WO2014075600A1

WO2014075600A1 - Method and user equipment for selecting sim card and public land mobile network

Info

Publication number: WO2014075600A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/086917
Authority: WO
Inventors: 彭程晖
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-11-16
Filing date: 2013-11-12
Publication date: 2014-05-22
Also published as: CN103826286A; CN103826286B

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and user equipment for selecting a SIM card and a public land mobile network (PLMN). According to an identifier of a currently available PLMN, information about a candidate SIM card, and tariff information corresponding to combinations of SIM cards and PLMNs, tariff information corresponding to a combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN is obtained; a combination is selected according to the tariff information; and the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN in the combination are selected.

Description

Method and user equipment for selecting SIM card and public land mobile network This application claims to be filed on November 16, 2012, the Chinese Patent Office, application number 201210462220. 7. The invention is entitled "Methods for Selecting SIM Cards and Public Land Mobile Networks and The priority of the Chinese Patent Application, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technologies, and in particular, to a user identification module.

A subscriber identity module (SIM) card and a public land mobile network (PLMN) method and user equipment (UE).

Background technique

The PLMN is uniquely determined by the Mobile Country Code (MCC) and the Mobile Network Code (MNC). A PLMN usually consists of a large number of cells. When the UE is powered on or off the network, the PLMN selection process is started, and a PLMN is selected for access through the process.

Currently, when the UE selects the PLMN, the UE searches for the PLMN according to the identifier of the preset PLMN, or the UE searches for all PLMNs, obtains the identifiers of all PLMNs, and provides the user with manual selection.

The above existing method of selecting PL 丽 is applicable to a single SIM card UE. With the development of communication technologies, multiple SIM card UEs have emerged. When there are multiple SIM cards that can be used in the UE, the rates for accessing each PLMN are different for each SIM card because the charging mode of the SIM card is different. Especially in the scenario of international roaming, the billing method is more complicated, and the difference in tariffs of different SIM cards is more significant. With the existing method of selecting PLMN, it is not possible to flexibly select the best SIM card and the corresponding PLMN.

Summary of the invention

A first aspect of the present invention provides a method of selecting a SIM card and a PLMN for solving Deficiencies in the prior art improve the flexibility of selecting SIM cards and PLMNs.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a user equipment for solving the drawbacks of the prior art and improving the flexibility of selecting a SIM card and a PL.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a method of selecting a user identity module SIM card and a public land mobile network PL, including:

Searching for and obtaining at least one currently available PL s logo;

Reading information of at least one candidate SIM card;

Obtaining, according to the identifier of the currently available PL MN, the information of the candidate SIM card, and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the preset SIM card and the PLMN, the tariff corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽Information

Selecting a combination according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, using the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and targeting the currently available PL 丽 in the combination PLMN.

The aspect as described above, and any possible implementation manner, further provide an implementation manner, after the obtaining the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN, the method further includes:

The combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN is sorted according to a preset sorting condition.

And the foregoing aspect, and any possible implementation manner, further providing an implementation manner, where the selecting a combination according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, in the combination The candidate SIM card is used as the target SIM card, and the currently available PL MN in the combination is used as the target PLMN, including:

Displaying, to the user, the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, and receiving a selection instruction from the user, where the selection instruction includes a combination of the target SIM card and the target PLMN;

Selecting a combination according to the preset selection condition and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, using the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and currently available in the combination PL Li as the target PL Li.

