Mechanism to activate and manage a standalone device for cellular service
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsSamy Touati, Chenzhi Yu, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar
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Abstract
Some embodiments relate to methods and systems for initiating and transferring cellular subscription service using associated cellular communication devices. Cellular service may be initiated for a first cellular communication device via a second cellular communication device. The first cellular communication device may be provisioned to operate in an independent mode. In other scenarios, cellular service may be transferred from the first cellular communication device operating in independent mode to a third cellular communication device, which may be provisioned to operate in independent mode.
Claims20
A method for initiating cellular service for a first cellular communication device via a second cellular communication device, the method comprising:
- by the second cellular communication device:
- providing, to a cellular communication network, a request to initiate cellular service for the first cellular communication device, the request comprising an indication that the cellular service should support standalone operation for the first cellular communication device;
- receiving, from the cellular communication network, an indication that an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) has been reserved for the first cellular communication device, wherein the indication comprises an ICCID of the eSIM;
- and
- providing the ICCID to the first cellular communication device.
A second cellular communication device comprising:
- a memory having software instructions stored thereon;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to:
- provide, for transmission to a cellular communication network, a request to initiate cellular service for a first cellular communication device, the request comprising an indication that the cellular service should support standalone operation for the first cellular communication device;
- receive, from the cellular communication network, an indication that an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) has been reserved for the first cellular communication device, wherein the indication comprises an ICCID of the eSIM;
- and
- provide, for transmission to the first cellular communication device, the ICCID.
A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instructions when executed by a processor of a second cellular communication device, cause the second cellular communication device to:
- provide, to a cellular communication network, a request to initiate cellular service for a first cellular communication device, the request comprising an indication that the cellular service should support standalone operation for the first cellular communication device;
- receive, from the cellular communication network, an indication that an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) has been reserved for the first cellular communication device, wherein the indication comprises an ICCID of the eSIM;
- and
- provide the ICCID to the first cellular communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.