Patent ID: 6889059

Claim:
Multi-card device for telecommunications, comprising: a central processing unit; a plurality of SIM cards connected to said central processing unit and selectively managed by said central processing unit; a plurality of slots configured to house said plurality of SIM cards; displaying means and key input means, respectively to display and choose operating functions to be activated; wherein said central processing unit is configured to perform an automatic activation process for said SIM cards upon turning-on, said automatic activation process of said SIM cards upon turning-on including: turning on said device; sequentially first scanning said slots and requesting a PIN code for every detected SIM card; sequentially second scanning said slots with the obtained PIN code and activating a first slot found with a chip card; and activating usual functions of said device with said first activated slot; and further including, after said first scanning: checking for a presence of an active time agenda; and in a case an active time agenda is present, reading an internal clock time and activating the slots as function of an assigned time range.