Operating method for communication profile and electronic device supporting the same

• US 10,111,087 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2017
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cha, Soon Hyun, Hwang, Sun Min, Yeoum, Tae Sun, Lee, Duckey, Lee, Sang Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US15/822,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20180077566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 455567, 455420, 455418, 3405731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including a first communication module configured to establish a communication channel to an external electronic device based on wired communications or short-range communications, a second communication module that supports a communication service provided via a base station; a control module configured to obtain a communication profile required for operating the second communication module using the external electronic device connected through the first communication module, and a memory configured to store the communication profile.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first communication module configured to establish a communication channel to a peripheral device based on wired communications or short-range communications;

a second communication module that supports a communication service provided via a base station; and

a control module operatively connected to the first communication module and the second communication module,

wherein the control module is configured to;

receive provisioning-related information from the peripheral device through the first communication module;

transmit the provisioning-related information of the peripheral device to a server device through the second communication module based on the base station;

receive a communication profile for operating a communication service of the peripheral device from the server device through the second communication module based on the base station; and

transmit the communication profile to the peripheral device through the first communication module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the control module is further configured to output information on whether at least one of the communication profile or a provisioning profile used for installing the communication profile is stored.

3. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the control module is further configured to output a user interface required for obtaining the communication profile of the peripheral device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the control module is further configured to output the information related to the communication profile.

5. The electronic device of claim 4,

wherein the control module is further configured to transmit, to the peripheral device, communication service selection information selected from a user interface corresponding to the information related to the communication profile in response to a user input.

6. The electronic device of claim 4,

wherein the control module is further configured to transmit the communication service selection information to the server device for supporting subscription for the communication service.

7. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the control module is further configured to transfer a message received from a provisioning server device for generating or providing the communication profile to the peripheral device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7,

wherein the control module is further configured to convert the message into a format supported by a communication standard used for a connection to the peripheral device before transferring the message.

9. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the control module is further configured to establish a Bluetooth (BT) subscriber identification module (SIM) access profile (AP) (BT SAP) connection with the peripheral device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein, while operating a first universal integrated circuit card (UICC) manager for operating a communication service of the electronic device, the control module is further configured to operate a second UICC manager related to installation of the communication profile of the peripheral device.

11. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the second UICC manager supports establishment of a secure channel between the peripheral device and a server device that supports installation of the communication profile, using a transmission control protocol based communication channel to the server device and a subscriber identification module access profile based communication channel to the peripheral device.

12. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the second UICC manager receives application protocol data unit (APDU) data from the peripheral device and transmits the APDU data to the server device.

13. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein a resource for the second UICC manager is configured to be returned when downloading of data related to the communication profile is completed or the communication profile is activated.

14. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

establishing a first communication channel to a peripheral device based on wired communications or short-range communications;

receiving provisioning-related information from the peripheral device through the first communication channel;

transmitting the provisioning-related information of the peripheral device to a server device through a second communication channel based on a base station;

receiving a communication profile for operating a communication service of the peripheral device from the server device through the second communication channel based on the base station; and

transmitting the communication profile to the peripheral device through the first communication channel.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

outputting information on whether at least one of the communication profile or a provisioning profile used for installing the communication profile is stored.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

outputting a user interface required for obtaining the communication profile of the peripheral device.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

outputting the information related to the communication profile.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting, to the peripheral device, communication service selection information selected from a user interface corresponding to the information related to the communication profile in response to a user input;

or

transmitting the communication service selection information to the server device for supporting subscription for the communication service.