Method and apparatus for providing a profile

• US 11,134,105 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2019
• Issued: 09/28/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jonghan
• Primary Examiner(s): Steinle, Andrew J
• Application Number:
  US16/502,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20190324735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/42 using virtual identity modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user

Abstract

A method for downloading a profile by a terminal and the terminal for performing the same are provided. The method includes acquiring information including an access token for transmitting a profile request to a profile server, transmitting a first message including the access token and a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) information of the terminal to the profile server, receiving a second message including a verification result from the profile server, and receiving a profile package corresponding to the access token from the profile server. The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5^th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4^th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology.

Claims

1. A method performed by an operator server for providing a profile to a terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a profile server, a profile order to generate the profile;

receiving, from the profile server, a matching identifier (ID) in response to the profile order; and

providing the matching ID to a main terminal,

wherein the profile server is to provide the profile to an auxiliary terminal based on the matching ID provided to the main terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the profile server, an integrated circuit card ID (ICCID) identifying the profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary terminal includes a local profile assistant (LPA) and an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the matching ID is provided in form of text information or image information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary terminal is paired with the first main terminal by a secured communication technology.

6. A method performed by a first main terminal for providing a profile to an auxiliary terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining a matching identifier (ID) from an operator server; and

transmitting, to the auxiliary terminal, the matching ID,

wherein the matching ID is generated by a profile server in response to a profile order from the operator server to generate the profile, and

wherein the profile server is to provide the profile to the auxiliary terminal based on the matching ID.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the matching ID and an integrated circuit card ID (ICCID) identifying the profile are transmitted from the profile server to the operator server.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the auxiliary terminal includes a local profile assistant (LPA) and an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the matching ID includes text information or image information, and the obtaining of the matching ID comprises identifying the text information or scanning the imaging information.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the first main terminal is paired with the auxiliary terminal by a secured communication technology.

11. An operator server comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

transmit, to a profile server via the transceiver, a profile order to generate a profile,

receive, from the profile server via the transceiver, a matching identifier (ID) in response to the profile order, and

providing the matching ID to a main terminal,

wherein the profile server is to provide the profile to an auxiliary terminal based on the matching ID provided to the main terminal.

12. The operator server of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from the profile server via the transceiver, an integrated circuit card ID (ICCID) identifying the profile.

13. The operator server of claim 11, wherein the auxiliary terminal includes a local profile assistant (LPA) and an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

14. The operator server of claim 11, wherein the matching ID is provided in form of text information or image information.

15. The operator server of claim 11, wherein the auxiliary terminal is paired with the main terminal by a secured communication technology.

16. A main terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

obtain a matching identifier (ID) from an operator server, and

transmit, to an auxiliary terminal via the transceiver, the matching ID,

wherein the matching ID is generated by a profile server in response to a profile order from the operator server to generate a profile, and

wherein the profile server is to provide the profile to the auxiliary terminal based on the matching ID.

17. The main terminal of claim 16, wherein the matching ID and an integrated circuit card ID (ICCID) identifying the profile are transmitted from the profile server to the operator server.

18. The main terminal of claim 16, wherein the auxiliary terminal includes a local profile assistant (LPA) and an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

19. The main terminal of claim 16,

wherein the matching ID includes text information or image information, and

wherein the controller is further configured to obtain the matching ID by identifying the text information or scanning the imaging information.

20. The main terminal of claim 16, wherein the main terminal is paired with the auxiliary terminal by a secured communication technology.