144 results about "Universal Integrated Circuit Card" patented technology

An apparatus includes a processing device, communications hardware configured to enable wireless communication by the apparatus, and a universal integrated circuit card (UICC). The UICC stores a decentralized electronic subscriber identity module (dSIM) that hosts a decentralized access application that is configured to exchange information with a decentralized mobile network core utilizing the communications hardware to perform an asymmetric authentication session.

An apparatus configured to receive, from a provisioning server, a request to create at least one sub-profile of at least one profile stored within an embedded universal integrated circuit card of the apparatus; wherein the request comprises encrypted subscription data comprising a symmetric key between a service provider and a user of the apparatus; store the symmetric key within the embedded universal integrated circuit card of the apparatus; and create the at least one sub-profile of the at least one profile stored within the embedded universal integrated circuit card of the apparatus; wherein the at least one sub-profile of the at least one profile stored within the embedded universal integrated circuit card of the apparatus is configured to be used to authenticate the user of the apparatus to the service provider with use of the symmetric key without involvement of a mobile network operator.

The present invention discloses methods and systems for establishing data communication at a network device. The method includes identifying a cellular network by the network device. After that, the network device sends a request to an MSA for an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) profile of the cellular network. The MSA may or may not have an eSIM profile of the cellular network available. When an eSIM profile of the cellular network is available, the network device receives the eSIM profile information from the MSA. The network device then sends a request for data communication access to the cellular network using the eSIM profile information to obtain data communication access through the cellular network. The network device may comprise at least one universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and / or embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

The present invention discloses methods and systems for establishing data communication at a network device. The method includes identifying a cellular network by the network device. After that, the network device sends a request to an MSA for an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) profile of the cellular network. The MSA may or may not have an eSIM profile of the cellular network available. When an eSIM profile of the cellular network is available, the network device receives the eSIM profile information from the MSA. The network device then sends a request for data communication access to the cellular network using the eSIM profile information to obtain data communication access through the cellular network. The network device may comprise at least one universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and / or embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

A user equipment (UE), comprising at least one processor may be configured to transmit a first attach request to a first wireless network based on a first subscriber identity module. The UE may determine that the first attach request was unsuccessful and may automatically activate a switching application to switch the UE from the first subscriber identity module to a second subscriber identity module based on the determination. The first and second subscriber identity modules are stored on a common universal integrated circuit card (UICC) associated with the UE. The UE may then transmit a second attach request to the first wireless network based on the second subscriber identity module.

The invention provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for multi-factor authentication (MFA) using device and carrier validation. A user device generates an attested blob containing cryptographic keys and a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC)-originated International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), which is transmitted to a cloud-based MFA service. The service validates the attested blob, coordinates with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) service, and executes an Extensible Authentication Protocol-Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA) process with the carrier network to establish mutual trust. Authentication data, including a validated phone number independent of the device's stored number, is securely stored in a cloud wallet. The invention enhances security by mitigating risks such as spoofing, replay attacks, and SIM swapping, providing a novel authentication framework compatible with modern networks.

This application describes managing configuration of a bootstrap electronic SIM (eSIM) for a wireless device. A bootstrap eSIM on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the wireless device is configured as needed to provide cellular wireless access. The bootstrap eSIM is configured with an initial international mobile subscriber identity (i-IMSI) value used to establish a cellular connection to obtain a bootstrap IMSI (b-IMSI) value allocated for temporary, dedicated use by the wireless device. The b-IMSI value is selected by a bootstrap server based on a bootstrap selection rule obtained from a bootstrap rules service, where the bootstrap selection rule accounts for a use case type provided by the wireless device and indicating a purpose for use of the b-IMSI value. The b-IMSI value is returned to a pool for use by other wireless devices after expiration of a timer or responsive to a delete notification message.

A user equipment (UE) for handling slice information with single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) mapping for universal integrated circuit card (UICC) processor is provided. The UE operates by determining whether a baseband processor of the UE is in a busy state. Based on a determination that the baseband processor is not in the busy state, the baseband processor sends a fetch message to a UICC processor of the UE, where the fetch message is sent in response to receipt of a proactive-command-pending message from the UICC processor. The baseband processor receives a proactive-command message from the UICC processor, where the proactive-command message corresponds to a request for single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) information corresponding to one or more network slices. Finally, the baseband processor sends a response message with the S-NSSAI information to the UICC processor.