An aspect as described above, and any possible implementation manner, further providing an implementation manner, wherein selecting a combination, using a candidate SIM card in the combination as a target SIM card, Before the currently available PLMN in the combination is used as the target PL MN, the method further includes: downloading at least one of the candidate SIM cards;

The selecting a combination, using the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and the currently available PL MN in the combination as the target PL 丽, further comprising: activating the target SIM card.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, where the activating the target SIM card includes:

Sending a request activation message to the soft SIM card server, where the request activation message includes: information of the target SIM card, so that the soft SIM card server activates the target SIM card.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a user equipment UE, including:

a baseband unit, configured to search for and obtain an identifier of at least one currently available PL; a user identity module, a SIM card control unit, configured to read information of at least one candidate SIM card;

a storage unit, configured to store the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the preset SIM card and the PL MN; the selecting unit, configured to use the identifier of the currently available PL MN, the information of the candidate SIM card, and the preset The tariff information corresponding to the combination of the SIM card and the PL 丽, the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, A combination is selected, with the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and the currently available PL MN in the combination as the target PLMN.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, where the selecting unit is further configured to sort the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN according to a preset sorting condition.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, further including: a user interface unit, where the selecting unit is specifically configured to send the candidate SIM card to the user interface unit and the currently available a combination of the PLMN and the receiving of the selection information from the user interface unit; the user interface unit is specifically configured to display, to the user, the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, and receive a selection instruction from the user and sent to the selection unit, the selection instruction including a combination of the target SIM card and the target PLMN; Alternatively, the selecting unit is specifically configured to select a combination according to the preset selection condition and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, and use the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM. The card, with the currently available PL MN in the combination as the target PLMN.

The aspect as described above and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, further including: a downloading unit, configured to download at least one candidate SIM card;

The selection unit is further for activating the target SIM card.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, where the selecting unit is specifically configured to send a request activation message to the soft SIM card server, where the request activation message includes: the target SIM card Information to enable the soft SIM card server to activate the target SIM card.

It can be seen from the foregoing content that the identifier of the at least one currently available PLMN is obtained by searching, the information of the at least one candidate SIM card is obtained by reading, the information of the currently available PL 丽 and the information of the candidate SIM card, and the preset SIM. The tariff information corresponding to the combination of the card and the PL 丽, obtain the tariff information when each candidate SIM card is combined with each currently available PLMN, thereby selecting a combination according to the tariff information, and using the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card , with the currently available PLMN in the combination as the target PL 丽. Since the SIM card and the PL MN are selected according to the tariff information of the combination of the different SIM cards and PL MN, the flexibility of selecting the SIM card and the PLMN can be improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and obviously, in the following description The drawings are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative work.

1 is a flowchart of a method for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a signaling flowchart of a method for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a signaling flowchart of a method for selecting an SIM card and a PL MN according to a third embodiment; FIG. 4 is a signaling flowchart of a method for activating an S IM card according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. example. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the present invention.

1 is a flow chart of a method for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes the following process.

Step 101: The UE searches for and acquires an identifier of at least one currently available PL MN.

In this step, the UE searches for the currently available PL MN to obtain the identifier of all currently available PL 丽.

Step 102: The UE reads information of at least one candidate SIM card.

In this step, the UE reads the SIM card connected to the UE, and all the SIM cards connected by the UE are used as the candidate SIM card. The SIM card may be a hard SIM card in the form of a hardware device or a software program. Soft SIM card. The UE obtains information of each candidate SIM card by reading all candidate SIM cards. In an implementation manner, the information of the candidate SIM card may include: a mobile station identification number (MSISDN) of the candidate SIM card, and a home public mobile network of the candidate SIM card (home publ ic land mobi le network , referred to as HPLMN), information such as the identifier of the candidate SIM card. The identifier of the candidate SIM card is also the international mobi le subscriber identification number (simple IMSI) of the candidate SIM card.

Step 103: The UE acquires the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽 according to the identifier of the currently available PL MN, the information of the candidate SIM card, and the tariff information corresponding to the preset combination of the SIM card and the RL 丽. The corresponding tariff information.

