Card Control Element Patents (Class 455/558)
  • Patent number: 12108488
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are provided for virtualizing a reprogrammable universal integrated circuit chip (UICC) in a connected device's operating system. In one embodiment, an integrated cellular modem in the connected device is configured to use a simple protocol to communicate with the reprogrammable UICC. The protocol may be implemented in a way that allows cellular modem vendors to easily support such functionality and allow original equipment manufacturers to upgrade connected devices already deployed in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GigSky, Inc.
    Inventor: Ismaila Wane
  • Patent number: 12096259
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for network performance monitoring. In example embodiments, durations of normally released calls and durations of abnormally released calls are monitored during a measurement period. Based on the monitored durations of normally released calls and the monitored durations of abnormally released calls, an average value of the monitored durations of normally released call and an average value of the monitored durations of abnormally released calls are further determined. Then, the average value of the monitored durations of normally released call and the average value of the monitored durations of abnormally released calls are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Martin Kollar, Jing Ping
  • Patent number: 12096516
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide methods and apparatuses for obtaining system messages, the apparatuses including communication devices and storage media. A method for obtaining a system message includes: when a terminal includes at least two subscriber identification modules (SIMs), a predetermined system message received by the first SIM of the at least two SIMS is provided to at least one second SIM of the at least two SIMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 12082303
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and apparatus which enable a device change when two devices supporting device change methods having different versions attempt a device change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehyung Lim, Kangjin Yoon, Duckey Lee, Sujung Kang, Jonghoe Koo
  • Patent number: 12081996
    Abstract: Systems for simultaneous sharing of spectrum in wireless communications. Base Stations (BSs) of a plurality of mobile network operators in a cell may send downlink signals to their respective connected User Equipments (UEs) through a shared frequency spectrum. Further, the BSs may receive uplink signals from the UEs in the shared frequency spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
    Inventors: Giridhar K, Venkatesh C R
  • Patent number: 12052733
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support subscriber identification module (SIM) prioritization based on service priority and quality of service (QoS) parameters. A user equipment (UE) may identify a set of available RF components for communications at the UE that may be shared between a first SIM and a second SIM. The UE may identify multiple resource partitions of the set of available RF components, each resource partition providing resources for contemporaneous communications of both the first SIM and the second SIM. The UE may select one of the resource partitions for the contemporaneous communications based on service level priorities associated with each SIM and which resource partition provides sufficient RF resources to satisfy the QoS parameters associated a highest service level priority of the multiple SIMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Sridhar Bandaru
  • Patent number: 12050919
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-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, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duckey Lee, Jonghan Park, Hyewon Lee, Sujung Kang
  • Patent number: 12052799
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a first subscriber identity module (SIM) configured to correspond to a first cellular network, a second SIM configured to correspond to a second cellular network, a wireless communication circuit, and a processor configured to determine a SIM to be used for Internet data communication among the first SIM and the second SIM as the first SIM, perform a connection process for Internet data communication and internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication for a voice call with the first cellular network using first identification information about the first SIM, perform a connection process for the IMS communication with the second cellular network using second identification information about the second SIM, configure a parameter for the UE to support a narrow bandwidth for the second cellular network in UE capability information and transmit the UE capability information to the second cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwon Lee, Sanghyun Lee, Songkyu Kim, Minseok Shin, Inhye Yeom, Jungmin Oh
  • Patent number: 12022567
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to transfer user preferences for cellular wireless service associated credentials transferred from a source device to a target device. Transfer of credentials can include physically moving a physical subscriber identity module (SIM) card between devices, transfer of cellular wireless service from a first SIM card at the source device to a second SIM card at the target device, and/or transfer of cellular wireless services for one or more electronic SIMs (eSIMs) from the source device to the target device. Preferences associated with some or all of the transferred SIMs/eSIMs can be applied at the target device when certain matching criteria are satisfied. Exemplary matching criteria include matching identifiers, such as integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) values, mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN) values, and/or mappings thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anish Kumar Goyal, Li Li, Raj S. Chaugule, Vladimir M. Appel
