Patent ID: 8190146

Claim:
A method for connecting a wireless local network to a UMTS terminal station having USIM/USAT functionality, the method comprising: monitoring activity of the wireless local network by the terminal station, the activity based on establishing a connection between the terminal station and the wireless local network; transmitting at least one of a type and an identity number of the wireless local network to the terminal station following successful detection of local network activity indicating an established connection between the terminal station and the wireless local network; the terminal station receiving a request to initiate a logical connection between the wireless local network and the terminal station; in response to the request, the terminal station initiating the logical connection between the wireless local network and the terminal station; the terminal station communicating a status notification to a universal chip card installed in the terminal station, the status notification indicating that the logical connection between the wireless local network and the terminal station has been initiated; in response to receiving the status notification from the terminal station indicating that the logical connection between the wireless local network and the terminal station has been initiated, the universal chip card polling the terminal station for specific subscriber data of the wireless local network for the logical connection.