CN111142885B - eSIM equipment management method, device, equipment and storage medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application provides an eSIM device management method, an eUICC device management device, an eSIM device management device and a storage medium, wherein the eUICC device management device is used for managing an Internet of things device with an eUICC, and the eUICC device management method comprises the following steps: the eUICC in the eSIM device is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
Description
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for eSIM device management.
Background
With the continuous development of Embedded-SIM (eSIM) technology, eSIM devices are increasingly favored by users, wherein some of the eSIM devices based on GSMA sgp.22 specifications mainly use wearable devices with eUICC cards, and mainly perform device management based on an Android system and an IOS system.
Some other eSIM devices also include an internet of things device with an eUICC card, such as a camera and a locator, and because the application scenarios of the internet of things device are different and the communication protocols of the server and the eSIM are different, the current internet of things device mainly develops a local protocol assistant (Local Protocol Assistant, abbreviated as LPA) based on a main control system to develop the eSIM function thereof.
However, currently, most of the master control systems of the internet of things devices do not have the capability of developing LPA, and if LPA development is performed on the master control system without the capability of developing LPA, a lot of manpower, technology, time, funds and the like are required, which results in too high management cost for the internet of things devices with eUICC.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides an eSIM device management method, an eSIM device management device, eSIM device management equipment and a storage medium, so as to solve the technical problem that the management cost of the equipment of the Internet of things with an eUICC in the prior art is too high.
A first aspect of the present application provides an eSIM device management method for managing an internet of things device having an eUICC, including:
the eSIM middleware receives indication information sent by an application program;
and the eUICC in the eSIM equipment is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information.
Optionally, the indication information includes: an AT instruction.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware receives indication information sent by an application program, including:
the eSIM middleware receives an AT instruction sent by an eSIM management application based on an API interface.
Optionally, when the AT instruction is for profile downloading, the managing the eUICC in the eSIM device includes:
the eSIM middleware triggers a profile downloading process based on the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware sends an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware receives data identification information sent by the eUICC;
the eSIM middleware sends the data identifying information to a server.
Optionally, when the AT instruction is for profile activation, the managing the eUICC in the eSIM device includes:
the eSIM middleware triggers a profile activation process based on the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware sends an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware receives an execution result of an APDU instruction sent by the eUICC;
the eSIM middleware sends the execution result to a server.
Optionally, the sending an APDU instruction to the eUICC includes:
the eSIM middleware sends APDU instructions to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware communicates with the server based on an internet of things protocol.
A second aspect of the present application provides an eSIM device management apparatus for managing an internet of things device having an eUICC, including:
the receiving module is used for receiving the indication information sent by the application program;
and the management module is used for managing the eUICC in the eSIM equipment according to the indication information.
Optionally, the indication information includes: an AT instruction.
Optionally, the receiving module is specifically configured to:
the eSIM middleware receives an AT instruction sent by an eSIM management application based on an API interface.
Optionally, when the AT instruction is used for profile downloading, the management module is specifically configured to:
the eSIM middleware triggers a profile downloading process based on the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware sends an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware receives data identification information sent by the eUICC;
the eSIM middleware sends the data identifying information to a server.
Optionally, when the AT instruction is used for profile activation, the management module is specifically configured to:
the eSIM middleware triggers a profile activation process based on the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware sends an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware receives an execution result of an APDU instruction sent by the eUICC;
the eSIM middleware sends the execution result to a server.
Optionally, the management module is specifically configured to:
the eSIM middleware sends APDU instructions to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware communicates with the server based on an internet of things protocol.
A third aspect of the present application provides a method comprising: at least one processor and memory;
the memory stores computer-executable instructions;
the at least one processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored by the memory such that the at least one processor performs the method as described above in the first aspect and the various possible designs of the first aspect.
A fourth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method as described above in the first aspect and the various possible designs of the first aspect.
The eUICC in the eSIM equipment is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device applicable to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a flow chart of an eSIM device management method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a flow chart of an eSIM device management method according to another embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is a flow chart of another eSIM device management method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device management system according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a flow chart of an eSIM device management method according to another embodiment of the present application;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device management system according to another embodiment of the present application;
fig. 8 is a flow chart of an eSIM device management method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device management apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;
fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.
Specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in more detail. These drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosed concepts in any way, but to illustrate the concepts of the present application to those skilled in the art with reference to the specific embodiments.
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For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.
The terms referred to in this application are explained first:
and (3) middleware: middleware is independent system software or service program, and is a type of computer software connecting software components and applications, through which the application program can work in a multi-platform or OS environment, wherein eSIM middleware is a component on a terminal (eSIM device) for implementing eSIM functions.
AT instruction: the AT command is a command applied to connection and communication between the terminal device and the PC application.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. In the following description of the embodiments, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.
The method for managing the eSIM device provided by the embodiment of the present application is used for managing the internet of things device with the eUICC, and is suitable for developing the eSIM function of the internet of things device without a screen and without an unattended operation, as shown in fig. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of the eSIM device of the embodiment of the present application, and the eSIM device may include the eUICC and an eSIM middleware of the eUICC. Specifically, an eSIM middleware in the eSIM equipment receives indication information sent by an application program, manages the eUICC in the eSIM equipment based on the indication information, and a server with different communication protocols communicates with the eUICC in the eSIM equipment based on the middleware, so that the management of the eSIM equipment is realized.
However, in the prior art, the system of the internet of things device is diversified, such as a robot operating system ROS (Robot Operating System, abbreviated as ROS), a Linux system, a real-time operating system (RealTime Operating System, abbreviated as RTOS), a HelloX system, an AliOS system, etc., if the eSIM function of the internet of things device is to be developed, the local protocol assistant LPA needs to be developed based on the master control system, but the current master control system does not have the capability of developing the local protocol assistant LPA, so that a lot of costs such as manpower, technology, time and funds are required, which results in too high management cost for the internet of things device with eUICC.
Therefore, the method, the device, the equipment and the storage medium for managing the eSIM equipment provided by the embodiment of the application propose to realize the eSIM middleware in the communication module of the equipment of the Internet of things, and the eSIM middleware is decoupled with the main control system of the equipment of the Internet of things, so that the technical problem that the development and management cost of the equipment of the Internet of things with the eUICC is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of the eSIM function developed by the equipment of the Internet of things is saved.
The following embodiments may be combined with each other, and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be described in detail in some embodiments. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example 1
The embodiment provides an eSIM device management method, which is used for developing eSIM functions of Internet of things devices. The execution body of the embodiment is an eSIM middleware arranged in an internet of things device with an eUICC.
As shown in fig. 2, a flow chart of an eSIM device management method provided in this embodiment is shown, where the method includes:
in step 101, the esim middleware receives the indication information sent from the application program.
Alternatively, the indication information may be an AT instruction.
The application program refers to an eSIM management application in an eSIM device.
Specifically, the communication module in the eSIM device includes an eSIM middleware, the communication module is a core component of the eSIM device accessing to the internet of things, and an eSIM management application in the eSIM device sends an AT instruction (i.e., indication information) to the eSIM middleware.
Illustratively, the AT instruction set sent by the eSIM management application to the eSIM middleware essentially comprises:
the AT instruction set is characterized in that the value in double quotation marks in the instruction is a fixed value, the value in an angle bracket is a variable parameter, and the parameter types of the variable parameter are character string types. The profile downloading is an asynchronous instruction, the rest is a synchronous instruction, and in the process of executing the profile downloading instruction, an EDI obtaining instruction and a profile deleting instruction can be sent, and the rest instructions can not be sent, otherwise, the downloading failure can be caused.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware receives an AT instruction sent by the eSIM management application, specifically based on an API interface.
Specifically, an API interface of the eSIM middleware is configured, and the eSIM middleware receives an AT instruction sent by an eSIM management application in an eSIM device based on the API interface.
The API interface of the eSIM middleware provided in this embodiment mainly includes:
and 102, managing the eUICC in the eSIM equipment by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information.
The eUICC is an embedded SIM card, and the eUICC can replace an operator based on Over the Air technology (OTA for short), and compared with a traditional plug-in SIM card, the eUICC has the functions of water resistance, dust resistance, vibration resistance and the like, and the existing patch type SIM card does not have the function of replacing the operator by the OTA.
