US 12,149,921 B2
Operator network switching method and electronic device
Xin Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Hao Song, Shenzhen (CN); and Tao Li, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/631,546
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/106095
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018273, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910707875.8 (CN), filed on Aug. 1, 2019; and application No. 201911063088.0 (CN), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279390 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/322 (2023.05); H04W 36/365 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operator network switching method performed by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device stores a first profile and a second profile, the first profile is a currently activated profile, and the method comprises:
accessing, by the electronic device, a first operator network based on the first profile;
detecting, by the electronic device, a first operation for disconnecting a network connection;
disconnecting, by the electronic device, a connection to the first operator network in response to the first operation;
detecting, by the electronic device, a second operation for restoring a network connection;
searching, by the electronic device, for a network based on the first profile and the second profile in response to the second operation, to obtain a network search result corresponding to the first profile and a network search result corresponding to the second profile; and
activating, by the electronic device, the second profile based on the network search result corresponding to the first profile and the network search result corresponding to the second profile, and accessing a second operator network based on the second profile,
wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the electronic device to the first operator network, a request to stop charging for a service package corresponding to the first profile;
receiving, by the electronic device, a second response for stopping charging for the service package corresponding to the first profile; and
upon determining that the second response indicates that stopping of charging for the service package corresponding to the first profile succeeds, notifying a user that the first operator network stops charging for the service package corresponding to the first profile,
wherein the second response is returned upon receipt of the request to stop charging for the service package corresponding to the first profile, and
wherein the sending, by the electronic device to the first operator network, a request to stop charging for a service package corresponding to the first profile comprises:
upon determining that a validity period of a service package corresponding to the second profile is longer than or equal to a first duration, sending, by the electronic device to the first operator network, the request to stop charging for the service package corresponding to the first profile.