METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A PROFILE OF A TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20190268765A1
• Filed: 05/03/2019
• Published: 08/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Jonghan, LEE, Duckey, LEE, Sangsoo, YEOM, Taesun, LEE, Hyewon
• Granted Patent: US 10,924,923 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3273 for mutual authentication network architectures or network communication protocols for achieving mutual authentication in a packet data network H04L63/0869
• 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 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for downloading a profile of an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving profile information from a profile information transfer server, transmitting a profile request to an identified profile providing server based on the profile information, and receiving a profile installable in a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the electronic apparatus from the profile providing server, and an electronic apparatus. Further, the present disclosure may provide a profile information providing server providing the profile information to the electronic apparatus and an operation thereof, and a profile providing server providing a profile to the electronic apparatus and an operation thereof. Further, the present disclosure may provide a method for swapping a profile between apparatuses, a method for acquiring profile information using code information, a method for modifying a profile providing server, and an apparatus performing the same.

Claims

1. A method by a first server in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a second server, a first message registering an event for a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of an electronic apparatus;

receiving, from the second server, a second message acknowledging the registering;

receiving, from the electronic apparatus, a third message including an identifier of the event for the UICC; and

transmitting, to the electronic apparatus, a profile for the UICC, the profile corresponding to the identifier of the event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein first message comprises an identifier of the UICC, an address of the first server and the identifier of the event.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein information on the address of the first server is transmitted from the second server to the electronic apparatus, and

wherein the third message is received from the electronic apparatus based on the address of the first server.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, from a system associated with an operator, a fourth message including at least one of the identifier of the UICC, an address of the second server, an identifier of the profile and a matching ID, before transmitting the first message.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

transmitting, to the second server, a fifth message to delete an event registered at the second server, the fifth message including an identifier of the event to be deleted; and

receiving, from the second server, a sixth message in response to the fifth message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first server is a subscription manager data preparation plus (SM-DP+), and the second server is a subscription manager discovery service (SM-DS).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile is installed in the UICC of the electronic apparatus.

8. A first server in a wireless communication system, the first server comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

transmit, to a second server, a first message registering an event for a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of an electronic apparatus,

receive, from the second server, a second message acknowledging the registering,

receive, from the electronic apparatus, a third message including an identifier of the event for the UICC, and

transmit, to the electronic apparatus, a profile for the UICC, the profile corresponding to the identifier of the event.

9. The first server of claim 8, wherein first message comprises an identifier of the UICC, an address of the first server and the identifier of the event.

10. The first server of claim 9,

wherein information on the address of the first server is transmitted from the second server to the electronic apparatus, and

wherein the third message is received from the electronic apparatus based on the address of the first server.

11. The first server of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from a system associated with an operator, a fourth message including at least one of the identifier of the UICC, an address of the second server, an identifier of the profile and a matching ID, before transmitting the first message.

12. The first server of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, to the second server, a fifth message to delete an event registered at the second server, the fifth message including an identifier of the event to be deleted, and

receive, from the second server, a sixth message in response to the fifth message.

13. The first server of claim 8, wherein the first server is a subscription manager data preparation plus (SM-DP+), and the second server is a subscription manager discovery service (SM-DS).

14. The first server of claim 8, wherein the profile is installed in the UICC of the electronic apparatus.