Specifically, a communication module in the eUICC is integrated with the eUICC, after an AT instruction is sent by the eSIM management application is received in the middle of the eSIM in the communication module, the eUICC is locally managed according to the indication information corresponding to the received AT instruction, and the operations of profile downloading, activating, deleting and the like are mainly included, wherein the communication module is integrated with the eUICC, so that the eSIM function can be conveniently developed by the small eSIM equipment, and the difficulty in developing the eSIM function by the eSIM equipment is further reduced.
According to the eUICC device management method, the eUICC device is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
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As shown in fig. 3, as an implementation manner, in the first embodiment, optionally, when an AT instruction is used for profile downloading, step 102 specifically includes:
in step 1021, the esim middleware triggers a profile download process based on the AT instruction.
In step 1022, the esim middleware sends an APDU command to the eUICC according to the AT command.
In step 1023, the esim middleware receives the data identification information sent by the eUICC.
In step 1024, the esim middleware sends the data identification information to the server.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware sends APDU instructions to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol.
Optionally, the middleware communicates with the server based on an internet of things protocol.
Specifically, when an AT instruction for profile downloading is sent to an eSIM middleware by an eSIM management application in an eSIM device, the AT instruction triggers the eSIM middleware to initiate a profile downloading process, the eSIM middleware sends a corresponding APDU instruction to an eUICC based on a 7816 protocol according to a profile downloading command indicated by the AT instruction, the eUICC sends identification information of a profile to be downloaded to the eSIM middleware according to the received APDU instruction, and the eSIM middleware sends the identification information to a server based on an internet of things protocol, so that the profile to be downloaded is obtained.
The server may be a dp+ server, i.e. a carrier cloud server.
Based on the eSIM middleware, the eUICC can receive indication information sent by the eSIM management application in the eSIM equipment, wherein the eUICC is communicated based on 7816 protocol, the server is communicated based on the Internet of things protocol, the eSIM middleware realizes conversion of the communication protocol, and further the eUICC and the server can communicate, so that operations such as profile downloading, installation notification sending and the like are realized.
As shown in fig. 4, as another implementation manner, as a flowchart of another eSIM device management method provided in this embodiment, optionally, when an AT instruction is used for profile downloading, step 102 specifically includes:
in step 1025, the esim middleware triggers a profile activation process based on the AT instruction.
In step 1026, the esim middleware sends an APDU command to the eUICC according to the AT command.
In step 1027, the esim middleware receives an execution result of the APDU command sent by the eUICC.
In step 1028, the esim middleware sends the execution result to the server.
When an AT instruction for profile activation is sent to an eSIM middleware by an eSIM management application in an eSIM device, the AT instruction triggers the eSIM middleware to initiate a profile activation process, the eSIM middleware sends a corresponding APDU instruction to an eUICC based on a 7816 protocol according to the profile activation command indicated by the AT instruction, the eUICC executes the APDU instruction according to the received APDU instruction, namely performs the profile activation operation, and feeds back an execution result of the APDU instruction to the eSIM middleware, and the eSIM middleware sends the received execution result to a server based on an internet of things protocol and feeds back the execution result to the eSIM management application.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware may further trigger a process such as profile deletion based on the AT instruction, so as to implement various eSIM device management operations, which is not limited in this embodiment.
As shown in fig. 5, a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device management system provided in this embodiment, where the eSIM device management system shown in fig. 5 mainly includes an eSIM device and a server, where the eSIM device includes a main control system and a communication module, the main control system includes an eSIM User Interface (UI), the eSIM user interface includes an eSIM management application, and the communication module includes an eSIM middleware and an eUICC.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, each of the possible embodiments may be implemented separately, or may be implemented in any combination without conflict, which is not limited to the implementation of the present application.
According to the eUICC device management method, the eUICC device is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
Example III
As shown in fig. 6, the method for managing an eSIM device according to the present embodiment is a schematic flow chart of the method for managing an eSIM device according to the present embodiment, and the flow shown in fig. 6 may be a specific implementation manner of the flow shown in fig. 1.
When the eSIM remote management application in the eSIM device sends a profile downloading command to the eSIM device management platform, the eSIM device management platform forwards the received profile downloading command to the eSIM middleware, the eSIM middleware sends a corresponding APDU command to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol after receiving the profile downloading command, the eUICC sends identification information of the profile to be downloaded to the eSIM middleware based on the received APDU command, and the eSIM middleware sends the identification information to the server based on the internet of things protocol, so that the profile to be downloaded is obtained.