  • Patent number: 12022430
    Abstract: A method of operating a wireless communication device (101) capable of connecting to at least one communication network (100, 100-1, 100-2, 115, 115-1, 115-2) using multiple identities (451, 452) is provided. The method includes connecting to the at least one communication network (100, 100-1, 100-2, 115, 115-1, 115-2) using a first identity (451); and connecting to the at least one communication network (100, 100-1, 100-2, 115, 115-1, 115-2) using a second identity (452); and transmitting a request (901, 902, 903) to co-schedule paging occasions (401-403) associated with the first identity (451) and with the second identity (452).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lars Nord, Anders Mellqvist
  • Patent number: 11997495
    Abstract: It is provided a method for transferring and managing data packages between a first portable secure element, SE, server implemented in a portable device (100, 200) and a second portable SE server implemented in an embedded UICC, eUICC (120, 240), comprised in a user's device (110, 230) which is local to the portable device (100, 200), the first and second portable SE severs comprising Subscription Manager, SM, functionalities, the method comprises the first and the second portable SE servers establishing off-line communication using local data transport protocols in a secured mode, the first or the second portable SE server implementing first transfer functionalities (140) for performing secure transfer of the data packages and the first or the second portable SE server implementing second transfer functionalities (140) for performing end-to-end securing of the data packages after the secure transfer of the data packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventors: Joan Carles Laina Farell, José Ignacio Honorato Garcia, David Patiño Piedra, Blanca Esther Sanchez Muñoz
  • Patent number: 11985729
    Abstract: A wireless device component testing system and process includes implementation of a SIM switcher device. The SIM switcher device configured to connect to a wireless device, a computer system, and a plurality of SIM cards. The SIM switcher device is configured support testing of the plurality of SIM cards in conjunction with the wireless device, where the wireless device component testing system is configured to implement testing for the plurality of SIM cards, the wireless device, and a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Tracfone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Outler, Miguel Jardines Batista, Mohsin Andha
  • Patent number: 11985730
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a terminal configuration method and an apparatus. When determining that a SIM card in a terminal is powered on, a wireless communications module reads SIM card information such as some or all of an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), a service provider name (SPN), or a global identifier ID (GID) in the SIM card from the SIM card. After that, the SIM card information obtained by the wireless communications module is sent to an application processor. The application processor obtains an operator parameter based on the SIM card information reported by the wireless communications module, and configures the terminal. Therefore, at a moment at which the SIM card is powered on, the wireless communications module obtains the SIM card information from the SIM card, so that a timing for the UE to obtain the IMSI is advanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinqing Jiang, Haoping Guo, Juan Wang, Fanghui Bao, Xiaojian Liu
  • Patent number: 11974126
    Abstract: A method comprises: Sending, by a first Chip Interface Device (CID), to a second CID, using a CID type protocol, a request for establishing a secure channel over a wireless protocol. Sending, by the second CID, to a Personal Computer Smart Card (PCSC), a first request for establishing a connection to the chip. Establishing, by the PCSC, a connection to the chip. Establishing, by the PCSC, a connection to the second CID. Establishing, by the second CID, a secure session with the first CID by using a session key. And sending, by the second CID, to the first CID, while using the CID type protocol, a secure CID channel establishment success that allows sending or receiving APDU(s) via the established secure channel over the wireless protocol. The second CID renders apparent to the first CID the chip as being connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Danny Tabak, Johan Josefsson
  • Patent number: 11968749
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and an electronic device for installing a subscriber profile. The method includes obtaining network operator-related information. The method also includes identifying whether download of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile is allowed based on the network operator-related information. The method further includes downloading the eSIM profile when download of the eSIM profile is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daesoo Park, Jinwoo Lee, Yongbeom Kwon
  • Patent number: 11956857
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of allocating the SIM resource, and provides a method and a system for allocating a SIM card resource, a terminal device and a storage medium, including acquiring a SIM card resource allocation request of a requesting terminal, and determining candidate SIM card resource sharing information corresponding to the SIM card resource allocation request; determining a target SIM card resource sharing information from the candidate SIM card resource sharing information, and acquiring a target terminal corresponding to the target SIM card resource sharing information; establishing a SIM card resource transmission channel between the target terminal and the requesting terminal; and allocating a SIM card resource corresponding to the target terminal to the requesting terminal through the SIM card resource transmission channel. The present application avoids the waste of SIM card resource by reallocating SIM card resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN UCLOUDLINK NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Wang, Enpeng Bai, Zhihui Gong
