US 12,464,362 B2
Subscription onboarding using a verified digital identity
Sheeba Backia Mary Baskaran, Friedrichsdorf (DE); Apostolis Salkintzis, Athens (GR); Andreas Kunz, Ladenburg (DE); Genadi Velev, Darmstadt (DE); Roozbeh Atarius, La Jolla, CA (US); Ishan Vaishnavi, Munich (DE); Emmanouil Pateromichelakis, Viersen (DE); and Dimitrios Karampatsis, Ruislip (GB)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 18/252,183
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park (SG)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081375
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/196126, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413060 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 12/75 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/72 (2021.01) [H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); H04W 12/75 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a user equipment (“UE”), the method comprising:
acquiring a digital identifier (“DIG-ID”) comprising a verifiably secure identity;
generating a digital signature of the DIG-ID and a timestamp using a private key;
sending a first request to a mobile communication network, the first request including the DIG-ID, the timestamp, and the generated digital signature;
receiving an onboarding authentication success indication and a verified DIG-ID;
establishing a provisioning connection to the mobile communication network; and
receiving at least one of a subscription credential and a user subscription profile via the provisioning connection.