Mobile Terminal Interface Setup via SIM-Based Binary Download

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for setting up mobile terminal interfaces require generating and storing custom-made binaries for specific countries/operators, making them cumbersome and limiting device usage across different regions and operators.

Innovation Solution

A method where a mobile terminal extracts identification information from a SIM card and transmits it to a server to download a binary, allowing the interface to be set up based on the received information, eliminating the need for custom-made data during manufacturing and improving memory efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If custom-made binaries are generated and stored during manufacturing for specific countries/operators, then the interface can be customized for local requirements, but the manufacturing process becomes cumbersome and the device cannot be used in other countries or with other operators

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterface customization for specific countries/operatorsVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-stores multiple custom-made binaries corresponding to different countries and operators in the mobile terminal during manufacturing. When the device is activated, the system automatically detects the SIM card information and selects the appropriate pre-stored binary to configure the interface. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex post-manufacturing customization processes while maintaining high adaptability to different regional requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile terminal is designed with universal capability to support multiple countries and operators by storing multiple binaries. The device can function across different regions by automatically selecting the appropriate binary based on SIM card detection, making a single device universally applicable rather than requiring separate customized devices for each country or operator.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If custom-made binaries are generated and stored during manufacturing for specific countries/operators, then the interface can be customized for local requirements, but the device cannot be used in other countries or with other operators

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterface customization for specific countries/operatorsVSAvoidease of manufacturing process
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-stores multiple custom-made binaries corresponding to different countries and operators in the mobile terminal during manufacturing. When the device is activated, the system automatically detects the SIM card information and selects the appropriate pre-stored binary to configure the interface. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex post-manufacturing customization processes while maintaining high adaptability to different regional requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple custom-made binaries are stored in the mobile terminal for different countries/operators, then the device can support multiple regions, but the memory efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport for multiple countries/operatorsVSAvoidmemory usage
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary binary corresponding to the detected SIM card information from the pre-stored multiple binaries. Instead of loading all possible regional configurations into memory simultaneously, the system extracts and activates only the specific binary needed for the current country and operator, significantly reducing memory usage while maintaining full multi-region support capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP2645759B1Apparatus and method for setting up an interface in mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2018.11.07 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

There are provided an interface setup apparatus and method capable of easily setting up an interface in a mobile terminal. A controller transmits, to a server, identification information extracted from a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card inserted into the mobile terminal upon power-on of the mobile terminal, in response, downloads a binary received from the server and corresponding to the identification information, and sets up the interface of the mobile terminal based on the binary.