US 11,943,837 B2
Method and devices for managing subscription profiles on a security element
Andreas Morawietz, Munich (DE); Nils Nitsch, Markt Schwaben (DE); Ulrich Huber, Munich (DE); and Ulrich Wimbock, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/427,260
Filed by GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/000029
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/156752, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 000 743.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132297 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing subscription profiles of a security element which is provided for use in a mobile end device and on which a profile manager and at least one first subscription profile is loaded, comprising the steps of:
loading a second subscription profile from a subscription management server;
checking whether the at least one first loaded subscription profile satisfies a predetermined condition;
putting the at least one first subscription profile out of operation when the at least one first subscription profile satisfies the predetermined condition;
wherein the predetermined condition comprises one or several of the following criteria;
leaving a spatially delimited region when crossing a national border;
ascertaining that an identification code of the security element has been entered incorrectly a predetermined number of times;
ascertaining that a call has been initiated or performed from the mobile end device to a predetermined number;
ascertaining that a permissible number of authentications of the security element has been performed;
ascertaining that the at least one first subscription profile has been deleted or deactivated in a Home Location Register.