# US 12,003,969 B2 · Postponed eSIM delivery to secondary mobile wireless device for cellular wireless service subscription

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- Number: US 12,003,969 B2
- Document ID: US12003969B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/178,995
- Filed: 2023-03-06
- Published: 2023-10-05
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-06-19
- Assignees: Apple Inc.
- Applicants: Apple Inc.
- Inventors: Li Li; Keizo Marui; Anish Kumar Goyal; Abishek Kumar Vaidyanathan; Samy Touati; Rohan C. Malthankar
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003969B2

## CPC

- H04W 4/60: Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
- H04W 12/72: Subscriber identity
- G06Q 40/03: Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
- H04L 67/306: User profiles
- H04L 67/55: Push-based network services
- H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring
- H04W 8/183: {Processing at user equipment or user record carrier}
- H04W 8/205: {Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier}
- H04W 12/06: Authentication
- H04W 12/40: Security arrangements using identity modules
- H04W 76/10: Connection setup
- H04L 41/5041: characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
- H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
- H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## 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).

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the MNO server comprises an MNO web-sheet server.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the check of subscriber information comprises an identity check.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein requirements for the identity check include one or more of:
a photograph of a user of the secondary wireless device;
a photograph of a national identity card; or
a biometric input.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the biometric input includes a facial recognition capture.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the check of subscriber information comprises a credit check.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
by the primary wireless device:
obtaining, from an MNO entitlement server, information for provisioning the eSIM for the secondary wireless device; and
providing, to the secondary wireless device, the information for provisioning the eSIM.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the primary wireless device and the secondary wireless device:
share a common cloud-based service account;
have distinct, linked user accounts; or
share a common cellular wireless service subscription account of the MNO.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the primary wireless device and the secondary wireless device each have distinct cellular wireless service subscription accounts with the MNO.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the primary wireless device sends the message to initiate provisioning of the eSIM to the secondary wireless device via a local wireless personal area network connection.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the primary wireless device sends the message to initiate provisioning of the eSIM to the secondary wireless device via a peer-to-peer wireless local area network connection.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the primary wireless device sends the message to initiate provisioning of the eSIM to the secondary wireless device via a store-and-forward messaging server.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
by the primary wireless device:
providing, via a display of the primary wireless device, an indication that the cellular wireless service subscription for the secondary wireless device awaits completion of the check of subscriber information.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, further comprising:
by the primary wireless device:
providing, via the display of the primary wireless device after receipt of the notification message indicating completion of the check of subscriber information, a second indication that indicates eSIM installation for the secondary wireless device is ongoing.

### Claim 15

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.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the check of subscriber information comprises an identity check.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The apparatus of claim 16, wherein requirements for the identity check include one or more of:
a photograph of a user of the secondary wireless device;
a photograph of a national identity card; or
a biometric input.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the biometric input includes a facial recognition capture.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the check of subscriber information comprises a credit check.

### Claim 20

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.