Method and system for allowing a user of a mobile terminal to beneficiate services of a foreign mobile network as a regular subscriber thereof

摘要

A method and system to beneficiate, via a mobile terminal, services provided by a foreign locally accessible mobile network as a regular subscriber, by providing an apparatus with first and second modems and a subscriber identity module; providing a remote server containing a plurality of subscriber identity modules; allowing the apparatus to register with a foreign locally accessible mobile network using the first modem and the attached subscriber identity module, and to establish a data connection between the apparatus and the remote server; via the data connection, providing the remote server with information allowing it to determine which subscriber identity module is allowing local benefit of the services provided by a foreign locally accessible mobile network, and selecting that module; assigning the selected module to the second modem; allowing the apparatus to register with the foreign locally accessible network using the second modem and the selected module.

主权项

1. A method for allowing a user of a mobile terminal to beneficiate services provided by a foreign locally accessible mobile network as a regular subscriber of said network, comprising the steps of:
providing an apparatus, said apparatus comprising a first modem, a second modem different from the first modem, and a first subscriber identity module, the first and second modems being cellular modems, the first subscriber identity module comprised in the apparatus being attached to said first modem; registering the apparatus with a first foreign locally accessible mobile network using the first modem and the first subscriber identity module attached to said first modem; establishing a data connection between the apparatus and a remote server containing a plurality of subscriber identity modules; in using said data connection, providing the remote server with an information allowing said remote server to determine a second subscriber identity module, among the subscriber identity modules contained in the remote server, wherein said second subscriber identity module is allowing local benefit of services provided by a second foreign locally accessible mobile network, to select, within the plurality of subscriber identity modules, said second subscriber identity module, and to assign the selected second subscriber identity module to the second modem; registering the apparatus with said second foreign locally accessible network using the second modem and the selected second subscriber identity module; and allowing the user of the mobile terminal to beneficiate services provided by said second foreign locally accessible network, wherein the mobile terminal is connected to the apparatus, and wherein the data connection to the remote server using the first modem is maintained.