METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PROFILE FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20170156051A1
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Duc-Key, Lee, Sang-Soo, Lee, Hye-Jin, Park, Jong-Han
• Granted Patent: US 10,484,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/037 of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and device for efficiently transmitting and receiving a profile for providing a communication service in a mobile communication system. A method for supporting remote reception of a profile in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a second message including a first message for downloading the profile from a server managing the profile; and transferring the second message including the first message to a plurality of UICCs on the basis of the second message, wherein the plurality of UICCs includes at least one eUICC.

Claims

1. A method of supporting remote reception of a profile in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a second message including a first message for downloading the profile from a server for managing the profile; and

transferring the second message including the first message to a plurality of Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC)s based on the second message,

wherein the plurality of UICCs include at least one embedded UICC (eUICC).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring of the second message comprises transferring, by a first terminal having received the second message from the server, the second message to a second terminal connected to the first terminal through a predetermined communication scheme.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a UICC for decrypting the first message among the plurality of UICCs is an eUICC installed in or connected to the second terminal, and the eUICC having an encryption key for decrypting the first message decrypts the first message and downloads the profile.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message, and the transferring of the second message comprises:

determining whether header information of the SMS message includes a first value indicating a data download and a second value indicating a particular terminal category; and

transferring the second message when the header information includes the first value and the second value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message uses an Over-The-Air message.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are connected through Bluetooth pairing.

7. A terminal for supporting remote reception of a profile in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data through a wireless network; and

a controller configured to receive a second message including a first message for downloading the profile from a server for managing the profile and to transfer the second message including the first message to a plurality of Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) based on the second message,

wherein the plurality of UICCs include at least one embedded UICC (eUICC).

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to make a control to transfer the second message to another terminal connected to the terminal through a predetermined communication scheme.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein a UICC for decrypting the first message among the plurality of UICCs is an eUICC installed in or connected to the other terminal, and the eUICC having an encryption key for decrypting the first message decrypts the first message and downloads the profile.

10. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the second message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message, and the controller determines whether header information of the SMS message includes a first value indicating a data download and a second value indicating a particular terminal category, and transfers the second message when the header information includes the first value and the second value.

11. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the first message uses an Over-The-Air message.

12. The terminal of claim 8, wherein a first terminal and a second terminal are connected through Bluetooth pairing.

13. A method of supporting remote reception of a profile in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a request for opening a communication service from a terminal using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC); and

transmitting communication service information for remote reception of the profile to the terminal in response to the request for opening the communication service.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a message for the request for opening the communication service includes at least one piece of identification information of the eUICC and identification information of a mobile network operator related to the profile.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein a message for the request for opening the communication service further includes at least one of IP information of the terminal, location information, information related to a manufacturer of the eUICC, information related to a manufacturer of the terminal, and some or all of phone number information of the terminal.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the communication service information includes at least one of information on a mobile network operator related to the profile, information on a server from which the terminal is able to download the profile, and information on a phone number allocated to the terminal.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting mapping information between identification information of the eUICC and identification information of the profile to a server for providing the profile in response to the request for opening the communication service.

18. A server for controlling remote reception of a profile in a wireless communication system, the server comprising:

a communication interface for data communication with at least one network entity; and

a controller configured to make a control to receive a request for opening a communication service from a terminal using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) and to transmit communication service information for remote reception of the profile to the terminal in response to the request for opening the communication service.

19. The server of claim 18, wherein a message for the request for opening the communication service includes at least one piece of identification information of the eUICC of the terminal and identification information of a mobile network operator related to the profile.

20. The server of claim 18, wherein a message for the request for opening the communication service further includes at least one of IP information of the terminal, location information, information related to a manufacturer of the eUICC, information related to a manufacturer of the terminal, and some or all of phone number information of the terminal.

21. The server of claim 18, wherein the communication service information includes at least one of information on a mobile network operator related to the profile, information on a server from which the terminal can download the profile, and information on a phone number allocated to the terminal.

22. The server of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to make a control to transmit mapping information between identification information of the eUICC and identification information of the profile to a server for providing the profile in response to the request for opening the communication service.

23. A method of applying a profile by a terminal using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

searching for at least one mobile network operator for providing a communication service;

displaying a list of found mobile network operators; and

applying a profile selected using the list among at least one profile installed in the eUICC.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the displaying of the list comprises displaying at least one of whether the found mobile network operator supports roaming, whether a home network is supported, and whether a profile is activated.

25. A terminal using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data through a wireless network;

a display unit; and

a controller configured to search for at least one mobile network operator for providing a communication service, to display a list of found mobile network operators on the display unit, and to make a control to apply a profile selected using the list among at least one profile installed in the eUICC.

26. The terminal of claim 25, wherein the controller further makes a control to display at least one of whether the found mobile network operator supports roaming, whether a home network is supported, and whether a profile is activated.

27. A method of applying a profile by a terminal using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

searching for at least one mobile network operator for providing a communication service; and

applying a selected profile according to preferences of the terminal among at least one profile of a found mobile network operator,

wherein the eUICC includes at least one profile provided from the at least one mobile network operator.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the preferences of the terminal includes at least one of whether roaming is preferred and whether a home network is preferred.

29. The method of claim 27, further comprising, when the selected profile is not installed in the eUICC, receiving the selected profile from a server of a corresponding mobile network operator.

30. A terminal using an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data through a wireless network; and

a controller configured to search for at least one mobile network operator for providing a communication service and to make a control to apply a selected profile according to preferences of the terminal among at least one profile of a found mobile network operator,

wherein the eUICC includes at least one profile provided from the at least one mobile network operator.

31. The terminal of claim 30, wherein the preferences of the terminal includes at least one of whether roaming is preferred and whether a home network is preferred.

32. The terminal of claim 30, wherein, when the selected profile is not installed in the eUICC, the controller further makes a control to receive the selected profile from a server of a corresponding mobile network operator.