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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephan V. Schell, San Mateo, CA (US);
Arun G. Mathias, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jerrold Von Hauck, Windermere, FL (US);
David T. Haggerty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin McLaughlin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ben-Heng Juang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus enabling programming of electronic identification information of a wireless apparatus. In one embodiment, a previously purchased or deployed wireless apparatus is activated by a cellular network. The wireless apparatus connects to the cellular network using an access module to download operating system components and/or access control client components. The described methods and apparatus enable updates, additions and replacement of various components including Electronic Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) data, OS components. One exemplary implementation of the invention utilizes a trusted key exchange between the device and the cellular network to maintain security.