1. A method for routing telecommunication connections (TC connections) to a mobile communications terminal located in the reception area of a current mobile network that differs from a home network of the mobile communications terminal, wherein the mobile communications terminal firstly has a first SIM card, which is assigned to the home network and to which is assigned a first telephone number, and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
replacing the first SIM card in the mobile communications terminal by a second SIM card, which is assigned to the current mobile network and to which is assigned a second telephone number,
actuated by replacing the SIM card, automatically generating in the mobile communications terminal a message comprising at least:
the second telephone number, which is assigned to the second SIM card, and
at least one piece of information identifying the replaced SIM card,
sending the message from the mobile communications terminal to a mobile communications gateway,
routing each TC connection addressed to the first telephone number to the mobile communications gateway,
using the information contained in the message to assign such a TC connection to the second SIM card andor to the second telephone number, which is assigned to the second SIM card, and
using the second telephone number contained in the message to forward such a TC connection from the mobile communications gateway via at least one communications network to the mobile communications terminal equipped with the second SIM card.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a TC connection addressed to the first telephone number is routed to the mobile communications gateway by registering, when the message is received at the mobile communications gateway, the mobile communications terminal in the home network at the location of the mobile communications gateway by means of a SIM card of the mobile communications gateway.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein a partner SIM card to the replaced SIM card is used to register the mobile communications terminal in the home network, wherein the partner SIM card is located in the mobile communications gateway or is assigned thereto via a SIM server.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a TC connection addressed to the first telephone number is routed to the mobile communications gateway in that the mobile communications terminal, before the SIM card is replaced, configures permanent call forwarding to the mobile communications gateway.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one piece of information identifying the replaced SIM card is the first telephone number, which is assigned to the replaced SIM card, andor at least one piece of identification information relating to the replaced SIM card.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the message that is automatically generated in the mobile communications terminal contains at least the second telephone number, which is assigned to the second SIM card, and the IMSI of the first, replaced SIM card.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second SIM card is a prepaid SIM card.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message that is automatically generated in the mobile communications terminal is sent as an SMS message to the mobile communications gateway.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message that is automatically generated in the mobile communications terminal is sent directly to the mobile communications gateway.
10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message that is automatically generated in the mobile communications terminal is sent via a SIM server to the mobile communications gateway.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a TC connection is forwarded from the mobile communications gateway to the second telephone number, which is assigned to the second SIM card, via a fixed telecommunication network andor the Internet connected therebetween.
12. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the partner SIM card is arranged in the SIM server, and the data in the partner SIM card that is relevant to an authentication is transferred to the mobile communications gateway when the message generated in the mobile communications terminal is received at the mobile communications gateway andor at the SIM server.
13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein outgoing TC connections from the mobile communications terminal are implemented by means of callback or a multi-stage dialing process with the mobile communications gateway connected therebetween.
14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the TC connections under consideration are telephone calls andor SMS messages.
15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communications terminal is initially located in a foreign country in relation to the country containing the home network of the mobile communications terminal, wherein the current mobile network is a foreign mobile network, and the first SIM card is replaced by a second SIM card, which is assigned to the foreign mobile network.
16. A mobile communications gateway comprising:
a plurality of radio modules for mobile communication, wherein a plurality of SIM cards are assigned or can be assigned to the mobile communications gateway, each of which enable use of a radio module for mobile communication,
means that are suitable for detecting a message sent from a mobile communications terminal to the mobile communications gateway, which message comprises the following information:
the telephone number of a second SIM card, which is assigned to a current mobile network, wherein a first SIM card, which was originally inserted in the mobile communications terminal and is assigned to a home network, has been replaced by the second SIM card, and
at least one piece of information identifying the replaced SIM card,
means which use the information contained in the message to assign to the second SIM card andor to the second telephone number, which is assigned to said SIM card, a TC connection addressed to the first telephone number of the mobile communications terminal and routed to the mobile communications gateway, and
means which use the second telephone number contained in the message to forward to the mobile communications terminal equipped with the second SIM card a TC connection addressed to the first telephone number of the mobile communications terminal and routed to the mobile communications gateway.
17. The mobile communications gateway as claimed in claim 16, wherein a SIM card that is the partner SIM card to the first SIM card of the mobile communications terminal is assigned to the mobile communications gateway, wherein the partner SIM card is registered in the home network anyway when the message is received, so that each TC connection addressed to the first telephone number is routed to the mobile communications gateway.
18. The mobile communications gateway as claimed in claim 17, wherein the mobile communications gateway is designed such that at least some of the functions of the mobile communications gateway are supervised via a SIM server, in particular the mobile communications gateway receives from a SIM server the data of a partner SIM card that is relevant to an authentication, wherein the partner SIM card is arranged in the SIM server.