In this step, the tariff information corresponding to different combinations of the SIM cards and the respective PLMNs is preset in the UE, for example, the SIM card 1 and the PLMN 1 are represented by (identification of the SIM card 1 and the identifier of the PLMN 1). In combination, the following information is preset in the UE: (identification of SIM card 1, identifier of PL 1) - tariff information 1, (identification of SIM card 2, identification of PLMN 2) - tariff information 2, (SIM card 1 Identification, identification of PLMN 2) - tariff information 3, (identification of SIM card 2, PLMN 1 logo) - tariff information 4, .... Obtaining, according to the identifier of the currently available PL MN obtained in the foregoing step, the information of the candidate SIM card obtained in the foregoing step, and acquiring the tariff information corresponding to different combinations of the SIM cards and the respective PL 丽s preset in the UE. The tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN. For example, the identifier of the currently available PLMN obtained in the above steps includes: the identifier of the PLMN 1 and the identifier of the PLMN 2. The information of the candidate SIM card obtained in the above step includes: the identifier of the SIM card 1 and the identifier of the SIM card 2, And according to the preset tariff information corresponding to the different combinations of the SIM cards and the respective PLMNs, the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN can be obtained: (ID of the SIM card 1 , PLMN 1 Identification) - tariff information 1, (identification of SIM card 2, identification of PL 2) - tariff information 2, (identification of SIM card 1, logo of PLMN 2) - tariff information 3, (identification of SIM card 2, Identification of PLMN 1) - Tariff Information 4.

Step 104: The UE selects a combination according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN, and uses the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and currently available in the combination. PL 丽 is the target PLMN.

In this step, a combination is selected according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN. For example, the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN includes: (identification of SIM card 1, identification of PL 丽1) - tariff information 1, (identification of SIM card 2, identification of PLMN 2) - Tariff information 2, (identification of SIM card 1, identifier of PLMN 2) - tariff information 3, (identification of SIM card 2, identification of PLMN 1) - tariff information 4, based on the above tariff information, tariff information 1, tariff information 2. The tariff information 3 is compared with the tariff information 4, and the optimal tariff information is selected. For example, taking the tariff information 1 as the optimal tariff information as an example, correspondingly, the combination of the SIM card 1 and the PLMN 1 is selected, with the SIM card 1 as the target SIM card and the PLMN 1 as the target PLMN.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the UE obtains at least one currently available PL MN identifier by searching, and obtains information of at least one candidate SIM card by reading, according to the currently available PLMN identifier and the candidate SIM card information, and the pre- The tariff information corresponding to the combination of the SIM card and the PL MN is used to obtain the tariff information when each candidate SIM card is combined with each currently available PLMN, so that a combination is selected according to the tariff information, and the candidate SIM card in the combination is used as the candidate SIM card in the combination. The target SIM card, with the currently available PL MN in the combination as the target PLMN. Since the SIM card and the PL 丽 are selected according to the tariff information of the combination of different SIM cards and PLMNs, the selection can be improved. Choose the flexibility of SIM card and PLMN.

FIG. 2 is a signaling flowchart of a method for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the second embodiment of the present invention, a manual search mode for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN method is introduced. As shown in Figure 2, the method includes the following process.

Step 201: The selecting unit sends a PL search request message to the baseband unit.

Step 202: The baseband unit returns a PL MN list to the selection unit.

In this step, the baseband unit searches for the currently available PL MN, obtains the identifier of at least one PLMN, and returns a PL MN list to the selection unit, where the list includes the identifier of the currently available PL MN obtained by the search.

Step 203: The selection unit sends a SIM card read request message to the SIM card control unit. In this step, the selection unit sends a SIM card read request message to the SIM card control unit to read information of at least one candidate SIM card.

Step 204: The SIM card control unit returns a list of SIM cards to the selection unit.

In this step, all SIM cards (including hard SIM cards and soft SIM cards) connected by the SIM card control unit are used as candidate SIM cards, and the SIM card control unit reads all candidate SIM cards and obtains information of all candidate SIM cards. The SIM card list is returned to the selection unit, and the SIM card list includes information of all candidate SIM cards. In an implementation manner, the information of the candidate SIM card may include: MS I SDN of the candidate S IM card, HPL MN of the candidate S IM card, and identifier of the candidate S IM card (IMS I ).

Step 205: The selecting unit sends a tariff information query request message to the storage unit.

