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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2019
Applicant:

T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Philip W. Uehling, Olathe, KS (US);

Ryan P. Dreiling, Shawnee, KS (US);

Balasubramaniam Guru, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/265 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01);
Abstract

A mechanism for sharing electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) credentials between two mobile communication devices is described. This includes establishing, by a source user equipment (UE) comprising a first of the mobile communication devices, a data connection with a subscription manager data preparation (SMDP+) server associated with eSIM credentials stored at the source UE. The source UE notifies the SMDP+ server of an intent to transfer the eSIM credentials. The source UE receives metadata describing an activation code containing identification data for the eSIM credentials. The source UE forwards the activation code to a destination UE comprising a second of the mobile communication devices. The activation code is forwarded to support a download of the eSIM credentials to the destination UE from the SMDP+ server.


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