  • Patent number: 11937088
    Abstract: Updating a subscriber identity module, SIM, on a host device by deriving a pre-shared key by requesting a SIM identifier via communication module of the host device; receiving SIM identifier and deriving an agent identifier from SIM identifier; transmitting agent and SIM identifiers to SIM update server; receiving a random value from SIM update server and supplying it to the SIM to initiate SIM authentication procedure. In reply, receiving an authentication response from the SIM; and deriving pre-shared key from authentication response; transmitting an update request message to SIM update server, wherein the update request message comprises the agent identifier and is encrypted before transmission using the pre-shared key; receiving an update response message from the SIM update server which has update data and is encrypted using pre-shared key; and following decryption of update response message using derived pre-shared key, transmitting update data to communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SORACOM, INC.
    Inventor: Georges Olivier Comarmond
  • Patent number: 11930558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing subscription profiles to a subscriber identity module, preferably an eUICC, by means of a subscription server, preferably an SM-DP, wherein: the subscription server has knowledge of a first subscription profile, which is installed in the subscriber identity module, has a first profile file structure and first profile data stored in the first profile file structure; and at least a portion of a second profile file structure of a second subscription profile is flagged in the subscription server and the second subscription profile is sent to the subscriber identity module, the flagged portion of the second subscription profile being sent without second profile data. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding method in a subscriber identity module, a subscriber identity module, a subscription server and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH
    Inventor: Nils Nitsch
  • Patent number: 11924253
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node, for handling an outgoing call from a first user in a communications network. The network node receives a request for the outgoing call to be set up via a first persona out of multiple personas associated with the first user, which request is obtained as a voice instruction from the first user via a Digital Assistant device. The voice instruction comprises a personalized name associated with the first persona of the first user. The network node identifies among the multiple personas associated with the first user, an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) user ID corresponding to the first persona based on the personalized name received in the voice instruction. The network node sends to an IMS node in the communications network, the identified IMS user ID, and a request to initiate the outgoing call via the first persona of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ester Gonzalez De Langarica, Jose Manuel Alfonso
  • Patent number: 11924896
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio device that has first and second subscriber identity modules; radio resources; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of establishing a first communications network connection associated with the first subscriber identity module; establishing a second communications network connection associated with the second subscriber identity module; determining a communications activity on the first communications network connection; pausing or suspending activities of the second communications network connection; and blocking use of the radio resources by the second communications network connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Loc Yu, Arnold Schrider
  • Patent number: 11917580
    Abstract: A method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a paging signal in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the UE performs a registration to a plurality of networks, obtains a plurality of monitoring time points that has to check whether a paging message is received from each of the plurality of networks, when at least some of the plurality of monitoring time points overlap, transmits, to a first network, a change request of a first monitoring time point that has to check whether a first paging message is received from the first network of the plurality of networks, receives, from the first network, configuration information related to the request, and updates the first monitoring time point based on the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sungduck Chun
  • Patent number: 11915538
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable to determine a currently activatable feature on a vehicle from a plurality of features; establish negotiations between each of a plurality of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors of the vehicle and at least one mobile device; select a search strategy based on the currently activatable feature; upon selecting the search strategy, during a search iteration, determine distance data to at least one mobile device from a subset of UWB anchors, and inhibit a remainder of the UWB anchors other than the subset; perform a trilateral calculation on the distance data for the mobile device; and actuate a component of the vehicle according to the currently activatable feature based on a result of the trilateral calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Gorski, Vivekanandh Elangovan, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 11910192
