CN108781358B

CN108781358B - Method for managing subscription information set in eUICC and related equipment

Info

Publication number: CN108781358B
Application number: CN201780015306.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 衣强; 龙水平; 高林毅; 程紫尧
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-03-30
Filing date: 2017-01-14
Publication date: 2021-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-01-14
Also published as: CN108781358A; WO2017166906A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an eUICC and related equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, wherein the registration information comprises an address of the SM-DP server, and is used for registering a remote management event of the SM-DP server for a subscription information set in an eUICC; judging whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information or not; if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, sending a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event. By implementing the embodiment of the invention, the resources of operators can be saved.

Description

Method for managing subscription information set in eUICC and related equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and a related device for managing a subscription information set in an eUICC.

Background

An embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC), also called an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM), is a secure element that enables a communications carrier to remotely manage a subscription information set (profile uicc) on an eUICC.

Generally, when a communication operator needs to remotely manage the profile on the eUICC (for example, activate the profile, deactivate the profile, delete the profile), a Subscription management-Data provisioning (SM-DP) server in a communication carrier sends registration information carrying a server address of the SM-DP server to a Subscription management-Discovery Service (SM-DS) server associated with the profile, and after a Local Discovery Service (LDS) acquires the server address of the SM-DP server, sending the address information of the SM-DP server to the terminal where the eUICC is located or sending the address information to the eUICC through the terminal, wherein the terminal or the eUICC acquires a remote management request from the SM-DP server, and then the eUICC is enabled to execute the remote management request sent by the SM-DP server.

However, the user can set an option of turning on the remote management or an option of turning off the remote management in the user terminal (such as a smart phone) embedded with the eUICC according to the needs of the user. If the user closes the remote management option, the eUICC cannot perform the remote management operation of the operator, and the SM-DP server does not know that the eUICC cannot perform the remote management operation and waits for the eUICC to perform the remote management operation all the time, so that the operator subsequently and continuously tries to register the address of the SM-DP server again to wait for obtaining the response of the eUICC, and the resource of the operator is wasted.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an eUICC and related equipment, which can save resources of operators.

The first aspect of the embodiment of the invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), which comprises the following steps:

receiving registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server, and the registration information is used for registering a remote management event of the SM-DP server for a subscription information set in an eUICC;

judging whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information or not;

if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, sending a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event.

When the user terminal is in a power-off state or a remote management option on the user terminal is in a power-off state, the user terminal cannot receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server. When the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, if the SM-DS server judges that the user terminal where the eUICC is located cannot receive the registration information, the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event. Thus, the SM-DP server can execute other tasks without waiting for the response of the eUICC, thereby saving the resources of the operator.

With reference to the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention,

the judging whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information comprises:

acquiring a polling period, wherein the polling period is the interval duration of the polling message sent by the user terminal to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server;

judging whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period;

if not, determining that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

Wherein, whether the user terminal can receive the registration information can be determined by judging whether the polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining a polling cycle includes:

acquiring a polling period from a polling message sent by the user terminal to the SM-DS server; or the like, or, alternatively,

and acquiring a polling period from the registration information.

The polling period may be carried in the polling message, or carried in the registration information.

With reference to the first aspect of the present embodiment, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

judging whether eUICC information is stored in a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server or not, wherein the eUICC information at least comprises an eUICC identification; and if not, determining that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

The method can determine whether the user terminal can receive the registration information by judging whether the eUICC information is stored.

With reference to the first aspect of the present embodiment, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

judging whether information for indicating to stop sending the polling message is stored in the SM-DS server; and if so, determining that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

Wherein it may be determined whether the user terminal can receive the registration information by determining whether information for instructing to stop transmitting the polling message is stored.

With reference to any one of the first aspect to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, after receiving registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, address information of the SM-DP server is stored;

if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, deleting the stored address information of the SM-DP server;

the sending of a notification message to the SM-DP server, the notification message further used for indicating that the address information of the SM-DP server is deleted.

After receiving the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the address information of the SM-DP server can be stored, and further, whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information is judged; and if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, sending a notification message to the SM-DP server, and deleting the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event, and in addition, the notification message is also used for indicating that the address information of the SM-DP server is deleted.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further includes:

receiving a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message is used for indicating to stop sending the polling message;

and if the SM-DS server stores the eUICC information, deleting the eUICC information according to the first message.

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further includes:

and saving the information for indicating the stop of sending the polling message.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner or the seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the first message includes reason information, where the reason information is used to indicate that a user closes a remote management operation option on the user terminal, and the notification message is sent to the SM-DP server, where the notification message includes the reason information.

With reference to the first aspect of the present embodiment, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

judging whether information for indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on a user terminal is stored in a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server;

and if so, determining that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

Wherein, whether the user terminal can receive the registration information can be determined by judging whether the SM-DS server stores information for indicating that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

With reference to the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further includes:

receiving a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user to close a remote management operation option on the user terminal;

and saving the first indication information.

With reference to the sixth, seventh, or tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in an eleventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the first message sent by the user terminal, the method further includes:

receiving a polling message sent by the user terminal, wherein the polling message is used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set;

and if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, the unsent registration information is sent to the user terminal, and the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server.

With reference to the sixth, seventh, or tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a twelfth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the first message is a polling message, the polling message is further used to acquire registration information stored in the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set.

With reference to the sixth, seventh, or tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a thirteenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the first message sent by the user terminal, the method further includes:

if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, sending second indication information to the SM-DP server, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC.

With reference to the first aspect of the present embodiment, in a fourteenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, the registration information further includes an eUICC identifier, and the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

judging whether a push password corresponding to the eUICC identification is stored or not;

Whether the user terminal can receive the registration information can be determined by judging whether a push password corresponding to the eUICC identification is stored.

With reference to the first aspect of the present embodiment, in a fifteenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present embodiment, the registration information further includes a subscription information set identifier on the eUICC, and the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

judging whether a push password corresponding to the signing information set identifier is stored;

The method can determine whether the user terminal can receive the registration information by judging whether the push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier is stored.

With reference to the fourteenth or fifteenth possible implementation manners of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a sixteenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further includes:

receiving a second message; deleting the stored signing information set identification according to the second message; or the like, or, alternatively,

receiving a second message; deleting the stored signing information set identification and the pushing password corresponding to the signing information set identification;

the second message at least comprises a subscription information set identifier, and the second message is used for indicating to stop receiving push messages.

With reference to the sixteenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, in a seventeenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before the receiving the second message, the method further includes:

receiving a push password registration message, wherein the push password registration message comprises a subscription information set identifier and a push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier;

and storing the signing information set identification and the push password.

