Enterprise embedded subscriber identity module management
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsSrinivas Challa, Sanjay Kharate, Manoj Sukumaran
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Abstract
Techniques remotely managing an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) by a telecommunication network provider are described herein. The telecommunication network provider can implement an eSIM enterprise system to manage provisioning, activating, security, and testing of the eSIM. The eSIM enterprise system can activate the eSIM, update a user profile associated with the eSIM, determine a capability of the eSIM, test functionality of the eSIM, process a payment to modify the eSIM, secure communications associated with the eSIM, and determine interfaces for communicating with a variety of devices, applications, or business entities associated with the eSIM.
Claims20
A system implemented by a telecommunication network provider, the system comprising:
- an activation component to assign an identifier associated with an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) to a subscriber identifier;
- a profile component to store device data associated with a device and user data associated with a user of the device;
- a security component to determine a secure protocol for communicating with the eSIM;
- a testing component to test operation of the eSIM;
- one or more processors;
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- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from the device, a communication requesting a modification of the eSIM coupled to the device;
- determining, based at least in part on the device data and the user data, a capability for the device to receive an instruction to modify the eSIM;
- assigning, based at least in part on the capability, the identifier associated with the eSIM to the subscriber identifier;
- determining a test instruction to test operation of the eSIM;
- activating, as an activated eSIM, the eSIM with the device based at least in part on a result of the test operation;
- and
- sending the activated eSIM to the device using the secure protocol to cause the device to operate using the activated eSIM.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a device, a communication requesting a modification of an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) coupled to the device;
- determining, based at least in part on device data and user data, a capability for the device to receive an instruction to modify the eSIM;
- assigning, based at least in part on the capability, an identifier associated with the eSIM to a user profile associated with a user of the device;
- sending a test instruction to the device to test operation of the eSIM;
- receiving, from the device, a test status indicating a result of the test operation;
- activating, as an activated eSIM, the eSIM with the device based at least in part on the test status;
- and
- sending, using a secure protocol, the activated eSIM to the device to cause the device to operate using the activated eSIM.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a device, a communication requesting a modification of an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) coupled to the device;
- determining, based at least in part on device data and user data, a capability for the device to receive an instruction to modify the eSIM;
- assigning, based at least in part on the capability, an identifier associated with the eSIM to a user profile associated with a user of the device;
- sending a test instruction to the device to test operation of the eSIM;
- receiving, from the device, a test status indicating a result of the test operation;
- activating, as an activated eSIM, the eSIM with the device based at least in part on the test status;
- and
- sending, using a secure protocol, the activated eSIM to the device to cause the device to operate using the activated eSIM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.