Patent ID: 11910481
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method for provisioning a communication device with an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile, the method comprising:
storing an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the communication device in an inventory database associated with a communication service provider;
releasing a first eSIM profile by an eSIM management server hosting a plurality of unallocated eSIM profiles;
registering the release of the first eSIM profile by a discovery server such that the discovery server correlates information related to the release of the first eSIM profile with the IMEI of the communication device stored in the inventory database;
requesting at least some of the information related to the release of the first eSIM profile from the discovery server, wherein the request comprises the IMEI of the communication device;
providing the at least some of the information to a local provisioning assistant (LPA) of the communication device by the discovery server in response to identifying the IMEI associated with the communication device; and
provisioning the communication device with the first eSIM profile from the eSIM management server by the LPA of the communication device to allow the communication device to access a network associated with the communication service provider.