The second aspect of the embodiment of the invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), which comprises the following steps:

acquiring an address and a polling period of a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server;

sending a polling message carrying the polling period to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server;

the polling message is used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the registration information is used for preparing a remote management event registered by the SM-DP server for signing management-data and used for managing a signing information set in the eUICC; the polling cycle is used for judging whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information after the SM-DS server receives the registration information of the SM-DP server.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, before the obtaining the address of the SM-DS server and the polling period, the method further includes:

and determining that the subscription information set on the eUICC is successfully installed.

The third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, which includes:

receiving a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user;

a first message is sent to a subscription management-discovery service, SM-DS, server.

The first message is used for indicating to stop sending polling messages, the polling messages are used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server; or the first message is used for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, after the receiving a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC input by a user and before sending a first message to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server, the method further includes:

sending a polling message to the SM-DS server;

receiving registration information sent by the SM-DS server, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server;

according to the address information of the SM-DP server, obtaining a remote management operation command aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC from the SM-DP server;

sending the remote management operation command to the eUICC to enable the eUICC to execute the remote management operation command.

The fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, which includes:

and sending a second message to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server, wherein the second message comprises a subscription information set identifier, and the second message is used for indicating that the push message is stopped being received.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, before the receiving a remote management operation close instruction, which is input by a user, for a subscription information set on the eUICC, the method further includes:

acquiring an address and a push password of a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server;

and sending a push password registration message to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server, wherein the push password registration message comprises the signing information set identification and the push password corresponding to the signing information set identification.

The fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, which includes:

receiving a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set input by a user;

acquiring address information of a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server for managing the subscription information set;

and sending a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the sending a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server includes:

and sending a notification message carrying the address information of the SM-DP server to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server to trigger the SM-DS server to send the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server.

With reference to the fifth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the notification message further includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, where the identification information is counting information or time information, and the eUICC signature information and the identification information are used by the SM-DP server to verify an identity of the eUICC where the subscription information set is located.

The sixth aspect of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, including:

receiving a notification message, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set;

saving the first indication information;

and sending the first indication information to an operator server.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the notification message further includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, and after receiving the notification message, the method further includes:

judging whether the identity of the eUICC is legal or not according to the eUICC signature information and the identification information of the notification message;

and if so, executing the step of saving the first indication information.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the method further includes:

if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, deleting the unexecuted remote management operation request, sending indication information that the unexecuted remote management operation is deleted to an operator server, and informing the SM-DS server of deleting corresponding registration information; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, sending second indication information to the operator server, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the unexecuted remote management operation request exists in the signed management-data preparation SM-DP server.

With reference to any one of the second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect to the sixth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the receiving the notification message includes:

receiving a notification message sent by a user terminal; or the like, or, alternatively,

and receiving a notification message sent by the SM-DS server.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the method further includes:

and receiving the request for deleting the unexecuted remote management operation sent by the operator server, deleting the unexecuted remote management operation request, and informing the SM-DS server of deleting the corresponding registration information.

A seventh aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, where the apparatus includes a functional unit configured to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods in the first aspect of the present invention. Wherein the apparatus may save resources of the operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the first aspect.

An eighth aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, where the apparatus includes a functional unit configured to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods in the second aspect of the present invention. Wherein the apparatus may save resources of the operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the second aspect.

A ninth aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, where the apparatus includes a functional unit configured to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods in the third aspect of the present invention. Wherein the apparatus may save resources of the operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the third aspect.

A tenth aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, where the apparatus includes a functional unit configured to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods in the fourth aspect of the present invention. Wherein the apparatus may save resources of an operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the fourth aspect.

An eleventh aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, where the apparatus includes a functional unit configured to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods in the fifth aspect of the present invention. Wherein, the device can save the resources of the operator when executing part or all of the steps of any method of the fifth aspect.

A twelfth aspect of the present invention discloses an apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, where the apparatus includes a functional unit configured to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods in the sixth aspect of the present invention. Wherein the apparatus may save resources of the operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the sixth aspect.

The thirteenth aspect of the present invention discloses a SM-DS server for subscription management-discovery service, including: a processor, a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the processor executing the instructions to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, the SM-DS server may save resources of an operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the first aspect.

A fourteenth aspect of an embodiment of the present invention discloses a user terminal, where the user terminal includes: a processor, a transmitter, and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the processor executing the instructions to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, the user terminal can save the resources of the operator when executing part or all of the steps of any method of the second aspect.

A fifteenth aspect of the present invention discloses a user terminal, including: a processor, a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the processor executing the instructions to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, the user terminal may save resources of the operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the third aspect.

The sixteenth aspect of the present invention discloses a user terminal, including: a processor, a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the processor executing the instructions to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, when the user terminal executes part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the fourth aspect, the resources of the operator can be saved.

A seventeenth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention discloses a user terminal, including: a processor, a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the processor executing the instructions to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, the user terminal may save resources of an operator when performing part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the fifth aspect.

The eighteenth aspect of the present invention discloses a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, including: a processor, a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory, the memory configured to store instructions, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the processor executing the instructions to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the sixth aspect of embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, when the ue performs part or all of the steps of any of the methods of the sixth aspect, resources of an operator can be saved.

In some possible embodiments, the SM-DS server receives registration information sent by the SM-DP server, where the registration information may include an overlay identifier, and the SM-DS server sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains the remote management request of the SM-DP server. After the user terminal receives the registration information, the user terminal firstly judges whether the registration information is the registration information aiming at the remote management request according to the address of the SM-DS server or the address information of the SM-DP server in the registration information, and then further judges whether a covering mark is included, wherein the covering mark is used for covering the user to close the remote management operation option aiming at the subscription information set, if the covering mark is included, the user terminal can directly communicate with the SM-DP in the registration information without considering whether the user closes the remote management operation option, so that the remote management request is obtained.

In some possible embodiments, the SM-DS server sends registration information to the user terminal, and the user terminal determines that the registration information is the registration information of the remote management request for the subscription information set according to the address information of the SM-DP server or the SM-DS address information in the registration information; if the user terminal judges that the user closes the remote management operation option, the registration information is stored; further, if the user terminal judges that the user opens the remote management operation option, if the user terminal has the registration information which is not executed currently, the user terminal communicates with the SM-DP server in the registration information so as to obtain the remote management request, so that the eUICC executes the remote management request of the SM-DP server. In this feasible embodiment, the user terminal may determine in real time whether the user closes the remote management operation option, and if it is determined that the user closes the remote management operation option, may wait for the user to open the remote management operation option, and execute a remote management request that is not executed before the user opens the remote management operation option.