    Abstract: A device identifier access method and in the field of communications technologies. The method, implemented by a terminal, includes receiving request information for accessing a first device identifier by a target application; determining first access permission used when the target application accesses the first device identifier, where the first access permission includes one of the following: prohibiting access to the first device identifier, allowing access to a real value of the first device identifier, and allowing access to a dummy value of the first device identifier; and when the first access permission is allowing access to the dummy value of the first device identifier, returning the dummy value of the first device identifier to the target application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kao Zhao, Zhen Chen
  • Patent number: 11910481
    Abstract: A method for provisioning a communication device with an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile. The method includes releasing a first eSIM profile by an eSIM management server hosting a plurality of unallocated eSIM profiles, and registering the release of the first eSIM profile by a discovery server. The method additionally includes requesting at least some of the information related to the release of the first eSIM profile from the discovery server, wherein the request includes an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the communication device, and retrieving an address of the eSIM management server by the discovery server based on the IMEI. The method further includes providing the address to a local provisioning assistant (LPA) of the communication device by the discovery server, and provisioning the communication device with the first eSIM profile from the eSIM management server by the LPA of the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Ryan P. Dreiling, Aaron Reiser, Philip Warren Uehling
  • Patent number: 11910484
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and an electronic device for installing a subscriber profile. The method includes obtaining network operator-related information. The method also includes identifying whether download of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile is allowed based on the network operator-related information. The method further includes downloading the eSIM profile when download of the eSIM profile is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daesoo Park, Jinwoo Lee, Yongbeom Kwon
  • Patent number: 11895498
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide techniques for communicating in a wireless communication system. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may receiving a security command message from a base station comprising an indication of an integrity protection algorithm and an indication of an encryption algorithm. The first security command message may trigger a radio resource control (RRC) traffic signaling protection procedure between the UE and the base station. The UE transmits a security command complete message to the base station. The security command complete message may trigger a packet data unit (PDU) session establishment procedure to establish a PDU session between the UE and the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmad Shawky Muhanna, Xin Zeng
  • Patent number: 11882517
    Abstract: An IoT service of a provider network may be used to provision edge devices with duplicate device identifiers for edge devices that use a radio communication protocol (e.g., LoRaWAN). This may allow a service provider to accept legitimate registration requests from edge devices instead of automatically rejecting them. When the IoT service receives a registration request, the service determines whether there are other devices registered with the same device ID. If so, then the service determines whether to accept or reject the request. For example, the service may determine whether the number of duplicate device IDs being used for registered devices will remain within a predefined threshold if the device is registered. If so, then the service registers the device. Otherwise, the service rejects the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rongsheng Huang, Jungtao Liu, Stefan Mathias Hutchison, Yinghua Ye
  • Patent number: 11875209
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing discovering smart card slots in a device are described herein. A server device for discovering smart card slots in a client device may be implemented with a processor subsystem; and memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to perform operations comprising: receiving, at the server device from the client device, over an established Bluetooth connection, smart card connector parameters, the client device having a plurality of smart card slots; iterating through the plurality of smart card slots; at each slot of the plurality of smart card slots, using a smart card protocol to attempt to access an application at each slot, the application pre-associated with the server device; and in response to identifying the application exists in a slot of the plurality of smart card slots, connecting with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Jan Steffl, Sylvain Jacques Prevost, Fredrik Carl Stefan Einberg, Hans-Juergen Pirch
  • Patent number: 11864101
    Abstract: A mobile transceiver having multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and a method of selection is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of operating a mobile transceiver, comprising: using a cellular transceiver in association with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card in a plurality of SIM cards to access a first wireless network; and using the cellular transceiver in association with a second SIM card in the plurality of SIM cards to access a second wireless network in response to a failure to access the first wireless network with the first SIM card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Korneluk, Sandeep Chennakeshu, Siddharth Saxena, Sergio Javier Berriz
