Method and apparatus for profile download of group devices

US2018367984A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2018367984-A1
Application numberUS-201816113378-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateAug 27, 2018
Priority dateAug 14, 2014
Publication dateDec 20, 2018
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Abstract

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Methods and apparatuses for remotely installing Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) information about various Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are provided. One of the apparatuses being a terminal including an electronic card, a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal, and a controller configured to receive at least one profile from a profile management server, wherein each profile of the received at least one profile is to be installed in an electronic card of at least one device, to obtain at least one electronic card identifier of the at least one device, and to transmit, to the at least one device, the at least one profile corresponding to the obtained at least one electronic card identifier.

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What is claimed is: 1 . A terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a processor configured to: transmit, to a profile management server, a profile request for at least one device paired with the terminal based on subscription information related to the terminal and the at least one device, receive at least one profile for the at least one device from the profile management server, and transmit a profile among the at least one profile to a device corresponding to an electronic card identifier obtained by the terminal, among the at least one device.

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  • Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] · CPC title

  • H04W12/04Primary

    Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA] · CPC title

  • H04W8/205Primary

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

  • Terminal devices · CPC title

  • Access security · CPC title

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What does patent US2018367984A1 cover?
Methods and apparatuses for remotely installing Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) information about various Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are provided. One of the apparatuses being a terminal including an electronic card, a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal, and a controller configured to receive at least one profile from a profile management server, wherein each …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W12/04. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Dec 20 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 3 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).