According to the eUICC device management method, the eSIM remote management application in the eSIM device sends the indication information to the eSIM device management platform, the eSIM device management platform forwards the received indication information to the eUICC middleware, and the eUICC middleware sends the received instruction information to the eUICC to manage the eUICC in the eSIM device.
Example IV
The method for managing an eSIM device provided in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, is a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device management system provided in this embodiment, and the eSIM device management system shown in fig. 7 mainly includes an eSIM device, a server, an eSIM remote management application, and an eSIM device management platform, where the eSIM device includes a main control system and a communication module, the communication module includes an eSIM middleware and an eUICC, the eSIM remote management application and the eSIM device management platform communicate based on WiFi, cellular, and the eSIM device management platform also communicates with the eSIM middleware based on WiFi, cellular, and the like.
The eSIM equipment management platform is used for managing the eSIM equipment, and can query the state, the position and other information of the eSIM equipment based on the eSIM management platform. The eSIM remote management application sends indication information to the eSIM middleware based on the eSIM device management platform.
The eSIM device provided in this embodiment may be attended or unattended. If the eSIM device is a manned internet of things device, as shown in fig. 5, based on a user interface of the eSIM device, the eSIM device management application sends an AT instruction to the eSIM middleware. If the eSIM device is an unattended internet of things device, as shown in fig. 7, an AT instruction is sent to an eSIM middleware based on an eSIM remote management application and an eSIM device remote management platform.
As shown in fig. 8, a flow chart of the eSIM device management method provided in this embodiment, where the flow chart shown in fig. 8 may be another specific implementation manner of the flow chart shown in fig. 1.
The method may be implemented based on, among other things, an eSIM device management system as shown in fig. 7.
When the eSIM remote management application in the eSIM device sends a profile activation command to the eSIM device management platform, the eSIM device management platform forwards the received profile activation command to the eSIM middleware, the eSIM middleware sends a corresponding APDU command to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol after receiving the profile activation command, the eUICC executes the APDU command according to the received APDU command, namely performs the profile activation operation, and feeds back an execution result of the APDU command to the eSIM middleware, and the eSIM middleware sends the received execution result to the server based on the internet of things protocol, feeds back the execution result to the eSIM device management platform, and forwards the execution result to the eSIM remote management application.
Optionally, the eSIM remote management application in the eSIM device may further send a profile delete command to the eSIM middleware to implement various eSIM device management operations, which is not limited in this embodiment.
According to the eUICC device management method, the eSIM remote management application in the eSIM device sends the indication information to the eSIM device management platform, the eSIM device management platform forwards the received indication information to the eUICC middleware, and the eUICC middleware sends the received instruction information to the eUICC to manage the eUICC in the eSIM device.
Example five
The present embodiment provides an eSIM device management apparatus for executing the method of the first embodiment.
As shown in fig. 9, a schematic structural diagram of an eSIM device management apparatus according to this embodiment is provided. The management device 50 includes: a receiving module 51 and a management module 52.
The receiving module is used for receiving the indication information sent by the first application program; and the management module is used for managing the eUICC in the eSIM equipment according to the indication information.
The specific manner in which the individual modules perform the operations of the apparatus of this embodiment has been described in detail in connection with embodiments of the method and will not be described in detail herein.
The eUICC in the eSIM device is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
Example six
The present embodiment further provides a supplementary explanation for the device provided in the fifth embodiment.
As an implementation manner, on the basis of the fifth embodiment, optionally, the indication information may be an AT instruction.
Optionally, the receiving module is specifically configured to, based on the API interface, receive an AT instruction sent by the eSIM management application by using the eSIM middleware.
Optionally, when the AT instruction is used for profile downloading, the management module is specifically configured to:
triggering a profile downloading process based on the AT instruction;
according to the AT instruction, sending an APDU instruction to the eUICC;
receiving data identification information sent by the eUICC;
and sending the data identification information to the server.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware sends APDU instructions to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol.
Optionally, the middleware communicates with the server based on an internet of things protocol.
As another implementation manner, on the basis of the fifth embodiment, optionally, when the AT instruction is used for profile downloading, the management module is specifically configured to:
triggering a profile downloading process based on the AT instruction;
according to the AT instruction, sending an APDU instruction to the eUICC;
receiving data identification information sent by the eUICC;
and sending the data identification information to the server.
