Target Device and Entitlement Server Cross Platform eSIM Profile Transfer

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Raj S Chaugule of Santa Clara CA (US)

Hyewon Lee of Cupertino CA (US)

Jean-Marc Padova of San Francisco CA (US)

Li Li of Saratoga CA (US)

Rohan C Malthankar of San Jose CA (US)

Sherman X Jin of Santa Clara CA (US)

Suraj Gupta of Santa Clara CA (US)

Xiangying Yang of Cupertino CA (US)

Zexing Shi of Cupertino CA (US)

Target Device and Entitlement Server Cross Platform eSIM Profile Transfer

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250080969 titled 'Target Device and Entitlement Server Cross Platform eSIM Profile Transfer

Original Abstract Submitted

an apparatus configured to engage in an embedded subscriber identity module (esim) profile transfer process to receive at a target device, executing a first operating system (os) that implements a first protocol stack related to esim profile transfers, an esim profile from a source device executing a second os that implements a second protocol stack related to esim profile transfers to the target device, wherein the first protocol stack and the second protocol stack are different, process, based on signals received from the source device, a token for transferring the esim profile, generate, for transmission to an enablement server, a request for the esim profile, wherein the request comprises the token and process, based on signals received from the enablement server, the esim profile.