Patents by Inventor AUDRA LIU

AUDRA LIU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing management capabilities for access control clients
    Patent number: 10271213
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing access control clients (e.g., electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs)). In one embodiment, secure elements (e.g., electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (eUICCs)) and management entities of secure elements are associated with credentials. Post-deployment managerial operations can be executed, by transmitting the requested operation with the appropriate credentials. For example, a device can receive secure software updates to electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs), with properly credentialed network entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Haggerty, Jerrold Von Hauck, Kevin McLaughlin, Audra Liu
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES FOR ACCESS CONTROL CLIENTS
    Publication number: 20130122864
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing access control clients (e.g., electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs)). In one embodiment, secure elements (e.g., electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (eUICCs)) and management entities of secure elements are associated with credentials. Post-deployment managerial operations can be executed, by transmitting the requested operation with the appropriate credentials. For example, a device can receive secure software updates to electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs), with properly credentialed network entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: DAVID T. HAGGERTY, JERROLD VON HAUCK, KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN, AUDRA LIU