US 11,737,012 B2
Maintaining access to services via SIM card
Nelson M. Leduc, San Jose, CA (US); Lauren E. Tappana, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicholas Joseph Circosta, Mountain View, CA (US); Andrew J. Daley, Santa Clara, CA (US); Guozhi Huang, San Mateo, CA (US); Daniel B. Pollack, Cupertino, CA (US); Robert D. Butler, Middletown, DE (US); and Vitalii Kramar, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,659.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,922, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392570 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04M 3/42008 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 8/265 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a first device, that a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card, previously used by the first device, is not available for use by the first device;
determining, by the first device, that a second SIM card is available for use by the first device within a predetermined time period after the first SIM card is determined to be not available for use by the first device;
confirming, by the first device, that a communication identifier of the first SIM card satisfies an association criteria with a user account that is associated with the first device; and
storing, by the first device, a temporary certificate that attests to current ownership of the communication identifier by the first device and allows the first device to access at least one service in association with the communication identifier.