Patent ID: 11956638
Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for remote provisioning of software modules configured to be stored in a memory of an integrated circuit (IC) card and to enable operation of a subscription profile or a bundle to be enabled in a secure platform, wherein the IC card is hosted in a local equipment, and wherein the local equipment is configured to communicate with a remote provisioning server to download, enable or disable a software module, the method comprising:
performing a contactless interaction by placing a contactless subscriber device within a communication range of the local equipment, wherein the subscriber device is used to initiate a download, an enabling or a disabling of the software module;
starting a mutual authentication between the subscriber device and the IC card in the local equipment as a consequence of the contactless interaction;
sending an identifier (SID), identifying the software module, stored in the subscriber device to the IC card;
performing a checking operation at the IC card whether the SID matches a software module identifier stored in the IC card; and
selectively performing one of downloading the software module to the IC card, enabling the software module in the IC card and disabling the software module in the IC card as a result of performing the checking operation.