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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2024
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Alex M. Was, San Jose, CA (US);

Avinash Narasimhan, Fremont, 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, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01);
Abstract

A method is performed by a set of one or more servers and includes receiving, from a first user equipment (UE) to be activated with a cellular carrier for a user, and at the set of one or more servers, information identifying a second UE of the user and authentication information for authenticating the user with the cellular carrier. The method further includes authenticating the user using the authentication information; transmitting a password to the second UE at least partly in response to authenticating the user; receiving, from the first UE and at the set of one or more servers, the password; validating the password received from the first UE; and initiating a transfer of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) subscription, from the second UE to the first UE, at least partly in response to validating the password.


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