such an assumption, the electronic device may not require a plurality of sockets. A second SIM card 402 card and a second tray 412 capable of accommodating one SD card 403 are inserted.

4 and 5, the first SIM card in FIG. 4 may be an ISD-P1 of an eSIM card formed of a separate physical chip, and may be a SIM card 501 in FIG. The second SIM card in FIG. 5 may be a virtual SIM card 502.

The process of processing the SIM information of FIG. 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 9 to FIG.

In the present invention, for convenience of description, an electronic device having at least two sockets will be described as an example.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a process of controlling a SIM and an SD card of an electronic device according to various embodiments.

7, the electronic device includes a processor including a communication processor 701 and an application processor 702, a first tray (not shown) capable of accommodating at least one SIM card, and a plurality of cards, such as a SIM card and an SD card, And a socket 721, 722 into which a second tray (not shown) can be inserted. According to various embodiments, the communication processor 701 and the application processor 702 may be integrally configured.

Sockets 721 and 722 may be electrically coupled to the communication processor 701 of the electronic device and upon request of the application processor 702 the communication processor 701 may communicate with the socket 702 via an interface (e.g., interface 270) 711 and 712 with sockets 721 and 722 It is possible to judge which of the SD card or the SIM card is inserted into the slots 721 and 722, respectively. The application processor 702 can recognize whether an SD card is inserted through the interface 713 with the socket 722 (e.g., interface 270).

In one embodiment, the system of the electronic device may be powered on. The electronic device may apply power to the SD card and the SIM card to determine whether the SD card and the SIM card are inserted. For example, after powering on the SD card and the SIM card, the application processor 702 of the electronic device may request 710 to determine whether the SD card and the SIM card are inserted through the communication processor 701. [

The communication processor 701 of the electronic device receiving the request 710 receives a first SIM card 731 in a first tray (not shown) through interfaces 711 and 712 with respective sockets 721 and 722, It is possible to detect that the second SIM card 732 and the SD card 733 are accommodated. In one embodiment, the communication processor 701 can check whether a card stored in each socket is an SD card or a SIM card by confirming whether or not a response is received according to a voltage applied to the SD card and the SIM card.

The electronic device may perform operations associated with the inserted first SIM card 731, second SIM card 732, and SD card 733. For example, the communication processor 701 may perform user authentication of the inserted first SIM card 731 and second SIM card 732. In addition, the application processor 702 can read the data of the SD card 733 through the interface 713 with the SD card 733 (read).

In one embodiment, the electronic device can sense the tray being ejected from one of the plurality of sockets through a physical pin provided in the tray. When the tray is ejected from one socket, the electronic device may power off the tray and the corresponding SIM card and / or SD card. For example, if the electronic device senses that the second tray (not shown) is being ejected, the power applied to the second SIM card 732 and the SD card 733 stored in the second tray (not shown) . The power to the first SIM card 731 accommodated in the first non-ejected tray (not shown) can be kept applied. The electronic device may be performing operations related to the first SIM card 731. [

In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device may sense insertion of a second tray (not shown) that has been ejected. The electronic device can detect that the SD card and the SIM card are inserted by inserting a second tray (not shown). The SD card and SIM card determined to be inserted here may be the SD card 733 and the second SIM card 732 that were inserted into the electronic device before they were ejected, or other cards. In order to facilitate the description of the present invention, the inserted SD card may be referred to as a second SD card (the first SD card may be assumed to be an SD card 733 previously inserted and ejected) It can be assumed that the third SIM card is different from the SIM card 732. [

If the electronic device determines that the second SD card and the third SIM card have been received, the electronic device can apply power to the second SD card. The electronic device can apply power to the second SD card 733 and determine the priority between the SD card and the SIM card. The priority may be preset by the user and set by the manufacturer. The priority may be changeable by the user. If it is determined that the priority of the SD card is higher than that of the SIM card as a result of the priority determination, the electronic device maintains power to the second SD card while keeping the power to the third SIM card as the SIM card .

For example, if it is determined that the priority of the electronic device is higher than that of the SD card, the electronic device can reset the task block that processes the information of the SIM card. For example, the communication processor 701 of the electronic device can reset the task block that processes the information of the SIM card to switch to the initial state. The communication processor 701 of the electronic device can perform user authentication of the inserted third SIM card through the task block in the initial state.

That is, when the electronic device detects that both the SIM card and the SD card are inserted, it can determine the priority and selectively reset the SIM-related task block, thereby reducing power consumption.

