METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROFILE DOWNLOAD OF GROUP DEVICES

• US 20160050557A1
• Filed: 04/24/2015
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Jonghan, LEE, Duckey, JEONG, Sangsoo, PARK, Joohyun, CHO, Songyean
• Granted Patent: US 9,549,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for remotely installing Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) information about various Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are provided. One of the apparatuses being a terminal including an electronic card, a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal, and a controller configured to receive at least one profile from a profile management server, wherein each profile of the received at least one profile is to be installed in an electronic card of at least one device, to obtain at least one electronic card identifier of the at least one device, and to transmit, to the at least one device, the at least one profile corresponding to the obtained at least one electronic card identifier.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

an electronic card;

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to;

receive at least one profile from a profile management server, wherein each of the received at least one profile is to be installed in each electronic card of at least one device;

obtain at least one electronic card identifier of the at least one device; and

transmit, to the at least one device, the at least one profile corresponding to the obtained at least one electronic card identifier.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the electronic card of the at least one device is physically embedded in the at least one device.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the electronic card of the terminal is physically embedded in the terminal.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the electronic card of the at least one device includes a universal integrated circuit card (UICC).

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one profile includes network access certification information.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one profile corresponds to each of the at least one device.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one profile includes a common profile for the at least one device and at least one personal parameter corresponding to each of the at least one device.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

decrypt the received at least one profile;

encrypt the decrypted at least one profile for the at least one device; and

transmit the encrypted at least one profile to the at least one device corresponding to the obtained at least one electronic card identifier.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the electronic card of the at least one device receives the at least one profile and installs the received at least one profile.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic card identifier is obtained based on a connection between the terminal and the at least one device using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

11. The terminal of claim 1, wherein each of the received at least one profile is transmitted to each of the at least one device paired with the terminal.

12. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

pair with the at least one device; and

transmit, to the profile management server, a profile request for the at least one device paired with the terminal.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to:

group the at least one device paired with the terminal; and

transmit, to the profile management server, a profile request for the grouped devices based on subscription information of the terminal and the grouped devices.

14. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one device includes at least one of a wearable device and an Internet of thing (IoT) device.

15. A profile management server, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to;

receive, from a terminal, information to request at least one profile, wherein each of the requested at least one profile is to be installed in each electronic card of at least one device; and

transmit, to the terminal, the at least one profile based on the received information.

16. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the electronic card is physically embedded in the at least one device.

17. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the electronic card includes a universal integrated circuit card (UICC).

18. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the at least one profile includes network access certification information.

19. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the each of the at least one profile corresponds to each of the at least one device.

20. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the at least one profile includes a common profile for the at least one device and at least one personal parameter corresponding to each of the at least one device.

21. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the electronic card receives the at least one profile and installs the received at least one profile.

22. The profile management server of claim 15, wherein the at least one device includes at least one of a wearable device and an Internet of thing (IoT) device.

23. A device comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal;

an electronic card; and

a controller configured to;

transmit an identifier of the electronic card to a terminal; and

receive a profile corresponding to the identifier of the electronic card from the terminal,

wherein the electronic card is configured to install the received profile.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the profile is downloaded to the terminal from a profile management server.

25. The device of claim 23, wherein the electronic card is physically embedded in the device.

26. The device of claim 23, wherein the electronic card includes a universal integrated circuit card (UICC).

27. The device of claim 23, wherein the profile includes network access certification information.

28. The device of claim 23, wherein the profile includes a common profile for a plurality of devices including the device and personal a parameter corresponding to the device.

29. The device of claim 23, wherein the identifier of the electronic card is transmitted based on a connection between the terminal and the device using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

30. The device of claim 23, wherein the profile is received when the device is paired with the terminal.

31. The device of claim 23, wherein the device includes at least one of a wearable device and an Internet of thing (IoT) device.

32. A method performed by a terminal having an electronic card and a controller, the method comprising:

receiving, by the controller, at least one profile from a profile management server, wherein each of the received at least one profile is to be installed in each electronic card of at least one device;

obtaining at least one electronic card identifier of the at least one device; and

transmitting, to the at least one device, the at least one profile corresponding to the obtained at least one electronic card identifier.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the electronic card of the at least one device is physically embedded in the at least one device.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the electronic card of the terminal is physically embedded in the terminal.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein the electronic card of the at least one device includes a universal integrated circuit card (UICC).

36. The method of claim 32, wherein the at least one profile includes network access certification information.

37. The method of claim 32, wherein each of the at least one profile corresponds to each of the at least one device.

38. The method of claim 32, wherein the at least one profile includes a common profile for the at least one device and at least one personal parameter corresponding to each of the at least one device.

39. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

decrypting the received at least one profile;

encrypting the decrypted at least one profile for the at least one device; and

transmitting the encrypted at least one profile to the at least one device corresponding to the obtained at least one electronic card identifier.

40. The method of claim 32, wherein the electronic card of the at least one device receives the at least one profile and installs the received at least one profile.

41. The method of claim 32, wherein the at least one electronic card identifier is obtained based on a connection between the terminal and the at least one device using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

42. The method of claim 32, wherein each of the received at least one profile is transmitted to each of the at least one device paired with the terminal.

43. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

pairing the terminal with the at least one device; and

transmitting, to the profile management server, a profile request for the at least one device paired with the terminal.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein the transmitting the profile request comprises:

grouping the at least one device paired with the terminal; and

transmitting, to the profile management server, a profile request for the grouped devices based on subscription information of the terminal and the grouped devices.

45. The method of claim 32, wherein the at least one device includes at least one of a wearable device and an Internet of thing (IoT) device.

46. A method performed by a profile management server, the method comprising:

receiving, by a controller of the profile management server and from a terminal, information to request at least one profile, wherein each of the requested at least one profile is to be installed in each electronic card of at least one device; and

transmitting, to the terminal, the at least one profile based on the received information.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the electronic card is physically embedded in the at least one device.

48. The method of claim 46, wherein the electronic card includes a universal integrated circuit card (UICC).

49. The method of claim 46, wherein the at least one profile includes network access certification information.

50. The method of claim 46, wherein the each of the at least one profile corresponds to each of the at least one device.

51. The method of claim 46, wherein the at least one profile includes a common profile for the at least one device and at least one personal parameter corresponding to each of the at least one device.

52. The method of claim 46, wherein the electronic card receives the at least one profile and installs the received at least one profile.

53. The method of claim 46, wherein the at least one device includes at least one of a wearable device and an Internet of thing (IoT) device.

54. A method performed by a device having an electronic card and a controller, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the controller, an identifier of the electronic card to a terminal;

receiving a profile corresponding to the identifier of the electronic card from the terminal; and

controlling the electronic card to install the received profile.

55. The method of claim 54, wherein the profile is downloaded to the terminal from a profile management server.

56. The method of claim 54, wherein the electronic card is physically embedded in the device.

57. The method of claim 54, wherein the electronic card includes a universal integrated circuit card (UICC).

58. The method of claim 54, wherein the profile includes network access certification information.

59. The method of claim 54, wherein the profile includes a common profile for a plurality of devices including the device and a personal parameter corresponding to the device.

60. The method of claim 54, wherein the identifier of the electronic card is transmitted based on a connection between the terminal and the device using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

61. The method of claim 54, wherein the profile is received when the device is paired with the terminal.

62. The method of claim 54, wherein the device includes at least one of a wearable device and an Internet of thing (IoT) device.