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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alex M. Was, Cupertino, CA (US);
Avinash Narasimhan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Damien R. Holzapfel, Campbell, CA (US);
He Zheng, Irvine, CA (US);
Li Li, Saratoga, CA (US);
Timothy M. Sheridan, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit, to a cellular carrier, a request to activate the UE with the cellular carrier. The UE is also configured to, in response to receiving an authentication request for authenticating a user of the UE, transmit, to the cellular carrier, information identifying another UE and authentication information for authenticating the user ; prompt the user, via a display of the UE, to provide, to an input system of the UE, verification information transmitted to the other UE; transmit, to the cellular carrier, the verification information; and in response to validation of the verification information by the cellular carrier, receive an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) subscription transferred from the other UE.