Patent ID: 8676253

Claim:
A communication method in a multi-mode multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) multi-standby communication terminal, comprising: determining that a receiving conflict occurs among at least two cards in the communication terminal; and arbitrating based on types of receiving conflicts and obtaining arbitration results when a determination is made that there is a receiving conflict; the arbitration results comprising: when the receiving conflict exists among the at least two cards which are to receive broadcast messages, a broadcast message having a relatively high priority is received, the priorities of broadcast messages having relatively low priorities which are not received are raised to increase the possibility of being received at a next appearance of the broadcast messages having relatively low priorities; when the receiving conflict exists among the at least two cards which are to receive broadcast messages and paging messages, the paging messages are received, and the types of the broadcast messages not received are recorded after receiving the paging messages; and when the receiving conflict exists among the at least two cards which are to receive paging messages, a paging message having a relatively longer paging period is received, and the paging messages with relatively shorter paging periods are configured to be received at a next appearance of the paging messages with relatively shorter paging periods.