公开(公告)号：US20170338962A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15598232

申请日：2017-05-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li LI ,  Clark P. MUELLER ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Arun G. MATHIAS ,  David T. HAGGERTY ,  Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN ,  Jean-Marc PADOVA

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L9/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/30 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W8/18

Abstract: Embodiments provided herein determine if an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with a requested service can be installed in a secure element (SE) housed in a wireless device. Before requesting deployment of an eSIM suitable for the requested service from an eSIM delivery server, a carrier server asks that an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) server validate that an eSIM corresponding to a customer request should be deployed. The OEM server obtains information about the wireless device and information about the SE. When the carrier server requests validation, the OEM server evaluates the wireless device information and/or the SE information. If the OEM server indicates that deployment of the eSIM should proceed, the OEM server also indicates the eSIM type that is compatible with the wireless device and with the SE housed in the device.

公开(公告)号：US20230020761A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17936373

申请日：2022-09-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raj S. CHAUGULE ,  Li LI ,  Vikram Bhaskara YERRABOMMANAHALLI ,  Chandiramohan VASUDEVAN ,  Damien R. HOLZAPFEL ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Ameya R. KASBEKAR

IPC: H04W8/18 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W12/30

Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for provisioning and activating electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for mobile wireless devices. An eSIM is reserved during a sales order process and later activated during device activation after receipt by a user. An option for eSIM installation in place of (or in addition to) physical SIM installation is provided when purchasing the mobile wireless device. The reserved eSIM can replace a previous SIM/eSIM or be a new eSIM. During device activation, installation and activation of the eSIM occurs. Activation of the eSIM can occur before or after deactivation of a transferred SIM/eSIM. The mobile wireless device accounts for propagation delay of eSIM activation through MNO servers by disabling and re-enabling the eSIM until initial attachment to an MNO cellular wireless network succeeds or a maximum number of retry attempts is reached.

公开(公告)号：US20170338944A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15602036

申请日：2017-05-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiangying YANG ,  Li LI ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Jean-Marc PADOVA

IPC: H04L9/06 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L9/3297 ,  H04L9/3239 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W12/0023 ,  H04W12/00514 ,  H04W12/04

Abstract: Duplicate processing of events registered at a root server is avoided. An electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) server pushes, to a root server, data in the form of notification data portions indicating that commands or events need to be processed by a device. The device includes an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC). The device pulls a notification list from the root server. The notification list includes one or more notification data portions. The device checks a given notification data portion to see if it represents a duplicate before communicating with the eSIM server to perform further processing related to the event. The device bases the check for duplication on an event history and/or on a hash value where the hash value is based on one or more eSIMs installed in the eUICC. The device is able to prioritize notification data portions before processing them.

公开(公告)号：US20200304327A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16841273

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiangying YANG ,  Li LI ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Jean-Marc PADOVA

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W12/00

Abstract: Duplicate processing of events registered at a root server is avoided. An electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) server pushes, to a root server, data in the form of notification data portions indicating that commands or events need to be processed by a device. The device includes an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC). The device pulls a notification list from the root server. The notification list includes one or more notification data portions. The device checks a given notification data portion to see if it represents a duplicate before communicating with the eSIM server to perform further processing related to the event. The device bases the check for duplication on an event history and/or on a hash value where the hash value is based on one or more eSIMs installed in the eUICC. The device is able to prioritize notification data portions before processing them.

公开(公告)号：US20190074983A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16117642

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiangying YANG ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Li LI ,  David I. AHN ,  Jean-Marc PADOVA ,  Clark P. MUELLER ,  David T. HAGGERTY

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/30

Abstract: Embodiments provided herein identify a certificate issuer (CI) to be relied on as a trusted third party by an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) server in remote SIM provisioning (RSP) transactions with an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC). In an RSP ecosystem, multiple CIs may exist. Parties rely on public key infrastructure (PKI) techniques for establishment of trust. Trust may be established based on a trusted third party such as a CI. Parties need to agree on the CI in order for some PKI techniques to be useful. Embodiments provided herein describe approaches for an eUICC and an eSIM server to arrive at an agreed-on CI. Candidate or negotiated CIs may be indicated on a public key identifier (PKID) list. A PKID list is distributed, in some embodiments, by means of a discovery server, via an activation code (AC) and/or during the establishment of a profile provisioning session.

