Method and apparatus for managing a profile of a terminal in a wireless communication system

• US 10,285,050 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Zaidi, Syed A
• Application Number:
  US15/096,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20160301529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 713168
• 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: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• 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 for installing a profile by an electronic apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a first server, a first message including first information on an identifier of a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the electronic apparatus;

receiving, from the first server, a second message including second information on an address of a second server and third information on an identifier of an event for the UICC;

transmitting, to the second server identified based on the second information, a third message including the third information;

receiving, from the second server, a profile for the UICC, the profile corresponding to the third information; and

installing the profile in the UICC of the electronic apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an address of the first server is preconfigured in the electronic apparatus.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the profile includes:

transmitting random information on the UICC of the electronic apparatus to the second server;

receiving signature information corresponding to the random information and a certificate of the second server from the second server;

verifying the second server based on the signature information and the certificate;

transmitting, based on the verification succeeding, encryption key generation data to the second server; and

receiving the profile encrypted with an encryption key generated based on the encryption key generation data.

4. An electronic apparatus for installing a profile in a wireless communication system, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to;

transmit, to a first server, a first message including first information on an identifier of a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the electronic apparatus,

receive, from the first server, a second message including second information on an address of a second server and third information on an identifier of an event for the UICC,

transmit, to the second server identified based on the second information, a third message including the third information,

receive, from the second server, a profile for the UICC, the profile corresponding to the third information, and

install the profile in the UICC of the electronic apparatus.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein an address of the first server is configured in the electronic apparatus.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit random information on the UICC of the electronic apparatus to the second server,

receive signature information corresponding to the random information and a certificate of the second server,

verify the second server based on the signature information and the certificate,

transmit encryption key generation data to the second server if the verification succeeds, and

receive the profile encrypted with an encryption key generated based on the encryption key generation data.

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

receiving, from a second server, a first message including information on a profile for a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of an electronic apparatus;

receiving, from the electronic apparatus, a second message including first information on an identifier of the UICC of the electronic apparatus; and

transmitting, to the electronic apparatus, a third message including second information on an address of the second server and third information on an identifier of an event for the UICC,

wherein a third message including the third information is transmitted from the electronic apparatus to the second server, the second server being identified based on the second information, and

wherein a profile for the UICC is transmitted from the second server to the electronic apparatus and installed in the UICC of the electronic apparatus, the profile corresponding to the third information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first message includes the first information on the identifier of the UICC, the second information on the address of the second server and the third information on the identifier of the event.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

registering the first information, the second information and the third information included in the first message; and

identifying the electronic apparatus based on the first information when the second message is received.

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

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to;

receive, from a second server, a first message including information on a profile for a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of an electronic apparatus,

receive, from the electronic apparatus, a second message including first information on an identifier of the UICC of the electronic apparatus, and

transmit, to the electronic apparatus, a third message including second information on an address of the second server and third information on an identifier of an event for the UICC,

wherein a third message including the third information is transmitted from the electronic apparatus to the second server, the second server being identified based on the second information, and

wherein a profile for the UICC is transmitted from the second server to the electronic apparatus and installed in the UICC of the electronic apparatus, the profile corresponding to the third information.

11. The first server of claim 10, wherein the first message includes the information on the identifier of the UICC of the electronic apparatus, the second information on the address of the second server and the third information on the identifier of the event.

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

register the first information, the second information and the third information included in the first message, and

identify the electronic apparatus based on the first information when the second message is received.