Postponed eSIM delivery to secondary mobile wireless device for cellular wireless service subscription
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsLi Li, Keizo Marui, Anish Kumar Goyal, Abishek Kumar Vaidyanathan, Samy Touati, Rohan C. Malthankar
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Abstract
This Application sets forth techniques for cellular wireless service management for a secondary mobile wireless device assisted by a primary mobile wireless device, including delayed delivery of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to the secondary mobile wireless device for subscription to cellular wireless service of a mobile network operator (MNO).
Claims20
A method for delayed cellular wireless service subscription for a secondary wireless device, the method comprising:
- by a primary wireless device:
- initiating cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device via a mobile network operator (MNO) server;
- pausing the cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device responsive to an indication from the MNO server that additional time is required to complete a check of subscriber information;
- and
- responsive to receipt of a notification message indicating completion of the check of subscriber information, resuming cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device by sending a message to the secondary wireless device to initiate provisioning of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) from an MNO provisioning server.
An apparatus configurable for operation in a primary wireless device, the apparatus comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the primary wireless device to perform actions including:
- initiating cellular wireless service subscription for a secondary wireless device via a mobile network operator (MNO) server;
- pausing the cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device responsive to an indication from the MNO server that additional time is required to complete a check of subscriber information;
- and
- responsive to receipt of a notification message indicating completion of the check of subscriber information, resuming cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device by sending a message to the secondary wireless device to initiate provisioning of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) from an MNO provisioning server.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for delayed cellular wireless service subscription for a secondary wireless device by a primary wireless device, the instructions comprising:
- instructions for initiating cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device via a mobile network operator (MNO) server;
- instructions for pausing the cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device responsive to an indication from the MNO server that additional time is required to complete a check of subscriber information;
- and
- instructions for resuming cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device, responsive to receipt of a notification message indicating completion of the check of subscriber information, by sending a message to the secondary wireless device to initiate provisioning of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) from an MNO provisioning server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.