The embodiment of the invention provides an information interaction method and device, equipment, a storage medium and a product. Comprising the following steps: an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) completes a power-on operation and returns reset response (ATR) information, so that a baseband chip judges whether the eUICC supports a multi-activation configuration file (MEP) function or not according to the ATR information; if the MEP function is supported, a protocol parameter selection PPS sent by the baseband chip is received and a response is made so as to confirm that both communication parties support the MEP function; receiving a configuration state acquisition instruction sent by the baseband chip; according to the configuration state obtaining instruction, state instruction return information is sent to the baseband chip, so that the baseband chip sends an instruction to the LSI through an application protocol data unit APDU instruction according to the state instruction return information, and management of configuration file information is executed. The method is used for achieving the effect of improving the communication efficiency and reliability between the baseband chip and the eUICC card.

An electronic device includes at least one embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) each storing at least one subscriber identification information, and at least one processor electrically connected with the eUICC. The at least one processor may be configured to control to transmit, to a first server, a first request message including information about an operation related to a subscription or a subscription transfer based on the eUICC and receive a first response message from the first server, in response to the transmission of the first request message. The first response message may include information indicating that a profile to be provided for the eUICC is not ready in response to the first request message.

An electronic device includes at least one embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) each storing at least one subscriber identification information, and at least one processor electrically connected with the eUICC. The at least one processor may be configured to control to transmit, to a first server, a first request message including information about an operation related to a subscription or a subscription transfer based on the eUICC and receive a first response message from the first server, in response to the transmission of the first request message. The first response message may include information indicating that a profile to be provided for the eUICC is not ready in response to the first request message.

A network service accessing method for a mobile terminal apparatus includes adding an access profile column of an application protocol data unit (APDU) of an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile terminal apparatus; enabling a first profile and a second profile of the eUICC of the mobile terminal apparatus; sending a command of accessing a first issuer security domain profile (ISD-P) of the first profile or a command of accessing a second ISD-P of the second profile; and accessing data of the first ISD-P of the first profile or data of the second ISD-P of the second profile.

The invention relates to the field of communication, and provides an embedded universal integrated circuit card data downloading method and device, equipment and a medium. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring equipment identity information of a user terminal from an eUICC card of the user terminal through a non-contact channel under the condition that a non-contact channel connection is established between an operator system and the user terminal; the equipment identity information comprises IMEI and / or EID; determining operator code number data corresponding to the eUICC card according to the equipment identity information and sending the operator code number data to the SM-DP + platform; the SM-DP + platform is indicated to generate an operator code number data configuration file Profile; under the condition that the Profile is generated in the SM-DP + platform, downloading the Profile from the SM-DP + platform through an operator system; and the Profile is written into the eUICC card through the non-contact channel. According to the technical scheme, the service resource consumption is relatively low.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method and an apparatus for providing a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) function even in a terminal with a single embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) mounted are provided. A method and an apparatus for installing, activating, and managing a plurality of profiles are provided, so that even a terminal with a single eUICC mounted may provide a dual SIM function in a communication system. The method includes the following embodiments to achieve the foregoing aspect, a method in which an eUICC receives a command involving a profile state change from a local profile assistant (LPA), registers a proactive command, and notifies a modem of logical interface information for obtaining the proactive command, a method in which the eUICC determines whether to perform polling on a specific logical interface by combining predetermined information, such as the logical interface information received from the mode, the state of a logical interface collected and possessed by the modem, and the number of an interface on which a corresponding message is received, and a method in which the modem receives and processes the proactive command by performing polling on the logical interface.

