US 11,277,718 B2 · Customer profile and billing lifecycle management in connected endpoints in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to managing customer Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and embedded SIM (eSIM) profiles and allocated Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Numbers (MSISDN) for connected devices, e.g., cars, in different use-cases. For example, in configurations, users may have a primary electronic device, e.g., a mobile phone having a primary MSISDNPRIMARY that is instantiated on a primary Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID), ICCIDPRIMARY in the billing system of a wireless communication network. When the user has a secondary device paired with the mobile phone, that secondary device may have a secondary MSISDNSECONDARY that is activated with a secondary ICCIDSECONDARY in the billing system. Thus, the secondary device may be used by the user in conjunction with the primary device and is paired with the primary device such that incoming calls are forked to both the primary device and the secondary device.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by one or more servers, the method comprising:

receiving, based at least in part on a first subscription for services provided to a primary device in a wireless communication network, a request for a second subscription for a secondary device, the first subscription associated with a primary Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) and a primary Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Numbers (MSISDN) and the second subscription allowing the secondary device to receive the services provided to the primary device in the wireless communication network;
provisioning the second subscription with a secondary MSISDN;
adding the second subscription to an account associated with the primary device and the secondary device;
allocating the secondary MSISDN to a secondary ICCID associated with the secondary device;
providing the secondary MSISDN to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of the secondary device;
providing the services to the primary device and the secondary device;
transferring the secondary MSISDN to a shared ICCID associated with a shared SIM of a shared device;
suspending the secondary ICCID within the wireless communication network;
and
providing the services to the primary device and the shared device.

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An apparatus configured for operation within a wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executable by the one or more processors to:
receive, based at least in part on a first subscription for services provided to a primary device in a wireless communication network, a request for a second subscription for a secondary device, the first subscription associated with a primary Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) and a primary Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Numbers (MSISDN) and the second subscription allowing the secondary device to receive the services provided to the primary device in the wireless communication network;
provision the second subscription with a secondary MSISDN;
add the second subscription to an account associated with the primary device and the secondary device;
allocate the secondary MSISDN to a secondary ICCID associated with the secondary device;
provide the secondary MSISDN to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of the secondary device;
provide the services to the primary device and the secondary device;
transfer the second subscription to a shared identifier of a shared SIM of a shared device;
suspend the secondary MSISDN within the wireless communication network into a standby state;
and
provide the services to the primary device and the shared device.

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A non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to:

receive, based at least in part on a first subscription for services provided to a primary device in a wireless communication network, a request for a second subscription for a secondary device, the first subscription associated with a primary Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) and a primary Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Numbers (MSISDN) and the second subscription allowing the secondary device to receive the services provided to the primary device in a wireless communication network;
provision the second subscription with a secondary MSISDN;
add the second subscription to an account associated with the primary device and the secondary device;
allocate the secondary MSISDN to a secondary ICCID associated with the secondary device;
provide the secondary MSISDN to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of the secondary device;
provide the services to the primary device and the secondary device;
transfer the second subscription to a shared identifier of a shared SIM of a shared device;
suspend the secondary MSISDN within the wireless communication network into a standby state;
and
provide the services to the primary device and the shared device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Customer profile and billing lifecycle management in connected endpoints in wireless communication networks

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Customer profile and billing lifecycle management in connected endpoints in wireless communication networks

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