US 12,193,110 B2
Event handling of subscriber entities
Kazi Wali Ullah, Espoo (FI); Patrik Salmela, Espoo (FI); and Abu Shohel Ahmed, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/637,861
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074901
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/052571, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286838 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04W 8/205 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an event handling server in a communication network for event handling for at least one subscriber entity in the communication network, the method comprising:
obtaining, from a remote subscriber identity module provisioning (RSP) entity in the communication network, an event registration message for an event associated with RSP, wherein:
the event registration message comprises an identifier field containing a string of characters identifying the at least one subscriber entity, and
the string of characters comprises at least one marker character that indicates one or more of the following: an event type for the event, and that the event is valid for at least one subscriber entity;
storing an event record of the event, wherein the event record comprises the identifier field and an address of the RSP entity from which data of the event is to be fetched;
receiving from a subscriber entity a query for any event intended for the subscriber entity, wherein the query comprises an identifier of the subscriber entity; and
in response to the query, providing the event record to the subscriber entity.