公开(公告)号：US11172350B1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16902216

申请日：2020-06-15

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：US10985926B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

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: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04L9/00 ,  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：US09831903B1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US15222759

申请日：2016-07-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Avinash Narasimhan ,  Hemant Purswani ,  Clark P. Mueller ,  David T. Haggerty ,  Li Li ,  Arun G. Mathias ,  Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman

IPC: H04B1/3816 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W4/24

CPC classification number: H04W4/24 ,  H04L12/1407 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04M15/66 ,  H04M15/80 ,  H04M17/02 ,  H04M17/023 ,  H04M17/026 ,  H04M17/103

Abstract: Methods, devices, and servers for as-needed update of a trusted list are provided herein. An electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) server receives a request for an eSIM of a particular type from a wireless device. The eSIM server evaluates the particular type and requests an eSIM of the particular type from a second eSIM server, which is not initially trusted by a secure element (SE) of the wireless device. The eSIM server sends a policy update to the wireless device. The wireless device passes the policy update to the SE, for example, a universal integrated circuit card (UICC). The UICC updates the trusted list with an identity of the second eSIM server. When the wireless device downloads a bound profile package (BPP) containing an eSIM from the second eSIM server, the UICC validates the BPP based on the updated trusted list. The eSIM is then installed on the UICC.

公开(公告)号：US11924916B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17555205

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raj S. Chaugule ,  Alex M. Was ,  Avinash Narasimhan ,  Damien R. Holzapfel ,  He Zheng ,  Li Li ,  Timothy M. Sheridan ,  Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli

IPC: H04W12/03 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/30

CPC classification number: H04W8/18 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/35

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit, to a cellular carrier, a request to activate the UE with the cellular carrier. The UE is also configured to, in response to receiving an authentication request for authenticating a user of the UE, transmit, to the cellular carrier, information identifying another UE and authentication information for authenticating the user ; prompt the user, via a display of the UE, to provide, to an input system of the UE, verification information transmitted to the other UE; transmit, to the cellular carrier, the verification information; and in response to validation of the verification information by the cellular carrier, receive an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) subscription transferred from the other UE.

公开(公告)号：US11736931B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

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

CPC classification number: H04W8/183 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/205 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/35

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：US11102017B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

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 ,  H04W12/30 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/72

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：US10182338B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-15

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 ,  G06F21/72 ,  G06F21/57 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/10 ,  H04W8/24

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：US10142917B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-27

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: H04W48/00 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04B1/3816 ,  H04L29/06 ,  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：US20130227646A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-29

申请号：US13767593

申请日：2013-02-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David Haggerty ,  Jerrold Hauck ,  Ben Juang ,  Li Li ,  Arun Mathias ,  Kevin McLaughlin ,  Avinash Narasimhan ,  Chris Sharp ,  Vaid Yousuf ,  Yang Xiangying

IPC: H04W12/06

CPC classification number: H04L63/10 ,  H04L63/06 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04L63/0853 ,  H04L63/205 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W8/183 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for large scale distribution of electronic access control clients. In one aspect, a tiered security software protocol is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a server electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) and client eUICC software comprise a so-called “stack” of software layers. Each software layer is responsible for a set of hierarchical functions which are negotiated with its corresponding peer software layer. The tiered security software protocol is configured for large scale distribution of electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs)

Abstract translation: 电子门禁客户大规模分销的方法和装置。 一方面，公开了一种分层的安全软件协议。 在一个示例性实施例中，服务器电子通用集成电路卡（eUICC）和客户端eUICC软件包括软件层的所谓“堆叠”。 每个软件层负责与其相应的对等软件层协商的一组分层功能。 分层安全软件协议配置为大规模分发电子订户身份模块（eSIM）