In this step, a tariff database may be stored in the storage unit, where the database includes the tariff information corresponding to the preset combination of the SIM card and the PL 丽, including the tariff information corresponding to different combinations of the SIM cards and the respective PL 丽. The selection unit sends a tariff information inquiry request message to the storage unit, and the tariff information inquiry request message may include: the identifier of the currently available PL MN obtained in the above step, and the information of the candidate SIM card obtained in the above step. The selection unit requests the storage unit for the tariff information corresponding to the combination of each of the candidate SIM cards and each of the currently available PLMNs by transmitting the tariff information inquiry request message to the storage unit.

Step 206: The storage unit returns a list of tariff information to the selection unit.

In this step, the storage unit searches for the request message according to the above-mentioned tariff information, and obtains the currently available PL 丽 identifier and the candidate SIM card information in the message, according to the currently available PL 丽 And the information of the candidate SIM card, querying the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the SIM card and the PL MN stored in the storage unit, thereby obtaining the tariff information corresponding to the combination of each candidate SIM card and each currently available PL 丽. The storage unit returns a tariff information list to the selection unit, where the list includes the tariff information corresponding to each combination.

Step 207: The selecting unit sorts the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN.

In this step, the selection unit sorts the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN. The selection unit may sort the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN according to a preset sorting condition. The preset sorting conditions may include: sorting according to whether roaming, sorting according to voice service tariffs, sorting according to data service tariffs, and the like.

This step is an optional step, and may not be performed. After step 206, step 208 is directly executed.

Step 208: The selection unit sends a candidate list to the user interface unit.

In this step, the selection unit sends a candidate list to the user interface unit, where the list includes the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN. In the case where step 207 is performed, the list includes the combination of the sorted candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽 and the tariff information corresponding to each combination. In the case that the SIM card information includes the HPL of the SIM card, the selection unit may determine the roaming state of the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN according to the HPL MN of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, including: no roaming Correspondingly, the candidate list may further include roaming information corresponding to each combination, where the roaming information is used to indicate whether the combination is in a roaming state, the combination is in a domestic roaming state, or an international roaming state, etc. Wait.

Step 209: The user interface unit displays the candidate list to the user.

In this step, the user interface unit displays the candidate list to the user. In one implementation manner, the candidate list is displayed according to preset display conditions, and the display condition may be preset by the user, and may include: displaying the number of the bars, displaying whether the candidate SIM card without the tariff information is combined with the currently available PLMN, and the like. .

Step 210: The user interface unit receives a selection instruction from the user.

In this step, the user selects a combination of a candidate SIM card and a currently available PL MN according to the candidate list displayed by the user interface unit, and sends a selection instruction to the user interface unit. The selection instruction includes the above combination for selection, the instruction indicating a candidate in the above combination

The SIM card is used as the target SIM card, and the currently available PLMN in the above combination is targeted, that is, the selection instruction includes a combination of the target SIM card and the target PL MN.

Step 211: The user interface unit forwards the selection instruction from the user to the selection unit.

In this step, the user interface unit forwards a selection instruction from the user to the selection unit, the selection instruction including a combination of the target SIM card and the target PL MN.

Step 212: The selection unit sends a first selection result notification message to the SIM card control unit. In this step, the selection unit sends a first selection result notification message to the SIM card control unit, where the first selection result notification message includes information of the target SIM card. The selection unit notifies the SIM card control unit to use the target by sending a first selection result notification message to the SIM card control unit.

SIM card.

Step 213: The selection unit sends a second selection result notification message to the baseband unit.

In this step, the selecting unit sends a second selection result notification message to the baseband unit, where the second selection result notification message includes the information of the target SIM card and the identifier of the target PL MN. The selection unit notifies the baseband unit to use the target SIM card by transmitting a second selection result notification message to the baseband unit, and searches for the target PLMN.

In one implementation, the selection unit separately transmits two messages to the baseband unit, and notifies the baseband unit of the selection result by two messages. In one of the messages, the information of the target SIM card is included, and the other message includes the identifier of the target PL.