In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device may sense insertion of a second tray (not shown) that has been ejected. The electronic device can detect only the SIM card by inserting a second tray (not shown). The detected SIM card inserted here may be the second SIM card 732 inserted in the electronic device before ejection or another card. In order to facilitate the description of the present invention, the inserted SIM card may be assumed to be a third SIM card different from the second SIM card 732. [

If the electronic device determines that the third SIM card is inserted, the electronic device can reset the task block that processes the information of the SIM card. For example, the communication processor 701 of the electronic device can reset the task block that processes the information of the SIM card to switch to the initial state. The communication processor 701 of the electronic device can perform user authentication of the inserted third SIM card through the task block in the initial state.

In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device may sense insertion of a second tray (not shown) that has been ejected. The electronic device can detect that the SD card 733 is inserted by inserting a second tray (not shown). The SD card determined to be inserted here may be the SD card 733 inserted in the electronic device before being ejected or another card. In order to facilitate the description of the present invention, it can be assumed that the inserted SD card is the second SD card (the first SD card can be assumed to be the SD card 733 which was previously inserted and ejected).

If the electronic device determines that the second SD card is inserted, it can apply power to the second SD card. The electronic device can read data stored in the second SD card.

In one embodiment, when the electronic device is kept powered on the first SIM card 731 housed in a non-ejected first tray, 2 Data stored in the SD card can be used.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device may determine that no cards are housed by inserting a second tray (not shown). The electronic device can keep the power applied to the SIM card and the SD card shut off.

8A and 8B are flow diagrams illustrating a process of controlling the SIM and SD card of an electronic device according to various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 8A, at operation 801, power may be applied on the system of the electronic device.

Referring to act 802 and act 805, the electronic device can power the power source and the SIM card to the SD card. Operations 802 to 804, which are SD card related operations, and operations 805 to 807, which are SIM card related operations, can be performed simultaneously, and after execution of an SD card related operation, a SIM card related operation can be performed, It is possible.

At operation 803, the electronic device can determine if an SD card is detected. For example, the AP of the electronic device can determine whether an SD card is detected.

If, as a result of the determination at operation 803, the electronic device determines that an SD card is detected, then at operation 804 the electronic device may read the data of the SD card. For example, the AP of the electronic device can read data from the SD card.

At operation 805, the electronic device can power the SIM card.

At operation 806, the electronic device may determine if a SIM card is detected. For example, a CP of an electronic device can determine whether a SIM card is detected through an interface with a SIM card.

As a result of the determination at operation 806, if the electronic device determines that a SIM card has been detected, user authentication may be performed at operation 807.

Thereafter, the electronic device may be ejected on the electronic device by the user or for other reasons.

At operation 808, the electronic device may sense the tray being ejected from the electronic device.

In operation 809, the electronic device can shut off the power applied to the SD card and the SIM card.

Referring to FIG. 8B, the electronic device may be inserted by the user onto the electronic device tray. In operation 810, the electronic device may sense that the tray is inserted into the electronic device.

At operation 811, the electronic device can determine if the SIM card and the SD card are detected. If, as a result of the determination at operation 811, the electronic device determines that a SIM card and an SD card have been detected, then at operation 815, the SD card may be powered.

At operation 816, the electronic device can determine the priorities of the SIM card and the SD card. If, as a result of the determination at operation 816, the electronic device determines that the SD card is of higher priority than the SIM card, the electronic device may maintain the powered off SIM card at operation 818.

If the electronic device determines at operation 816 that the SD card is of lower priority than the SIM card, at operation 817, the electronic device may reset the task block that processed the SIM card information. For example, the CP of the electronic device can reset the task block that processed the information of the SIM card to switch to the initial state.

If, as a result of the determination at operation 811, the electronic device determines that the SIM card and the SD card have not been detected, then at operation 812, the electronic device may determine if a SIM card is detected.

If it is determined in operation 812 that the electronic device has detected the SIM card, the electronic device can reset the task block that processed the information of the SIM card. For example, the CP of the electronic device can reset the task block that processed the information of the SIM card to switch to the initial state.

If, as a result of the determination at operation 812, the electronic device determines that the SIM card is not detected, the electronic device may determine at operation 813 whether the SD card is detected. If it is determined in operation 813 that an SD card is not detected, the power to the SIM card and the SD card can be kept off in operation 814.

As a result of the determination in operation 813, if the electronic device determines that the SD card is detected, the electronic device can apply power to the SD card that has been powered off.