  • Patent number: 11832150
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a call record synchronization method, a cloud platform, and a terminal. The method includes: detecting, by a first terminal, an input operation for requesting to display a call record; and after the first terminal detects the input operation, displaying, by the first terminal, a merged call record, where the merged call record is a call record obtained after merging of a call record of the first terminal and a call record of a second terminal, and the merged call record includes a device identifier of the first terminal and/or a device identifier of the second terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a user can use the merged call record to identify call answering or making statuses on a plurality of terminals, without querying a plurality of call records. This improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Li, Feng Li, Chenjian Zhao, Shaolong Wang, Wen Liu, Chunlai Feng, Xiaolin Li, Xutao Gao, Wenhua Li
  • Patent number: 11811963
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a user interface including a display panel to display a menu image and a touch panel to receive a password, a network interface to detect an external device, a functional unit to sense a motion of the mobile device and to photograph a user, and a control unit to control the user interface, the network interface, the memory, and the functional unit, to unlock the mobile device according to a user identification process of identifying an authorized user, when the mobile device is in a time condition, in response to the sensed motion, and to unlock the mobile device according to the password when the mobile device is not in the time condition, in response to the sensed motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Seungman Kim
  • Patent number: 11805397
    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for binding and dynamic provisioning of international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with cellular wireless service profiles, such as subscriber identity modules (SIMS) on physical SIM (pSIM) cards and electronic SIMs (eSIMs) on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device. When pSIMs and/or eSIMs change on the mobile wireless device, e.g., based on installation, activation, deactivation, de-installation, etc., IMEI binding logic accounts for the changes and maps IMEI values to pSIMs and/or eSIMs as required. IMEI values can be assigned based on a history of bindings between IMEI values and ICCID values of one or more eSIMS on an eUICC. A most recently used or a newly assigned IMEI value can be associated with an eSIM. Whether to assign an identical IMEI value to multiple eSIMs depends on requirements of associated cellular wireless service subscriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Vikram Bhaskara Yerrabommanahalli, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Sherman X. Jin, Clive E. Rodgers, Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman
  • Patent number: 11789718
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for providing for providing computer implemented services using managed systems are disclosed. To improve the likelihood of the computer implemented services being provided, a subscription based model may be used to manage the managed systems. The subscription based model may provide for automatic configuration of and software deployment to any number of managed systems to provide subscribed to solutions to various users. Over time, the solutions desired by users may change. The subscription based model may facilitate automatic disablement of existing solutions and deployment of new solutions to facilitate changes in solutions. To provide for continuity of solutions, the automated disablement and enablement processes may take into account data compatibility, and may proactively reformat or otherwise modify data to reduce data incompatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lucas A. Wilson, Dharmesh M. Patel
  • Patent number: 11783015
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing personal identifying information (PII). An exemplary method includes receiving, from a requestor, a request to remove PII for at least one individual from multiple service providers. In response, a computing device authenticates the requestor, determines whether a restriction on the PII or the individual applies to the request, and broadcasts the request to the service providers. The computing device receives a response to the request from each of the service providers indicating removal of the PII and compiles a reply to the request, based on each response, where the reply includes a confirmation of removal of the PII. The computing device then transmits the reply to the requestor and logs the request from the requestor and the response from each of the services providers in an audit data structure, thereby permitting compliance with PII controls to be demonstrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Donovan, Gary Adler, James Holladay
  • Patent number: 11743712
    Abstract: A method and device for registering an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) for a device and a method and device for controlling authorization of operation of a device being equipped with an eUICC. In an aspect, a method of a service node of registering an eUICC for a device is provided. The method comprises receiving information specifying ownership of the device and an identifier of the device, receiving an identifier of the eUICC and an identifier of the device, and storing the received information, wherein ownership of the device and the identifier of the eUICC being arranged in the device is registered with the service node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Beatriz Grafulla-González, Jinhua Feng, Morgan Lindqvist, Rémi Robert
