IP Library Granted Patent US 9,930,521
Granted Patent B2
US 9,930,521 · App. 15/183,907 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Method for updating preferred roaming list of UIM card

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,930,521
App. No.
15/183,907
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for updating a preferred roaming list of a user identity module card, the method comprising: reading preferred roaming list updating data; packing the preferred roaming list updating data in a preferred roaming list updating text message; and writing the preferred roaming list updating text message into a text message file of a user identity module card.

Claims (16)

1. A method for updating a preferred roaming list of a user identity module card, the method comprising:

reading preferred roaming list updating data;

packing the preferred roaming list updating data in a simualated preferred roaming list updating text message of a mobile operator; and

writing the simulated preferred roaming list updating text message into a text message file of the user identity module card.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein writing the simulated preferred roaming list updating text message into the text message file of the user identity module card comprises:

mounting the user identity module card in a mobile communication terminal or a user identity module card reader; and

writing the simulated preferred roaming list updating text message into the text message file of the user identity module card by a computer connected to the mobile communication terminal or the user identity module card reader using user identity module card read and write instruction.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein reading the preferred roaming list data from a preferred roaming list file of the user identity module card comprises:

mounting the user identity module card in a mobile communication terminal or a user identity module card reader; and

reading the preferred roaming list data from the preferred roaming list file of the user identity module card by a computer connected to the mobile communication terminal or the user identity module card reader using user identity module card read and write instruction.

4. The method of claim 1

wherein packing the preferred roaming list updating data in a simulated preferred roaming list updating text message comprises,

if a size of the preferred roaming list updating data exceeds a capacity of a single text message, segmenting and packing the preferred roaming list updating data in a plurality of simulated preferred roaming list updating text messages.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reading the preferred roaming list data from a preferred roaming list file of the user identity module card; and

comparing the read preferred roaming list data with the preferred roaming list updating data to verify whether the updating of the preferred roaming list is successful.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2020
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 052916/0308 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2016
From: HU, JUN
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038929/0199 →