Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to support GlobalPlatform™ usage on an embedded UICC (eUICC)
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Application No.: US15384145Application Date: 2016-12-19
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Publication No.: US10015165B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Mehdi Ziat
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Downey Brand LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W12/08 ; H04W12/06 ; H04B1/3816

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a technique for managing one or more electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) on an embedded UICC (eUICC). In particular, the technique involves leveraging the GlobalPlatform™ Specification and/or other telecommunication standards to support the eSIMs on the eUICC. Each eUICC can include an Issuer Security Domain (ISD) owned by a device manufacturer and an eSIM manager that manages the plurality of eSIMs on the eUICC. Notably, binaries of one or more applications shared between different eSIMs can be standardized and stored in a manner that enables each eSIM to utilize the one or more applications (via the eSIM manager) without needing to individually store the binaries. Using this approach, the overall size and complexity of each eSIM can be reduced, which can increase the amount of available memory within the eUICC as well as the overall performance of the eUICC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170099285A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT GLOBALPLATFORM USAGE ON AN EMBEDDED UICC (eUICC) Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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