  • Patent number: 11736947
    Abstract: A SIM router device is configured to access a SIM that stores a first authentication application and a second authentication application. The SIM router device includes a first input interface, a second input interface, a mapping information storage unit, and a controller. The mapping information storage unit is configured to acquire an authentication application list that lists the first authentication application and the second authentication application from the SIM, and store a mapping information in which the first input interface is associated with the first authentication application and the second input interface is associated with the second authentication application. The controller is configured to route, based on the mapping information, a first instruction received by the first input interface to the first authentication application of the SIM, and a second instruction received by the second input interface to the second authentication application of the SIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Tamura
  • Patent number: 11729622
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of processing communication service provider information by a terminal, the method including identifying a type of a secure element installed in the terminal; obtaining communication service provider information in the secure element through an application corresponding to the identified type of the secure element; and displaying the obtained communication service provider information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sujung Kang, Duckey Lee, Kangjin Yoon, Hyewon Lee, Jonghan Park
  • Patent number: 11720275
    Abstract: A file reading method includes following operations: determining, by a processor, whether a file in a SIM card is stored in a non-volatile memory; performing, by the processor, a reading process to read the file from the SIM card if the file is not stored in the non-volatile memory; and storing, by the processor, the file into the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin Cheng, Yi-Xin Huang, Xiao-Lu Ma
  • Patent number: 11716099
    Abstract: A radio frequency module and a communication device capable of reducing a mounting substrate size. The radio frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a first filter, and a second filter. The mounting substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that are on opposite sides of the mounting substrate. The first filter is provided on the first main surface and allows a first receiving signal in a first frequency band to pass through. The second filter is stacked on the first filter and allows a second receiving signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11716606
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A user equipment (UE) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangjin Yoon, Duckey Lee, Sujung Kang, Jonghoe Koo
  • Patent number: 11671132
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a module board, a transmission power amplifier, a first inductance element mounted on a first principal surface and connected to an output terminal of the transmission power amplifier, a reception low-noise amplifier, and a second inductance element mounted on a first principal surface connected to an input terminal of the reception low-noise amplifier. In a plan view of the module board, a conductive member mounted on the first principal surface is disposed between the first inductance element and the second inductance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori Uejima
  • Patent number: 11657384
    Abstract: Digital transaction apparatus including a Data Assistance Device (DAD), including a user interface that is operable to at least select data, and a DAD transmitter, a Digital Transaction Card (DTC), including a Digital Transaction Processing Unit (DTPU), and a DTC receiver, wherein the DAD and DTC are operable to transfer data from the DAD to the DTC and when subsequently using the DTC to effect a digital transaction, the DTC operates in accordance with data selected and transferred from the DAD to the DTC, wherein the DTPU is configured to enable data communication with a digital transaction device during a digital transaction, the DTPU operable to receive and execute one or more commands that emulate commands received from the digital transaction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: XARD GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 11653195
    Abstract: Conversion node apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed. According to various embodiments, a conversion node is configured to communicate with a premises security system. The premises security system includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with a first subscriber profile. The conversion node includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with a second subscriber profile. The method includes provisioning a first communication link with the premises security system, receiving the first subscriber profile via the first communication link, modifying the second subscriber profile associated with in the eSIM based at least on the received first subscriber profile, provisioning a second communication link with a cellular network based on the modified second subscriber profile, and communicating, via the provisioned second communication link, data associated with the premises security system to the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The ADT Security Corporation
    Inventor: Charbel Hayek
  • Patent number: 11645481
