Communication Device Subscription Renewal via Bootstrap Profile
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual and labor-intensive process of renewing or migrating subscription services for communication devices on mobile networks is inefficient, particularly when subscriptions expire, requiring manual registration and provisioning of new information.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that detect an expired subscription on a communication device, convert the operational profile to a bootstrap profile, provide limited services to allow subscription renewal or migration to a new subscription, and adjust the operational profile based on new subscription information to register the device with the new services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual provisioning is used to renew subscription or migrate communication devices, then service continuity can be maintained, but the process becomes labor-intensive and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables communication devices to automatically detect expired subscriptions, retrieve new subscription information, and update their own operational profiles without manual intervention. The device autonomously performs subscription renewal or migration by converting its operational profile to a bootstrap profile, obtaining new subscription data, and converting back, thereby maintaining service continuity while eliminating manual labor
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures communication devices with a bootstrap profile that contains the capability to retrieve subscription information before the actual subscription expiration occurs. This preliminary preparation ensures that when subscription renewal or migration is needed, the device can immediately execute the update process without waiting for manual provisioning, thus maintaining service continuity and improving efficiency
2Extent of automation
If operational profile is converted to bootstrap profile for subscription renewal, then automated subscription update is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bootstrap profile serves multiple functions: it acts as a fallback profile when the operational profile expires, provides the mechanism for retrieving new subscription information, and enables both subscription renewal and network migration scenarios. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate complex mechanisms for each scenario, thereby automating subscription updates while managing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of manually updating the operational profile directly, the system inverts the approach by converting the operational profile to a bootstrap profile, retrieving new subscription information, and then converting back. This inversion simplifies the automation logic by using a standardized conversion process that works for both renewal and migration scenarios, enabling automation while keeping the complexity manageable through consistent procedural patterns
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a first subscription for a communication device has expired. Further embodiments include receiving a first registration request from the communication device, detecting a bootstrap profile on the communication device, and providing according to the bootstrap profile, limited services to the communication device to subscribe to a second subscription for a second group of services. Additional embodiments include obtaining subscription information for the second subscription for the second group of services, adjusting an operational profile on the communication device according to the subscription information resulting in an adjusted operational profile, and receiving a second registration request for the communication device according to the adjusted operation profile. Also, embodiments include registering the communication device according to the adjusted operational profile, and providing the second group of services to the communication device according to the adjusted operational profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.