US 12,082,303 B2
Method and apparatus for moving profiles with different versions during device change
Taehyung Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Kangjin Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Duckey Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sujung Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Jonghoe Koo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,087.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0122492 (KR), filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095095 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/24 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first device of a first version in a communication system, the method comprising:
identifying that a profile of the first device is to be downloaded in a second device of the first version or a second version;
identifying, based on a first code for the first version and a second code for the second version, a third code used for downloading the profile of the first device;
transmitting, to the second device, the third code; and
transmitting, to a profile server, the profile of the first device based on a transmission of the third code,
wherein the third code includes the first code for the first version and the second code for the second version,
wherein the first code is a transfer code used by the second device of the first version to download the profile of the first device, and
wherein the second code is an activation code used by the second device of the second version to download the profile of the first device.