WO2016184050A1

WO2016184050A1 - Virtual sim card based wireless access point switching method and system

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Publication number: WO2016184050A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/094225
Authority: WO
Inventors: 卢金金
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-05-20
Filing date: 2015-11-10
Publication date: 2016-11-24
Also published as: CN106304021A

Abstract

A virtual SIM card based wireless access point switching method and system, the method comprising: acquiring information about a WLAN AP which can be connected currently; according to the acquired information about the WLAN AP which can be connected currently, determining a required virtual SIM card from a pre-set virtual SIM card list; and according to the determined virtual SIM card, connecting a currently adapted WLAN AP. The technical solution can solve the problems in the related art, such as poor information security and user experience, caused when a terminal accesses different operator WLAN APs via a roaming service.

Description

Wireless SIM card switching method and system based on virtual SIM card

Technical field

This document relates to, but is not limited to, the field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a wireless SIM card-based wireless access point switching method and system.

Background technique

The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is a technology that stores information in a conventional SIM card in a terminal and then directly accessed by the CPU. Compared with the traditional SIM card, the virtual SIM card has the advantages of convenient centralized management, wide operating temperature range and low cost.

With the rapid development of the Internet, public places, office places, and home network devices are increasingly using wireless local area network (WLAN) Access Point (AP) technology to obtain Internet services. Due to the high mobile network tariffs, users want to reduce tariffs by using WLAN AP access. In addition, each operator reduces the data pressure of the traditional LTE/3G/4G network by actively deploying a large number of WLAN APs.

However, at present, the WLAN AP deployed by each operator needs to verify the SIM card information of the terminal. If the terminal needs to support the WLAN AP of different operators, the roaming agreement between different operators is required, and the terminal purchases the roaming service. . In this way, if the terminal needs to support the roaming service, the terminal needs to notify the SIM card information to other operators (such as the roaming operator), thereby causing the user information to be leaked, which is not conducive to information protection; in addition, the user needs to purchase the related roaming service and increase the user. The cost of use, which reduces the user experience.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a system for switching a wireless access point based on a virtual SIM card, which can be used to solve the problem that a terminal accesses a WLAN AP of a different operator through a roaming service in the related art. Technical issues related to information security and poor user experience.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for switching a wireless access point based on a virtual SIM card, including: acquiring information of a currently connected WLAN AP; and obtaining a virtual SIM card according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP. The required virtual SIM card is determined in the list; according to the determined virtual SIM card, the currently adapted WLAN AP is connected.

Optionally, before the obtaining the information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, the method further includes: selecting, according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP, the currently connectable WLAN AP.

Optionally, the information of the WLAN AP includes country code information and service set identifier SSID information corresponding to the WLAN AP.

Optionally, the determining, according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, determining the adapted virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list comprises: determining, according to the acquired information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, The mobile country code information and/or the operator information, and the virtual SIM card that matches the mobile country code information and/or the operator information corresponding to the currently connected WLAN AP is searched from the preset virtual SIM card list, and the query is obtained. The virtual SIM card with the highest priority is determined as the required virtual SIM card, and the currently connected WLAN AP according to the virtual SIM card obtained by the query is the currently adapted WLAN AP.

Optionally, the preset virtual SIM card list includes a primary virtual SIM card and at least one secondary virtual SIM card.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual SIM card-based wireless access point switching system, comprising: an obtaining module, configured to obtain information of a currently connectable WLAN AP; and a processing module configured to obtain a currently connectable WLAN according to the obtained The information of the AP determines the required virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list; and the connection module is configured to connect the currently adapted WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card.

Optionally, the processing module is further configured to select, according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP, the currently connectable WLAN AP, before the acquiring module acquires the information of the currently connectable WLAN AP.