The execution order of the above steps 212 and 213 is not limited, and may be performed in any order, or may be performed simultaneously.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the UE acquires the currently available information of the PL MN and the candidate SIM card, and obtains each candidate SIM card according to the obtained content and the preset tariff information corresponding to the combination of the SIM card and the PLMN. The tariff information when each currently available PLMN is combined is displayed to the user for the user to select a combination according to the tariff information, and the UE uses the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and the currently available PL in the combination. As the target PLMNo, since the SIM card and the PLMN are selected according to the tariff information of the combination of the different SIM cards and the PLMN, the flexibility of selecting the SIM card and the PL MN can be improved.

FIG. 3 is a signaling flowchart of a method for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In the third embodiment of the present invention, an automatic search mode of a method of selecting a SIM card and a PL MN is introduced. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes the following process.

Step 301: The selecting unit sends a PL search request message to the baseband unit.

Step 302: The baseband unit returns a PL list to the selection unit.

Step 303: The selection unit sends a SIM card read request message to the SIM card control unit. Step 304: The SIM card control unit returns a list of SIM cards to the selection unit.

Step 305: The selecting unit sends a tariff information query request message to the storage unit.

Step 306: The storage unit returns a list of tariff information to the selection unit.

Step 307: The selecting unit sorts the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN.

This step is optional, and may not be performed. After step 306, step 308 is directly executed.

The foregoing steps 301 to 307 are the same as steps 201 to 207, respectively, and are not described herein again.

Step 308: The selection unit selects a combination of a candidate SIM card and a currently available PLMN. In this step, the selecting unit selects a combination according to the preset selection condition and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, and uses the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card to The currently available PL MN in the combination is the target PL 丽. In an implementation manner, the preset selection condition may be the lowest voice service tariff or the lowest data service tariff, and the selection unit selects according to the selection condition, according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽. . In the case where step 307 is performed, the selection unit selects based on the combination of the sorted candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽 and the tariff information corresponding to each combination. In the case that the SIM card information includes the HPLMN of the SIM card, the selecting unit may determine the roaming state of the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN according to the HPLMN of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN, including: no roaming, Domestic roaming, international roaming, etc., correspondingly, the preset selection conditions may include not only the lowest voice service tariff or the lowest data service tariff, but also whether roaming, domestic roaming or international roaming, etc., the selecting unit according to the selection condition, The selection may be based on the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, and may also be selected according to the roaming information corresponding to each combination, the roaming information is used to indicate whether the combination is in a roaming state, and the combination is in the domestic Roaming status or international roaming status, etc. Step 309: The selection unit sends a first selection result notification message to the SIM card control unit. Step 310: The selecting unit sends a second selection result notification message to the baseband unit.

The above steps 309 to 310 are the same as steps 212 to 213, respectively, and are not described herein again.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the UE obtains the currently available PL LL identifier and the candidate SIM card information, and obtains each candidate SIM card according to the obtained content and the preset tariff information corresponding to the combination of the SIM card and the PLMN. The tariff information when each currently available PLMN is combined, selects a combination according to the tariff information and the preset selection condition, and uses the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and uses the currently available PL 丽 in the combination as Target PL Li. Since the SIM card and the PLMN are selected according to the tariff information of the combination of the different SIM cards and PL 丽, the flexibility of selecting the SIM card and the PL MN can be improved.

FIG. 4 is a signaling flowchart of a method for activating a SIM card according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In the method of selecting the SIM card and the PL MN shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 above, the downloading of the plurality of soft SIM cards may be completed in advance before the target SIM card is selected, and the soft SIM cards need not be activated at this time. . After selecting the target SIM card, if the target SIM card is a hard SIM card, the SIM card is directly opened; if the target SIM card is a soft SIM card, the SIM card is activated. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a method for activating a SIM card is introduced. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following process.

