Patent ID: 11956375
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of obtaining an application by a device from a subscription manager (SM) server, the method comprising:
by the device, which includes an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC):
sending, to the eUICC, device information including:
a device identifier, and
a device digital letter of approval (DLOA) including an eUICC identifier;

receiving a signed version of the device information from the eUICC;
sending the signed version of the device information to the SM server; and
receiving, responsive to the sending the signed version of the device information and after successful verification by the SM server of a linkage between the device and the eUICC, the application from the SM server to be provisioned to the eUICC or to the device,
wherein inclusion of the device identifier and the eUICC identifier in the device information allows the SM server to verify the linkage between the device and the eUICC before sending the application to the device.