CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a National Phase Entry of PCT International Application No. PCT/KR2018/006230, which was filed on May 31, 2018, and claims a priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2017-0068018, which was filed on May 31, 2017, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to electronic devices and methods of configuring software based on subscriber identity modules in electronic devices.

BACKGROUND ART

An open market may include units distinguished per particular region (e.g., countries, such as Korea or Southeast Asian countries) or per confederation (e.g., the European union (EU)), as units of software publication. For example, if a manufacturer publishes software for an open market in a particular region, electronic devices equipped with the software may be configured to operate in the region.

An open market customization (OMC) package contains customer software configuration (CSC) information required by the operator (e.g., a communication operator or carrier) or service provider, and the electronic device may be operated with the information-containing file applied to the electronic device.

The manufacturer of the electronic device publishes software to be equipped in the electronic device for open market purposes and equips the electronic device with the software and, if the electronic device is activated, controls the electronic device to recognize the operator and allow the software configuration related to the particular communication carrier to be applied to the electronic device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Technical Problem

Upon recognizing a subscriber identity module (SIM) containing information related to the carrier, the electronic device may identify the information contained in the SIM and send a request for relevant software to, and receive the relevant software from, a server.

As the entire software configuration received is applied to the electronic device, the prior applications or resources used may be changed to applications or resources related to the recognized SIM which may then be installed. This may cause inconvenience to the user of the electronic device.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device and a subscriber identity module-based software configuration method in an electronic device may previously store OMC packages for a plurality of carriers and identify and configure the OMC package of a corresponding SIM based on the information contained in the SIM.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device and a subscriber identity module-based software configuration method in an electronic device may configure an OMC package including a network dependent element for a network configuration and a non-network dependent element for a non-network configuration and perform control so that at least some of the components included in the electronic device are applied to the electronic device according to the user's selection.

Technical Solution

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a communication circuit configured to transmit and receive data based on at least one piece of network information, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory may store instructions configured to, when executed, enable the processor to install first configuration information corresponding to a first communication network operator among a plurality of communication network operators as a first subscriber identity module including information about the first communication network operator is recognized in the electronic device, identify second network configuration information corresponding to a second communication network operator among the plurality of communication network operators as a second subscriber identity module including information about the second communication network operator is recognized in the electronic device, and configure a network of the electronic device based on the first configuration information and the second network configuration information corresponding to the second communication network operator.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method of configuring software based on a subscriber identity module in an electronic device comprises installing first configuration information corresponding to a first communication network operator among a plurality of communication network operators as a first subscriber identity module including information about the first communication network operator is recognized in the electronic device, identifying second network configuration information corresponding to a second communication network operator among the plurality of communication network operators as a second subscriber identity module including information about the second communication network operator is recognized in the electronic device, and configuring a network of the electronic device based on the first configuration information and the second network configuration information corresponding to the second communication network operator.

Advantageous Effects

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device and a subscriber identity module-based software configuration method in an electronic device may identify configuration information corresponding to information about a recognized SIM and perform control so that at least part of the non-network dependent element and network dependent element included in the configuration information is applied to the components of the electronic device, thus providing network configurations fitting the electronic device configuration, as required by various carriers.

