Profile switch feature in subsidy locked devices with eUICC
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsPhani Pradeep Kumar Kothapalli Venkata, Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada, Rajendra Prasad Nelurouth, Venkata Durga Vinod Chikkala, Nagarjuna Alavala
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Abstract
The apparatus determines whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is an embedded universal circuit card (eUICC) or a non-eUICC while in a subsidy locked state. The apparatus performs a profile sequence to determine available network profiles if the SIM card is the eUICC. The apparatus may present an option at the user interface UI to switch network profiles on the UE if the current profile of the eUICC does not satisfy a personalization check on the ME.
Claims31
A method to select a network profile in a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
- determining whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) or a non-eUICC while in a subsidy locked state, wherein the subsidy locked state is associated with a subsidy provided by a network operator;
- performing a profile sequence to determine at least one available network profile currently stored on the eUICC when the SIM card is the eUICC, wherein one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC is to be activated;
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- presenting a profile switch option at a locked screen in a user interface (UI) of the UE in the subsidy locked state to switch from a current network profile on the eUICC to the at least one available network profile currently stored on the eUICC when the current network profile does not satisfy a personalization check on the UE in the subsidy locked state associated with the subsidy provided by the network operator.
A user equipment (UE) to select a network profile, comprising:
- means for determining whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) or a non-eUICC while in a subsidy locked state, wherein the subsidy locked state is associated with a subsidy provided by a network operator;
- means for performing a profile sequence to determine available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC when the SIM card is the eUICC, wherein one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC is to be activated;
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- means for presenting a profile switch option at a locked screen in a user interface (UI) of the UE in the subsidy locked state to switch from a current network profile on the eUICC to the one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC when the current network profile does not satisfy a personalization check on the UE in the subsidy locked state associated with the subsidy provided by the network operator.
An apparatus to select a network profile at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- determine whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) or a non-eUICC while in a subsidy locked state, wherein the subsidy locked state is associated with a subsidy provided by a network operator;
- perform a profile sequence to determine available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC when the SIM card is the eUICC, wherein one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC is to be activated;
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- present a profile switch option at a locked screen in a user interface (UI) of the UE in the subsidy locked state to switch from a current network profile on the eUICC to one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC when the current network profile does not satisfy a personalization check on the UE in the subsidy locked state associated with the subsidy provided by the network operator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by at least one processor of a user equipment (UE), causes the at least one processor to:
- determine whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) or a non-eUICC while in a subsidy locked state, wherein the subsidy locked state is associated with a subsidy provided by a network operator;
- perform a profile sequence to determine available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC when the SIM card is the eUICC, wherein one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC is to be activated;
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- present a profile switch option at a locked screen in a user interface (UI) of the UE in the subsidy locked state to switch from a current network profile on the eUICC to one of the available network profiles currently stored on the eUICC when the current network profile does not satisfy a personalization check on the UE in the subsidy locked state associated with the subsidy provided by the network operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.