Patent ID: 9319977
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented on a multi-Subscriber-Identity-Module (SIM), multi-active communication device for managing services of at least one of a plurality of subscriptions that utilize a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) chains, comprising: determining whether a service of a second subscription that is associated with a first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of a first subscription on the first RF chain; determining whether there is another service on a second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription in response to determining that a service of the second subscription that is associated with the first RF chain is preempting or will preempt a service of the first subscription on the first RF chain; and configuring the first subscription to acquire the substitute service on the second RF chain in response to determining that there is another service on the second RF chain that is available as a substitute for the preempted service of the first subscription.