In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, whether the tray is ejected from the electronic device, as disclosed in operation 808, may be sensed by a physical pin provided in the socket.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, when there is no physical pin on the socket, the value of the pull-up resistor (10-50 k ohms) inside the card of the designated pin according to the specifications of the SD card or SIM card Changes can be identified to determine emissions or insertions.

In one embodiment, referring to Table 1 below, the SD card includes a plurality of pins, and the pins may support SD mode or SPI mode. The SPI mode is constituted by a secondary communication protocol provided by the flash-based SD memory card and is a well-known technology, so the description of the present invention will be omitted.

Referring to Table 1 below, in the SD card in the SD mode, Pin 2 among a plurality of pins can be used for card detection and data transmission. The name of Pin 2 is CD / DAT3, and the type can be I / O / PP. Depending on the type of card or the manufacturer, the name, type, and operation of each pin may be different.

The electronic device applies the power in a polling manner, which is a method of periodically and sequentially supplying the signal to the pin 2. The SD card can supply power to the pin 2 by applying power from the electronic device. As the power is applied, the state of Pin 2 can be changed from a low state to a high state. The electronic device can determine that the SD card is inserted from the status change of the Pin 2. Thereafter, the SD card can be switched to the data transfer mode. As described in Table 1 below, Pin 2 is used for both card detection and data transmission, so that it is possible to switch to the data transmission mode after determining whether or not the card is inserted.

In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, when there is no physical pin on the socket, the electronic device sends a state command to determine whether to eject or insert into the SIM card, And determine the ejection or insertion by checking the received response. The electronic device can periodically check the SIM removal by sending a status command and receiving a response to it to prevent SIM replication.

Pin
SD mode SPI mode name type Explanation name type Explanation One DAT2 I / O / PP Data Line [bit2] RXV 2 CD / DAT3 ₂ I / O / PP Card Detect / Data Line [bit3] CS I3 Chip Select
(negative true) 3 CMD PP Command / Response DI I Data in 4 V _∞ S Supply voltage V _∞ S Supply voltage 5 CLK I Clock SCLK I Clock 6 V _ss S Supply voltage ground V _ss S Supply voltage ground 7 DAT0 I / O / PP Data Line [bit0] DO O / PP Data Out 8 DAT1 I / O / PP Data Line [bit1] RSV

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the user authentication process of the SIM card may allow the electronic device to share a secret key with the authentication center for user authentication when it determines that the SIM card has been inserted. For example, the electronic device can read the user information from the inserted SIM card and transmit it to the authentication center of the home location register / authentication (HLR / AuC).

The network authentication center can be a basic equipment of a mobile communication network which can check the location of a mobile communication subscriber to receive a telephone call and at the same time grasp various information about the subscriber and control various supplementary services such as calling and calling.

The inserted SIM card may be included in a subscriber identity module (e.g., subscriber identity module 229 of FIG. 2). The subscriber identity module may include unique identification information (e.g., an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID)) or subscriber information (e.g., international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)).

In one example, the subscriber identity module may be in the form of a chip, such as a SIM card, and may also be the SIM information itself, stored in a particular location in the memory of the electronic device.

The electronic device may receive an authentication vector generated from a secret key shared with the SIM card from a network authentication center.

The electronic device can verify the authentication vector received from the network authentication center using the secret key stored in the SIM card.

The electronic device can generate an authentication response value, which is the verification result, and transmit it to the network authentication center. The network authentication center can authenticate the SIM card by comparing the authentication response value received from the electronic device with the authentication response value generated by itself.

The SIM card and the network authentication center of the electronic device performing the above procedure can enhance the security of the SIM card by acquiring a session key. The session key may be an encryption key used only during a communication session between the communication parties.

In this specification, the electronic device described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 may include at least the same configuration as the profile download device (e.g., Terminal 930) to be described with reference to Figs. 9 to 11, Device 'can be used in the same meaning as' profile download device' or 'terminal'.

9-11, the Profile Provider may include all or part of the LPA 603 of FIG. The eUICC Manager may include all or part of the ISD-R 604 of FIG. The eUICC may include all or part of the eSIM 601 of FIG.

9 is a view schematically showing an example of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In particular, the wireless communication system shown in FIG. 9 represents an example of a wireless communication system for remotely transmitting and receiving a profile for providing communication services according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a discovery center (DC) may include a search and push function (DPF), an address resolution server An address resolution server (ARS), a discovery server, a discover function, an event delivery function, and the like.

