Terminal User Configuration File for Service Card Replacement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users are required to reset configuration information when changing service cards in communications systems, such as SIM or USIM cards, leading to inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

A method and terminal implementation that stores user configuration information in a user configuration file, allowing for automatic retrieval and generation of new configuration files when a service card is replaced, using IMSI numbers for identification and XML file formats for storage and display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If configuration information is stored locally on the service card, then the terminal can access configuration information quickly, but the configuration information cannot be automatically loaded when the service card is changed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime to reset configuration informationVSAvoidadaptability to service card changes
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal performs preliminary actions by storing configuration information locally in the user configuration file before the service card is changed. When a service card change occurs, the terminal searches for and retrieves the corresponding configuration information from the stored user configuration file, eliminating the need for users to manually reset configuration information and achieving automatic adaptation to service card changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If configuration information is stored in a user configuration file with IMSI number, then configuration information can be automatically retrieved when service card is replaced, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to service card changesVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The configuration information storage system is segmented into two distinct components: server configuration files (stored on the communications server) and user configuration files (stored locally in the terminal). Each file type serves a specific purpose and is managed independently. The user configuration file is further segmented to store configuration information for multiple service cards, with each service card's configuration identified by its IMSI number, enabling automatic retrieval without increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If the terminal stores multiple configuration files for different service cards, then configuration information can be automatically loaded after service card replacement, but the storage space requirement increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to service card changesVSAvoidstorage space
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The user configuration file is designed as a universal storage structure that can hold configuration information for multiple service cards simultaneously. Instead of creating separate storage systems for each service card, the terminal uses a single user configuration file that serves multiple functions by storing configuration data for different service cards, each identified by its unique IMSI number. This multi-functional approach enables automatic configuration loading after service card replacement while minimizing storage space requirements.

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

Data Source

PatentUS10470033B2Method for acquiring user configuration information and terminal
Publication Date: 2019.11.05 NANCHANG COOLPAD INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for acquiring user configuration information is provided. The method includes the following. A configuration file is stored as a server configuration file of a current service card in response to receiving the configuration file from a communications server, or configuration information is stored as a user configuration file of the current service card in response to the configuration information being set based on the configuration file, where at least one of the server configuration file of the current service card and the user configuration file of the current service card exists. When the current service card of a terminal is replaced with a replacement service card, prestored user configuration files is searched to find a user configuration file corresponding to the replacement service card, and user configuration information is acquired to perform a communications service according to the user configuration file corresponding to the replacement service card.