Patent ID: 11943624
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method for electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) transfer eligibility checking by a target device, the method comprising:
by the target device:
receiving, from a source device, a request for eSIM transfer eligibility checking during an authentication procedure with the source device;
providing, to a network server, trust configuration information of an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) of the target device;
receiving, from the network server, the trust configuration information of the eUICC of the target device and a network server generated signature;
providing, to the source device, the trust configuration information of the eUICC of the target device and the network server generated signature; and
upon successful authentication of eSIM transfer eligibility by the source device based on the network server generated signature, performing an eSIM transfer of one or more eSIMs from an eUICC of the source device to the eUICC of the target device.