Step 401: The selection unit downloads at least one of the candidate SIM cards from the soft SIM card server. In this step, the selection unit downloads all candidate SIM cards in the form of a soft SIM card from the soft SIM card server. The method of activating the SIM card shown in Fig. 4 can be combined with the method of selecting a SIM card and a PLMN as shown in Fig. 2 or Fig. 3. In the method for selecting a SIM card and a PL MN according to the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, the step 401 can be performed at any time before the step 211. After the step 211 is performed, the selecting unit learns the selected target SIM card. , proceed to step 402. In the method for selecting a SIM card and a PLMN in the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3, the step 401 can be performed at any time before the step 308. After the step 308 is performed, the selecting unit learns the selected target SIM card. Proceed to step 402.

Step 402: The selection unit determines that the target SIM card is an inactive soft SIM card.

In this step, the selecting unit determines the target SIM card. In the embodiment of the present invention, the selecting unit determines that the target SIM card is an inactive soft SIM card, and the selecting unit, after obtaining the foregoing determining result, Activate the target SIM card. In one embodiment, activating the The process of the target SIM card may include the following steps 403 to 410.

Step 403: The selection unit sends an activation inquiry message to the user interface unit.

In this step, the selection unit sends an activation inquiry message to the user interface unit, the activation inquiry message including information of the target SIM card.

Step 404: The user interface unit displays an activation inquiry message to the user and acquires an activation instruction of the user.

In this step, the user interface unit displays an activation inquiry message to the user to ask if the user activates the target SIM card. The user confirms whether to activate the target SIM card according to the display of the user interface unit, and sends an activation instruction to the user interface unit, the activation command includes a first value or a second value, and confirms the activation of the target SIM card by the first value, A binary value indicates that the target SIM card is not activated. The user interface unit obtains an activation instruction sent by the user.

Step 405: The user interface unit forwards the activation instruction of the user to the selection unit.

In this step, the user interface unit forwards the user's activation command to the selection unit to notify the selection unit to activate or deactivate the target SIM card. When the activation command indicates that the target SIM card is activated, step 406 is executed, and when the live command indicates that the target SIM card is not activated, the process ends.

The above steps 403 to 405 are optional steps. In other embodiments, the above steps 403 to 405 may not be performed, and after step 402, step 406 is directly executed.

Step 406: The selection unit sends a request activation message to the soft SIM card server.

In this step, the selecting unit sends a request activation message to the soft SIM card server, where the request activation message includes: information of the target SIM card. The selection unit activates the target SIM card by sending a request activation message to the soft SIM card server.

Step 407: The soft SIM card server activates the target SIM card.

In this step, the soft SIM card server activates the target SIM card. The soft SIM card server can directly activate the target SIM card after receiving the request activation message. After receiving the request activation message, it can verify whether the target SIM card can be activated and then activate the target SIM card after the verification is passed. The verification content may include: whether the user who sent the request activation message is valid, whether the target SIM card is valid, whether the target SIM card has been used by other users, and the like.

Step 408: The soft SIM card server returns an activation response message to the selection unit.

In this step, the soft SIM card server returns an activation response message to the selection unit. Wherein, if the soft SIM card server activates the target SIM card successfully in step 407, the soft SIM card server The activation response message carries the activation success identifier. If the soft SIM card server fails to activate the target SIM card in step 407, the soft SIM card server carries the activation failure identifier in the activation response message. Further, the soft SIM card server may also activate the response. The message carries the reason for the activation failure. If the reason for the failure of the target SIM card activation is that the target SIM card has been used by other users, the soft SIM card server may also obtain a soft SIM card having the same or similar characteristics as the target SIM card in the soft SIM card stored by itself. And carrying the information of the recommended SIM card in the activation response message, and recommending the SIM card to the selection unit.

Step 409: The selection unit sends an activation response message to the user interface unit.

Step 410: The user interface unit displays an activation response message to the user.

