Supporting multiple subscriber identities in a portable device using a single transceiver

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8874171
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13433887

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According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for enabling wireless communications for multiple numbers or subscriber identities using a single transceiver is disclosed. The method includes, for a terminal device including a transceiver for wireless communications, determining whether the terminal device supports a plurality of subscriber identities. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the terminal device supports a plurality of subscriber identities, creating a plurality of recurrent time slots for a communication channel of the terminal device, allocating for each subscriber identity a respective time slot, and enabling wireless communications for the plurality of subscriber identities using the respective time slots via the transceiver.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matada, Sandeep K Bangalore, IN 2 20
Moore, Victor S Lake City, US 364 8671
Shanmugam, Dhandapani Bangalore, IN 51 430

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