Patent ID: 10356604

Abstract:
A notification is received from a user device indicating that an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile is deleted from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the user device, in which the eUICC has a particular eUICC identifier (ID). The profile state of the eSIM profile is transitioned from a state of in use to a state of suspended. A billing function is then notified that the eSIM profile is deleted from the eUICC of the user device and the suspended state of the eSIM profile. If the billing function determines that the eSIM profile is active for billing a subscriber for telecommunication services, the profile state of the eSIM profile is transitioned from suspended to released for reuse solely by the eUICC with the particular eUICC ID. However, if the billing function determines that the eSIM profile is inactive, the profile state of the eSIM profile is transitioned from suspended to available for use by any eUICC.