9, the wireless communication system includes a terminal 930, an eUICC 940, an eUICC Manager 920, a Profile Provider 910, a CI 950 (Certificate Issuer), a DC 980, a MNO 970 (Mobile Network Operator), an EUM 960 A manufacturer system, and the like. Here, the CI 950 may be referred to as a Certificate Authority (CA).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal 930 for connecting to the wireless communication network transmits / receives signals with the eUICC 940 to install a profile, select an installed profile, delete an installed profile, The profile can be initialized.

The eUICC 940 can send and receive signals to and from the terminal 930, install a profile, select a profile, delete a profile, and initialize the configuration and profile of the eUICC 940 itself.

The eUICC 940 may store the CI public key or CI certificate, store the certificate and private key of the eUICC 940, and use the certificate and private key of the eUICC 940 to identify the same CI 950 and its sub CI 950 Profile Provider 910 with issued certificate and private key can be authenticated.

The eUICC 940 may authenticate the eUICC Manager 920 having the certificate and private key issued by the CI 950 corresponding to the held CI public key and its sub CI 950.

The eUICC 940 may store a plurality of CI public keys or CI certificates, and may use the plurality of CI public keys or CI certificates for authentication.

In addition, eUICC Manager 920 can send and receive signals with DC980 to transmit information necessary to start profile download.

In addition, the eUICC Manager 920 can perform a certificate-based rights verification operation in managing the eUICC 940. At this time, the eUICC Manager certificate may represent a business entity such as MNO 970 or a terminal manufacturer. The eUICC 940 verifies the eUICC 940 management operation performed by the eUICC Manager 920 based on the eUICC Manager certificate .

Also, the eUICC Manager 920 can perform a profile management operation. For example, the profile management operation may include profile management operations such as Profile Download, Profile Enable and Profile Disable, and Profile Deletion.

Also, the Profile Provider 910 generates a profile package and performs an encryption operation.

The DC 980 assists in the search for the eUICC Manager 920 that the eUICC 940 should connect to to handle the pending eUICC 940 management event and pushes the eUICC 940 management event to the eUICC 940 in the IP network ≪ / RTI > method).

Also, the terminal 930 can transmit / receive signals to / from the DC 980 and transmit / receive information necessary for starting the profile download.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the profile includes, for example, a subscriber identifier (e.g., International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)) of the terminal 930 and a cryptographic key For example, K), and may also include various kinds of information for a communication service provided by the corresponding communication provider. It goes without saying that there is no specific limitation on various kinds of information for the communication service.

According to various embodiments, CI 950 can be configured to issue certificates to Profile Provider 910, eUICC Manager 920, and EUM 960.

According to various embodiments, the EUM 960 may manufacture the eUICC 940 based on a certificate issued from the CI950.

9, an example of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is described. Next, another example of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. .

10 is a view schematically showing another example of the structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10, a plurality of MNO systems, e.g., MNO 1 1071, MNO 2 1072, MNO 3 1073, and MNO 4 1074, are individually linked to Profile Provider 1 1011, Profile Provider 2 1013, or Profile Provider 3 1014 . At this time, the individual Profile Provider 1 1011, Profile Provider 2 1013, or Profile Provider 3 1014 may be interworked with one MNO Business Support System (BSS) or a plurality of MNOs BSS < / RTI >

In addition, one eUICC Manager 1 1021, eUICC Manager 2 1022 or eUICC Manager 3 1023 may be linked to one Profile Provider 1 1011, Profile Provider 2 1013, or Profile Provider 3 1014, or a plurality of Profile Providers 1 1011, 1013, and Profile Provider 3 1014s.

In addition, one terminal 1030 can be linked to a plurality of eUICC Manager 1 1021, eUICC Manager 2 1022, and eUICC Manager 3 1023. At this time, the eUICC 1040 stores a plurality of CI certificates or CI public keys, and the eIICC Manager 2 1022 or the eUICC Manager 3 1023 or the Profile Provider 1 1011 issued through the corresponding CI (CI 1 1051 or CI 2 1052 directly or through the sub CI, Profile Provider 2 1013 or Profile Provider 3 1014 can be authenticated.

In addition, the DC 1080 can provide a function of selecting the eUICC Manager 2 1022 or the eUICC Manager 3 1023 required for the terminal 1030 in cooperation with a plurality of eUICC Manager 1 1021, eUICC Manager 2 1022, and eUICC Manager 3 1023. At this time, it is possible to push the necessary information to the terminal 1030 immediately after storing the necessary information in the DC 1080, or to read the information stored in the DC 1080 in the terminal 1030 (Pull).

