US 12,177,768 B2
Maintaining access to services via SIM card
Nelson M. Leduc, San Jose, CA (US); Lauren E. Tappana, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicholas Joseph Circosta, Mountain View, CA (US); Andrew J. Daley, Santa Clara, CA (US); Guozhi Huang, San Mateo, CA (US); Daniel B. Pollack, Cupertino, CA (US); Robert D. Butler, Middletown, DE (US); and Vitalii Kramar, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,663.
Application 18/229,663 is a continuation of application No. 17/316,659, filed on May 10, 2021, granted, now 11,737,012.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,922, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379805 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04M 3/42008 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 8/265 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a first device, that a first subscriber identity module (SIM), previously used by the first device, is not available for use by the first device;
determining, by the first device, that a second SIM is available for use by the first device within a predetermined time period after the first SIM is determined to be not available for use by the first device; and
responsive to the determining, storing, by the first device, data that allows the first device to access, while the first SIM is unavailable for use and the second SIM is available for use, at least one service in association with a communication identifier of the first SIM.