Optionally, the processing module is configured to determine, according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, the required virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list, including: according to the obtained currently connectable WLAN The information of the AP determines the corresponding mobile country code information and the operator information, and searches for a virtual SIM card that matches the mobile country code information and/or the operator information corresponding to the currently connected WLAN AP from the preset virtual SIM card list. The virtual SIM card with the highest priority is determined as the required virtual SIM card, and the currently connected WLAN AP according to the virtual SIM card obtained by the query is the currently adapted WLAN AP.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the computer executable instructions are used to execute the foregoing method.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the information about the currently connectable WLAN AP is obtained; and the required virtual SIM card is determined from the preset virtual SIM card list according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP; A virtual SIM card that connects to the currently adapted WLAN AP. In this way, when the WLAN AP is connected, the WLAN AP is determined by the information of the WLAN AP, and the SIM card of the terminal is automatically switched, thereby ensuring that the terminal successfully accesses the WLAN AP, and the WLAN AP usage scenario is extended and the WLAN AP is used. User usage fees have increased the user experience.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a method for switching a wireless access point based on a virtual SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a detailed flowchart of a method for switching a wireless access point based on a virtual SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of determining a virtual SIM card required in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a virtual SIM card-based wireless access point switching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for switching a wireless access point based on a virtual SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , a virtual SIM card-based wireless access point switching method provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step 11: The mobile terminal acquires information of the currently connected WLAN AP.

Optionally, before the step, the method further includes: selecting, according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP, the currently connectable WLAN AP.

In this step, the information of the WLAN AP includes the country code information and the Service Set Identifier (SSID) information corresponding to the WLAN AP.

Step 12: The mobile terminal determines the required virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP.

In an embodiment, the step includes: determining corresponding mobile country code information and/or operator information according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, and querying the current virtual SIM card list from the preset virtual SIM card list. The virtual SIM card of the mobile country code information and/or the operator information corresponding to the WLAN AP determines the virtual SIM card with the highest priority obtained as the required virtual SIM card.

Here, the preset virtual SIM card list includes a primary virtual SIM card and at least one secondary virtual SIM card. The primary virtual SIM card has a one-to-one correspondence with the user account information, and can only be used by the current mobile terminal and cannot be modified by default. The secondary virtual SIM card is provided by the operator or a third-party virtual SIM card provider, and the secondary virtual SIM card is only used for the authentication service of the WLAN AP access, does not support the traditional LTE/3G/4G service, and the secondary virtual SIM card Multiple groups can be set in advance and can be modified. Thus, it can be used as a public account for different users to use on different terminals, thereby protecting user information. Here, in the preset virtual SIM card list, the priority of the primary virtual SIM card is higher than that of the secondary virtual SIM card.

Step 13: The mobile terminal connects to the currently adapted WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card.

The WLAN AP that matches the virtual SIM card obtained in step 12 is the currently adapted WLAN AP.

FIG. 2 is a detailed flowchart of a method for switching a wireless access point based on a virtual SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the steps of this embodiment are described in detail:

Step 101: The mobile terminal scans the current WLAN AP list information.

Step 102: The mobile terminal determines whether the current WLAN AP list is empty, if it is empty, step 111 is performed, if not, step 103 is performed;

Step 103: The mobile terminal selects a currently available WLAN AP according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP. Optionally, the WLAN AP whose signal strength meets the preset threshold is a currently WLAN AP that can be connected (for example, 0 or at least one). );

Step 104: The mobile terminal determines whether there is a connectable WLAN AP, if not, step 111 is performed, if yes, step 105 is performed;

Step 105: The mobile terminal acquires the information of the currently connected WLAN AP, where the information of the WLAN AP includes the country code information and the SSID information corresponding to the WLAN AP, where if the information of the currently available WLAN AP is multiple, Obtain information about each currently available WLAN AP;

Step 106: The mobile terminal determines the required virtual SIM card from the virtual SIM card list according to the information of the WLAN AP, wherein the detailed process of this step refers to the description of FIG. 3;

Step 107: The mobile terminal initiates connection to the external WLAN AP.

Step 108: The mobile terminal determines whether the WLAN AP is successfully connected. If the connection is successful, step 109 is performed. If the connection fails, step 110 is performed;

Step 109: The mobile terminal maintains a WLAN AP connection.

