Time sharing subscriber identity modules
View Patent ↗In one aspect there may be provided a method. The method may include detecting, during a first call associated with a first subscriber identity module included in a user equipment, a page representative of a second call associated with a second subscriber identity module; determining, during the first call associated with the first subscriber identity module included in the user equipment, caller identification information associated with the second call by at least inhibiting the first call to enable a call set up with the second subscriber identity module, the call set up established to determine the caller identification information for a caller making the second call to the second subscriber identity module; and receiving, at the user equipment, the second call by at least switching a subscriber identity module being used by the user equipment from the first subscriber identity module to the second subscriber identity module.
1. A method comprising:
detecting, during a first call associated with a first subscriber identity module included in a user equipment, a page representative of a second call associated with a second subscriber identity module;
determining, during the first call associated with the first subscriber identity module included in the user equipment, caller identification information associated with the second call by at least inhibiting the first call to enable a call set up with the second subscriber identity module, the call set up established to determine the caller identification information for a caller making the second call to the second subscriber identity module; and
receiving, at the user equipment, the second call by at least switching a subscriber identity module being used by the user equipment from the first subscriber identity module to the second subscriber identity module.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
generating a notification including the determined caller identification information associated with the second call to the second subscriber identity module.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
establishing, based on a first international mobile subscriber identity included in the first subscriber identity module, the first call.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting further comprises:
detecting a second international mobile subscriber identity associated with the second subscriber identity module included in the user equipment.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
establishing, based on a second international mobile subscriber identity included in the second subscriber identity module, a call back to the caller at the determined caller identification information.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
disconnecting the first call, when making a call back to the caller at the determined caller identification information.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the caller identification information associated with the second call further comprises:
establishing the call set up with the second subscriber identity module to determine the caller identification information for the caller making the second call to the second subscriber identity module.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the establishing the call set up further comprises:
disconnecting the call set up, when the caller identification information for the caller is determined to enable a resumption of the first call.
9. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
detect, during a first call associated with a first subscriber identity module included in the apparatus, a page representative of a second call associated with a second subscriber identity module;
determine, during the first call associated with the first subscriber identity module included in the apparatus, caller identification information associated with the second call by at least inhibiting the first call to enable a call set up with the second subscriber identity module, the call set up established to determine the caller identification information for a caller making the second call to the second subscriber identity module; and
receive, at the apparatus, the second call by at least switching a subscriber identity module being used by the apparatus from the first subscriber identity module to the second subscriber identity module.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
generate a notification including the determined caller identification information associated with the second call to the second subscriber identity module.
11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
establish, based on a first international mobile subscriber identity included in the first subscriber identity module, the first call.
12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
detect a second international mobile subscriber identity associated with the second subscriber identity module included in the apparatus.
13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
establish, based on a second international mobile subscriber identity included in the second subscriber identity module, a call back to the caller at the determined caller identification information.
14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
disconnect the first call, when making a call back to the caller at the determined caller identification information.
15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
establish the call set up with the second subscriber identity module to determine the caller identification information for the caller making the second call to the second subscriber identity module.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least:
disconnect the call set up, when the caller identification information for the caller is determined to enable a resumption of the first call.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, which provides operations comprising:
detecting, during a first call associated with a first subscriber identity module included in a user equipment, a page representative of a second call associated with a second subscriber identity module;
determining, during the first call associated with the first subscriber identity module included in the user equipment, caller identification information associated with the second call by at least inhibiting the first call to enable a call set up with the second subscriber identity module, the call set up established to determine the caller identification information for a caller making the second call to the second subscriber identity module; and
receiving, at the user equipment, the second call by at least switching a subscriber identity module being used by the user equipment from the first subscriber identity module to the second subscriber identity module.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 further comprising:
generating a notification including the determined caller identification information associated with the second call to the second subscriber identity module.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 further comprising:
establishing, based on a first international mobile subscriber identity included in the first subscriber identity module, the first call.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 further comprising:
detecting a second international mobile subscriber identity associated with the second subscriber identity module included in the user equipment.