In this step, the user interface unit displays an activation response message to the user. If the target is activated

If the SIM card is successful, the activation success information is displayed to the user; if the activation of the target SIM card fails, the activation failure information is displayed to the user, and further, the activation failure reason and/or the recommended SIM card information may be displayed to the user.

The above steps 409 to 410 are optional steps. In other embodiments, the above steps 409 to 410 may not be performed.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, on the basis of selecting the SIM card and the PL MN according to the tariff information of the combination of different SIM cards and PLMNs, in the case where the target SIM card is a soft SIM card, the candidate is uniformly downloaded before the SIM card selection is performed. All the soft SIM cards in the SIM card, including the target SIM card, but do not activate any soft SIM card at this time. After selecting the target SIM card, the target SIM card is activated, so that not only the selection of the SIM card and the PL can be improved. Li's flexibility, and can be activated immediately after selecting the SIM card, saving the time to download after selecting the SIM card, improving the efficiency of use.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the UE includes at least: a baseband unit 51, a SIM card control unit 52, a storage unit 53, and a selection unit 54; and further, may further include: a user interface unit 55 and/or a download unit 56. The radio unit 57 and the bus 58 may also be included in the UE. The radio frequency unit 57 is connected to the baseband unit 51 for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals to the baseband unit 51. The bus 58 is used to connect other functional units to implement data and control signaling interaction between the various functional units. One or more hard SIM cards can be inserted into the UE, and one or more soft SIM cards can also be stored.

The baseband unit 51 is configured to search for and acquire at least one identifier of the currently available PL MN. The SIM card control unit 52 is configured to read information of at least one candidate SIM card.

The storage unit 53 is configured to store the tariff information corresponding to the preset combination of the SIM card and the PLMN. The storage unit 53 can store a tariff database, and the database includes the tariff information corresponding to the preset combination of the SIM card and the PL MN.

The selecting unit 54 is configured to obtain, according to the identifier of the currently available PL MN, the information of the candidate SIM card, and the tariff information corresponding to the preset combination of the SIM card and the PL MN, the candidate SIM card is currently available. Selecting a combination according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL 丽, and using the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, The currently available PL MN in the combination is the target PLMN.

Based on the foregoing technical solution, the selecting unit 54 is further configured to sort the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN according to a preset sorting condition.

Based on the foregoing technical solution, the UE may further include: a user interface unit 55. Correspondingly, the selecting unit 54 is specifically configured to send the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MN to the user interface unit 55, and receive a selection instruction from the user interface unit 55. The user interface unit 55 is specifically configured to display, to the user, the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, receive a selection instruction from the user, and send the selection instruction to the selection unit 54, where the selection instruction includes The combination of the target SIM card and the target PLMN.

Or, based on the foregoing technical solution, the selecting unit 54 is specifically configured to: according to preset charging conditions and tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, select a combination to The candidate SIM card in the combination is used as the target SIM card, and the currently available PL MN in the combination is used as the target PL 丽.

Based on the foregoing technical solution, the UE may further include: a downloading unit 56. The download unit 56 is configured to download at least one of the candidate SIM cards. Correspondingly, the selection unit 54 is further configured to activate the target SIM card. In an implementation manner, the selecting unit 54 is specifically configured to send a request activation message to the soft SIM card server, where the request activation message includes: information about the target SIM card, so that the soft SIM card server is activated. The device device system of the fifth embodiment of the present invention can be used to perform the first embodiment of the present invention. For the specific implementation process and the technical effect of the method for selecting the SIM card and the PL MN according to the third embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the third embodiment of the present invention to the third embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the identifier of the at least one currently available PL 丽 is obtained by the baseband unit search, and the information of the at least one candidate SIM card is read by the SIM card control unit, and the selection unit is configured according to the currently available PL 丽 identifier and The information of the candidate SIM card is used to search for the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the preset SIM card and the PL MN stored in the storage unit, and obtain the tariff information when each candidate SIM card is combined with each currently available PLMN, thereby selecting according to the tariff information. A combination, with the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, with the currently available PL 丽 in the combination as the target PL 丽. Since the SIM card and the PLMN are selected based on the tariff information of the combination of the different SIM cards and PL 丽, the flexibility of selecting the SIM card and the PL MN can be improved.

