US 11,864,267 B2
Methods and apparatus for efficient transfer of multiple cellular service credentials
Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US); Anish Kumar Goyal, Milpitas, CA (US); Elliot S. Briggs, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US); and Zexing Shi, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,049.
Application 17/935,049 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,898, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,516,650.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,914, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018945 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 8/205 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured for operation in a target device, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the target device to perform a set of actions including:
sending, to a source device, a request for a cellular service plan transfer list;
receiving, from the source device, the cellular service plan transfer list identifying one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMS) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) of the source device, and transfer credentials for one or more transferrable SIMs/eSIMs identified in the cellular service plan transfer list;
determining a transfer type for each SIM/eSIM of the one or more transferrable SIMs/eSIMs; and
presenting the cellular service plan transfer list via a display of the target device,
wherein the cellular service plan transfer list includes the transfer type for each transferrable SIM/eSIM.