DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160330608A1
• Filed: 01/09/2015
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BENN, Howard Peter
• Granted Patent: US 10,075,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A device is disclosed. The device includes a communication unit configured to transmit a subscription request to a primary subscriber device and receive a provisioning profile in response to the subscription request and a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) configured to be provisioned based on the received provisioning profile.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit a subscription request to a primary subscriber device and receive a provisioning profile in response to the subscription request; and

a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) configured to be provisioned based on the received provisioning profile.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive the provisioning profile from the subscription manager.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive the provisioning profile from the subscription manager through the primary subscriber device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive the provisioning profile in an encrypted form from the primary subscriber device.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a processor configured to set an operational profile, at least partially based on the received provisioning profile.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the subscription request comprises at least one of an identifier of the device and an identifier of the UICC.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit is paired with the primary subscriber device and is configured to transmit the primary subscriber device, at least partially based on the pairing.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the provisioning profile comprises a mobile network operator that is allocated differently from a mobile network operator for the primary subscriber device.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the provisioning profile comprises a plurality of selectable mobile network operators.

10. A device comprising:

a signal processor; and

a communication unit configured to establish a connection with a mobile network operator, notify a secondary device of the established connection, and receive a subscription request from the secondary device in response to the notification.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the signal processor is configured to function as a relay device between the secondary device and the mobile network operator.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the communication unit is further configured to receive a provisioning profile for the secondary device from a subscription manager and transfer the provisioning profile to the secondary device.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the provisioning profile comprises a mobile network operator that is allocated differently from the mobile network operator.

14. An operation method of a device, the operation method comprising:

transmitting a subscription request to a primary subscriber device;

receiving a provisioning profile in response to the subscription request; and

provisioning a universal integrated circuit card (UICC), based on the received provisioning profile.

15. The operation method of claim 14, wherein the receiving of the provisioning profile comprises directly receiving the provisioning profile from a subscriber manager or receiving the provisioning profile from the subscriber manager through the primary subscriber device.

16. The operation method of claim 15, further comprising:

establishing a connection with the primary subscriber device.

17. The operation method of claim 15, further comprising:

setting an operational profile, at least partially based on the provisioning profile.

18. The operation method of claim 15, wherein the subscription request comprises at least one of an identifier of the device and an identifier of the UICC.

19. The operation method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a notification, indicating a connection established between the primary subscriber device and a mobile network operator, from the primary subscriber device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing the operation method of claim 14.