IP Library Granted Patent US 8,583,180
Granted Patent B2
US 8,583,180 · App. 13/334,090 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Communication terminal

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Patent No.
US 8,583,180
App. No.
13/334,090
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one aspect of this disclosure, a communication terminal is provided comprising a subscriber identity module, wherein the subscriber identity module includes a plurality of subscriber identities assigned to identify the subscriber identity module.

Claims (32)

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a memory; and

a selector;

wherein the memory stores a plurality of subscriber identities assigned to identify the communication terminal, and wherein

the selector is configured to select one of the subscriber identities depending on a desired timing of a data transmission with respect to a timing of a further data transmission.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , comprising a subscriber identity module wherein the subscriber identity module includes the plurality of subscriber identities and wherein the subscriber identities are assigned to identify the communication terminal by being assigned to identify the subscriber identity module.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 2 , further comprising an integrated circuit card wherein the subscriber identity module is stored on the integrated circuit card.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of subscriber identities are stored on a memory of the integrated circuit card.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , being a mobile communication terminal.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the selector is configured to select the subscriber identity based on a predetermined criterion.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the selector is configured to select the subscriber identity such that a timing of the data transmission associated with the subscriber identity does not collide with the timing of the further data transmission.

8. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the selector is configured to select the subscriber identity such that a timing of the data transmission associated with the subscriber identity overlaps with the timing of the further data transmission.

9. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the data transmission is the transmission of system information or paging information.

10. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , being a subscriber terminal of a mobile communication network and further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit an indication of the selected subscriber identity to the mobile communication network.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the transmitter is configured to indicate the selected subscriber identity as an identification to be used for the communication terminal in the mobile communication network.

12. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the data transmission is a data transmission between the communication terminal and a first mobile communication network and the further data transmission is a data transmission between the communication terminal and a second mobile communication network.

13. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the first mobile communication network and the second mobile communication network are different.

14. The communication terminal according to claim 13 , comprising a subscriber identity module wherein the subscriber identity module includes the plurality of subscriber identities and wherein the subscriber identity module is a subscriber identity module for using the first mobile communication network and comprising another subscriber identity module for using the second mobile communication network.

15. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the timing of a data transmission is associated with the subscriber identity by means of a predetermined rule.

16. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , being a subscriber terminal of a mobile communication network in which the timing of a data transmission between the mobile communication network and the communication terminal is determined based on a subscriber identity used for the communication terminal in the mobile communication network.

17. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the subscriber identities are International Mobile Subscriber Identities.

18. A communication terminal comprising

a selector configured to select one of a plurality of subscriber identities based on a predetermined criterion, the predetermined criterion comprising a desired timing of a data transmission with respect to a timing of a further data transmission; and

a transmitter configured to transmit an indication of the selected subscriber identity to a mobile communication network as a subscriber identity to be used as subscriber identity of the communication terminal by the mobile communication network.

19. A method for operating a communication terminal comprising:

storing a plurality of subscriber identities assigned to identify the communication terminal in a memory of the communication terminal; and

selecting one of the subscriber identities depending on a desired timing of a data transmission with respect to a timing of a further data transmission.

20. The method according to claim 19 , further comprising transmitting an indication of the selected subscriber identity to a mobile communication network as a subscriber identity to be used as subscriber identity of the communication terminal by the mobile communication network.

21. A method for operating a communication terminal comprising

selecting one of a plurality of subscriber identities based on a predetermined criterion, the predetermined criterion comprising a desired timing of a data transmission with respect to a timing of a further data transmission; and

transmitting an indication of the selected subscriber identity to a mobile communication network as a subscriber identity to be used as subscriber identity of the communication terminal by the mobile communication network.

22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the plurality of subscriber identities are stored in a memory of the communication terminal.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061356/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2015
From: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
To: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 037057/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2011
From: CHRISTENSEN, PER HARTMANN; RYSGAARD, BENT HENNEBERG
To: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 027431/0382 →