In some possible embodiments, in the downloading process of the subscription information set, it may be indicated whether the user terminal needs a remote management operation, and if the user terminal needs the remote management operation, the user is prohibited from locally setting the remote management operation option, that is, the user is prohibited from closing the remote management operation option on the user terminal, and the remote management operation option is kept in an open state by default.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the invention, when the user terminal is in a power-off state or the remote management option on the user terminal is in a power-off state, the user terminal cannot receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server. When the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, if the SM-DS server judges that the user terminal where the eUICC is located cannot receive the registration information, the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event. Thus, the SM-DP server can execute other tasks without waiting for the response of the eUICC, thereby saving the resources of the operator.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a network architecture diagram of a system for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another user terminal disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another ue disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another user terminal disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. in the description and claims of the invention and the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an eUICC and related equipment, which can save resources of operators. The following are detailed below.

In order to better understand the method for managing the subscription information set in the eUICC disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, a network architecture applicable to the embodiment of the present invention is described below. Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a network architecture diagram of a system for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the network architecture includes: a user terminal, a Subscription management-Data Preparation (SM-DP) server, and a Subscription management-Discovery Service (SM-DS) server.

The user terminal may include various electronic devices such as a Mobile phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a television, a vehicle-mounted Device, a Machine to Machine (M2M), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), and an intelligent wearable Device (e.g., a smart watch and a smart bracelet). An embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) is arranged in the user terminal, the eUICC is a secure element capable of remotely managing subscribers signed by a plurality of communication operators, and the eUICC can be put into the user terminal in a plug-in or welding manner. The user may select to sign a contract with one or more communication carriers according to the need of the user, download a subscription information set (Profile) provided by the signed communication carrier by a Local Profile Assistant (LPA) deployed in the user terminal, and install the Profile in the eUICC, so that the user terminal may access a carrier network (e.g., a 2G/3G/4G network, etc.) matched with the Profile.

The SM-DP server can be divided into two types, one type is responsible for generating a profile, associating the profile to a specified eUICC and downloading the profile to the eUICC, and the other type is responsible for performing remote management operation on the profile, namely, the SM-DP server can execute a remote management operation request of an operator, send the remote management operation request to the eUICC with the profile of the operator downloaded and installed, and execute the remote management operation request, so that the remote management operation is realized, and the remote management operation request comprises profile activation, profile deactivation, profile deletion, eUICC state examination and the like.

The SM-DS server mainly has the function of providing a mechanism for enabling the SM-DP server to be in contact with the user terminal, the user terminal can acquire address information of the SM-DP server from the SM-DS server, and then the user terminal can be in contact with the SM-DP server. Generally, when the SM-DP server has the profile downloaded to the eUICC, the SM-DP server registers the address information of the SM-DP server on the SM-DS server; in addition, when the SM-DP server has a remote management operation request to be sent to the eUICC, the SM-DP server registers the address information of the SM-DP server on the SM-DS.

In the network architecture described in fig. 1, when the user terminal is in a power-off state or a remote management option on the user terminal is in a power-off state, the user terminal cannot receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server. When the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server firstly judges whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information, if not, the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, and the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event. And if the SM-DS server judges that the user terminal where the eUICC is positioned can receive the registration information, sending the registration information to the user terminal so that the eUICC obtains a remote management operation command and executes the remote management operation command. In this way, the SM-DP server can perform other tasks without waiting for the eUICC response, thereby saving the resources of the operator.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 2, the method may include the steps of:

201. the user terminal acquires the address of the SM-DS server and the polling period.

As an optional implementation manner, before 201, the operator server may send a subscription information set (profile) subscription request to the SM-DP server, and after receiving the profile subscription request, the SM-DP server may prepare a profile to be downloaded for the embedded eUICC. The eUICC downloads the profile from the SM-DP server, and at the same time, may obtain an address of the SM-DS server for subscription management-discovery service corresponding to the profile, and optionally, may also obtain a polling period. Wherein the profile contains data and applications that connect to the carrier network and use the carrier's non-telecommunications services. The user terminal sends a polling message (polling message) to the SM-DS server periodically, where the polling period is an interval duration for the user terminal to send the polling message to the SM-DS server, the polling message is used to obtain registration information stored in the SM-DS server, and the registration information specifically includes address information of the SM-DP server.

After the user terminal determines that the subscription information set on the eUICC is successfully installed, the user terminal may obtain the address of the SM-DS server and a polling period from the eUICC, where the polling period may also be set at the user terminal.

The user terminal acquires the address of the SM-DS server and the polling period through the LPA module in the user terminal. The LPA includes a Local Profile Download (LPD) module, a Local User Interface (LUI) module, and an LDS module. Generally, the LPA application is an interaction role between the user terminal and the eUICC, which is assumed inside the user terminal, the LPD module is mainly responsible for downloading signed files, the LDS module is mainly responsible for service discovery, and the LUI module provides a UI interface for the user. The user can manage the profile downloaded to the eUICC through the LPA, such as activating, deactivating, deleting, and the like the profile.

202. And the user terminal sends a polling message carrying a polling cycle to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server.

In the embodiment of the invention, when another SM-DP server has a remote management operation command to be sent to the eUICC, the SM-DP server can register the address information of the SM-DP server on the SM-DS server, and the SM-DS server can store the address information of the SM-DP server.

Generally, a user terminal sends a polling message carrying a polling period to an SM-DS server, and after the SM-DS server receives the polling message, the SM-DS server sends address information of an SM-DP server corresponding to an eUICC on the user terminal, which is stored in the SM-DS server, to the user terminal. And the polling period sent by the user terminal to the SM-DS server is used for judging whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information after the SM-DS server receives the registration information of the SM-DS server prepared by signing management-data preparation, wherein the registration information comprises the address information of the SM-DP server stored on the SM-DS server.

As an optional implementation, in this step, after the user sets the option to close the remote management operation locally, the user terminal may be triggered to send a polling message, and the polling message includes a polling period, where the polling message is used to acquire unsent registration information stored on the SM-DS, so that the eUICC acquires and executes a remote management event corresponding to the registration information.

As another optional embodiment, if the polling message is sent for a certain subscription information set on the eUICC, the polling message includes one or more pieces of subscription information set identification information.

203. The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

In the embodiment of the invention, the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server, and the registration information is used for registering a remote management event of the SM-DP server aiming at the subscription information set in the eUICC on the SM-DS server.

Optionally, the registration information further includes subscription information set identification information.

204. The SM-DS server stores the address information of the SM-DP server.

In the embodiment of the invention, the SM-DP server sends the registration information to the SM-DS server, and after receiving the registration information, the SM-DS server can store the address information of the SM-DP server in the registration information.

Optionally, if the registration information further includes subscription information set identifier information, the SM-DS further stores the subscription information set identifier information.

Under normal conditions, after the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the user terminal can obtain the address information of the SM-DP server in the registration information, and the user terminal or the eUICC establishes communication with the SM-DP server to obtain a remote management command, so that the eUICC executes the remote management command of the SM-DP server, and remote management operation (such as activation, deactivation, deletion and the like) on a subscription information set is realized.

