Method and system for transition of applications to a second cellular data networking interface for a virtual SIM service
A method at a user equipment to facilitate splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method assigning a first subset of application to a first forwarding information base (“FIB”) on the user equipment; associating the first FIB with a first cellular data interface; activating the splitting of data billing on the user equipment; and replacing the association in the first FIB to the first cellular interface with an association between a second cellular data interface and the first FIB.
1. A method at a user equipment to facilitate splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method comprising:
creating, within a first forwarding information base (“FIB”), an association of the first FIB to a first cellular data interface;
activating the splitting of data billing on the user equipment;
replacing, within the first FIB, the association of the first FIB to the first cellular data interface with an association between a second cellular data interface and the first FIB; and
assigning an application a group identifier of the first FIB to migrate the application to the second cellular data interface.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cellular data interface is a personal cellular data interface and the second cellular data interface is a work cellular data interface.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first FIB is an unsecure enterprise FIB.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning is performed by an enterprise server.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising starting the application within the first FIB to migrate the application to the second cellular data interface.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activating comprises:
starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service;
verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; and
upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first FIB includes all of the interfaces of a second FIB prior to the activating the splitting of data billing.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first FIB is an unsecure enterprise FIB and the second FIB is a personal FIB, and wherein the first FIB and second FIB are identical until the activating the splitting of data billing.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the first FIB with the first cellular data interface upon deactivating the splitting of data billing.
10. A user equipment configured to facilitate splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the user equipment comprising:
a processor; and
a communications subsystem,
wherein the user equipment is configured to:
create, within a first forwarding information base (“FIB”), an association of the first FIB to the first FIB with a first cellular data interface;
activate the splitting of data billing on the user equipment;
replace, within the first FIB, the association of the association in the first FIB to the first cellular data interface with an association between a second cellular data interface and the first FIB; and
assign an application a group identifier of the first FIB to migrate the application to the second cellular data interface.
11. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the first cellular data interface is a personal cellular data interface and the second cellular data interface is a work cellular data interface.
12. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the first FIB is an unsecure enterprise FIB.
13. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the user equipment is configured to assign based on an enterprise server.
14. The user equipment of claim 10 , further configured to start the application within the first FIB to migrate the application to the second cellular data interface.
15. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the user equipment is configured to activate by:
starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service;
verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; and
upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment.
16. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the first FIB includes all of the interfaces of a second FIB prior to the activating the splitting of data billing.
17. The user equipment of claim 16 , wherein the first FIB is an unsecure enterprise FIB and the second FIB is a personal FIB, and wherein the first FIB and second FIB are identical until the activating the splitting of data billing.
18. The user equipment of claim 10 , further configured to associate the first FIB with the first cellular data interface upon deactivating the splitting of data billing.
19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment, are configured to facilitate splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the instructions providing:
creating, within the first FIB, an association of the first FIB to a first cellular data interface;
activating the splitting of data billing on the user equipment;
replacing, within the first FIB, the association of the association in the first FIB to the first cellular data interface with an association between a second cellular data interface and the first FIB; and
assigning an application a group identifier of the first FIB to migrate the application to the second cellular data interface.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the first cellular data interface is a personal cellular data interface and the second cellular data interface is a work cellular data interface.