Step 110: The mobile terminal determines whether there are other connectable WLAN APs, if yes, step 105 is performed, if not, step 111 is performed;

Step 111: Currently, no WLAN AP can be connected, and the mobile terminal switches to another network (such as LTE/3G/4G, etc.).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of determining a virtual SIM card required in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In this embodiment The preset virtual SIM card list includes, for example, a primary virtual SIM card and two secondary virtual SIM cards (the secondary virtual SIM card 1 and the secondary virtual SIM card 2), and the primary virtual SIM card has a higher priority than the secondary virtual SIM card. 1. The secondary virtual SIM card 1 has a higher priority than the secondary virtual SIM card 2. As shown in Figure 3, the process includes the following steps:

Step 201: The mobile terminal determines, according to the country code information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, the mobile country code information defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), specifically, the country code information of the WLAN AP. Carrying the mobile country code information, and obtaining the corresponding mobile country code through information analysis;

Step 202: The mobile terminal determines, according to the prefix identification information of the SSID information of the WLAN AP that can be connected, the operator information of the 3GPP defined by the WLAN AP, specifically, the prefix identification information of the SSID information of the WLAN AP and the reference information that can be referred to. The information conversion list can obtain corresponding operator information after information conversion;

Step 203: The mobile terminal acquires mobile country code information and carrier information of each virtual SIM card in the current virtual SIM card list.

Step 204: The mobile terminal determines whether the mobile country code information of the primary virtual SIM card is consistent with the mobile country code information of the currently connected WLAN AP, if yes, step 209 is performed, if not, step 205 is performed;

Step 205: The mobile terminal queries the virtual SIM card list according to the mobile country code corresponding to the currently connected WLAN AP, and obtains the virtual SIM card information of the international roaming location corresponding to the mobile country code.

Step 206: whether there is a virtual SIM card of the international roaming place, if yes, step 207 is performed, if not, step 214 is performed;

Step 207: The mobile terminal determines whether the operator of the virtual SIM card of the international roaming place is consistent with the operator information corresponding to the currently connected WLAN AP. If they are consistent, the virtual SIM card of the international roaming place (such as the secondary virtual SIM card 1) In order to determine the virtual SIM card, step 208 is performed, if not, step 214 is performed;

Step 208: The mobile terminal connects to the current WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card, and the process ends.

Step 209: The mobile terminal determines whether the operator information of the primary virtual SIM card is currently connected. The WLAN AP corresponds to the same carrier information. If they are the same, go to step 213. If they are different, go to step 210.

Step 210: The mobile terminal queries the virtual SIM card list according to the mobile country code corresponding to the currently connectable WLAN AP, and obtains the virtual SIM card information of the domestic roaming location corresponding to the mobile country code.

Step 211: whether there is a virtual SIM card of the domestic roaming place, if yes, step 212 is performed, if not, step 214 is performed;

Step 212: The mobile terminal determines whether the operator of the virtual SIM card in the domestic roaming area is consistent with the operator information corresponding to the currently connected WLAN AP. If they are consistent, the virtual SIM card of the domestic roaming place (such as the secondary virtual SIM card 2) In order to determine the virtual SIM card, step 208 is performed, if not, step 214 is performed;

Step 213: The current primary virtual SIM card is a determined virtual SIM card, there is no need to switch the SIM card, and step 208 is performed;

Step 214: The mobile terminal switches to another WLAN AP.

In addition, if there is no matching virtual SIM card for the WLAN AP, the comparison process of the country code information and the operator information is performed for the next currently connected WLAN AP, and so on, until the required virtual SIM card is found. And finding the WLAN AP according to the required virtual SIM card as the currently adapted WLAN AP. The search order of the currently connectable WLAN AP is, for example, an order in which the signal strength of the currently connectable WLAN AP is high to low. In addition, in other embodiments, if the number of the determined virtual SIM cards is multiple, the virtual SIM card with the highest priority is determined as the required virtual SIM card.

