US 11,943,624 B2
Electronic subscriber identity module transfer eligibility checking
Jean-Marc Padova, San Francisco, CA (US); and Xiangying Yang, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,885.
Application 17/934,885 is a continuation of application No. 17/147,410, filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,598, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013030 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/72 (2021.01) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A target device configured for electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) transfer eligibility checking, the target device comprising:
wireless circuitry comprising one or more antennas; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless circuitry and to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the target device to perform actions that include:
receiving, from a source device, a request for eSIM transfer eligibility checking during an authentication procedure with the source device;
providing, to a network server, trust configuration information of an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) of the target device;
receiving, from the network server, the trust configuration information of the eUICC of the target device and a network server generated signature;
providing, to the source device, the trust configuration information of the eUICC of the target device and the network server generated signature; and
upon successful authentication of eSIM transfer eligibility by the source device based on the network server generated signature, performing an eSIM transfer of one or more eSIMs from an eUICC of the source device to the eUICC of the target device.