US 12,219,657 B2
Integrated standalone flow for cellular subscription transfer
Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US); Alex M. Was, San Jose, CA (US); Avinash Narasimhan, Fremont, CA (US); Damien R. Holzapfel, Campbell, CA (US); He Zheng, Irvine, CA (US); Li Li, Saratoga, CA (US); Timothy M. Sheridan, Cedar Park, TX (US); and Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,360.
Application 18/430,360 is a division of application No. 17/555,205, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,924,916.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171964 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 8/18 (2013.01) [H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a set of one or more servers, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first user equipment (UE) to be activated with a cellular carrier for a user, and at the set of one or more servers, information identifying a second UE of the user and authentication information for authenticating the user with the cellular carrier;
authenticating the user using the authentication information;
transmitting a password to the second UE at least partly in response to authenticating the user;
receiving, from the first UE and at the set of one or more servers, the password;
validating the password received from the first UE; and
initiating a transfer of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) subscription, from the second UE to the first UE, at least partly in response to validating the password.