US 12,452,644 B2
Deleted eSIM recovery
Sherman X. Jin, Santa Clara, CA (US); Rohan C. Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US); Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Santa Clara, CA (US); Clive E. Rodgers, Palo Alto, CA (US); Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,667.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,292, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083018 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/205 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for recovering electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) for access to services of a mobile network operator (MNO) by a mobile wireless device, the method comprising:
by the mobile wireless device:
establishing a secure connection with a cloud network services server using a secure login procedure and multi-factor authentication;
downloading, from the cloud network services server, first eSIM subscription information for the mobile wireless device;
determining whether the first eSIM subscription information matches second eSIM subscription information obtained from a secure memory of an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device; and
when the first eSIM subscription information matches the second eSIM subscription information for one or more eSIMs previously deleted from the eUICC of the mobile wireless device:
indicating that the one or more eSIMs previously deleted from the eUICC of the mobile wireless device are recoverable;
receiving a user command to recover an eSIM associated with the MNO and previously deleted from the eUICC of the mobile wireless device;
sending, to an MNO provisioning server, a notification message requesting recovery of the eSIM previously deleted from the eUICC of the mobile wireless device;
receiving, from the MNO provisioning server, a response message indicating the eSIM is available for download;
downloading the eSIM from the MNO provisioning server; and
installing the eSIM on the eUICC of the mobile wireless device.