10, another example of the internal structure of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is described. Next, referring to FIG. 11, an example of a profile downloading procedure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention Will be described.

11 is a view schematically showing an example of a profile downloading procedure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11, the wireless communication system includes a Profile Provider 1110, an eUICC Manager 1120, a Terminal 1130, and an eUICC 1140.

First, the downloading of the profile from the terminal 1130 is started by informing the terminal 1130 of a DC (e.g., DC 1080) first, or when the user operates the terminal 1130, or when the terminal 1130 requests the DC 1080 first Based on the received information. Herein, the information requested by the terminal 1130 to the DC 1080 may include an identifier for distinguishing the start of the eUICC Manager 1120 address and profile download.

After performing the mutual authentication process, the eUICC Manager 1120 can transmit a Download Profile Request message to the Profile Provider 1110. Here, the Download Profile Request message may include an EID, an eUICC certificate, and an eUICC_Info.

Upon receiving the Download Profile Request message from the eUICC Manager 1120, the Profile Provider 1110 verifies the profile capacity and version, etc. through the eUICC_Info corresponding to the EID included in the Download Profile Request message. If the verification fails, the Profile Provider 1110 sends an error message to the eUICC Manager 1120, and the eUICC Manager 1120 analyzes the error message and sends an error response (or event response) to the terminal 1130 from the eUICC Manager 1120 if the memory is insufficient. The terminal 1130 receiving the error response notifies the user of the error content (error_memory). At this time, if the user receives a delete success response indicating that the profile deletion is completed by the eUICC 1140 after the profile delete request to the eUICC 1140 through the terminal 1130, , It sends eAICC_Info to the eUICC 1120 again (it may repeat the operation after the S_NONCE signing response, and it may repeat the operation after the E_NONCE request) by sending GetAuthDataRequest to eUICC 1120 again. . At this time, the terminal 1130 may request the profile currently stored in the eUICC 1140 to confirm the user. The terminal 1130 may have the profile information currently stored in an arbitrary space. Based on the profile information, the usage frequency Based on the user pattern and the surrounding information collected from the terminal 1130, such as when the location of the terminal (low order), the location of use (away from the HLR), the end point of use, the MNO type, You can show the priority list to delete. If the user does not want to delete the profile, ie, cancels the download of the new profile, the UE 1130 sends an event result to the eUICC Manager 1120 in response to the cancellation of the download, eUICC Manager 1120 requests the DC 1080 to delete the event, 170) and Profile Provider 1110, and ends the Download action. When the Profile Provider 1110 transmits an error message to the eUICC Manager 1120, the eUICC Manager 1120 may send an error response to the terminal 1130 and delete the event registered in the DC 1080 to complete the Download action. At this time, the terminal 1130 displays the error content after receiving the error response. If the memory capacity is insufficient, the terminal 1130 displays the profile delete priority list to request to secure the memory capacity. If the memory capacity is not secured, It sends a warning message.

The eUICC Manager 1120 receiving the error message may terminate the download action without requesting deletion of the evnet to the DC 1080. It then requests to reserve memory capacity by displaying the profile delete priority list and restarts the profile download process if the memory capacity is secured. This allows eUICC Manager 1120 to reduce the process of registering events to DC 1080, thereby reducing resource consumption and increasing convenience.

In the above case, if the memory is insufficient, the deletion list is provided to the existing profile according to the priority order to secure the memory space. However, in one embodiment, the existing profile is moved to another secure memory It can be secured. For example, the terminal 1130 receiving the error response displays the profile information of the installed profile to the user in the priority list type, selects the profile to be moved from the current terminal 1130 to the external authenticated secure memory, (E.g., EID or device information, server information) to the MNO 170 to perform a profile movement operation between devices or the MNO may download a profile to a secure memory and request deletion of an existing profile.

On the other hand, if Profile Provider 1110 successfully verifies eUICC_Info, certificate-based mutual authentication process can be performed to generate eUICC 1140 and SCP03 key set in the same way. More specifically, the mutual authentication process and the SCP03 keyset generation process are performed in the Scenario # 3 process introduced in the Global Platform Card Security Upgrade for Card Content Management Card Specification v2.2 - Amendment E V1.0 standard or the GSMA Remote Provisioning Architecture for Embedded May be a process similar to the Scenario # 3 process described in the UICC Technical Specification Version 1.0, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the same symmetric key key set is generated in the Profile Provider 1110 and the eUICC 1140 by performing the mutual authentication process and the SCP03 key set generation process.

