Patent ID: 11930558
Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A method for managing subscription profiles in a subscriber identity module,
wherein at least one first subscription profile is installed in the subscriber identity module and
wherein the first installed subscription profile comprises a first profile file structure and first profile data stored in the file structure,
wherein the following method steps run in the subscriber identity module:
receiving a second subscription profile including at least partially marked second profile data structure from a subscription server while indicating first profile data of the first subscription profile, which are to be copied and to be stored as second profile data in the second profile file structure of the second subscription profile,
wherein the marked part of the second profile data structure of the second subscription profile has been transmitted from the subscription server without second profile data;
copying the indicated first profile data of the first subscription profile;
storing the copied indicated first profile data into the marked part of the second profile file structure of the second subscription profile to complete the second subscription profile,
wherein the second subscription profile is set up.