US 2024/0406707 A1 · Over-The-Air SIM and Device Configuration via Entitlement Server

Abstract

A method is provided of updating Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data in a user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication service provider. An entitlement server receives a UE SIM update inquiry from a UE, the inquiry including UE identifying information and UE stored SIM configuration identifying information. The entitlement server sends a SIM update inquiry to a SIM configuration repository, the inquiry including the UE identifying information and the UE stored SIM configuration identifying information. The entitlement server receives a SIM status message from the SIM configuration repository, the message indicating whether SIM configuration data stored in the SIM configuration repository is more recent than the UE stored SIM configuration. The entitlement server sends a SIM update response to the UE, the UE SIM update response including the SIM status message.

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Dependent claims

A method of updating Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data in a user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication service provider, the method comprising:

receiving, by a SIM configuration repository executing on a network server of the wireless communication service provider, a SIM update inquiry from an entitlement server of the wireless communication service provider, the SIM update inquiry comprising UE identifying information that identifies the UE and information identifying UE SIM configuration data stored in the UE;
determining, by the SIM configuration repository, whether some or all of repository SIM configuration data stored in the SIM configuration repository and associated with the UE identifying information is more recent than the UE SIM configuration data;
and
sending, by the SIM configuration repository, a SIM status message to the entitlement server comprising information based on the determination of whether the repository SIM configuration data is more recent than the UE SIM configuration data.

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A method of updating Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data in a user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication service provider, the method comprising:

receiving, by an entitlement server executing on a network server of the wireless communication service provider, a UE SIM update inquiry from a UE associated with the wireless communication service provider, the UE SIM update inquiry comprising UE identifying information identifying the UE and information identifying UE SIM configuration data stored in the UE;
sending, by the entitlement server, a SIM update inquiry to a SIM configuration repository of the wireless communication service provider, the SIM update inquiry comprising the UE identifying information and the information identifying the UE SIM configuration data;
receiving, by the entitlement server, a SIM status message from the SIM configuration repository, the SIM status message indicating whether repository SIM configuration data stored in the SIM configuration repository is more recent than the UE SIM configuration data;
and
sending, by the entitlement server, a UE SIM update response to the UE, the UE SIM update response comprising the SIM status message.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Over-The-Air SIM and Device Configuration via Entitlement Server

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