In some cases, the user terminal may not receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server, such as: when the user terminal is in a power-off state, the user terminal cannot receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server, or when the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal, the user terminal cannot receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server. For the case that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal, according to different implementation schemes, the user terminal may allow the user to close all the remote management operation options of the profile on the eUICC, or only close a certain specified remote management operation option of the profile.

In the embodiment of the invention, the SM-DS server needs to judge whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information or not, if the SM-DS server judges that the user terminal can receive the registration information, the SM-DS server sends the registration information to the user terminal, and otherwise, the SM-DS server does not send the registration information to the user terminal. Specifically, the following steps may be referred to.

205. The SM-DS server obtains a polling period.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the polling message in 202 carries a polling cycle, so that the SM-DS server in 205 can obtain the polling cycle from the polling message.

In this step, after the SM-DS receives the polling message sent by the user terminal in step 202, if the SM-DS stores the registration information that is not sent to the eUICC, the registration information is sent to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains and executes the remote management operation corresponding to the registration information.

As an optional implementation manner, the polling message in 202 may not carry the polling period, and the registration information in 203 carries the polling period, so that the SM-DS server in 205 may obtain the polling period from the received registration information message.

Optionally, if the step 202 further includes subscription information set information, the polling message of the step 202 further includes a polling period corresponding to the subscription information set.

206. The SM-DS server judges whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period, if not, steps 207-208 are executed, and if yes, step 209 is executed.

Specifically, in this embodiment of the present invention, the SM-DS server may start a timer, where the time of the timer is at least greater than one polling period. The SM-DS server may determine, by using a timer, whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period, where the polling message in 206 is different from the polling message in 202, and the polling message in 206 refers to whether the SM-DS server can still receive a next polling message in at least one polling period after 202.

As an optional implementation manner, if the polling message in step 202 further includes a subscription information set identifier, the SM-DS determines whether a polling message including the subscription information set identifier sent by the user terminal is received in a polling cycle corresponding to at least one subscription information set identifier, if not, performs steps 207 to 208, and if so, performs step 209.

207. The SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, and deletes the stored address information of the SM-DP server.

In the embodiment of the invention, if the SM-DS server judges that the polling message sent by the user terminal is not received in at least one polling period, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, then the user terminal cannot acquire the address information of the SM-DP server, and at the moment, the SM-DS server can delete the stored address information of the SM-DP server.

As an optional implementation manner, if the SM-DS server determines that the polling message containing the subscription information set identifier sent by the user terminal is not received in the polling period corresponding to the at least one subscription information set identifier, the SM-DS server may determine that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

It should be noted that, deleting the address information of the stored SM-DP server by the SM-DS server in 207 is an optional step.

208. The SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server and ends the flow.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the notification message includes indication information that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event, and in addition, if the SM-DS server deletes the stored address information of the SM-DP server, the notification message also includes indication information that the registration information stored by the SM-DS server is deleted.

After the SM-DP server receives the notification message sent by the SM-DS server, the SM-DP server determines that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event, and the SM-DP server does not wait for the connection of the eUICC all the time, so that the SM-DP server can realize remote management in other modes, and meanwhile, the operator server does not send a remote management operation request to the eUICC any more, thereby saving resources of an operator.

209. The SM-DS server determines that the user terminal can receive the registration information and sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains the remote management operation command and executes the remote management operation command.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the SM-DS server judges that the polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal can receive the registration information and send the registration information to the LDS module in the user terminal.

As an optional implementation manner, if the SM-DS server determines that a polling message containing a subscription information set identifier sent by the user terminal is received in a polling period corresponding to at least one subscription information set identifier, the SM-DS server may determine that the user terminal may receive the registration information.

In the method flow described in fig. 2, when the user terminal is in a power-off state or a remote management option on the user terminal is in a power-off state, the user terminal cannot receive the registration information sent by the SM-DS server. After the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server firstly judges whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period, if not, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal can not receive the registration information, and then the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message prompts that the eUICC can not execute the remote management event. Thus, the SM-DP server can execute other tasks without waiting for the response of the eUICC, thereby saving the resources of the operator.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include the steps of:

301. the user terminal acquires the address of the SM-DS server and the polling period.

302. And the user terminal sends a polling message to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the polling message includes an eUICC identifier and a polling period. The eUICC identifier may be used to uniquely identify an identity of the eUICC, such as: card number of the eUICC, production model of the eUICC, manufacturer of the eUICC, and the like.

303. And the SM-DS server stores the eUICC identification and the polling period.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the SM-DS server receives the polling message sent by the user terminal, the SM-DS server can acquire the eUICC identification and the polling period in the polling message and store the eUICC identification and the polling period.

304. The SM-DS server judges whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period, if not, the step 305 is executed, and if so, the step 306 is executed.

Specifically, in this embodiment of the present invention, the SM-DS server may start a timer, where the time of the timer is at least greater than one polling period. The SM-DS server may determine, by using a timer, whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period, where the polling message in 304 is different from the polling message in 302, and the polling message in 304 refers to whether the SM-DS server can still receive a next polling message in at least one polling period after 302.

305. And deleting the stored eUICC identification and the polling period by the SM-DS server.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the SM-DS server determines that the polling message sent by the user terminal is not received in at least one polling period, and the SM-DS server may delete the eUICC id and the polling period stored in 303.

306. The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

307. The SM-DS server stores the address information of the SM-DP server.

308. And the SM-DS server judges whether the SM-DS server stores eUICC information or not, if not, 309-310 is executed, and if yes, 311 is executed.

The eUICC information at least includes an eUICC identifier, and may also include a polling period.

309. The SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, and deletes the stored address information of the SM-DP server.

In 309, after the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, the SM-DS server may directly execute 310 without deleting the stored address information of the SM-DP server.

310. The SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server and ends the flow.

The notification message includes indication information that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event, and in addition, if the SM-DS server deletes the stored address information of the SM-DP server, the notification message also includes indication information that the registration information stored by the SM-DS server is deleted.

311. The SM-DS server determines that the user terminal can receive the registration information and sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains the remote management operation command and executes the remote management operation command.

In the method flow described in fig. 3, when the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server first determines whether the SM-DS server stores eUICC information, and if not, it may be determined that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, and the SM-DS server may send a notification message to the SM-DP server, where the notification message includes indication information that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event. Thus, the SM-DP server can execute other tasks without waiting for the response of the eUICC, thereby saving the resources of the operator.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 4, the method may include the steps of:

401. and the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at the subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a user may set a remote management operation option for a subscription information set on an eUICC on a user terminal, for example; and opening the remote management operation option or closing the remote management operation option.

