US 12,035,413 B2
Multiple SIM card operation of an electronic device
Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Alexander Sayenko, Munich (DE); and Elmar Wagner, Taufkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,849.
Application 17/872,849 is a continuation of application No. 16/920,489, filed on Jul. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,399,273.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,843, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369097 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a first electronic device, comprising:
registering a first subscriber identification module (SIM) of a second electronic device to a first network;
registering a second SIM of the second electronic device to a second network;
transmitting, via a transmitter of the first electronic device, an indication of a communication preference to the second network, the communication preference being based on based at least in part on information received from the first network via registration;
receiving, via a receiver of the first electronic device, an indication of a communication pattern from the second network after transmitting the indication of the communication preference; and
communicating, via the transmitter or the receiver, with the first network in accordance with the communication preference based on the communication pattern.