US 11,991,780 B2
Method, apparatus, and system for authorizing remote profile management
Hyewon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Duckey Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghoe Koo, Suwon-si (KR); and Kangjin Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,433.
Application 17/568,433 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,194, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,223,942.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0092058 (KR), filed on Aug. 7, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0068808 (KR), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132300 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 67/303 (2022.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a device, the method comprising:
receiving, from a profile server, a remote profile management command for enabling a target profile installed on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the device;
based on the remote profile management command, in response to an enabled profile existing on the eUICC of the device, marking the enabled profile as to be disabled and marking the target profile as to be enabled, disabling the enabled profile which is marked as to be disabled and enabling the target profile which is marked as to be enabled on the eUICC of the device, after performing a reset operation associated with the eUICC of the device.