US 11,729,622 B2
Method and apparatus for processing communication company information in wireless communication system
Sujung Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Duckey Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Kangjin Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Hyewon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jonghan Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/255,976
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/007652
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/004901, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0072995 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2018; and application No. 10-2018-0122042 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120424 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/35 (2021.01) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
executing a plurality of applications respectively corresponding to types of a plurality of secure elements installed in the mobile terminal, wherein the plurality of secure elements comprise one of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, an integrated smart secure platform (iSSP), a universal integrated circuit card (UICC), or an embedded UICC (eUICC);
obtaining, from the plurality of secure elements, information for a plurality of communication service providers associated with the plurality of secure elements, based on the executing of the plurality of applications;
displaying information for first communication service providers available in a first SIM slot corresponding to a first wireless technology or a first wireless technology combination, and information for second communication service providers available in a second SIM slot corresponding to a second wireless technology or a second wireless technology combination, among the plurality of communication service providers, based on the obtained information; and
in case that one of the first communication service providers is selected from user input, displaying information of at least one of one or more unselected first communication service providers as disabled and information of at least one of the second communication service providers as disabled, based on at least one policy information included in the obtained information, wherein information of the selected one of the first communication service providers is displayed as enabled.