Automatic eSIM transfer between devices
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsAmit Kumar Agrawal, Chase Weigt, Mayank Rajesh Gupta
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Abstract
In aspects of automatic eSIM transfer between devices, a first device having a first embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) chip determines, while an eSIM profile associated with a user is activated on the first eSIM chip, that the user is transitioning from using the first device to using a second device. In response, the first device initiates a transfer of the eSIM profile from the first device to the second device. The transfer causes deactivation of the eSIM profile on the first eSIM chip and activation of the eSIM profile on a second eSIM chip of the second device.
Claims20
A first device, comprising:
- a first embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) chip;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including:
- automatically detecting, while an eSIM profile associated with a user is activated on the first eSIM chip, a transfer event indicating that the user is transitioning from using the first device to using a second device, the transfer event detected without user input at the first device and the second device based on contextual data associated with the first device and the second device;
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- initiating, in response to detecting the transfer event, a transfer of the eSIM profile from the first device to the second device, the transfer causing deactivation of the eSIM profile on the first eSIM chip and activation of the eSIM profile on a second eSIM chip of the second device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a device and while an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile associated with a user is activated on a first eSIM chip of an additional device, a transfer notification requesting to transfer the eSIM profile from the additional device to the device based on an automatic detection of a transfer event indicating that the user is transitioning from using the additional device to using the device, the transfer event detected without user input at the device and the additional device based on contextual data associated with device and the additional device, the transfer notification indicating that the eSIM profile has been deactivated on the first eSIM chip;
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- activating, by the device and in response to receiving the transfer notification, the eSIM profile on a second eSIM chip of the device.
A method, comprising:
- automatically detecting, by a first device and while an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile associated with a user is activated on a second device, a transfer event indicating that the user is transitioning from using the second device to using the first device, the transfer event detected without user input at the first device and the second device based on contextual data associated with the first device and the second device;
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- automatically initiating, by the first device and in response to detecting the transfer event, a transfer of the eSIM profile from the second device to the first device, the transfer causing deactivation of the eSIM profile on the second device and activation of the eSIM profile on the first device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.