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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:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04W 4/001 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for managing and sharing data across multiple access control clients in devices. In one embodiment, the access control clients comprise electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) disposed on an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC). Each eSIM contains its own data. An Advanced Subscriber Identity Toolkit application maintained within the eUICC facilitates managing and sharing multiple eSIMs' data for various purposes such as sharing phonebook contacts or facilitating automatic switch-over between the multiple eSIMs (such as based on user context).