Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Sharing System Information Updates On A Multiple Sim/Esim Wireless Device' Filed by Apple Inc.

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517044774 A) filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, U.S.A., on May 8, for 'sharing system information updates on a multiple sim/esim wireless device.'

Inventor(s) include Zhang Kai; Cui, Lele; Bhattac Harjee, Deepankar; and Singh, Ajay.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Embodiments described herein relate to sharing system information (SI) updates on a wireless device that supports multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs). The wireless device connects to a cell of a radio access network shared between two different 5G NR cellular wireless networks managed for two different mobile network operators. The wireless device receives an SI change indication in a first broadcast control channel (BCCH) modification cycle via a first SIM or eSIM and subsequently receives updated SI values using either the first SIM or eSIM or a second SIM or eSIM depending on connectivity states of the wireless device to the cell. Updated SI values are received via broadcast messages and/or in response to SI request messages on demand and stored in a memory shared by both the first SIM or eSIM and the second SIM or eSIM."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 01, 2022, under International application No.PCT/CN2022/135891.

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