US 12,238,821 B2
Sim card selection method and terminal device
Limin Wang, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,114.
Application 17/482,114 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/076250, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910232922.8 (CN), filed on Mar. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0007172 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A subscriber identity module (SIM) card selection method, applied to a mobile terminal device, and comprising:
receiving a first input of a user;
in response to the first input, installing a target application, and displaying an icon of the target application in a first display region;
receiving a second input of the user to the target application; and
controlling, in response to the second input, the target application to perform a first operation based on a first SIM card, wherein the first SIM card is a SIM card associated with the first display region, and the first display region is a display region in which the icon of the target application is located; wherein
after the controlling, in response to the second input, the target application to perform the first operation based on the first SIM card, the method further comprises:
receiving a third input of the user;
in response to the third input, moving the icon of the target application to a second display region;
receiving a fourth input of the user to the target application; and
in response to the fourth input, controlling the target application to perform a second operation based on a second SIM card, wherein the second SIM card is a SIM card associated with the second display region;
wherein
the displaying the icon of the target application in the first display region comprises:
based on the first input, determining that a SIM card associated with the target application is the first SIM card; and displaying the icon of the target application in the first display region; wherein
the first display region and the second display region are areas within a screen and areas across multiple screens; and
the first input, the second input, the third input, and the fourth input are at least one of a tap input, a double-tap input, a drag input, a specific voice instruction, or a specific gesture.