A method for updating electronic subscriber identity modules, eSIMs (208), on an embedded universal integrated circuit card, eUICC (108) contained in a wireless device (102, 302), the method comprising: by a processing circuit of the wireless device (102, 302) outside the eUICC (108): Perform an eSIM update process, which includes: Sending, to the eUICC (108), a command to trigger an eSIM update applet (212) on the eUICC (108); Receiving, from the eUICC (108), a request to establish a secure data connection to a network provisioning server (116); Establishing the secure data connection between the eUICC (108) and the network provisioning server (116); and Receiving, from the eUICC (108), an eSIM update status; and characterized by: Repeat the eSIM update process until the eSIM update status indicates success or a maximum number of retries are made.

The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for selecting multi-radio access technology (RAT) in a user equipment (UE) during an initialization of subscriber identity module (SIM). The method includes reading capability information associated with the UE from a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) at the time of initializing the SIM, determining whether the UE includes a capability to connect to a first network having a first RAT based on the capability information, and registering the UE with the first network having the first RAT based on the UE capable of being connected to the first network.

An embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) for Internet of Things (IoT) devices is associated by a method with a set of external remote manager modules (external operational remote manager modules performing a set of operations comprising profile state management operations and remote manager modules management operations in said eUICC for IoT devices). The method includes: performing in said eUICC for IoT devices an association between the eUICC for IoT devices and the external handling remote manager module configured to perform in the set of operations only remote manager modules management operations in said eUICC for IoT devices; and in response to a request of associating an external operational remote manager module issued via said at least one external handling remote manager module, performing in the eUICC for IoT devices an association between the eUICC for IoT devices and at least one external operational remote manager module.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises transmitting to a subscription manager discovery service (SM-DS) information indicating a support of a push service, receiving from the SM-DS a list of push services supported by the SM-DS, selecting at least one push service based on the list of push services supported by the SM-DS, generating an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) signature based on an indicator indicating at least one selected push service and a push token, and transmitting to the SM-DS the indicator, the push token, and the eUICC signature.

A profile download method includes a primary device obtaining an embedded integrated circuit card identifier (EID) of a secondary device, where the EID is used by the primary device to obtain, from a mobile operator server, profile download information that matches the EID. The primary device receives the profile download information from the mobile operator server and sends the profile download information to the secondary device, where the profile download information is used by the secondary device to download a profile from a profile management server, and where the profile is installed in an embedded UICC (eUICC) of the secondary device after the download is complete.

A mobile device (100) is disclosed. The mobile device exchanges data in a wireless manner. The mobile device includes: an application processor (110); a baseband modem (120); a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) (130), operatively connected to the base-band modem (120) via a first interface (131); and a contactless interface (140), operatively connected to the UICC (130) via a second interface (139). The UICC (130) stores multiple profiles (151, 152, 153, 154), each of which can selectively be in an enabled state or a disabled state. The UICC (130) stores multiple interface modules (161, 162, 163), each of which allows access of one of the profiles (151, 152, 153, 154) stored in the UICC (130) to the contactless interface (140) via the second interface.

A user equipment (UE) that includes at least a processor and universal integrated circuit card (UICC) are described. The UE or a processor thereof can perform initializing a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) for communication with a cellular network, and registering with the cellular network using the USIM. The UE or processor provides, to the UICC, location information for a serving cell of the cellular network, where the location information including an identifier of a reduced capability serving cell or a private network cell. The UE or processor can then communicate with the serving cell according to a configuration that is based at least in part on the location information that is provided to the UICC.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system to support a higher data rate after a 4G communication system (e.g., LTE). The disclosure provides a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving, by a modem, a first message including at least one of information related to whether an embedded UICC (eUICC) function is supported and information related to whether a multiple enabled profile (MEP) is supported from an eUICC, and determining, by the modem, to operate with an MEP function based on the received at least one of the information related to whether the eUICC function is supported and the information related to whether the MEP is supported. Furthermore, various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for providing a dual SIM function even in a UE equipped with a single eUICC in a wireless communication system.