402. The user terminal sends a polling message to the SM-DS server.

In the embodiment of the invention, after 401, if an operator needs an eUICC on a user terminal to execute an unsent remote management operation command acquired before 401, the user terminal may execute 402-404 first.

403. And if the SM-DS server has the unsent registration information, the SM-DS server sends the unsent registration information to the user terminal.

Wherein the unsent registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server.

404. And according to the address information of the SM-DP server, the user terminal enables the eUICC to obtain a remote management operation command aiming at the subscription information set on the eUICC from the SM-DP server, and the eUICC executes the remote management command.

It should be noted that 402-404 is an alternative embodiment, and after 401, 402-404 may not be executed, and 405 may be executed directly.

405. The user terminal sends a first message to the SM-DS server.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first message is used to instruct the stop of sending the polling message, that is, instruct the subsequent user terminal to stop sending the polling message to the SM-DS.

Optionally, the first message may include reason information for instructing to stop sending the polling message, where the reason information is used to indicate that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

Optionally, the first message may further carry identification information of an assigned subscription information set on the eUICC, where the identification information is used to indicate, to the SM-DS server, that the user terminal stops sending the polling message for the subscription information set corresponding to the subscription information set identifier when the user terminal stops sending the polling message for the assigned subscription information set, or when the user terminal closes a local option of remote management operation of the assigned subscription information set.

406. The SM-DS server holds information indicating to stop sending polling messages.

Optionally, if the first message includes the reason information, the SM-DS server stores the reason information at the same time.

Optionally, if the first message further includes a subscription information set identifier, the SM-DS stores the subscription information set identifier and the corresponding instruction information for stopping sending the polling message.

407. The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

Wherein the registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server.

408. The SM-DS server judges whether information for indicating the stop of sending the polling message is stored in the SM-DS server, if so, 409 is executed, and if not, 410 is executed.

As an optional implementation manner, when the user terminal stops sending the polling message for the specified subscription information set, or when the user terminal closes the local option of remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, the SM-DS server determines whether the instruction information for stopping sending the polling message is stored for the specified subscription information set, if so, executes 409, and if not, executes 410.

409. And the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information according to the stored information of the polling message, and sends a notification message to the SM-DP server.

The notification message is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event of SM-DP registration, and the process is ended.

If the first message in 405 includes reason information, where the reason information is used to indicate that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal, then in 409, the notification message may include the reason information.

The SM-DS may or may not save the registration information 409 before sending the notification message to the SM-DP server, which is not limited herein.

410. And the SM-DS server judges that the information for stopping sending the polling message is not stored, determines that the user terminal can receive the registration information, and sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains and executes the remote management operation command.

As another alternative, after 405, the following steps may be performed without performing 406-410:

11) and if the SM-DS server stores the eUICC information, deleting the eUICC information by the SM-DS server according to the first message.

Wherein the eUICC information at least comprises an eUICC identification.

Optionally, if the first message further includes a subscription information set identifier, the SM-DS deletes the subscription information set identifier.

12) The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

13) And the SM-DS server judges whether the SM-DS server stores the eUICC information or not, if so, 14) is executed, and if not, 15) is executed.

And the SM-DS judges whether the user terminal can receive the registration information according to whether the eUICC information is stored in the eUICC, judges that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information if the eUICC information is not stored, and judges that the user terminal can receive the registration information if the eUICC information is not stored.

Wherein the eUICC information at least comprises an eUICC identification.

As an optional implementation manner, when the user terminal stops sending the polling message for the specified subscription information set, or when the user terminal closes the local option of remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, the SM-DS server determines whether to store the specified subscription information set identification information, if so, executes 14), and if not, executes 15).

And the SM-DS judges whether the user terminal can receive the registration information according to whether the signature information set identification is stored in the eUICC, judges that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information if the signature information set identification is not stored, and judges that the user terminal can receive the registration information if the signature information set identification is not stored.

14) And the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, sends a notification message to the SM-DP server and ends the process.

Wherein the notification message is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot perform the remote management event of SM-DP registration.

The SM-DS may or may not store the registration information before sending the notification message to the SM-DP server, which is not limited herein.

15) The SM-DS server determines that the user terminal can receive the registration information and sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains the remote management operation command and executes the remote management operation command.

As another alternative, if the polling message in 402 includes information indicating to stop sending the polling message, which may also be regarded as the first message, then after 404, 406 or 11) may be directly executed without executing 405).

As another optional implementation manner, after 405, the SM-DS server receives a first message sent by the user terminal, and if there is registration information that is not sent to the eUICC in the SM-DS server, sends second indication information to the SM-DP server, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot perform a remote management event for a subscription information set on the eUICC.

In this alternative embodiment, after the user terminal sends the first message to the SM-DS server, the user terminal does not subsequently send the polling message to the SM-DS server any more, and the SM-DS server does not subsequently need to send registration information to the user terminal, which may make the subsequent eUICC unable to perform remote management operations. At this time, if there is unsent registration information in the SM-DS server, the SM-DS server does not need to send the registration information, so as to avoid that the SM-DP server waits for the connection of the eUICC all the time and wastes operator resources, the SM-DS server may send second indication information to the SM-DP server, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event for a subscription information set on the eUICC.

In the method flow described in fig. 4, when the user terminal receives the remote management operation close instruction, the user terminal may send a first message to the SM-DS server. When the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server firstly judges whether information for indicating the stop of sending the polling message is stored in the SM-DS server, if so, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, and then the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message prompts that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event. Thus, the SM-DP server can execute other tasks without waiting for the response of the eUICC, thereby saving the resources of the operator.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 5, the method may include the steps of:

501. and the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at the subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user.

502. The user terminal sends a polling message to the SM-DS server.

503. And if the SM-DS server has the unsent registration information, the SM-DS server sends the unsent registration information to the user terminal.

504. And according to the address information of the SM-DP server, the user terminal enables the eUICC to obtain a remote management operation command aiming at the subscription information set on the eUICC from the SM-DP server, and the eUICC executes the remote management command.

It should be noted that, the step 502-504 is an optional implementation manner, and functions to enable the eUICC to obtain and execute the remote management operation command that is not sent on the SM-DS, and after 501, the steps 502-504 may not be executed, but directly executed 505.

505. The user terminal sends a first message to the SM-DS server.

Wherein the first message comprises first indication information for indicating that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

Optionally, the first message may further carry identification information of a specified subscription information set on the eUICC, where the identification information is used to indicate, to the SM-DS, that a local remote management operation option of the user terminal for the subscription information set corresponding to the subscription information set identification information is closed when the user terminal closes a remote management operation of the specified subscription information set.

It should be noted that, for the implementation manner that the LDS and the SM-DS server on the user terminal use the SM-DS server to push the notification message, the SM-DS may delete or continue to store the push password corresponding to the eUICC after receiving the first message, which is not specified herein; in a manner that the LDS receives the SM-DS server push notification message, the first message may be sent to the SM-DS server through the push proxy server and the push server.

