IP Library Granted Patent US 8,929,860
Granted Patent B2
US 8,929,860 · App. 13/978,876 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Mobile communication terminal and incoming call management method

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Patent No.
US 8,929,860
App. No.
13/978,876
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention discloses a mobile communication terminal and an incoming call management method. The mobile communication terminal comprises a master SIM card and an auxiliary SIM card. The method comprises the following steps: when receiving an incoming call to the auxiliary SIM card, determining whether the auxiliary SIM card is locked; if the auxiliary SIM card is locked, stopping responding to the incoming call, and waiting for receiving from a user an instruction of whether to send a prompt message to inform a caller for the incoming call; and when receiving from the user an instruction of sending a prompt message to inform the caller for the incoming call, transmitting a prompt message that is automatically generated by the system or manually edited by the user to the caller with the master SIM card.

Claims (43)

1. An incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal comprising a master subscriber identity module (SIM) card and an auxiliary SIM card, wherein the method comprises the following steps of:

upon receiving an incoming call to the auxiliary SIM card, determining whether the auxiliary SIM card is locked by determining whether the state of a mark bit of the auxiliary SIM card is in a locked state, wherein the state of the mark bit is determined by the following steps through the mobile communication terminal during a start-up procedure:

reading information about a national ID and a network ID of the auxiliary SIM card;

comparing the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in a standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list; and

if the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with the information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, determining that the auxiliary SIM card is locked;

if the auxiliary SIM card is locked, stopping a response to the incoming call, and waiting for an instruction as to whether to send a prompt message to inform a caller for the incoming call; and

upon receiving an instruction of sending a prompt message to inform the caller for the incoming call, transmitting an automatically generated prompt message to the caller with the master SIM card.

2. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the step of stopping a response to the incoming call when the auxiliary SIM card is locked further comprises a step of prompting a user that the auxiliary SIM card is locked.

3. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein if the information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with information about the national IDs and the network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, the method includes determining that the auxiliary SIM card is a non-prefabricated card.

4. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , including:

reading information about a national ID and a network ID of the master SIM card;

comparing the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the master SIM card with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in a standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list; and

if the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with the information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, determining that the master SIM card is locked.

5. An incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal comprising a master SIM card and an auxiliary SIM card, wherein the method comprises the following steps of:

in response to receiving an incoming call to the auxiliary SIM card, determining whether the auxiliary SIM card is locked by determining whether the state of a mark bit of the auxiliary SIM card is in a locked state, wherein the state of the mark bit is determined by the following steps through the mobile communication terminal during a start-up procedure:

reading information about a national ID and a network ID of the auxiliary SIM card; and

comparing the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in a standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list;

if the read information about national ID and network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with the information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, determining that the auxiliary SIM card is locked;

if the auxiliary SIM card is locked, stopping a response to receiving the incoming call, and waiting for receipt of an instruction of whether to send a prompt message to inform a caller for the incoming call; and

upon receiving an instruction of sending a prompt message to inform the caller for the incoming call, transmitting a prompt message to the caller with the master SIM card.

6. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 5 , wherein the step of transmitting a prompt message to the caller with the master SIM card comprises:

a step of transmitting a prompt message that is automatically generated to the caller with the master SIM card.

7. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 5 , wherein the step of stopping a response to receiving the incoming call of the auxiliary SIM card when the auxiliary SIM card is locked further comprises a step of prompting a user that the auxiliary SIM card is locked.

8. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 5 , wherein if the information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with the information about the national IDs and the network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, the method includes determining that the auxiliary SIM card is a non-prefabricated card.

9. The incoming call management method of a mobile communication terminal of claim 5 , including:

reading information about a national ID and a network ID of the master SIM card;

comparing the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the master SIM card with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in a standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list; and

if the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with the information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, determining that the master SIM card is locked.

10. A mobile communication terminal comprising a master SIM card and an auxiliary SIM card, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises:

a communication management module configured to, in response to receiving an incoming call to the auxiliary SIM card, determine whether the auxiliary SIM card is locked, wherein the communication management module comprises:

an information reading unit used for reading information about a national ID and a network ID of the auxiliary SIM card; and

an information comparison unit used for comparing the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in a standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list: and

if information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, determining that the auxiliary SIM card is locked;

a prompt management module configured to, if the auxiliary SIM card is locked, stop responding to the incoming call and wait for an instruction as to whether to send a prompt message to inform a caller for the incoming call; and

an information transmission module configured to, in response to receiving an instruction of sending a prompt message to inform the caller for the incoming call, transmit a prompt message to the caller with the master SIM card.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10 , wherein prompt messages sent by the information transmission module are automatically generated.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11 , wherein the prompt messages comprise short message prompt messages, multimedia message prompt messages and/or mail prompt messages.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10 , wherein the communication terminal further comprises a user prompt module which is configured to prompt a user that the auxiliary SIM card is locked, if the auxiliary SIM card is locked to stop responding to the incoming call to the auxiliary SIM card.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10 , wherein the information comparison unit is configured to determine that if the information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with information about the national IDs and the network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, that the auxiliary SIM card is a non-prefabricated card.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 10 , wherein the communication management module is configured to:

read information about a national ID and a network ID of the master SIM card;

compare the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the master SIM card with information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in a standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list; and

if the read information about the national ID and the network ID of the auxiliary SIM card is inconsistent with the information about national IDs and network IDs allowed to be used in the standard mobile communication terminal national ID and network ID information list, determine that the master SIM card is locked.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2021
From: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO LTD
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 056846/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2013
From: YE, DAWEI; ZHENG, YU
To: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030762/0987 →