After the same symmetric key key set is generated in the Profile Provider 1110 and the eUICC 1140, an INITIALIZE UPDATE command and an EXTERNALIZE UPDATE command are generated using the key set, An AUTHENTICATE (hereinafter referred to as " EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATE ") command is transmitted to the eUICC 1140 so that an SCP03 session can be created.

Then, the Profile Provider 1110 can perform cryptographic communication using the session key set generated when the SCP03 session is generated. The Profile Provider 1110 can generate Profile information in the form of TLV (Tag, Length, Value). The TLV data may be protected using one or more security methods of encryption and integrity protection. Here, the security method may be a security method using the session key set generated when the SCP03 session is generated. The Profile Provider 1110 can transmit the Profile information of the TLV type to the eUICC Manager 1120. At this time, the Profile information may be included in a sendData (hereinafter referred to as " sendData ") message.

The eUICC manager 1120 receiving the Profile information of the TLV type from the Profile Provider 1110 can transmit information including a part or all of the Profile information to the terminal 1130. 11, it is assumed that the eUICC Manager 1120 transfers the profile information received from the Profile Provider 1110 to the UE 1130 as it is.

Upon receiving the Profile information from the eUICC Manager 1120, the terminal 1130 divides the Profile information into a data size that can be transmitted to the eUICC 1140, and then transmits the profile information to the eUICC 1140 through a PROFILE LOAD ) Command and transmits it to the eUICC 1140.

The eUICC 1140 may receive at least one PROFILE LOAD command from the terminal 1130, perform a decryption and integrity verification operation, and then install a profile. In FIG. 11, it is assumed that the eUICC 1140 receives a plurality of PROFILE LOAD commands from the terminal 1130.

11, the eUICC 1140 may perform the decryption and integrity verification operations after all the plurality of PROFILE LOAD commands are received, complete the profile download and installation, or the plurality of PROFILEs It is also possible to complete the download and installation of the profile after receiving and processing the LOAD commands separately.

Also, during the profile download process, the mutual authentication and key generation between the profile provider 1110 and the eUICC 1140, the SCP03 session creation, and the profile information delivery process using the SCP03 session key set may be performed in order as described with reference to FIG. After acquiring the certificate of the eUICC 1140 in step 1110, the pre-generated APDU and the encrypted profile information are transmitted to the eUICC manager 1120 and stored in the terminal 1130. The terminal 1130 transmits the APDU and the encrypted profile information to the eUICC 1140 in units of APDU . ≪ / RTI >

Although FIG. 11 shows an example of a profile downloading procedure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, various modifications may be made to FIG. In one example, although the sequential steps are shown in FIG. 11, it is understood that the steps described in FIG. 11 may overlap, occur in parallel, occur in different orders, or occur multiple times.

12A-C are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.

The tray and socket shown in Figures 12A-12C may be of the 3 in 2 (Three in Two) type.

FIG. 12A illustrates a tray 1250 for receiving a plurality of cards, and tray 1250 may include an insertion end 1281 and an outer end 1282. The tray 1250 may include a first groove 1251 in which one SIM card can be received and a second groove 1252 in which one of the SIM card or the SD card can be received.

The tray 1250 may include a first step 1261 that extends with the first groove 1251 and may be supported when the SIM card is received. The tray 1250 may include a second step 1262 that may be supported when the SIM card is received and a third step 1263 that may be supported when the SD card is received.

12B and 12C are illustrations of front and side surfaces of a tray 1250, which is capable of receiving a plurality of cards, coupled to its corresponding socket 1200. As shown in FIG. When the tray 1250 is inserted into the socket 1200, it can be inserted into the socket 1200 from the insertion end 1281. When the tray 1250 is ejected from the socket 1200, it can be ejected in a direction opposite to that when the tray 1250 is inserted. The method of removing the tray 1250 from the socket 1200 may include a push-pull method or a push-push method.

13A-D are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.

The tray 1350 and the socket 1300 shown in Figs. 13A to 13D may be a 3 in 3 (Three in Three) type.

FIGS. 13A to 13B show a tray 1350 for accommodating a plurality of cards. FIG. 13A shows the front side of the tray 1350, and FIG. 13B shows the back side of the tray 1350. The tray 1350 may include an insertion end 1381 and an outer end 1382.

The tray 1350 may include a first groove 1351 1351 in which the first SIM card 1301 can be housed, and a second groove 1352 in which the second SIM card 1302 and the SD card 1303 can be stacked and housed. At least one of the SIM card and the SD card 1303 may include a surface including a plurality of pins and a surface facing the opposite direction to the surface. The surface facing away from the surface including the plurality of fins may be assumed to be the first surface, and the surface including the plurality of fins may be assumed to be the second surface.