506. The SM-DS server stores the first indication information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the first message, the SM-DS server may store the first indication information in the first message.

Optionally, when the first message includes identification information of the subscription information set, the SM-DS server stores the identification information of the subscription information set and corresponding first indication information.

507. The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

508. And the SM-DS server judges whether information for indicating that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal is stored in the SM-DS server, if so, the step is executed 509, and if not, the step is executed 510.

In the embodiment of the invention, if the SM-DS server judges that the SM-DS server stores the information for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, and if the SM-DS server judges that the SM-DS server does not store the information for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal can receive the registration information, and the SM-DS server can send the registration information to the user terminal.

As an optional implementation manner, when the user terminal closes the local option of the remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, the SM-DS server determines whether instruction information for closing the local option of the remote management operation is stored for the specified subscription information set, if so, executes 509, and if not, executes 510.

And the SM-DS judges whether the user terminal can receive the registration information according to whether the indication information for closing the local option of the remote management operation is stored in the specified subscription information set or not, judges that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information if the indication information is stored, and judges that the user terminal can receive the registration information if the indication information is not stored.

509. And the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, sends a notification message to the SM-DP server and ends the process.

Wherein the notification message is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot perform a remote management event for SM-DP registration.

In this step, before the SM-DS sends the notification message to the SM-DP server, the registration information may be saved or not saved, which is not limited herein.

510. The SM-DS server determines that the user terminal can receive the registration information and sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains the remote management operation command and executes the remote management operation command.

As an optional implementation manner, in the embodiment of the present invention, 502 to 504 may not be executed, and after 505, if there is unsent registration information in the SM-DS server, the SM-DS server may send second indication information to the SM-DP in the registration information, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event for a subscription information set on the eUICC.

As another alternative implementation manner, if the polling message in 502 includes indication information that the user closes the remote management operation option on the user terminal, and the message may also be regarded as the first message, after 504, the step 505 may be executed without executing, and the step 510 may be executed directly.

The embodiment is suitable for the communication mode that the LDS of the user terminal and the SM-DS server use the active polling of the user terminal, and is also suitable for the communication mode that the SM-DS server pushes the notification message to the LDS.

In the method flow described in fig. 5, when the user terminal receives the remote management operation close instruction, the user terminal may send a first message to the SM-DS server, and the SM-DS server stores second indication information. When the SM-DS server receives registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server firstly judges whether information used for indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on a user terminal is stored in the SM-DS server, if so, the user terminal can be determined not to receive the registration information, and the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message prompts that the eUICC can not execute a remote management event. In this way, the SM-DP server does not wait for the eUICC's response all the time, but can choose other ways to implement remote management operations, thereby saving resources of the operator.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 6, the method may include the steps of:

601. and the user terminal acquires the address of the SM-DS server and the push password.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the user terminal knows that the eUICC successfully downloads and installs the subscription information set, the user terminal can obtain the SM-DS server address information from the eUICC and use the obtained SM-DS server address to request the push client terminal to obtain the push password.

602. And the user terminal sends a push password registration message to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the user terminal acquires the address of the SM-DS server and the push password, the user terminal can send a push password registration message to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server. Wherein, the push password registration message contains eUICC identification information and a push password. Optionally, the push password registration message may further include subscription information set identification information corresponding to the SM-DS address, where the subscription information set identification may be used to uniquely identify an identity of the subscription information set. When the eUICC includes a plurality of subscription information sets, the push password registration information may include a plurality of subscription information set identification information.

603. And the SM-DS server stores the eUICC identification and the push password.

Optionally, the SM-DS server may store subscription information set identification information corresponding to the push password.

604. And the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at the subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user.

605. The user terminal sends a second message to the SM-DS server.

Wherein the second message at least includes eUICC identification information, and the second message is used to indicate to stop sending push messages (i.e. push messages), that is, to indicate that the SM-DS server does not send push messages to the user terminal any more subsequently

Optionally, if the user terminal closes the local option of remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, the second message further includes the identification information of the subscription information set.

Further optionally, the second message may further include reason information for stopping sending the push message, the reason information indicating that sending the push message is stopped due to the user turning off the local option of the remote management operation.

606. And the SM-DS server deletes the stored eUICC identification and the corresponding push password according to the second message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the SM-DS server receives the second message sent by the user terminal, if the second message further includes the subscription information set identifier information, the SM-DS server may delete the stored subscription information set identifier and the push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier.

Optionally, if the second message further includes a subscription information set identifier, the SM-DS server in 606 only needs to delete the stored subscription information set identifier; and when the signing information set identification is the only signing information set identification corresponding to the push password currently, deleting the signing information set identification and the push password at the same time.

607. The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

The registration information may include address information of the SM-DP server, and may further include a subscription information set identifier on the eUICC.

608. And the SM-DS server judges whether a push password corresponding to the eUICC identification is stored or not, if not, 609 is executed, and if yes, 610 is executed.

As an optional implementation manner, when the user terminal closes the local option of remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, the SM-DS server determines whether a push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier is stored, if not, 609 is executed, and if yes, 610 is executed.

In this step, if the SM-DS server determines whether the user terminal can receive the registration information according to whether the push password is stored, if not, it determines that the registration information cannot be received, otherwise, it determines that the registration information can be received.

609. And the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, sends a notification message to the SM-DP server and ends the process.

610. If the SM-DS server stores the push password, the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal can receive the registration information and sends the registration information to the user terminal, so that the eUICC obtains a remote management operation command and executes the remote management operation command.

In the method flow described in fig. 6, when the user terminal receives a remote management operation close instruction for the subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by the user, the user terminal may send a second message to the SM-DS server, and the SM-DS server deletes the stored subscription information set identifier and the push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier according to the second message. When the SM-DS server receives registration information sent by the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server firstly judges whether a push password corresponding to a subscription information set identifier is stored or not, if not, the SM-DS server can determine that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, and then the SM-DS server can send a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for prompting that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event. In this way, the SM-DP server does not wait for the eUICC's response all the time, but can choose other ways to implement remote management operations, thereby saving resources of the operator.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 7, the method may include the steps of:

701. and the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at the subscription information set input by the user.

702. The user terminal acquires address information of an SM-DP server for managing a subscription information set.

In the embodiment of the invention, after downloading the subscription information set, the eUICC can send the SM-DP address information to the user terminal for storage, specifically, the eUICC can send the address information of the SM-DP server to the LPA module in the user terminal, and the LPA module stores the address information of the SM-DP server; or after the eUICC downloads the subscription information set, the eUICC can store the address information of the SM-DP server.