Herein provided is a solution to recover a subscription profile of a user that has lost or broken their mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, or other type of terminal. The solution reduces the risk of a subscription clone after having broken or lost their device. In one embodiment, a method herein provides for the recovering of a subscription profile loaded in a secure element that would not otherwise be retrievable from a telecommunication terminals, like eUICCs. The method includes the steps of retrieving the profile downloaded in the first secure element, and then installing it in a second secure element. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The described embodiments set forth techniques for recovering one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) previously deleted from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a mobile wireless device. Prior to deletion of an eSIM, the mobile wireless device uploads first eSIM subscription information to a cloud network services server and stores second eSIM subscription information in a secure memory of the eUICC. The mobile wireless device can subsequently download the first eSIM subscription information to verify matching to the second eSIM subscription information stored in the eUICC before displaying an option for recovering the eSIM. The mobile wireless device sends to a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server an eSIM recovery request notification that includes at least a portion of the first eSIM subscription information, and the MNO provisioning server provides an eSIM recovery response message indicating approval and a network address to download the eSIM.

A method for managing provisioning of universal integrated circuit cards (UICC) in internet of things (IoT) devices, is disclosed. The method comprises (a) initiating a mobile network connection with one or more IoT platforms; (b) receiving one or more instructions from the one or more IoT platforms; (c) downloading one or more subscription profiles associated with one or more second UICCs from the one or more IoT platforms upon receiving the one or more instructions; (d) configuring the one or more subscription profiles in the one or more second UICCs; and (e) rebooting the mobile network connection to connect the one or more second UICCs of the one or more internet of things (IoT) devices with the one or more second UICCs IoT platforms through a second cellular network based on the one or more second UICCs subscription profiles configured in the one or more second UICCs.

Methods and devices are disclosed for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) having a first universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and a second UICC, enabling a Multi-UE mode. In one method a WTRU retrieves subscription profile IDs from the first UICC and the second UICC and based on the retrieved subscription profile IDs, the WTRU determine it supports a multi-UE mode of operation using a first UE (UE1) and a second UE (UE2) to operate for mobility between inter-radio access technologies (RAT) networks. In an example, the WTRU establishes, by the UE1 with a first radio access network (RAN) node, a first user plane (UP) path and establishing a multi-UE packet data unit (PDU) session having multi-UE mode rules to switch traffic between UE1 and UE2 with the inter-RAT networks based on occurrence of a triggering event. Additional embodiment are disclosed.

Method for managing at least one remote manager module (112) in an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, eUICC for Internet of Things, IoT devices, said eUICC for IoT devices having an upgradable firmware and comprising a memory, in particular a non-volatile memory, and configuration registers, said method comprising: - associating (110; 208) said eUICC for IoT devices with said at least one remote manager module (112) based on a configuration state, said configuration state being stored in said configuration registers; - storing (302; StoreEimData) said configuration state in said memory, obtaining a copy configuration state; - performing (210) a firmware upgrade, said firmware upgrade being configured to affect said configuration state stored in said configuration registers and to not affect said copy configuration state stored in said memory; and - restoring (304; RestoreEimData) said configuration state in said configuration registers by copying the copy configuration state stored in said memory in said configuration registers.

Techniques for running multiple logical secure elements (LSEs) on the same physical secure element (SE) hardware are described herein. For example, embodiments may include running multiple logical Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards on the same physical SIM card or Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC). Additionally or alternatively, embodiments may include running other secure element applications and services on the same SE hardware. These techniques allow a mobile device user to access multiple secure services that may originate from different secure service providers (SSPs) using the same SE hardware in a secure manner without integrating multiple physical slots on the mobile device or physically swapping different cards within the same slot.

By providing and using a machine-to-machine (M2M) Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) in a consumer cellular telephone, a wireless carrier is able to download and manage profiles on the eUICC and is able to enable it for service on new networks, such as a wireless carrier's 5G or other network and migrate the cellular telephone to the new network without any interaction of the consumer with the cellular telephone and, in most cases, without any knowledge of the consumer that anything on their cellular telephone or SIM has changed. This is different from consumer style eUICCs where interaction of the consumer with the cellular telephone is needed.

According to the present disclosure, a method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system may be provided. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), eUICC information about whether the eUICC supports external storage (ES); transmitting the eUICC information to a profile server; receiving, from the profile server, profile information on the basis of the received eUICC information; and determining, on the basis of the profile information, whether to move a part or all of the profile out of the eUICC.