# US 12,615,505 B2 · Securely enabling work profiles on devices via a subscriber identity module card > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,615,505 B2 - Document ID: US12615505B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/456,773 - Filed: 2023-08-28 - Published: 2025-03-06 - Granted: 2026-04-28 - Earliest claimed: 2023-08-28 - Assignees: Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C. - Applicants: Boost Subscriberco L.L.C. - Inventors: Stacey Osborn; Stephen P. Williams - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12615505B2 ## CPC - 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 12/40: Security arrangements using identity modules - H04W 12/72: Subscriber identity - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method is disclosed for facilitating work-related tasks on a device with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The method includes providing a work profile to access work-related tasks over a work network; retrieving identity data from the SIM; verifying the device based on the identity data; enabling, after a successful verification of the device, access to the work network via a SIM network associated with the identity data; and activating, after the successful verification, the work profile. This method provides a secure way to manage work profiles on devices, ensuring that only authorized users can access work-related resources and enhancing productivity in a work environment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for facilitating work-related tasks with a work profile on a device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), the method comprising: providing a work profile to access work-related tasks over a work network; retrieving identity data from the SIM; verifying the device based on the identity data; enabling, after a successful verification of the device, access to the work network via a SIM network associated with the identity data; and activating, after the successful verification, the work profile. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the successful verification is set to false when connectivity to the SIM network is unavailable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the verifying disables the work profile based on one or more of a time of day/week, a Geofenced area, a provisioning of the SIM or a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating network connectivity for the work-related tasks via the SIM network. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating network connectivity for only the work-related tasks via the SIM network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the verifying comprises receiving the successful verification from a verification system that verifies the identity data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the SIM is an eSIM. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the SIM network comprises a cellular network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the SIM network comprises a slice of a cellular network. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the SIM network comprises a wireless network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising managing, with a verification system, work profiles and associated end-user devices within an enterprise, wherein the end-user devices are not owned by the enterprise and the work profile comprises the work profiles. ### Claim 12 A system to facilitate work-related tasks with a work profile on a device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), the system comprising: a work profile to access work-related tasks over a work network; a SIM comprising identity data; and a verification module to request a verification system to verify the device based on the identity data and to activate the work profile, wherein a successful verification comprises enabling, for the device, access to the work network via a SIM network associated with the identity data, and wherein the verification module activates the work profile after the successful verification. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the verification module sets the successful verification to false when connectivity to the SIM network is unavailable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the verification module disables the Work Profile based on one or more of a time of day/week, a Geofenced area, a provisioning of the SIM or a combination thereof. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the work profile facilitates network connectivity for the work-related tasks via the SIM network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the work profile facilitates network connectivity for only the work-related tasks via the SIM network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the verification system is connected to the work network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the SIM network comprises a cellular network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the SIM network comprises a slice of a cellular network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, the verification system manages work profiles and associated end-user devices within an enterprise, wherein the end-user devices are not owned by the enterprise and the work profile comprises the work profiles.