Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Cellco Partnership

Zhengfang Chen

Musa Kazim Guven

Taussif Khan

Hakan Alparslan

Mauricio Pati Caldeira De Andrada

Warren Hojilla Uy

Tarun Verma

Manuel Enrique Caceres

Christopher M Schmidt

Mary Williams

Axel Hallo De Wolf

Thomas W Mcartney

Andrew E Youtz

Mohammad Raheel Khalid

James Mathison

Ji Hoon Kim

Lily H Zhu

Balaji L Raghavachari

Ruben Cuadrat

Satish B Mistry

Kala Narayanan

Xin Wang

Lixia Yan

Samirkumar Patel

Jeremy Nacer

Samir S Vaidya

Azam Khan

Kevin Donnellan

Sm Masudur Rahman

David B Murray

Farook Kaleem

Masudur Rahman

Cory Michael Bruno

Vijayanand K Paulrajan

Kartik P Umamaheswaran

Jeffrey Dietel

Christopher M Perry

Shiva Narayanabhatla

Rashmi Naik

Rosemary McNally

Erica Ann Martinez

Dimitri Kvares

Masudur Sm Rahman

Maxine C Dawson-Haney

Pugazholi Thyagarasan

Erdogan Topcu

Marlene Kay Tan Enright

Stephen R Szabo

Thomas W McArtney

A device identifies device model information for the device. The device provides, to a first server device, an activation request that includes the device model information to activate an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) for the device. The device receives, from the first server device, an activation response that includes an eSIM profile identifier and location information that is to be used to identify eSIM profile configuration data (PCD). The device provides, to a second server device, a configuration request that includes an eSIM component identifier that identifies the eSIM of the device. The second server device is provided with the configuration request based on the location information. The device receives, from the second server device, a configuration response that includes the eSIM PCD. The device configures, by using the eSIM PCD, the eSIM with the eSIM profile.

Methods and/or systems for activation and/or configuration of an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM)

A device may obtain, from a pool of subscription identifiers allocated for sharing, a subscription identifier for a target device to be onboarded onto a wireless network. The device may generate a derived subscriber identification module (SIM) profile that includes the subscription identifier and a derived set of credentials. The derived set of credentials may be based on an existing set of credentials associated with the device. The device may cause the derived SIM profile to be provided to the target device to enable the target device to obtain access to the wireless network.

System and method for deriving a profile for a target endpoint device

A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).

Methods and systems for determining eSIM profile presence for reactivation

A user device may provide, to a network, a first request to attach to the network and a second request for management and administrative services associated with the network. The user device may receive a first response indicating whether the first request is granted. The user device may receive, when the first response indicates that the first request is granted, a second response indicating whether the second request is granted. The user device may provide to the network, when the second response indicates that the second is granted, a third request for an activation status of the user device and may receive, from the network, a third response indicating the activation status. The user device may update, based on the third response, an activation flag indicating the activation status and may provide, for display, a message indicating the activation status of the user device based on the activation flag.

Systems and methods for determining activation status for user devices

A device may obtain, from a remote SIM provisioning (RSP) platform associated with a wireless network, a subscription identifier for a target device to be onboarded onto the wireless network. The device may generate a derived set of credentials for the target device based on an existing set of credentials in a SIM profile associated with the device. The device may generate a derived SIM profile that includes the subscription identifier obtained from the RSP platform and the derived set of credentials, and the device may cause the derived SIM profile to be provisioned onto an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) of the target device. Accordingly, the derived SIM profile may enable the target device to use the derived set of credentials to obtain authenticated access to the wireless network.

A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a certificate authority, a first onboarding identifier associated with a private key stored on the UE. The UE may transmit, to a wireless network, an attach request based on the first onboarding identifier. The UE may receive, from the wireless network, a signaling message that includes a second onboarding identifier, wherein the signaling message may be encrypted with a public key paired with the private key stored on the UE. The UE may decrypt the signaling message using the private key stored on the UE to obtain the second onboarding identifier. The UE may obtain a permanent identifier from a Remote SIM Provisioning platform based on the UE completing an authentication procedure using an authentication response obtained from the decrypted signaling message. The UE may then connect to the wireless network using the permanent identifier.

Secure onboarding of a device having an embedded universal integrated circuit card without a preloaded provisioning profile

A network device receives parameters associated with a usage profile of at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device, where the usage profile specifies a data usage pattern associated with the at least one IoT device transmitting or receiving data via a wireless network. The network device generates a device behavior profile based on the parameters associated with the usage profile, and causes the device behavior profile and an application to be sent to the at least one IoT device, where the application controls the at least one IoT device's transmission or reception via the wireless network using the device behavior profile.

IoT devices wireless network connectivity policy management

In some implementations, a device that includes an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) may enable a first subscriber identity module (SIM) profile. The first SIM profile may be installed in memory of the eUICC and associated with a first integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID). The device may request a second SIM profile based on enabling the first SIM profile. The second SIM profile may be associated with a second ICCID that is different from the first ICCID. The device may receive the second SIM profile based on requesting the second SIM profile, and may install the second SIM profile in memory of the eUICC in a disabled state. Other implementations are described herein.

Systems and methods for queueing subscriber identity module profiles on an embedded universal integrated circuit card

A method may include receiving identification information associated with a user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a new order or an upgrade order associated with a wireless service provider. The method may also include activating an order in response to determining that the user device is associated with an upgrade order and identifying address information of a network device associated with obtaining a subscriber identity module (SIM) profile for the user device. The method may further include forwarding the address information to the user device, receiving, by the network device, a request from the user device for the SIM profile and transmitting, by the network device, the SIM profile to the user device.

Systems and methods for activating devices

A method including determining whether a subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within a UE; sending an initial attach request along with a default network access key to a MME, upon determining that the SIDP is not stored; receiving a first authorization in response to the initial attach request, the first authorization restricts connectivity of the UE to an M2M activation system accessed by a dedicated APN associated with the default network access key; receiving, from a subscription management system, a SIDP generated by the M2M activation system; detaching from the M2M activation system and the network; sending a second attach request to the network based on the received SIDP; and receiving a second authorization to the network in response to the second attach request; the second authorization provides unrestricted APN connectivity and access to services associated with the subscriber identification profile.

Dedicated APN access using default network access key for profile download

A method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE) device, whether subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within the UE device; sending, from the UE device, an attach request along with a universal globally unique temporary identifier (UGUTI) to a mobility management entity (MME) within a network, upon determining that the subscriber identification profile is not stored in the UE device; receiving, at the UE device, an authorization to attach to the network in response to the attach request; and accessing, by the UE device, the network in accordance with a pre-provisioned profile associated with the UGUTI, where the pre-provisioned profile limits access to the network.

Universal GUTI for simplified device onboarding

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