Entitlement server connected eSIMS
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorJerome Sicard
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for activating an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) device. One method may include initiating at least one device comprising an eSIM; connecting the eSIM to at least one of an entry point of a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) and an entitlement configuration server (ECS); activating, authenticating, and/or authorizing the eSIM; and connecting the eSIM with a cellular data service or a data network of the MNO.
Claims22
A method for activating an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) device comprising:
- initiating at least one device comprising an eSIM, wherein the eSIM is rewritable by any of a plurality of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) such that a user can select any of the plurality of MNOs as an assigned MNO;
- initiating an eSIM activation application on the at least one device comprising the eSIM, wherein an entitlement configuration server (ECS) redirects at least one authentication request for a user associated with the eSIM to an authentication server associated with the assigned MNO such that the user, after successful authentication of the user to the assigned MNO, can select the assigned MNO via the connection to the ECS, and wherein an ECS in each of the plurality of MNOs is a primary entry and orchestration point for eSIM device activation in each MNO and performs multiple orchestration operations in parallel effectuating authentication;
- downloading a profile package, bound to the eSIM, to the at least one device comprising the eSIM via the eSIM activation application, wherein the at least one device receives the bound profile package through a subscription manager data preparation interface of the assigned MNO;
- automatically activating the eSIM via the eSIM activation application based on the profile package to facilitate over the air installation within the eSIM, wherein automatically activating the eSIM comprises:
- connecting the eSIM with a cellular data service or a data network of the assigned MNO based on the activation of the eSIM such that provisioning the eSIM through the ECS allows the user to switch selection of the assigned MNO for the eSIM to a different MNO from the plurality of MNOs, wherein switching the selection enables the different MNO to rewrite the eSIM for a different cellular data service or a data network of the different MNO to activate the eSIM.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to:
- connect an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) device to an entitlement configuration server (ECS), wherein the eSIM is rewritable by any of a plurality of Mobile Network Operator (MNOs) such that a user can select any of the plurality of MNOs as an assigned MNO;
- initiate an eSIM activation application on the eSIM device, wherein the ECS redirects at least one authentication request for a user associated with the eSIM to an authentication server associated with the assigned MNO, wherein the assigned MNO is selectable via the connection to the ECS after successful authentication of the at least one authentication request, and wherein an ECS in each of the plurality of MNOs is a primary entry and orchestration point for eSIM device activation in each MNO and performs multiple orchestration operations in parallel effectuating authentication;
- download a profile package bound to the eSIM to the eSIM device, wherein the eSIM device receives the profile package through a subscription manager data preparation interface of the assigned MNO;
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- automatically activate the eSIM device based on the profile package to facilitate over the air installation within the eSIM to connect the eSIM device with a cellular data service or a data network of the assigned MNO, wherein provisioning the eSIM device through the ECS allows the user to switch selection of the assigned MNO for the eSIM to a different MNO from any of the plurality of MNOs, wherein switching the selection enables the different MNO to rewrite the eSIM for a different cellular data service or a data network of the different MNO to activate the eSIM.
A system comprising:
- one or more processing units;
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- a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processing units and comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to:
- connect an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) device to at least one entitlement configuration server (ECS), wherein the eSIM is rewritable by any of a plurality of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) such that a user can select any of the plurality of MNOs as an assigned MNO;
- initiate an eSIM activation application on the eSIM device, wherein the ECS redirects at least one authentication request for a user associated with the eSIM to an authentication server associated with the assigned MNO such that the user, after successful authentication of the user to the assigned MNO, can select the assigned MNO via the connection to the ECS, and wherein an ECS in each of the plurality of MNOs is a primary entry and orchestration point for eSIM device activation in each MNO and performs multiple orchestration operations in parallel effectuating authentication;
- download a profile package bound to the eSIM to the eSIM device, wherein the eSIM device receives the profile package through a subscription manager data preparation interface of the assigned MNO;
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- automatically activate the eSIM device based on the profile package to facilitate over the air installation within the eSIM to connect the eSIM device with a cellular data service or a data network of the assigned MNO, wherein provisioning the eSIM device through the ECS allows the user to switch selection of the assigned MNO for the eSIM to a different MNO from any of the plurality of MNOs, wherein switching the selection enables the different MNO to rewrite the eSIM for a different cellular data service or a data network of the different MNO to activate the eSIM device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.