US 11,706,609 B2
Cellular wireless service preferences transfer
Anish Kumar Goyal, Milpitas, CA (US); Li Li, Los Altos, CA (US); Raj S. Chaugule, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Vladimir M. Appel, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,464.
Application 17/806,464 is a continuation of application No. 16/926,625, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,363,449.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,683, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377531 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/205 (2013.01) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. An apparatus configured for operation in a target device, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the target device to:
initiate transfer of cellular wireless service preferences, from a source device to the target device, for an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) of the target device;
determine whether a value for the eSIM of the target device matches to a corresponding value of a corresponding eSIM of the source device; and
when the value matches, apply a set of preferences for the corresponding eSIM of the source device to the eSIM of the target device,
wherein matching is based at least in part on:
a mapping of a first integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value of the eSIM of the source device to a second ICCID value of the eSIM of the target device; and
an activation state for each of the eSIM of the target device and the eSIM of the source device, wherein the activation state includes an active/on state or an inactive/off state.