US 11,903,090 B2
Cloud-based cellular service management for mobile wireless devices
Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US); Can Xiong, San Jose, CA (US); Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US); and Zexing Shi, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,079.
Application 17/935,079 is a continuation of application No. 17/352,201, filed on Jun. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,533,607.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,228, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,712, filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098263 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/205 (2013.01) [H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile wireless device configured for cellular service profile management, the mobile wireless device comprising:
wireless circuitry comprising one or more antennas; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless circuitry and to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile wireless device to:
install, at the mobile wireless device, a cellular service profile transferred from a second mobile wireless device;
upload, to a cloud service server, first information to remove an entry corresponding to a combination of the mobile wireless device and the cellular service profile from a blacklist of inactive cellular service profiles; and
upload, to the cloud service server, second information to add an entry corresponding to a combination of the second mobile wireless device and the cellular service profile to the blacklist.