DELETED eSIM RECOVERY
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    发明申请

    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.

    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.

    OFF-LINE PROFILE PROVISIONING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

    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.

    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.

    LOGICAL CHANNEL MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIPLE eSIM PROFILES

    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.

    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.

    MOBILE DEVICE AUTHENTICATION WITHOUT ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (ESIM) CREDENTIALS

    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.

    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.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE INACTIVE ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES

    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.

    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.