The virtual SIM card list setting in this embodiment is still taken as an example. In actual applications, according to the actual situation (such as when the tariffs of different operators are the same), when it is determined that there is a virtual SIM card of an international roaming place (the result of step 206 is Yes) or when there is a virtual SIM card in the domestic roaming place (as the result of step 211 is YES), the virtual SIM card of the international roaming place or the virtual SIM card of the domestic roaming place may be directly executed without performing step 207 or step 212. Determined to be the desired virtual SIM card.

Additionally, in other embodiments, the required virtual SIM card may be determined based only on the mobile country code information match. Specifically, the mobile country code information defined by the 3GPP is determined according to the country code information of the currently connectable WLAN AP; and the movement of each virtual SIM card in the current virtual SIM card list is obtained. The country code information (in which the setting of the virtual SIM card list is the same as in the first embodiment); determining whether the mobile country code information of the primary virtual SIM card is consistent with the mobile country code information of the currently connected WLAN AP, and if they are consistent, the master The virtual SIM card is the required SIM card; if it is inconsistent, it is determined whether the mobile country code information of the secondary virtual SIM card 1 is consistent with the mobile country code information of the currently connected WLAN AP, and if they are consistent, the secondary virtual SIM card 1 is If the SIM card is inconsistent, it is determined whether the mobile country code information of the secondary virtual SIM card 2 is consistent with the mobile country code information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, and if they are consistent, the secondary virtual SIM card 2 is the required SIM card; If they are inconsistent, switch to another WLAN AP to judge.

Additionally, in other embodiments, the required virtual SIM card may be determined based only on carrier information matching. Specifically, the operator information of the 3GPP defined by the WLAN AP is determined according to the prefix identification information of the SSID information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, and the carrier information of each virtual SIM card in the current virtual SIM card list is obtained. The setting of the virtual SIM card list is the same as that in the first embodiment. The operator information of the primary virtual SIM card is consistent with the carrier information of the currently connected WLAN AP. If they are consistent, the primary virtual SIM card is the required SIM. If the card is inconsistent, it is determined whether the carrier information of the secondary virtual SIM card 1 is consistent with the carrier information of the currently connected WLAN AP. If they are consistent, the secondary virtual SIM card 1 is the required SIM card; Whether the carrier information of the virtual SIM card 2 is consistent with the carrier information of the currently connected WLAN AP. If they are consistent, the secondary virtual SIM card 2 is the required SIM card; if not, the switch is switched to another WLAN AP for determination.

In addition, in other embodiments, when there are multiple WLAN APs that can be connected, for example, a virtual SIM card with consistent information is determined for each currently connected WLAN AP by comparing the mobile country code information and the carrier information, respectively. The priority of the virtual SIM card is determined as the virtual SIM card with the highest priority, and the currently connected WLAN AP according to the virtual SIM card is the currently adapted WLAN AP. When the number of currently connectable WLAN APs that the virtual SIM card is based on is at least two, the currently connectable WLAN AP with the higher signal strength is determined as the currently adapted WLAN AP.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual SIM card-based wireless access point switching system, including: an obtaining module, configured to obtain information of a currently connectable WLAN AP; and a processing module configured to be currently connected according to the obtained The information of the WLAN AP determines the required virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list; and the connection module is configured to connect the currently adapted WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card.

In an embodiment, the processing module is further configured to select a currently connectable WLAN AP according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP before the acquiring module acquires the information of the currently connectable WLAN AP.

In an embodiment, the information of the WLAN AP includes country code information and service set identifier SSID information corresponding to the WLAN AP.

In an embodiment, the processing module is configured to: determine corresponding mobile country code information and/or operator information according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, from a preset virtual SIM card list. The virtual SIM card matching the mobile country code information and/or the operator information corresponding to the currently connected WLAN AP is searched, and the virtual SIM card with the highest priority obtained by the query is determined as the required virtual SIM card, and the query obtains the required requirement. The currently connectable WLAN AP based on the virtual SIM card is the currently adapted WLAN AP.

In an embodiment, the preset virtual SIM card list includes a primary virtual SIM card and at least one secondary virtual SIM card.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a virtual SIM card-based wireless access point switching system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a virtual SIM card-based wireless access point switching system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is provided in a mobile terminal, including: an obtaining module 301, a processing module 302, a SIM card module 304, a connection module 303, and a communication. Module 305.

