公开(公告)号：US09723426B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US14742284

申请日：2015-06-17

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Taussif Khan ,  Zhengfang Chen ,  Warren Hojilla Uy ,  Ruben Cuadrat

IPC: H04M3/00 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W48/14

CPC classification number: H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/183 ,  H04W8/205 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W48/14

Abstract: A wireless communication device may include a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card configured to store a subscriber profile. The wireless communication device may further include logic configured to detect attachment to a wireless access network; detect a non-activated Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card; receive a Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) message from the wireless access network; retrieve subscription status information for the SIM card from the received PCO message; determine whether the SIM card has a valid subscription based on the retrieved subscription status information; and instruct the SIM card not to initiate an activation process with a SIM Over-the-air (OTA) system, in response to determining that the SIM card does not have a valid subscription.

公开(公告)号：US11540101B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17212336

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Mary Williams ,  Zhengfang Chen ,  Axel Hallo de Wolf

IPC: H04W4/50 ,  H04W8/24

Abstract: A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).

公开(公告)号：US11082855B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16947123

申请日：2020-07-20

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Taussif Khan ,  Warren Hojilla Uy ,  Axel Hallo De Wolf ,  Zhengfang Chen ,  Kala Narayanan ,  Mary Williams ,  Musa Kazim Guven ,  Manuel Enrique Caceres

IPC: H04W12/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/30 ,  H04W12/041 ,  H04W12/48

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a certificate authority, a first onboarding identifier associated with a private key stored on the UE. The UE may transmit, to a wireless network, an attach request based on the first onboarding identifier. The UE may receive, from the wireless network, a signaling message that includes a second onboarding identifier, wherein the signaling message may be encrypted with a public key paired with the private key stored on the UE. The UE may decrypt the signaling message using the private key stored on the UE to obtain the second onboarding identifier. The UE may obtain a permanent identifier from a Remote SIM Provisioning platform based on the UE completing an authentication procedure using an authentication response obtained from the decrypted signaling message. The UE may then connect to the wireless network using the permanent identifier.

公开(公告)号：US10694355B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15977716

申请日：2018-05-11

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Musa Kazim Guven ,  Zhengfang Chen ,  Hakan Alparslan ,  Thomas W. McArtney ,  Balaji L. Raghavachari ,  Christopher M. Schmidt ,  Tarun Verma

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W60/06 ,  H04B1/3816 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W12/08

Abstract: A method including determining whether a subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within a UE; sending an initial attach request along with a default network access key to a MME, upon determining that the SIDP is not stored; receiving a first authorization in response to the initial attach request, the first authorization restricts connectivity of the UE to an M2M activation system accessed by a dedicated APN associated with the default network access key; receiving, from a subscription management system, a SIDP generated by the M2M activation system; detaching from the M2M activation system and the network; sending a second attach request to the network based on the received SIDP; and receiving a second authorization to the network in response to the second attach request; the second authorization provides unrestricted APN connectivity and access to services associated with the subscriber identification profile.

公开(公告)号：US10397768B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15985003

申请日：2018-05-21

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： James Mathison ,  Zhengfang Chen

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W8/06 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W60/04

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE) device, whether subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within the UE device; sending, from the UE device, an attach request along with a universal globally unique temporary identifier (UGUTI) to a mobility management entity (MME) within a network, upon determining that the subscriber identification profile is not stored in the UE device; receiving, at the UE device, an authorization to attach to the network in response to the attach request; and accessing, by the UE device, the network in accordance with a pre-provisioned profile associated with the UGUTI, where the pre-provisioned profile limits access to the network.

公开(公告)号：US20190058983A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US15977716

申请日：2018-05-11

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Musa Kazim Guven ,  Zhengfang Chen ,  Hakan Alparslan ,  Thomas W. McArtney ,  Balaji L. Raghavachari ,  Christopher M. Schmidt ,  Tarun Verma

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W60/06 ,  H04B1/3816 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: A method including determining whether a subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within a UE; sending an initial attach request along with a default network access key to a MME, upon determining that the SIDP is not stored; receiving a first authorization in response to the initial attach request, the first authorization restricts connectivity of the UE to an M2M activation system accessed by a dedicated APN associated with the default network access key; receiving, from a subscription management system, a SIDP generated by the M2M activation system; detaching from the M2M activation system and the network; sending a second attach request to the network based on the received SIDP; and receiving a second authorization to the network in response to the second attach request; the second authorization provides unrestricted APN connectivity and access to services associated with the subscriber identification profile.

公开(公告)号：US10187784B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US16005383

申请日：2018-06-11

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhengfang Chen ,  Musa Kazim Guven ,  Hakan Alparslan

IPC: H04M1/00 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W8/20

Abstract: An embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (“eUICC”) controller may transfer wireless network service between different User Equipment (“UE”) by moving or exchanging one or more profiles between the eUICC of different UEs. The eUICC controller may directly access the eUICC of the UEs in order to control eUICC profile synchronization, disabling, downloading, and/or perform other eUICC management.

公开(公告)号：US10021557B1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15820026

申请日：2017-11-21

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： James Mathison ,  Zhengfang Chen

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W8/06 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04L29/12

CPC classification number: H04W8/06 ,  H04L61/1588 ,  H04L61/20 ,  H04L61/6054 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W60/04

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE) device, whether subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within the UE device; sending, from the UE device, an attach request along with a universal globally unique temporary identifier (UGUTI) to a mobility management entity (MME) within a network, upon determining that the subscriber identification profile is not stored in the UE device; receiving, at the UE device, an authorization to attach to the network in response to the attach request; and accessing, by the UE device, the network in accordance with a pre-provisioned profile associated with the UGUTI, where the pre-provisioned profile limits access to the network.

公开(公告)号：US11388584B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16901563

申请日：2020-06-15

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhengfang Chen ,  Erdogan Topcu ,  Musa Kazim Guven ,  Andrew E. Youtz

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W60/00

Abstract: A user device may provide, to a network, a first request to attach to the network and a second request for management and administrative services associated with the network. The user device may receive a first response indicating whether the first request is granted. The user device may receive, when the first response indicates that the first request is granted, a second response indicating whether the second request is granted. The user device may provide to the network, when the second response indicates that the second is granted, a third request for an activation status of the user device and may receive, from the network, a third response indicating the activation status. The user device may update, based on the third response, an activation flag indicating the activation status and may provide, for display, a message indicating the activation status of the user device based on the activation flag.

公开(公告)号：US11375367B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16405826

申请日：2019-05-07

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhengfang Chen ,  Taussif Khan ,  Manuel Enrique Caceres ,  Warren Hojilla Uy

IPC: H04W12/43 ,  H04W12/0431 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/30 ,  H04L9/08

Abstract: A device may obtain, from a remote SIM provisioning (RSP) platform associated with a wireless network, a subscription identifier for a target device to be onboarded onto the wireless network. The device may generate a derived set of credentials for the target device based on an existing set of credentials in a SIM profile associated with the device. The device may generate a derived SIM profile that includes the subscription identifier obtained from the RSP platform and the derived set of credentials, and the device may cause the derived SIM profile to be provisioned onto an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) of the target device. Accordingly, the derived SIM profile may enable the target device to use the derived set of credentials to obtain authenticated access to the wireless network.