Monitoring of embedded subscriber identity modules

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10285045-B2
Application number	US-201715695992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	Sep 5, 2017
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A system for monitoring embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) is disclosed. The monitoring system provides visibility into the end-to-end performance of a mobile network operator (MNO) profile. The system controls a mobile device that is provisioned with a MNO profile and communicates with a subscription manager (SM) that produces and delivers the MNO profile. This system enables the monitoring of the interactions between the subscription manager and the eSIM and monitors the data preparation (SM-DP) and the secure routing (SM-SR) functionalities in the subscription manager.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media of a computing device storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving, at a monitoring device, a request related to a mobile network operator (MNO) profile that allows a mobile device operating the MNO profile to access a carrier network of an MNO;
identifying, at the monitoring device, a subscription manager associated with the MNO in the request from a plurality of subscription managers;
communicating, at the monitoring device, with the identified subscription manager through a network;
communicating, at the monitoring device, with the mobile device;
collecting, by the monitoring device, data related to the MNO profile from the identified subscription manager and from the mobile device operating the MNO profile; and
presenting the collected data related to the MNO profile from the mobile device and from the identified subscription manager in one presentation at the monitoring device.

2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the MNO profile is a first operator profile provisioned in an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) of the mobile device and the carrier network is a first carrier network, the eSIM of the mobile device is further provisioned with a second operator profile for accessing a second carrier network that is different than the first carrier network.

3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 2 , wherein communicating with the mobile device comprises controlling, from the monitoring device, a browser in the mobile device to switch from using the first operator profile to using the second operator profile.

4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein communicating with the subscription manager comprises directing the subscription manager to generate the MNO profile, wherein communicating with the mobile device comprises launching an application to download the generated MNO profile from the subscription manager.

5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 4 , wherein the communicating with the mobile device further comprises identifying an operating state of the MNO profile in the mobile device.

6. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 4 , wherein communicating with the subscription manager further comprises retrieving a delivery status of the download of the generated MNO profile.

7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein collecting data from the mobile device comprises monitoring a set of interfaces between an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) of the mobile device and the subscription manager.

8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein communicating with the subscription manager comprises invoking, at the monitoring device, an application program interface (API) for managing the subscription manager.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein communicating with the subscription manager comprises using a network data exchange tool to communicate with the subscription manager through the network.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the communicating with the mobile device comprises using a mobile device automation tool to control one or more applications running in the mobile device.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the one or more applications comprise a local profile assistant (LPA) client that establishes a secure channel with the subscription manager.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein communicating with the mobile device further comprises using a remote browser control tool to control a browser operating in the mobile device.

13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
communicating, at a monitoring device, with a mobile device having an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) to request an operator profile for accessing a carrier network;
identifying, at the monitoring device, a subscription manager associated with a mobile network operator (MNO) of the carrier network from a plurality of subscription managers;
communicating, at the monitoring device, with the identified subscription manager through a network;
collecting, by the monitoring device, data regarding generation and delivery of the operator profile from the mobile device and the subscription manager; and
presenting the collected data regarding generation and delivery of the operator profile from the mobile device and from the subscription manager in one presentation.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein collecting data from the mobile device comprises monitoring a set of interfaces between the eSIM of the mobile device and the subscription manager.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein communicating with the subscription manager comprises invoking an application program interface (API) at the computing device for managing the subscription manager.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein communicating with the subscription manager comprises using a network data exchange tool to communicate with the subscription manager through the network.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the communicating with the mobile device comprises using a mobile device automation tool to control one or more applications running in the mobile device, wherein the one or more applications comprise a local profile assistant (LPA) client that establishes a secure channel with the subscription manager.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein communicating with the mobile device further comprises using a remote browser control tool to control a browser operating in the mobile device.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the operator profile is a first operator profile provisioned in the eSIM of the mobile device and the carrier network is a first carrier network, the eSIM of the mobile device is further provisioned with a second operator profile for accessing a second carrier network that is different than the first carrier network.

Assignees

• T Mobile Usa Inc

Inventors

• Prakash Sumeet
• Syed Hamza
• Phan Benjamin
• Nguyen Nghia

Classifications

• H04W8/183

  Processing at user equipment or user record carrier · CPC title

• H04W8/205 Primary

  Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier · CPC title

• H04B1/3816

  Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices · CPC title

• H04M1/72561

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W24/00 Primary

  Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements · CPC title