Patent · US Expired

Method for operating a communication terminal

US6671523B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Alexander Niepel · Birkenfeld, DE
Uve Reimer · Berlin, DE
Michael Rüssmann · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 2, 2000
Grant date	Dec 30, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W76/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is described in which a number of subscriber profiles are flexibly allocated to a subscriber identity module. The subscriber has a subscriber identity module in his terminal. The terminal is also associated with a subscriber identity number. However, the subscriber identity number can be associated with two or more directory numbers that are distinguished by different associated subscriber profiles. The subscriber profiles are available and can be administered in a suitable manner in the network. Depending on the current status of the profile (activated/deactivated), a mobile-terminated call is switched through or diverted, e.g. to a so-called “voice mailbox”, that is to say an answering machine.

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