UICCs embedded in terminals or removable therefrom

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9301145-B2
Application number	US-201113312309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2011
Priority date	Dec 6, 2010
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

The invention proposes several improvements related to the management of secure elements, like UICCs embedding Sim applications, these secure elements being installed, fixedly or not, in terminals, like for example mobile phones. In some cases, the terminals are constituted by machines that communicate with other machines for M2M (Machine to Machine) applications.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Method for transmitting a subscriber identity module (Sim) application of a first terminal to a second terminal, said Sim application being stored in a secure element included in the first terminal, the access to said Sim application being locked by a Pin code, comprising:
i—exporting said Sim application from said first terminal to a distant site, by including said Pin code as well as a remote loading code;
ii—asking the user of said second terminal to enter said remote loading code in said second terminal;
iii—in the event the remote loading code entered by said user matches the remote loading code that has been exported, authorizing the installation of said Sim application in a secure element of said second terminal, and otherwise, do not install said Sim application in said secure element of said second terminal.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the match of said remote loading codes is checked at the level of said distant site and said match launches the downloading of said Sim application to the secure element of said second terminal and said installation.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the match of said remote loading codes is checked at the level of said second terminal, after said Sim application has been downloaded to said secure element of said second terminal, said match launching the installation of said Sim application in the secure element of said second terminal.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said remote loading code is ciphered.

5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said remote loading code is a pass phrase.

Assignees

• Merrien Lionel
• Berard Xavier
• Gachon Denis
• Gemalto Sa

Inventors

• Merrien Lionel
• Berard Xavier
• Gachon Denis

Classifications

• H04B1/3816 Primary

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

• H04W12/04

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

• H04W84/04

  Large scale networks; Deep hierarchical networks · CPC title

• H04L63/083

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title

• G06F8/61

  Installation · CPC title