Optionally, the eSIM middleware may further trigger a process such as profile deletion based on the AT instruction, so as to implement various eSIM device management operations, which is not limited in this embodiment.
The specific manner in which the individual modules perform the operations of the apparatus of this embodiment has been described in detail in connection with embodiments of the method and will not be described in detail herein.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, each of the possible embodiments may be implemented separately, or may be implemented in any combination without conflict, which is not limited to the implementation of the present application.
The eUICC in the eSIM device is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
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The embodiment provides an electronic device for executing the method provided in the above embodiment.
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to the present embodiment. The electronic device 70 includes: at least one processor 71 and a memory 72;
the memory stores computer-executable instructions; at least one processor executes computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, causing the at least one processor to perform the method as provided in any one of the embodiments above.
According to the electronic device of the embodiment, the eUICC in the eUICC device is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information, wherein the indication information is sent by the application program and received by the eSIM middleware. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
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The present embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement a method as provided in any of the embodiments above.
According to the computer readable storage medium of the embodiment, the indication information sent by the application program is received through the eSIM middleware, and the eUICC in the eSIM equipment is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information. Therefore, the eUICC-based management method is used for managing the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment, local protocol assistant LPA does not need to be developed based on a main control system, the technical problem that the eUICC-based Internet of things equipment management cost is too high in the prior art is solved, and the development cost of eUICC function development of the Internet of things equipment is effectively saved.
In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.
The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.
In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.
The integrated units implemented in the form of software functional units described above may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of the functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be performed by different functional modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the functions described above. The specific working process of the above-described device may refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein again.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.
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1. An eSIM device management method for managing an internet of things device having an eUICC, comprising:
the eSIM middleware receives indication information sent by an application program; the eSIM middleware is decoupled from an Internet of things equipment main control system;
the eUICC in the eSIM equipment is managed by the eSIM middleware according to the indication information;
the indication information comprises: an AT instruction; if the eSIM device is an unattended Internet of things device, an AT instruction is sent to an eSIM middleware based on an eSIM remote management application and an eSIM device remote management platform;
when the AT instruction is for profile download, the managing the eUICC in the eSIM device includes:
the eSIM middleware triggers a profile downloading process based on the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware sends an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware receives data identification information sent by the eUICC;
the eSIM middleware sends the data identification information to a server;
when the AT instruction is for profile activation, the managing the eUICC in the eSIM device includes:
the eSIM middleware triggers a profile activation process based on the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware sends an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
the eSIM middleware receives an execution result of an APDU instruction sent by the eUICC;
the eSIM middleware sends the execution result to a server.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the eSIM middleware receives indication information sent by an application, comprising:
the eSIM middleware receives an AT instruction sent by an eSIM management application based on an API interface.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending an APDU command to the eUICC comprises:
the eSIM middleware sends APDU instructions to the eUICC based on 7816 protocol.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the eSIM middleware communicates with the server based on an internet of things protocol.
5. An eSIM middleware for managing an internet of things device having an eUICC, comprising:
the receiving module is used for receiving the indication information sent by the application program; the eSIM middleware is decoupled from an Internet of things equipment main control system;
the management module is used for managing the eUICC in the eSIM equipment according to the indication information; the indication information comprises: an AT instruction; if the eSIM device is an unattended Internet of things device, an AT instruction is sent to an eSIM middleware based on an eSIM remote management application and an eSIM device remote management platform;
when the AT instruction is used for profile downloading, the management module is specifically configured to:
triggering a profile downloading process based on the AT instruction;
according to the AT instruction, sending an APDU instruction to the eUICC;
receiving data identification information sent by the eUICC;
transmitting the data identification information to a server;
when the AT instruction is used for profile activation, the management module is specifically configured to:
triggering a profile activation process based on the AT instruction;
sending an APDU instruction to the eUICC according to the AT instruction;
receiving an execution result of an APDU instruction sent by the eUICC;
and sending the execution result to a server.
6. An electronic device, comprising: at least one processor and memory;
the memory stores computer-executable instructions;
the at least one processor executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory causes the at least one processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 4.
7. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor implement the method of any of claims 1 to 4.
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