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公开(公告)号:US20230083018A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-16
申请号:US17932667
申请日:2022-09-15
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Sherman X. JIN , Rohan C. MALTHANKAR , Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO , Clive E. RODGERS , Raj S. CHAUGULE , Li LI
IPC分类号: H04W8/20
摘要: The described embodiments set forth techniques for recovering one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) previously deleted from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a mobile wireless device. Prior to deletion of an eSIM, the mobile wireless device uploads first eSIM subscription information to a cloud network services server and stores second eSIM subscription information in a secure memory of the eUICC. The mobile wireless device can subsequently download the first eSIM subscription information to verify matching to the second eSIM subscription information stored in the eUICC before displaying an option for recovering the eSIM. The mobile wireless device sends to a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server an eSIM recovery request notification that includes at least a portion of the first eSIM subscription information, and the MNO provisioning server provides an eSIM recovery response message indicating approval and a network address to download the eSIM.
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公开(公告)号:US20230020828A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17935081
申请日:2022-09-23
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Li LI , Jean-Marc PADOVA , Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN
IPC分类号: H04W8/26 , H04W12/03 , H04W8/18 , H04W12/0431 , H04W12/06
摘要: This application describes a phased approach to provision eSIM profiles to a wireless device. Credentials are preloaded to an eUICC during manufacture of the eUICC and used subsequently to load eSIM profiles to the eUICC without requiring an active, real-time connection to an MNO provisioning server. Multiple bound profile packages (BPPs) can be pre-generated and encrypted by MNO provisioning servers for an eUICC and transferred to a BPP aggregator server before assembly of the eUICC in a respective wireless device. A local provisioning server in a manufacturing facility mutually authenticates and connects to the BPP aggregator server to download and store one or more of the encrypted BPPs for later installation on the eUICC. The local provisioning server subsequently mutually authenticates and connects to the eUICC to load at least one of the one or more pre-generated, encrypted BPPs to the eUICC during assembly and/or testing of the wireless device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230020761A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17936373
申请日:2022-09-28
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Raj S. CHAUGULE , Li LI , Vikram Bhaskara YERRABOMMANAHALLI , Chandiramohan VASUDEVAN , Damien R. HOLZAPFEL , Avinash NARASIMHAN , Ameya R. KASBEKAR
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220329372A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-13
申请号:US17658367
申请日:2022-04-07
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Hyewon LEE , Jean-Marc PADOVA , Li LI , Xiangying YANG
摘要: Techniques for managing logical channel communication for multiple electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profiles installed on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), including mapping of logical channel identifier values between different logical channel labeling schemes are described herein. In a first scheme, logical channels are identified using logical channel values alone. In a second scheme, logical channels are identified using a combination of eSIM port value and channel values. An interpreter in the eUICC and/or in processing circuitry external to the eUICC can map between the logical channel labeling schemes to allow internal state machines in the eUICC and/or the processing circuitry to use the first scheme for identifying logical channels.
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公开(公告)号:US20220295276A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17634950
申请日:2019-08-18
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Xiangying YANG , Jean-Marc PADOVA , Li LI , Shu GUO
IPC分类号: H04W12/069 , H04L9/32 , H04W12/041 , H04W12/0431 , H04W8/20
摘要: This application sets forth techniques for authenticating a mobile device with a cellular wireless network without electronic Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) credentials by using an Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) procedure. The mobile device authenticates with an Authentication Server Function (AUSF) of the cellular wireless network using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) certificate. Processing circuitry of the mobile wireless device external to the eUICC implements the EAP-TLS procedure and authenticates validity of the AUSF. In some embodiments, the eUICC provides key generation and storage for a session key for communication between the mobile device and the cellular wireless network. In some embodiments, a third-party managed Unified Data Management (UDM) broker authenticates the mobile device based on knowledge of the eUICC certificate and provides a session key to the cellular wireless network for subsequent communication with the mobile device, upon successful authentication of the mobile device.
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公开(公告)号:US20210400494A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17352136
申请日:2021-06-18
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Li LI , Keizo MARUI , Anish Kumar GOYAL , Abishek Kumar VAIDYANATHAN , Samy TOUATI , Rohan C. MALTHANKAR
摘要: This Application sets forth techniques for cellular wireless service management for a secondary mobile wireless device assisted by a primary mobile wireless device, including delayed delivery of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to the secondary mobile wireless device for subscription to cellular wireless service of a mobile network operator (MNO).
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公开(公告)号:US20210400479A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17352163
申请日:2021-06-18
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: This Application sets forth techniques for cellular service management for a secondary mobile wireless device assisted by a primary mobile wireless device, including provisioning and management of electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for a secondary mobile wireless device with user authorization obtained via the primary mobile wireless device.
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公开(公告)号:US20210076204A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-11
申请号:US17001575
申请日:2020-08-24
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Anish Kumar GOYAL , Chenzhi YU , Francisco J. GONZALEZ , Li LI , Raj S. CHAUGULE , Rohan C. MALTHANKAR , Samy TOUATI
摘要: This Application describes efficient cellular service transfer mechanisms to move cellular services that are based on cellular service credentials, e.g., eSIMs, between accessory wireless devices under various scenarios, including in some embodiments transfer of multiple eSIMs. The first and second accessory wireless devices and the primary wireless device are associated with a common user account. Transfer of credentials for cellular service access can occur between two accessory wireless devices via the primary wireless device, where the primary wireless device and the accessory wireless devices interact with applicable network-based servers.
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公开(公告)号:US20200288298A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16808012
申请日:2020-03-03
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Li LI , Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN , Arun G. MATHIAS
摘要: The described embodiments set forth techniques for managing inactive (disabled) electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) on secure elements, e.g., Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) and/or embedded UICCs (eUICCs), of a wireless device, including retrieving information from an inactive eSIM, obtaining authentication tokens from an inactive eSIM, authenticating the inactive eSIM with a network-based Mobile Network Operator (MNO) server, retrieving status information for a subscription account associated with the inactive eSIM, and/or performing an account management operation on the inactive eSIM.
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公开(公告)号:US20170338944A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-23
申请号:US15602036
申请日:2017-05-22
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Xiangying YANG , Li LI , Avinash NARASIMHAN , Jean-Marc PADOVA
CPC分类号: H04L9/3297 , H04L9/3239 , H04W4/70 , H04W12/0023 , H04W12/00514 , H04W12/04
摘要: 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.
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