It should be noted that, for the foregoing method embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are all expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited by the described action sequence. Because certain steps may be performed in other sequences or concurrently in accordance with the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art should also understand that the embodiments described in the specification are all preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the various embodiments are different, and the details are not described in detail in an embodiment, and the related descriptions of other embodiments can be referred to.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps to implement the various method embodiments described above can be accomplished by hardware associated with the program instructions. The aforementioned program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The program, when executed, performs the steps including the above-described method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store program codes, such as 匪, RAM, disk or optical disk.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention. range.

Claims

claims

1. A method of selecting a user identity identification module SIM card and a public land mobile network PLIM, which is characterized by including:

A currently available PLID logo;

According to the identification of the currently available PLMN, the information of the candidate SIM card, and the tariff information corresponding to the preset combination of the SIM card and the PLMN, obtain the tariff corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN. information;

According to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, select a combination, use the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and use the currently available PLMN in the combination as the target PLMN.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, after obtaining the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLIM, it further includes:

Sort the combinations of the candidate SIM cards and currently available PLMNs according to preset sorting conditions.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, selecting a combination according to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, using the candidate SIM card in the combination The card is used as the target SIM card, and the currently available PLMN in the combination is used as the target PLMN, including:

Display the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN to the user, and receive a selection instruction from the user, where the selection instruction includes the combination of the target SIM card and the target PLMN;

According to the preset selection conditions and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN, select a combination, use the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and use the currently available PLMN in the combination The PL is used as the target PL.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, in selecting a combination, the candidate SIM card in the combination is used as the target SIM card, and the currently available SIM card in the combination is used as the target SIM card. Before the PL is used as the target PL, the method further includes: downloading at least one of the candidate SIM cards;

Select a combination, use the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM card, and use After the currently available PLMN in the combination is used as the target PLMN, the method further includes: activating the target SIM card.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said activating the target SIM card includes:

Send an activation request message to the soft SIM card server, where the activation request message includes: information about the target SIM card, so that the soft SIM card server activates the target SIM card.

6. A user equipment UE, characterized by including:

The baseband unit is used to search and obtain the identification of at least one currently available PLIM; the user identity recognition module SIM card control unit is used to read the information of at least one candidate SIM card;

A storage unit, used to store tariff information corresponding to a preset combination of SIM cards and PL MUs; a selection unit, used to select according to the identification of the currently available PL MU, the information of the candidate SIM cards and the preset The tariff information corresponding to the combination of the SIM card and the PL MU is obtained, and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MU is obtained. According to the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PL MU, A combination is selected, the candidate SIM card in the combination is used as the target SIM card, and the currently available PLMN in the combination is used as the target PLMN.

7. The UE according to claim 6, characterized in that,

The selection unit is also used to sort combinations of the candidate SIM cards and currently available PLMNs according to preset sorting conditions.

8. The UE according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that,

It also includes: a user interface unit; the selection unit is specifically configured to send tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLMN to the user interface unit, and receive a selection instruction from the user interface unit; The user interface unit is specifically configured to display to the user the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLIM, receive a selection instruction from the user and send it to the selection unit, where the selection instruction includes the The combination of the target SIM card and the target PLMN;

Or, the selection unit is specifically configured to select a combination according to the preset selection conditions and the tariff information corresponding to the combination of the candidate SIM card and the currently available PLIM, and use the candidate SIM card in the combination as the target SIM. card, with the currently available PL in the combination as Target PLMN.

9. The UE according to any one of claims 6 to 8, further comprising: a downloading unit, configured to download at least one candidate SIM card;

The selection unit is also used to activate the target SIM card.

10. The UE according to claim 9, wherein the selection unit is specifically configured to send an activation request message to the soft SIM card server, and the activation request message includes: the target