The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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. 29, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US);

Jean-Marc Padova, San Francisco, CA (US);

Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/265 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01);
Abstract

This application describes a phased approach to provision eSIM profiles to a wireless device. Credentials are preloaded to an eUICC during manufacture of the eUICC and used subsequently to load eSIM profiles to the eUICC without requiring an active, real-time connection to an MNO provisioning server. Multiple bound profile packages (BPPs) can be pre-generated and encrypted by MNO provisioning servers for an eUICC and transferred to a BPP aggregator server before assembly of the eUICC in a respective wireless device. A local provisioning server in a manufacturing facility mutually authenticates and connects to the BPP aggregator server to download and store one or more of the encrypted BPPs for later installation on the eUICC. The local provisioning server subsequently mutually authenticates and connects to the eUICC to load at least one of the one or more pre-generated, encrypted BPPs to the eUICC during assembly and/or testing of the wireless device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…