公开(公告)号：US20180063697A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15253783

申请日：2016-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li LI ,  Clark P. MUELLER ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Arun G. MATHIAS ,  Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN ,  David T. HAGGERTY

IPC: H04W8/18 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/10

CPC classification number: H04W8/183 ,  G06F21/575 ,  G06F21/72 ,  H04L63/123 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/245 ,  H04W12/10

Abstract: Representative embodiments described herein set forth techniques for provisioning bootstrap electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) to mobile devices. According to some embodiments, a mobile device can be configured to issue, to an eSIM selection server, a bootstrap eSIM request that includes (i) metadata associated with the mobile device, and (ii) metadata associated with an electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) included in the mobile device. In turn, the eSIM selection server selects and binds a particular bootstrap eSIM to the mobile device, and provides information to the mobile device that enables the mobile device to obtain the particular bootstrap eSIM from one or more eSIM servers. When the mobile device obtains the particular bootstrap eSIM, the mobile device can interface with a mobile network operator (MNO) and obtain a complete eSIM that enables the mobile device to access services provided by the MNO.

公开(公告)号：US20180027480A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15649283

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Devin B. COLLIER ,  Clark P. MUELLER ,  David T. HAGGERTY

IPC: H04W48/08 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W12/06

CPC classification number: H04W48/08 ,  H04B1/3816 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L63/0869 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W8/183 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: A pool of devices is initially associated under a single product type identifier, for example, a single stock keeping unit (SKU) identifier. Each device is associated with a secure element (SE), for example, an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC). A wireless telecommunications carrier purchases a subset of the devices from the owner of the pool of devices. A policy management server receives a shipment record and associates the subset of devices with a product identifier and with a carrier-specific activation policy. The policy management server sends an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) reservation request to a policy evaluation server, which contacts an eSIM delivery server associated with the purchasing carrier. The eSIM delivery server reserves eSIMs for the purchased devices. When an end user buys one of the devices from the subset, the purchased device is provisioned by the eSIM delivery server with the eSIM reserved for that device.

公开(公告)号：US20230354040A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US17661277

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li LI ,  Aurelien P. RABOISSON ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  George LIN ,  Keizo MARUI

IPC: H04W12/72 ,  H04W12/0431 ,  H04W12/069 ,  H04W8/18

CPC classification number: H04W12/72 ,  H04W12/0431 ,  H04W12/069 ,  H04W8/183

Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for management of electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profiles for a wireless device, including in-field replacement of provisioning (bootstrap) eSIM profiles. Public key infrastructure (PKI) information for an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) profile management server is installed in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a wireless device at a time of manufacture and used subsequently by the wireless device to conduct an eSIM profile management session and verify authorization of the OEM profile management server to manage, e.g., update and/or replace, one or more eSIM profiles on the eUICC of the wireless device

公开(公告)号：US20220038887A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17451477

申请日：2021-10-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raj S. CHAUGULE ,  Li LI ,  Vikram Bhaskara YERRABOMMANAHALLI ,  Chandiramohan VASUDEVAN ,  Damien R. HOLZAPFEL ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Ameya R. KASBEKAR

IPC: H04W8/18 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W12/30 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for provisioning and activating electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for mobile wireless devices. An eSIM is reserved during a sales order process and later activated during device activation after receipt by a user. An option for eSIM installation in place of (or in addition to) physical SIM installation is provided when purchasing the mobile wireless device. The reserved eSIM can replace a previous SIM/eSIM or be a new eSIM. During device activation, installation and activation of the eSIM occurs. Activation of the eSIM can occur before or after deactivation of a transferred SIM/eSIM. The mobile wireless device accounts for propagation delay of eSIM activation through MNO servers by disabling and re-enabling the eSIM until initial attachment to an MNO cellular wireless network succeeds or a maximum number of retry attempts is reached.

公开(公告)号：US20190166483A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US16244035

申请日：2019-01-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li LI ,  Clark P. MUELLER ,  Avinash NARASIMHAN ,  Arun G. MATHIAS ,  Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN ,  David T. HAGGERTY

IPC: H04W8/18 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W12/10 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/60 ,  G06F21/72 ,  G06F21/57

CPC classification number: H04W8/183 ,  G06F21/575 ,  G06F21/72 ,  H04L63/123 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/245 ,  H04W12/10

Abstract: Representative embodiments described herein set forth techniques for provisioning bootstrap electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) to mobile devices. According to some embodiments, a mobile device can be configured to issue, to an eSIM selection server, a bootstrap eSIM request that includes (i) metadata associated with the mobile device, and (ii) metadata associated with an electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) included in the mobile device. In turn, the eSIM selection server selects and binds a particular bootstrap eSIM to the mobile device, and provides information to the mobile device that enables the mobile device to obtain the particular bootstrap eSIM from one or more eSIM servers. When the mobile device obtains the particular bootstrap eSIM, the mobile device can interface with a mobile network operator (MNO) and obtain a complete eSIM that enables the mobile device to access services provided by the MNO.