Patent ID: 9510185
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a virtual card server from a first terminal, a request for enabling a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) card not having a corresponding physical SIM card, wherein the request for enabling the virtual SIM card comprises a virtual SIM card identifier, and wherein the first terminal stores first data of the virtual SIM card and a second terminal stores second data of the virtual SIM card; determining whether the second terminal has enabled the virtual SIM card in accordance with the virtual SIM card identifier; enabling the virtual SIM card for the first terminal when the second terminal has not enabled the virtual SIM card; and receiving a request from the first terminal, for disabling the virtual SIM card, after enabling the virtual SIM card for the first terminal, wherein the request for disabling the virtual SIM card comprises a subscriber identity, a terminal identifier of the first terminal, and the virtual SIM card identifier.