Patent ID: 8887257

Claim:
An apparatus for distributing electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs), comprising: one or more eSIM appliances configured to encrypt a plurality of eSIMs, wherein the one or more eSIM appliances comprises hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software; one or more secure eSIM storage components configured to store the plurality of eSIMs and associated eSIM metadata, wherein the one or more secure eSIM storage components is communicably coupled to the one or more eSIM appliances, and the one or more secure eSIM storage components comprises hardware or a combination of hardware and software; one or more eSIM management entities configured to perform at least one of tracking, verification, and authorization for the plurality of eSIMs, wherein the one or more eSIM management entities comprises hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software; and one or more secure element appliances configured to protect one or more cryptographic materials associated with the plurality of eSIMs that are transmitted to one or more device secure elements, wherein the one or more secure element appliances comprises hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software, wherein the one or more eSIM appliances is further configured to: receive a request for at least one eSIM from among the plurality of eSIMs, and retrieve current state information associated with the at least one eSIM, wherein the current state information is used to determine whether to provide the at least one eSIM in response to the request.