Targeted over-the-air updates
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorMehul Shah
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Abstract
Techniques for configuring data in a subscriber identity module (SIM) of a user equipment (UE) via over-the-air (OTA) configuration messages are discussed herein. An OTA server may receive, from an operator associated with a telecommunication network, identifying information specifying a UE or a group of UEs in which to send the OTA configuration and may receive an indication of a type of configuration to be included in the OTA configuration. The OTA server may access an equipment identity register (EIR) to determine which UEs to receive the OTA configuration message based on the identifying information.
Claims17
A computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving at least:
- a type allocation code (TAC);
- an international mobile subscriber range (IMSI) range;
- a type of over the air (OTA) message;
- and
- an OTA configuration reference;
- generating, based at least in part on the type of OTA message and the OTA configuration reference, an OTA configuration message;
- determining, via accessing an equipment identity register (EIR) and based at least in part on the TAC and the IMSI range, a plurality of UEs that are associated with a same type of data plan, a same type of device, and a same type of operating system to receive the OTA configuration message;
- and
- sending, to the plurality of UEs, the OTA configuration message.
A method comprising:
- receiving at least:
- identifying information that identifies at least one user equipment (UE);
- a type of over the air (OTA) message;
- and
- an OTA configuration reference;
- generating, based at least in part on the type of OTA message and the OTA configuration reference, an OTA configuration message;
- determining, via accessing an equipment identity register (EIR) and based at least in part on the identifying information, a plurality of UEs that are associated with a same type of data plan, a same type of device, and a same type of operating system to receive the OTA configuration message, the plurality of UEs including the at least one UE;
- and
- sending, to the plurality of UEs, the OTA configuration message, wherein the OTA configuration message causes the plurality of UEs to perform at least one operation comprising at least one of:
- updating a mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN);
- updating an access point name (APN);
- updating at least one roaming setting;
- or
- updating at least one security setting.
A method comprising:
- receiving at least:
- first identifying information associated with at least one user equipment (UE);
- second identifying information associated with the at least one UE;
- a first type of over the air (OTA) message;
- a second type of over the air (OTA) message;
- a first OTA configuration reference;
- and
- a second OTA configuration reference;
- generating, based at least in part on the first type of OTA and the first OTA configuration reference, a first OTA configuration message;
- generating, based at least in part on the second type of OTA and the second OTA configuration reference, a second OTA configuration message;
- determining, via accessing an equipment identity register (EIR) and based at least in part on the first identifying information and the second identifying information, a first SIM associated with the at least one UE to receive the first OTA configuration message and a second SIM associated with the at least one UE to receive the second OTA configuration message;
- and
- sending the first OTA configuration message to the first SIM and the second OTA configuration message to the second SIM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.