13A, when the first SIM card 1301 is received in the first groove 1351, the second face of the first SIM card 1301 can be received in the first groove 1351. 13B, when the second SIM card 1302 is accommodated in the second groove 1352, the second face of the second SIM card 1302 can be accommodated in the second groove 1352 have. 13A, when the second SIM card 1302 is placed in the second groove 1352 and then the SD card 1303 is housed on the second SIM card 1302, the second side of the SD card 1303 is connected to the second SIM card 1302 And may be received so as to come in contact with the first surface and to be seated in the second groove 1352.

Figs. 13C and 13D are illustrations of a front side and a side surface of a socket 1300 corresponding to a tray 1350 capable of accommodating a plurality of cards. When the tray 1350 is inserted into the socket 1300, the tray 1350 can be inserted into the socket 1300 from the insertion end 1381. When the tray 1350 is ejected from the socket 1300, it can be ejected in a direction opposite to that in which the tray 1350 is inserted. The method of removing the tray 1350 from the socket 1300 may include a push-pull method or a push-push method.

14A-D are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.

The tray 1450 and the socket 1400 shown in Figs. 14A to 14D may be a 3 in 3 (Three in Three) type.

Figs. 14A and 14B show a tray 1450 for storing a plurality of cards, Fig. 14A showing the front side of the tray 1450, and Fig. 14B showing the back side of the tray 1450. Fig. The tray 1450 may include an insertion end 1481 and an outer end 1482.

14A and 14B, the tray 1450 may include a first groove 1451 through which the SD card 1401 can be received. In addition, the tray 1450 may include a second groove 1452 in which the first SIM card 1402 can be accommodated, and a third groove 1453 adjacent to the second groove 1452 and in which the second SIM card 1403 can be accommodated.

14A and 14B, the first surface of the first SIM card 1402 and the surface of the second SIM card 1403 can be received in the second groove 1452 and the third groove 1453 of the tray 1450, respectively, The first surface of the SD card 1401 can be received in the first groove 1451 on the first and second grooves 1452 and 1403.

14C and 14D are illustrations of a tray 1450 capable of accommodating a plurality of cards and a corresponding socket 1400. Fig. When the tray 1450 is inserted into the socket 1400, it can be inserted into the socket 1400 from the insertion end 1481 of the tray 1450. When the tray 1450 is ejected from the socket 1400, it can be ejected in a direction opposite to that in which the tray 1450 is inserted. The method of removing the tray 1450 from the socket 1400 may include a push-pull method or a push-push method.

15A-D are illustrations of sockets and trays according to various embodiments.

The tray and socket shown in Figures 15A-15D may be of the 2 in 2 type.

Figs. 15A and 15B show a tray for accommodating a plurality of cards, Fig. 15A showing the front side of the tray 1550, and Fig. 15B showing the back side of the tray 1550. Fig. The tray 1550 may include an insertion end 1581 and an outer end 1582.

15A and 15B, the tray 1550 may include a first groove 1551 through which the SD card 1501 and the SIM card 1502 can be accommodated. Also, before the SD card 1501 is housed in the first groove 1551, the first surface of the SIM card 1502 can be housed in the first groove 1551. The second side of the SD card 1501 may be accommodated in the first groove 1551 so that the second side of the SD card 1501 is seated in the first groove 1551 in such a manner that the second side of the SD card 1501 is in contact with the first side of the received SIM card 1501.

15C and 15D are exemplary views of a tray 1500 and a corresponding socket 1500 capable of storing a plurality of cards. When the tray 1550 is inserted into the socket 1500, it can be inserted into the socket 1500 from the insertion end 1581 of the tray 1550. When the tray 1550 is ejected from the socket 1500, it can be ejected in a direction opposite to that in which the tray 1550 is inserted. The method of removing the tray 1550 from the socket 1500 may include a push-pull method or a push-push method.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. That is, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that various embodiments based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible.