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for invoking a radio frequency card function are provided. The method includes: monitoring a feature input event, and obtaining feature information of a user from the feature input event obtained through monitoring; determining, based on a mapping relationship between the feature information and a radio frequency card type, a target radio frequency card type corresponding to the feature information of the user; and invoking a radio frequency card function corresponding to the target radio frequency card type. According to the method, different radio frequency card types may be distinguished based on the feature information of the user, so that the radio frequency card function corresponding to the target radio frequency card type corresponding to the feature information of the user can be invoked based on the feature information of the user. This further improves a card swiping success rate and improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Wang, Feifan Yuan
  • Patent number: 11627456
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of authenticating a user to a mobile device; downloading an activation code from a first external service; downloading a telecommunications profile associated with the user for a mobile radio network from a second external service to the mobile device; and providing a telecommunications connection between the mobile device and the mobile radio network based on the telecommunications profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Neuhaeuser
  • Patent number: 11617086
    Abstract: An approach for providing security information to a device to enable the device to secure end-to-end data communication with an end server. The security information is downloaded to a SIM of the device in response to an authentication message issued by the device. The security information is secured within the SIM so that it can only be accessed/interpreted using a first key associated with the device. The securing is performed based on identity data, identifying the device or components thereof, contained in the authentication message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Eseye Limited
    Inventor: Ian Marsden
  • Patent number: 11611650
    Abstract: While a SIM-enabled cellular device is in a disable-SIM-card-updates mode of operation during which SIM-card updates should be disabled, the SIM-enabled cellular device blocks updates of a cellular Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of the SIM-enabled cellular device. Upon determining that the SIM-enabled cellular device is no longer in the disable-SIM-card-updates mode, the SIM-card updates are no longer blocked. SIM-card updates may be blocked by blocking the following types of messages received by the SIM-enabled cellular device from a cellular network: Short Message Service (SMS) SIM, Short Message Service (SMS) SIM update, Bearer Independent Protocol (BIP) packet update, and Access Point Name (APN) packet update. The SIM-enabled cellular device may be an automotive Telematics Control Unit (TCU). The automotive TCU may enter the disable-SIM-card-updates mode due to an automotive telematics emergency call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Kraus, James A. Walby, Ankur Darji
  • Patent number: 11606685
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable storage media are provided for implementing a trusted subscription management platform. An example server device is configured to transmit, to a trusted UI client of a mobile station, information regarding a set of virtual SIM cards associated with the mobile station, and receive, from the trusted UI client of the mobile station, a request to provision a particular virtual SIM card. The server device is further configured to initiate, by an SM-SR module and via a trusted baseband client of the mobile device, a secure proxy channel between the server device and a profile manager that hosts the particular virtual SIM card, and transmit, via the secure proxy channel and to the profile manager, an instruction regarding the particular virtual SIM card. Corresponding methods and computer readable storage media are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Gigsky, Inc.
    Inventor: Ismaila Wane
  • Patent number: 11601798
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a subscription profile from an MNO to a secure element pre-provisioned with a temporary profile comprising a unique identifier, MCC and MNC, includes: —Transmitting from the MNO the unique identifier to a SM-DP; —Creating the subscription profile at the SM-DP; —Provisioning in a D-HSS server having the first MCC/MNC the unique identifier and a temporary IMSI comprising a second MCC, a second MNC; —Provisioning in the MNO the temporary IMSI and an ephemeral key; —At the first attempt of the secure element to connect to the D-HSS server, exchanging data in signaling messages for provisioning the secure element with the temporary IMSI; —At the next attempt of the secure element to connect to the MNO network with the temporary IMSI, open an APN and send from the SM-DP to the secure element the subscription profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Michel Anslot, Marc Lamberton
  • Patent number: 11601992
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first wireless communication circuit that provides a first radio access technology (RAT) associated with a long term evolution (LTE), a second wireless communication circuit that provides a second RAT associated with a new radio (NR), a subscriber identification module, a communication processor, and a memory. The electronic device obtains access technology identifier (ATI) information associated with one public land mobile network (PLMN) from the subscriber identification module and performs frequency scanning by using the first wireless communication circuit, when the ATI information indicates a next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) associated with the first RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soomin Lee, Junsuk Kim, Jihwan Kim, Kyunghoon Lee, Chungwan Hong, Hyejeong Kim, Sangho Lee