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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vikram Bhaskara Yerrabommanahalli, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chandiramohan Vasudevan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Damien R. Holzapfel, Campbell, CA (US);
Avinash Narasimhan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ameya R. Kasbekar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This Application sets forth techniques for provisioning and activating electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for mobile wireless devices. An eSIM is reserved during a sales order process and later activated during device activation after receipt by a user. An option for eSIM installation in place of (or in addition to) physical SIM installation is provided when purchasing the mobile wireless device. The reserved eSIM can replace a previous SIM/eSIM or be a new eSIM. During device activation, installation and activation of the eSIM occurs. Activation of the eSIM can occur before or after deactivation of a transferred SIM/eSIM. The mobile wireless device accounts for propagation delay of eSIM activation through MNO servers by disabling and re-enabling the eSIM until initial attachment to an MNO cellular wireless network succeeds or a maximum number of retry attempts is reached.