Therefore, the way for the user terminal to obtain the address information of the SM-DP server for managing the subscription information set may be:

acquiring address information of a signature SM-DP server for managing the subscription information set from a user terminal to which the subscription information set belongs;

that is, the address information of the SM-DP server managing the subscription information set is obtained from the LPA module in the user terminal to which the subscription information set belongs.

Or the like, or, alternatively,

and acquiring the address information of the SM-DP server for managing the subscription information set from the eUICC where the subscription information set is located.

If the eUICC includes multiple subscription information sets, the user terminal may obtain an SM-DP server address corresponding to each subscription information set.

703. And the user terminal sends a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server.

The notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set. In addition, the notification message further includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message. The identification information is counting information or time information, the eUICC signature information is used for verifying the identity of the eUICC where the subscription information set is located by the SM-DP server, and the identification information is used for preventing replay attack.

Specifically, the user terminal may directly send the notification message to the SM-DP server through the LPA application in the user terminal according to the address information of the SM-DP server, or the user terminal may send the first notification message to the SM-DS server through the LPA application in the user terminal according to the address information of the SM-DP server, and send the notification message to the SM-DP server by the SM-DS server, in which case, the first notification message sent to the SM-DS server should include address information of the SM-DP server in addition to the above information.

The method includes the steps that identification information is counting information or time information and can be generated by a user terminal or an eUICC, specifically, one implementation mode is that the user terminal requests a signature to the eUICC, the eUICC identification and the counting or time information generated by the user terminal are sent to the eUICC, and the eUICC signs the eUICC identification and the received counting or time information and returns the signature to the user terminal; another implementation manner is that the user terminal requests the eUICC for a signature, and the eUICC signs the eUICC identifier, the counting information or the time information and then returns the signed eUICC identifier, the counting information or the time information to the user terminal.

As an optional implementation manner, if the user terminal closes the local option of remote management operation of the designated subscription information set, the notification message or the first notification message further includes the identification information of the subscription information set.

704. And the SM-DP server judges whether the identity of the eUICC is legal or not according to the eUICC signature information and the identification information of the notification message, if so, 705 is executed, and if not, the process is ended.

After receiving the notification message sent by the user terminal, the SM-DP server may first determine whether the identity of the eUICC is legal according to the eUICC signature information in the notification message and the identification information of the notification message, and if so, may execute 705-707, otherwise, end the process.

And if the SM-DS server sends the notification message to the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server sends the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the SM-DP address in the first notification message.

705. The SM-DP server stores the first indication information.

Optionally, the SM-DP server stores corresponding eUICC identification information; and if the notification message contains the identification information of the subscription information set, the SM-DP server stores the identification information of the subscription information set.

706. The SM-DP server sends the first indication information to the operator server.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first indication information is used to indicate the user terminal where the eUICC is located to close the remote management operation option for the subscription information set, where the first indication information may further include an eUICC identifier, and optionally one or more subscription information set identifiers, and after the operator server receives the first indication information, the operator server does not send a remote management request to the eUICC any more in the following.

707. And if the remote management operation request which is not executed exists, the SM-DP server sends second indication information to the operator server.

Wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the remote management operation request which is not executed exists in the contract management-data preparation SM-DP server. The SM-DP server sends the second indication information to the operator server, and after the operator server receives the second indication information, the operator server may delete the unexecuted remote management operation request or retain the unexecuted remote management operation request.

Optionally, if there is an unexecuted remote management operation request, the SM-DP server may directly delete the unexecuted remote management operation request, in this case, the second indication information sent to the operator server indicates that the remote management operation for the eUICC has been deleted or the specified subscription information set for the eUICC has been deleted.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the implementation order of step 706 and step 707 is not limited.

In the method flow described in fig. 7, after the user terminal receives the remote management operation closing instruction for the subscription information set input by the user, the SM-DP server may send the first indication information to the operator server, and after the operator server receives the first indication information, it is known that the user terminal where the eUICC is located closes the remote management operation option for the subscription information set, and the operator server does not send the remote management operation request to the eUICC any more, so that resources of the operator may be saved.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a SM-DS server for subscription management-discovery service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The SM-DS server may be configured to perform some or all of the steps in the methods described in fig. 2 to 6, and please refer to the related descriptions in fig. 2 to 6, which is not described herein again. As shown in fig. 8, the SM-DS server 800 may include: a processor 801, a receiver 802, a transmitter 803, and a memory 804. These components communicate over one or more communication buses. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration of the SM-DS server shown in fig. 8 is not intended to limit the present invention, and may be a bus configuration, a star configuration, a configuration including more or less components than those shown in fig. 8, a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

Wherein, the memory 804 stores a set of program codes, and the processor 801 is configured to call the program codes stored in the memory 804, and is configured to perform the following steps:

controlling the receiver 802 to receive registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, wherein the registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server, and the registration information is used for registering a remote management event of the SM-DP server for a subscription information set in an eUICC;

if the ue cannot receive the registration information, the transmitter 803 is controlled to send a notification message to the SM-DP server, where the notification message is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event.

Optionally, the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

Wherein acquiring the polling cycle comprises:

and acquiring a polling period from the registration information.

Optionally, the processor 801 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 804, and is configured to perform the following steps:

after receiving registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the control receiver 802 stores address information of the SM-DP server;

the control the transmitter 803 transmits a notification message to the SM-DP server, the notification message further indicating that the address information of the SM-DP server is deleted.

Optionally, before controlling the receiver 802 to receive the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the processor 801 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 804, so as to perform the following steps:

controlling the receiver 802 to receive a first message sent by the ue, where the first message is used to instruct to stop sending polling messages;

The first message comprises reason information, the reason information is used for indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on the user terminal, and a notification message is sent to the SM-DP server and comprises the reason information.

controlling the receiver 802 to receive a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message comprises first indication information for indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on the user terminal;

and saving the first indication information.

Optionally, before controlling the receiver 802 to receive the first message sent by the user terminal, the processor 801 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 804, so as to perform the following steps:

controlling the receiver 802 to receive a polling message sent by the user terminal, where the polling message is used to obtain registration information stored in the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction for a subscription information set;

if there is unsent registration information in the SM-DS server, the transmitter 803 is controlled to transmit the unsent registration information to the user terminal.

The first message is a polling message, the polling message is also used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction for a subscription information set.

Optionally, after controlling the receiver 802 to receive the first message sent by the user terminal, the processor 801 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 804, so as to perform the following steps:

if there is unsent registration information in the SM-DS server, controlling the transmitter 803 to transmit second indication information to the SM-DP server, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event for a subscription information set on the eUICC.

