Patent ID: 9712996
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of managing profiles in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) and mobile network operators (MNOs) interworking with each other and interworking with a subscription manager (SM), the method comprising: providing, by the eUICC, at least a list of the activated profiles to an external entity, the external entity being any entity external to the eUICC; performing, by an MNO, a network authentication with a device equipped with the eUICC based on a profile selected in a list of profiles provided from the eUICC, the list of profiles including a list of the activated profiles of the eUICC; and updating, by the MNO, a management profile managing the list of profiles in the eUICC based on an activated profile, wherein the providing said at least the list comprises the eUICC providing said at least the list of the activated profiles, as management information needed for utilizing profiles, to the external entity, and also providing profile identification information and profile description information for the activated profiles, as the management information, to the external entity.