Method and apparatus for subscribing electronic device in mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016374134-A1
Application number	US-201615189539-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 22, 2016
Priority date	Jun 22, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE).
A subscriber server supporting subscription of an electronic device in a communication system is provided. The subscriber server includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal, and a controller configured to receive a first subscription connection request message of the electronic device from a terminal, the first subscription connection request message including subscription terminal information of the terminal and identification information of the electronic device, authenticate a user of the terminal on a basis of the subscription terminal information included in the received first subscription connection request message, and transmit a second subscription connection request message of the electronic device to a support server if the user authentication has succeeded. The subscription terminal information of the terminal is used to acquire subscription information of the electronic device so as to subscribe the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A subscriber server supporting subscription of an electronic device in a communication system, the subscriber server comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a controller configured to:
receive a first subscription connection request message of the electronic device from a terminal, the first subscription connection request message including subscription terminal information of the terminal and identification information of the electronic device,
authenticate a user of the terminal on a basis of the subscription terminal information included in the received first subscription connection request message, and
transmit a second subscription connection request message of the electronic device to a support server if the user authentication has succeeded,
wherein the subscription terminal information of the terminal is used to acquire subscription information of the electronic device so as to subscribe the electronic device.

2 . The subscriber server of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to generate connection identification information if the user authentication has succeeded, and wherein the second subscription connection request message includes the connection identification information.

3 . The subscriber server of claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes at least one of an integrated circuit card identification (ICCID) and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), or
the subscription terminal information includes a mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN).

4 . The subscriber server of claim 2 , wherein the identification information includes at least one of an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) identification (EID), a subscription manager-secure routing (SM-SR) identification (SR-ID), and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

5 . The subscriber server of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a charge change request message of the electronic device including connection identification information from the terminal,
authenticate the user of the terminal on the basis of the connection identification information,
change the subscription information of the electronic device if the user authentication has succeeded, and
request the support server to change a service plan on a basis of the subscription information of the electronic device, or
the controller is further configured to receive a subscriber handover request message including the connection identification information from the terminal, and to transmit a connection change request message to the support server on the basis of the received subscriber handover request message,
wherein the subscriber handover request message includes a connection release request message for the electronic device and a connection request message for another electronic device that is different from the electronic device.

6 . A support server supporting subscription of an electronic device in a communication system, the support server comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a controller configured to:
receive a subscription connection request message of the electronic device, which has made a connection request to a terminal, from a subscriber server,
acquire subscription information of the electronic device on a basis of subscription terminal information of the terminal included in the received subscription connection request message, and
subscribe the electronic device on a basis of subscription information of the electronic device and identification information of the electronic device included in the subscription connection request message,
wherein the subscription connection request message of the electronic device is received if the subscriber server authenticates a user of the terminal.

7 . The support server of claim 6 , wherein the subscription terminal information includes a mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN), or
wherein the identification information includes at least one of an integrated circuit card ID (ICCID) and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

8 . The support server of claim 6 , wherein the identification information includes at least one of an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) identification (EID), a subscription manager-secure routing (SM-SR) identification (SR-ID), and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

9 . The support server of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to register the identification information of the electronic device in a home subscriber server (HSS) and a subscriber profile repository (SPR) after the subscription of the electronic device.

10 . A terminal supporting subscription of an electronic device in a communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a controller configured to:
receive a subscription connection request message including identification information of the terminal from the electronic device,
transmit the subscription connection request message of the electronic device to a subscriber server, the subscription connection request message including subscription terminal information of the terminal and identification information of the electronic device, and
receive a subscription connection response message from the subscriber server if the electronic device has subscribed,
wherein the subscription terminal information of the terminal is used to acquire subscription information of the electronic device so as to subscribe the electronic device.

11 . The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the subscription connection response message includes connection identification information generated by the subscriber server, or
wherein the identification information includes at least one of an integrated circuit card ID (ICCID) and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

12 . The terminal of claim 10 ,
wherein the identification information includes at least one of an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) identification (EID), a subscription manager-secure routing (SM-SR) identification (SR-ID), and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), or the controller is further configured to
receive at least one piece of service plan information fur the electronic device from the subscriber server,
display the received service plan information, and
transmit the service plan information selected by a user among the displayed service plan information to the subscriber server, or
the controller is further configured to
transmit a charge change request message of the electronic device including the connection identification information to the subscriber server,
receive at least one selectable service plan information from the subscriber server,
display the received service plan information,
transit the service plan information selected by the user among the displayed service plan information to the subscriber server, and
transmit a message including changed service plan information to the electronic device if a service plan information change response message including the connection identification information is received from the subscriber server.

13 . The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a subscriber handover request message including the connection identification information for a non-connected terminal, and the terminal is connected to at least two subscribing e

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kweon Kisuk
• Oh Hyunah
• Antony Franklin
• Lee Jicheol
• Jung Hakyung

Classifications

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W36/08

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W8/205 Primary

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