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Claims (26)

In an electronic device,
A housing having a hole drilled therein;
A tray in which a SIM card and an SD card are accommodated;
A first socket located in the housing and through which the tray is inserted;
A communication circuit located inside the housing;
A processor located within the housing and electrically connected to the communication circuit, the SIM card, and the SD card; And
And a battery disposed inside the housing for supplying power to the communication circuit, the processor, the SIM card, and the SD card,
The processor comprising:
Sensing a discharge of the tray from the first socket,
The power supply to the SIM card and the SD card via the first socket is cut off in response to the discharge of the tray,
After inserting the tray into the first socket after cutting off the power supply,
Wherein when the SIM card and the SD card are all stored in the inserted tray, the priority order of the SD card and the SIM card is determined,
And resets a task block that processes the SIM card when the comparison result indicates that the SIM card has a higher priority than the SD card. The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
If it is determined that both the SIM card and the SD card are detected, power is applied to the SD card and the data is read from the SD card 3. The method of claim 2,
The processor comprising:
And when it is determined that the priority of the SIM card is lower than that of the SD card as a result of the priority comparison, the power supply to the SIM card is blocked. The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And if it is determined that only the SIM card is detected, resets the task block that processes the SIM card. The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And if it is determined that only the SD card is detected, power is applied to the SD card and the data of the SD card is read. The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And when it is determined that neither the SD card nor the SIM card is sensed, the power supply to the SD card and the SIM card is cut off. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a second socket,
And controls the data of the other SIM card based on the data of the SD card when the other SIM card is inserted into the second socket. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a memory,
The processor comprising:
And controls the data of another SIM card stored in the memory based on the data of the SD card that is read when data for another SIM card is stored in the memory. 9. The method of claim 8,
The processor comprising:
And controls to select at least one of data of the plurality of SIM cards when data for a plurality of SIM cards is stored in the memory. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a communication module,
The processor comprising:
Via the communication module, user authentication based on data of the SIM card. 10. The method of claim 9,
The data for at least one SIM card stored in the memory,
And wherein the electronic device is received from the server via the communication module. The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
To detect ejection from the first socket or insertion of the tray into the first socket through a physical pin included in the tray. The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
Receiving a response from at least one of the SIM card and the SD card to judge whether the SIM card and the SD card are inserted when there is no physical pin included in the tray. In an electronic device,
Sensing an ejection of the tray from the first socket;
Blocking power supply to the SIM card and the SD card through the first socket in response to the ejection of the tray;
Detecting insertion of the tray into the first socket after cutting off the power supply;
Determining a priority order of the SIM card and the SD card when both the SIM card and the SD card are accommodated in the inserted tray; And
And resetting a task block that processes data of the SIM card when it is determined that the SIM card has a higher priority than the SD card. 15. The method of claim 14,
Further comprising the step of supplying power to the SD card and reading data of the SD card when both the SIM card and the SD card are accommodated in the inserted tray. 16. The method of claim 15,
And if the SIM card determines that the priority of the SIM card is lower than that of the SD card as a result of the determination of the priority, maintaining the power supply to the SIM card in an interrupted state. 15. The method of claim 14,
And resetting the task block processing the SIM card if only the SIM card is detected in the inserted tray. 15. The method of claim 14,
Supplying power to the SD card and reading data of the SD card when only the SD card is detected in the inserted tray. 19. The method of claim 18,
Further comprising a second socket,
The operation of reading the data of the SD card,
And processing the data of the other SIM card based on the data of the SD card that is read when the other SIM card is inserted into the second socket. 19. The method of claim 18,
The operation of reading the data of the SD card,
And processing the data of the other SIM card based on the data of the SD card when the data for the other SIM card is stored. 21. The method of claim 20,
Further comprising the step of selecting at least one of data of the plurality of SIM cards when data for a plurality of SIM cards is stored. 15. The method of claim 14,
The operation of processing the data of the SIM card,
And processing to perform user authentication based on data of the SIM card. 15. The method of claim 14,
And holding the power supply to the SD card and the SIM card in an interrupted state when none of the SIM card and the SD card is accommodated in the tray. 15. The method of claim 14,
The act of sensing ejection or insertion of the tray,
And sensing ejection or insertion of the tray through a physical pin included in the tray. 15. The method of claim 14,
The act of sensing ejection or insertion of the tray,
And receiving a response from at least one of the SIM card and the SD card to determine whether the SIM card and the SD card are inserted if there is no physical pin in the tray. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a SIM card and an SD card control method of an electronic apparatus,
Sensing an ejection of the tray from the first socket;
Interrupting power supply to the SIM card and the SD card through the first socket in response to the ejection of the tray;
Detecting insertion of the tray into the first socket after cutting off the power supply;
Determining a priority order of the SIM card and the SD card when both the SIM card and the SD card are stored in the inserted tray; And
And resetting a task block that processes data of the SIM card when it is determined that the priority of the SIM card is higher than that of the SD card as a result of the determination.

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