User-friendly wireless service activation procedure using remote eSIM provisioning
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJason Sikes, James Hamilton
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an assigned friendly-phrase embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (fpEID) for a wireless communication device and sending a service request message to a service provider network to initiate a service activation procedure, the service request message comprising the assigned fpEID. Various embodiments can include sending an fpEID assignment request message to a device vendor network, receiving an fpEID assignment confirmation message from the device vendor network in response to the fpEID assignment request message, and identifying the assigned fpEID based on the fpEID assignment confirmation message. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processing system for an identity management framework of a device vendor, the processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by the processing system, a friendly-phrase embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (fpEID) assignment request message from a wireless communication device, wherein the fpEID assignment request message comprises an embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (EID) of the wireless communication device;
- sending to the wireless communication device, by the processing system, an fpEID assignment confirmation message including an assigned fpEID for the wireless communication device;
- receiving, by the processing system, an EID retrieval request message from a service activation framework of a service provider, the EID retrieval request message comprising the assigned fpEID for the wireless communication device;
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- providing to the service activation framework of the service provider, by the processing system, the EID of the wireless communication device.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system for an identity management framework of a device vendor, the processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a friendly-phrase embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (fpEID) assignment request message from a wireless communication device, wherein the fpEID assignment request message comprises an embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (EID) of the wireless communication device;
- sending, to the wireless communication device, an fpEID assignment confirmation message including an assigned fpEID for the wireless communication device;
- receiving an EID retrieval request message from a service activation framework of a service provider, the EID retrieval request message comprising the assigned fpEID for the wireless communication device;
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- providing, to the service activation framework of the service provider, the EID of the wireless communication device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system for an identity management framework of a device vendor, the processing system comprising a processor, a friendly-phrase embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (fpEID) assignment request message from a wireless communication device, wherein the fpEID assignment request message comprises an embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (EID) of the wireless communication device;
- sending to the wireless communication device, by the processing system, an fpEID assignment confirmation message including an assigned fpEID for the wireless communication device;
- receiving, by the processing system, an EID retrieval request message from a service activation framework of a service provider, the EID retrieval request message comprising the assigned fpEID for the wireless communication device;
- and
- providing to the service activation framework of the service provider, by the processing system, the EID of the wireless communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.