Enterprise embedded subscriber identity module management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11974203-B2
Application number	US-202117530344-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2021
Priority date	Nov 18, 2021
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

Techniques remotely managing an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) by a telecommunication network provider are described herein. The telecommunication network provider can implement an eSIM enterprise system to manage provisioning, activating, security, and testing of the eSIM. The eSIM enterprise system can activate the eSIM, update a user profile associated with the eSIM, determine a capability of the eSIM, test functionality of the eSIM, process a payment to modify the eSIM, secure communications associated with the eSIM, and determine interfaces for communicating with a variety of devices, applications, or business entities associated with the eSIM.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system implemented by a telecommunications network provider, the system comprising:
an activation component to assign an identifier associated with an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) to a subscriber identifier;
a profile component to store device data associated with a device and user data associated with a user of the device;
a security component to determine a secure protocol for communicating with the eSIM;
a testing component to test operation of the eSIM;
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the device, a communication requesting a modification of the eSIM coupled to the device, wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving the communication from a first application of the device based at least in part on a first Application Programming Interface (API);
accessing the device data or the user data from the profile component based at least in part on a second API different from the first API;
determining, based at least in part on the device data and the user data, a capability for the device to receive an instruction to modify the eSIM;
assigning, based at least in part on the capability, the identifier associated with the eSIM to the subscriber identifier;
determining a test instruction to test operation of the eSIM;
activating, as an activated eSIM, the eSIM with the device based at least in part on a result of the test operation; and
sending the activated eSIM to the device using the secure protocol to cause the device to operate using the activated eSIM.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface configured to present information associated with the eSIM, and the operations further comprising:
causing the user interface to present data associated with one or more of: an order status, a payment status, the result of the test operation, or the capability; and
outputting, by the user interface, one or more controls to update the data.

3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
authorizing the user of the device; and
updating the user data or the device data to indicate that the device is authorized to receive the instruction to modify the eSIM,
wherein determining the capability for the device to receive the instruction to modify the eSIM is further based at least in part on the updating.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an interface component to communicate with one or more of: a first application associated with a business entity of the telecommunications network provider, a second application associated with an eSIM vendor, or a third application associated with another telecommunications provider, and the operations further comprising:
identifying the first API as an API associated with the communication; and
sending the activated eSIM to the first application, the second application, or the third application using the first API.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein assigning the identifier of the eSIM on the device to the subscriber identifier comprises:
associating an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of the user and an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of the device in the profile component.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication requesting the modification of the eSIM comprises a request to recover eSIM data deleted from the eSIM, and the operations further comprise:
determining the identifier of the eSIM associated with the communication;
accessing user profile data associated with eSIM from the profile component based at least in part on the identifier of the eSIM; and
sending recovery data including the activated eSIM to the device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device data indicates a device type and a device identifier, and the operations further comprise:
determining testing capabilities of the device based at least in part on the device type and the device identifier; and
configuring the test instruction to perform one or more tests based at least in part on the testing capabilities of the device.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device data indicates a device type and a device identifier, and the operations further comprise:
determining testing capabilities of the device based at least in part on the device type and the device identifier; and
configuring the test instruction to perform one or more tests based at least in part on the testing capabilities of the device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the device comprises a mobile device, a computing device, an Internet of Things device, a watch device, a meter, a listening device, a video camera device, a vehicle, a drone, a bicycle, a sensor, or a Machine to Machine device, and
the modification comprises an update, a profile retrieval, or an activation of the eSIM.

10. A method comprising:
receiving, from a device, a communication requesting a modification of an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) coupled to the device, wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving the communication from a first application of the device based at least in part on a first Application Programming Interface (API);
accessing device data associated with the device or user data associated with a user of the device from a profile component based at least in part on a second API different from the first API;
determining, based at least in part on device data and user data, a capability for the device to receive an instruction to modify the eSIM;
assigning, based at least in part on the capability, an identifier associated with the eSIM to a user profile associated with a user of the device;
sending a test instruction to the device to test operation of the eSIM;
receiving, from the device, a test status indicating a result of the test operation;
activating, as an activated eSIM, the eSIM with the device based at least in part on the test status; and
sending, using a secure protocol, the activated eSIM to the device to cause the device to operate using the activated eSIM.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
causing a user interface to present one or more of: an order status, a payment status, the test status, or the capability of the device; and
outputting, by the user interface, one or more controls to update the payment status or the test status.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
authorizing the user of the device; and
updating the user data or the device data to indicate that the device is authorized to receive the instruction to modify the eSIM,
wherein determining the capability for the device to receive the instruction to modify the eSIM is further based at least in part on the updating.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the communication is received from one of: a first application associated with a business entity of a first telecommunications network provider, a second application associated with an eSIM vendor, or a third application associated with a second telecommunications provider, and further comprising:
identifying the first API as an API associated with the communication; and
sending the activated eSIM to the first application, the second application, or the third application using the API.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein assigning the identifier of the eSIM on the device to the user profile comprises:
associating an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of a user of the device an

Assignees

• T Mobile Usa Inc

Inventors

• Challa Srinivas
• Kharate Sanjay
• Sukumaran Manoj

Classifications

• H04W4/50 Primary

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04W8/183 Primary

  Processing at user equipment or user record carrier · CPC title

• H04W8/205

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