US 12,279,336 B2
Method and apparatus for identifying profile deletion when eUICC terminal is changed
Kangjin Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Duckey Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Sujung Kang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,817.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0060469 (KR), filed on May 11, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0148071 (KR), filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369096 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first device in a communication system, the method comprising:
identifying a selection of a profile for a device change;
transmitting, to a server, a first message for the device change including an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) of the profile;
receiving, from the server, a response message for the device change, the response message including an activation code for the device change, information indicating to delete the profile, information indicating that a delete notification for the device change is supported, and information on an address of a receiver that processes the delete notification for the device change;
deleting the profile from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) in the first device based on the information indicating to delete the profile; and
transmitting, to a second device, the activation code to be used for profile download in the second device, the activation code including the delete notification for the device change.