19. A mobile communications terminal comprising:
means which detect a replacement of a first SIM card, which is assigned to a home network, by a second SIM card, which is assigned to a current mobile network,
means which, actuated by the replacement of the SIM card, automatically generate a message that comprises at least:
the second telephone number, which is assigned to the second SIM card, and
at least one piece of information identifying the replaced SIM card,
means which, after the SIM card is replaced, send the message from the mobile communications terminal to a defined telephone number that is assigned to a mobile communications gateway.
20. The mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 19, wherein the means which automatically generate a message are designed to detect the IMEI of the first SIM card and after the SIM card is replaced to write the IMEI in the message.
21. The mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 19, wherein the means which automatically generate a message generate the message in the form of an SMS message, wherein the new telephone number, which is assigned to the second SIM card, is provided by the sender information in the SMS message.
22. The mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 19, wherein the respective means are provided by a software application of the mobile communications terminal.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A hot laminating apparatus having a transmission passage for passing therethrough a sheet material and thin films to be hot laminated, comprising:
a first transmitting and heating roller disposed at a first side of said transmission passage for heating a first one of said thin films in contact therewith and transmitting said sheet material with said thin films through said transmission passage; and
a first heat shield disposed adjacent to said first transmitting and heating roller, formed of material comprising a heat-reflective material and configured to reflect thermal energy dissipated from said first transmitting and heating roller back to said first transmitting and heating roller.
2. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said first transmitting and heating roller further comprises:
a first heating shaft for rotating and providing thermal energy; and
a first roller element wrapping said first heating shaft and being heated with said thermal energy for heating said first one of said thin films, and driven by said first heating shaft to rotate so as to transmit said sheet material with said thin films through said transmission passage while pressing said sheet material against said thin films.
3. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said first heating shaft is an electro-heater that transforms electric energy into said thermal energy.
4. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said first roller element is made of rubber.
5. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said first heat shield is disposed around said first transmitting and heating roller.
6. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said first heat shield includes a heat-reflective layer made of said heat-reflective material on a first surface thereof facing said first transmitting and heating roller.
7. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said heat-reflective material is nickel.
8. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said first heat shield further includes a heat insulation layer made of a heat insulation material and arranged on a second surface thereof opposite to said first surface.
9. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said heat insulation material is one of foam rubber and asbestos fiber.
10. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said hot laminating apparatus further comprises:
a second transmitting and heating roller disposed at a second side of said transmission passage for heating a second one of said thin films in contact therewith and cooperating with said first transmitting and heating roller to transmit said sheet material with said thin films through said transmission passage; and
a second heat shield disposed adjacent to said second transmitting and heating roller, formed of material comprising a heat-reflective material and configured to reflect thermal energy dissipated from said second transmitting and heating roller back to said second transmitting and heating roller.
11. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said second heat shield comprises:
a heat-reflective layer made of said heat-reflective material on a first surface thereof facing said second transmitting and heating roller; and
a heat insulation layer made of a heat insulation material and arranged on a second surface thereof opposite to said first surface.
12. A hot laminating apparatus having a transmission passage for passing therethrough a sheet material and a thin film to be hot laminated, comprising:
a transmitting and heating roller disposed at a side of said transmission passage for heating said thin film in contact therewith and transmitting said sheet material with said thin film through said transmission passage; and
a heat shield comprising:
a main body; and
a heat-reflective layer formed on said main body for reflecting thermal energy dissipated from said transmitting and heating roller back to said transmitting and heating roller.
13. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 12 wherein said main body of said heat shield is made of iron.
14. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 12 wherein said heat shield is disposed around said transmitting and heating roller.
15. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said heat-reflective layer is a nickel layer on a first surface of said main body facing said transmitting and heating roller.
16. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 15 wherein said heat shield further comprises a heat insulation layer made of one of foam rubber and asbestos fiber, and arranged on a second surface of said main body opposite to said first surface.
17. A hot laminating apparatus having a transmission passage for passing therethrough a sheet material and a thin film to be hot laminated, comprising:
a transmitting and heating roller disposed at a side of said transmission passage for heating said thin film in contact therewith and transmitting said sheet material with said thin film through said transmission passage; and
a heat shield comprising:
a main body; and
a heat insulation layer formed on said main body for preventing thermal energy dissipated from said transmitting and heating roller from escaping away from said transmitting and heating roller.
18. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 17 wherein said main body is made of iron.
19. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 17 wherein said heat shield further comprises a heat-reflective layer formed on said main body for reflecting said dissipated thermal energy back to said transmitting and heating roller.
20. The hot laminating apparatus according to claim 19 wherein said heat insulation layer is one of a foam rubber layer and an asbestos layer, and said heat-reflective layer is a nickel layer.