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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining a scheme of accessing an ISD-R corresponding a profile management module in an eUICC in a terminal (a modem or an LPA) during terminal-card initialization. In addition, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for determining, by an LPA, a scheme of access an ISD-R to be used by the LPA, with reference to a scheme determined during terminal-card initialization or a pre-configured scheme, and transferring a message to an eUICC. In addition, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for configuring, by an LPA, different profile management messages according to determined ISD-R access schemes, and perform transferring through a selected ISD-R access scheme.