Here, the processing module 302 is configured to select a currently connectable WLAN AP according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP. The obtaining module 301 is configured to scan and connect to an external WLAN AP, and obtain a country code and carrier information of the current WLAN AP. The connection module 303 is configured to connect the currently adapted WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card. In practical applications, the functions of the obtaining module 301 and the connecting module 303 can be integrated, for example, in the WIFI module of the mobile terminal.

Here, the processing module 302 is further configured to be currently connected according to the obtaining module 301. The information of the WLAN AP determines whether the virtual SIM card information needs to be switched, and if necessary, acquires the virtual SIM card information from the SIM card module 304; and according to the user subscription information, notifies the communication module 305 to update the SIM list information.

The SIM card module 304 is configured with a set of virtual SIM card list information in advance. The content of the virtual SIM card list information is the same as that described above, and thus is not described herein. The SIM card module 304 is configured to provide the virtual SIM card list information to the processing module 302; and the updated SIM card list information is also obtained through the communication module 305.

Here, the communication module 305 is configured to be responsible for communicating with the virtual SIM card server, and acquiring and updating the virtual SIM card list information in the SIM card module 304 according to the instruction of the processing module 302.

In addition, the processing of the above system is the same as that described above, and thus will not be described again.

The above is a further detailed description of the present invention in connection with the specific embodiments, and the specific embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the description.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

The foregoing technical solution realizes that the terminal automatically switches the SIM card, thereby ensuring that the terminal successfully accesses the WLAN AP, and expands the usage scenario of the WLAN AP, thereby reducing the user usage fee and improving the user experience.

Claims

A wireless access point switching method based on a virtual customer identification module SIM card, comprising:

Obtain information about the currently available wireless local area network WLAN access point AP;

Determining a required virtual SIM card from a preset virtual SIM card list according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP;

Connect the currently adapted WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Before obtaining the information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP, the currently connected WLAN AP is selected.
The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the WLAN AP comprises:

The country code information and the service set identifier SSID information corresponding to the WLAN AP.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the required virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP comprises:

Determining corresponding mobile country code information and/or operator information according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, and querying the mobile country code information corresponding to the currently connectable WLAN AP from the preset virtual SIM card list and / or the virtual SIM card of the operator information, the virtual SIM card with the highest priority obtained by the query is determined as the required virtual SIM card, and the currently connected WLAN AP according to the required virtual SIM card is obtained as the current adaptation. WLAN AP.
The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-set virtual SIM card list comprises:

The primary virtual SIM card and at least one secondary virtual SIM card.
A wireless access point switching system based on a virtual customer identification module SIM card, comprising:

Obtaining a module, configured to obtain information about a currently connected wireless local area network WLAN access point AP;

The processing module is set to be based on the information of the currently available WLAN AP that can be connected. Determining the required virtual SIM card in the set virtual SIM card list;

The connection module is configured to connect the currently adapted WLAN AP according to the determined virtual SIM card.
The system of claim 6

The processing module is further configured to select a currently connectable WLAN AP according to the signal strength of the WLAN AP before the acquiring module acquires the information of the currently connectable WLAN AP.
The system of claim 6 wherein the information of the WLAN AP comprises:

The country code information and the service set identifier SSID information corresponding to the WLAN AP.
The system of claim 6 wherein

The processing module is configured to determine, according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, the required virtual SIM card from the preset virtual SIM card list:

Determining corresponding mobile country code information and/or operator information according to the obtained information of the currently connectable WLAN AP, and querying the mobile country code information corresponding to the currently connectable WLAN AP from the preset virtual SIM card list and / or the virtual SIM card of the operator information, the virtual SIM card with the highest priority obtained by the query is determined as the required virtual SIM card, and the currently connected WLAN AP according to the required virtual SIM card is obtained as the current adaptation. WLAN AP.
The system of claim 6 wherein said pre-set virtual SIM card list comprises:

The primary virtual SIM card and at least one secondary virtual SIM card.
A computer storage medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.