US 12,225,442 B2
In-vehicle multi-user wireless communication connectivity
Mehul Jayant Shah, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,574.
Application 18/494,574 is a continuation of application No. 17/592,524, filed on Feb. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,844,006.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056785 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/48 (2018.02) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of twinning a wireless communication device with an in-vehicle wireless communication device, comprising:
inputting a first phone number into the in-vehicle wireless communication device that comprises an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) storing an eSIM profile provisioned for wireless communication service in a plurality of different wireless communication networks, wherein the first phone number is associated with a wireless communication device of a first user that is subscribed to receive wireless communication in a first wireless communication network of the plurality of different wireless communication networks;
sending a first bundle of twinning credentials by the in-vehicle wireless communication device to the first wireless communication network to cause the in-vehicle wireless communication device to be twinned with the first phone number;
providing wireless communication service by the in-vehicle wireless communication device via the first wireless communication network based on the first phone number;
inputting a second phone number into the in-vehicle wireless communication device, wherein the second phone number is associated with a wireless communication device of a second user that is subscribed to receive wireless communication in a second wireless communication network of the plurality of different wireless communication networks;
in response to receiving the second phone number, sending a twinning cancellation message by the in-vehicle wireless communication device to the first wireless communication network to cause the in-vehicle wireless communication device to be untwinned from the first phone number, wherein untwinning the in-vehicle wireless communication device from the first phone number disassociates the eSIM of the in-vehicle wireless communication device from the first wireless communication network;
sending a second bundle of twinning credentials by the in-vehicle wireless communication device to the second wireless communication network to cause the in-vehicle wireless communication device to be twinned with the second phone number; and
providing wireless communication service by the in-vehicle wireless communication device via the second wireless communication network based on the second phone number.