Enhanced storage option in multi-slot communications supporting USB UICC SIM cards

摘要

The various embodiments include methods and apparatuses for providing multiple memories on a multi-slot communication device or on a multi-slot communication device and a wireless device as a single, contiguous, combined memory. The memories may include various types of universal serial bus (USB) and/or universal integrated circuit card (UICC) memories. Ranges of physical addresses of portions of each memory may be associated with a range of virtual addresses of the combined memory. The associations of physical and virtual addresses may be stored on the multi-slot communication device. A single memory access request to the combined memory may be made using the virtual addresses, then translated into multiple memory access requests for the individual memories using the physical addresses. Providing memory access requests to a memory on the wireless device may be accomplished by connecting to the memory on the wireless device over a wireless network by the multi-slot communication device.

主权项

1. A method for managing multiple memory devices as a single contiguous memory, comprising:
determining a portion of a memory on a multi-slot communication device is associated with a portion of a removable memory as the single contiguous memory; attempting to access the single contiguous memory on the multi-slot communication device; determining that the removable memory is inaccessible on the multi-slot communication device; identifying a unique identifier of the removable memory; connecting to the removable memory connected to a wireless device via a wireless network by the multi-slot communication device; and accessing the memory and the removable memory as the single contiguous memory by the multi-slot communication device using the wireless network to access the removable memory by the multi-slot communication device.