Wherein, the registration information further includes an eUICC identifier, and the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

Wherein, the registration information further includes a subscription information set identifier on the eUICC, and the determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information includes:

control the receiver 802 to receive a second message; deleting the stored signing information set identification according to the second message; or the like, or, alternatively,

control the receiver 802 to receive a second message; deleting the stored signing information set identification and the pushing password corresponding to the signing information set identification;

the second message at least comprises a subscription information set identifier, and the second message is used for indicating to stop sending the push message.

Optionally, before controlling the receiver 802 to receive the second message, the processor 801 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 804, so as to perform the following steps:

controlling the receiver 802 to receive a push password registration message, where the push password registration message includes a subscription information set identifier and a push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier;

and storing the signing information set identification and the push password.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal may be configured to perform some or all of the steps in the method, which is not described herein again. As shown in fig. 9, the user terminal 900 may include: a processor 901, a transmitter 902 and a memory 903. These components communicate over one or more communication buses. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration of the user terminal shown in fig. 9 is not intended to limit the present invention, and may be a bus configuration, a star configuration, a configuration including more or less components than those shown in fig. 9, a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

A set of program codes is stored in the memory 903, and the processor 901 is configured to call the program codes stored in the memory 903 for performing the following steps:

controlling the sender 902 to send a polling message carrying the polling period to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server;

Wherein, before the obtaining the address of the SM-DS server and the polling period, the processor 901801 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 903, so as to perform the following steps:

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another ue disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal may be configured to perform some or all of the steps in the method, which is not described herein again. As shown in fig. 10, the user terminal 1000 may include: a processor 1001, a receiver 1002, a transmitter 1003, and a memory 1004. These components communicate over one or more communication buses. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration of the user terminal shown in fig. 10 is not intended to limit the present invention, and may be a bus configuration, a star configuration, a configuration including more or less components than those shown in fig. 10, a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

A set of program codes is stored in the memory 1004 and the processor 1001 is adapted to call the program codes stored in the memory 1004 for performing the following steps:

controlling the receiver 1002 to receive a remote management operation closing instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user;

controlling the sender 1003 to send a first message to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server, where the first message is used to instruct to stop sending a polling message, where the polling message is used to obtain registration information stored in the SM-DS server, where the registration information includes address information of an SM-DP server; or the first message is used for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

Optionally, after controlling the receiver 1002 to receive a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC input by a user, and before controlling the transmitter 1003 to transmit a first message to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server, the processor 1001 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 1004, so as to perform the following steps:

controlling the transmitter 1003 to transmit a polling message to the SM-DS server;

controlling the receiver 1002 to receive registration information sent by the SM-DS server, where the registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server;

controlling the transmitter 1003 to transmit the remote management operation command to the eUICC so that the eUICC executes the remote management operation command.

Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another ue disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal may be configured to perform some or all of the steps in the method, which is not described herein again. As shown in fig. 11, the user terminal 1100 may include: a processor 1101, a receiver 1102, a transmitter 1103, and a memory 1104. These components communicate over one or more communication buses. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration of the user terminal shown in fig. 11 is not intended to limit the present invention, and may be a bus configuration, a star configuration, a configuration including more or less components than those shown in fig. 11, a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

A set of program codes is stored in the memory 1104 and the processor 1101 is configured to call the program codes stored in the memory 1104 for performing the steps of:

controlling the receiver 1102 to receive a remote management operation closing instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user;

controlling the sender 1103 to send a second message to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server, where the second message includes a subscription information set identifier, and the second message is used to indicate to stop receiving push messages.

Optionally, before controlling the receiver 1102 to receive a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC input by a user, the processor 1101 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 1104, so as to perform the following steps:

controlling the sender 1103 to send a push password registration message to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server, where the push password registration message includes the subscription information set identifier and the push password corresponding to the subscription information set identifier.

Referring to fig. 12, fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another ue according to the disclosure of the embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal may be configured to perform some or all of the steps in the method, which is not described herein again. As shown in fig. 12, the user terminal 1200 may include: a processor 1201, a receiver 1202, a transmitter 1203, and a memory 1204. These components communicate over one or more communication buses. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration of the user terminal shown in fig. 12 is not intended to limit the present invention, and may be a bus configuration, a star configuration, a configuration including more or less components than those shown in fig. 12, a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

A set of program codes is stored in the memory 1204 and the processor 1201 is configured to call the program codes stored in the memory 1204 for performing the steps of:

controlling the receiver to receive a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set input by a user;

and controlling the transmitter to transmit a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set.

Optionally, the controlling, according to the address information of the SM-DP server, the sending, by the sender, the notification message to the SM-DP server includes:

and controlling the sender to send a notification message carrying the address information of the SM-DP server to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server so as to trigger the SM-DS server to send the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server.

The notification message further includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, where the identification information is count information or time information, and the eUICC signature information and the identification information are used by the SM-DP server to verify the identity of the eUICC where the subscription information set is located.

Referring to fig. 13, fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention. The SM-DP server may be configured to perform part or all of the steps in the above method, which is not described herein again. As shown in fig. 13, the SM-DP server 1300 may include: a processor 1301, a receiver 1302, a transmitter 1303, and a memory 1304. These components communicate over one or more communication buses. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure of the SM-DP server shown in fig. 13 is not intended to limit the present invention, and may be a bus structure, a star structure, a structure including more or less components than those shown in fig. 13, a combination of some components, or a different arrangement of components.

Wherein the memory 1304 stores a set of program codes, and the processor 1301 is configured to call the program codes stored in the memory 1304 for performing the following steps:

controlling the receiver 1302 to receive a notification message, where the notification message includes first indication information for instructing a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set;

saving the first indication information;

and controlling the transmitter 1303 to transmit the first indication information to an operator server.

Optionally, the notification message includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, and after the control receiver 1302 receives the notification message, the processor 1301 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 1304, to perform the following steps:

and if so, executing the step of saving the first indication information.

Optionally, the processor 1301 is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory 1304, and to perform the following steps:

if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, deleting the unexecuted remote management operation request, and sending indication information that the unexecuted remote management operation is deleted to an operator server; or the like, or, alternatively,

The controlling the receiver 1302 to receive the notification message includes:

controlling the receiver 1302 to receive a notification message sent by a user terminal; or the like, or, alternatively,

the receiver 1302 is controlled to receive the notification message sent by the SM-DS server.

Based on the network architecture shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC. Referring to fig. 14, fig. 14 is a flowchart illustrating another method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC, according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is written from multiple sides, such as a user terminal, an SM-DS server, and an SM-DP server. As shown in fig. 14, the method may include the steps of:

1401. and the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction or opening instruction which is input by a user and aims at the subscription information set on the eUICC.

The user can set a remote management operation option for a subscription information set on the eUICC on the user terminal, for example; and opening the remote management operation option or closing the remote management operation option.

1402. The user terminal sends a first message to the SM-DS server.

Wherein, the first message contains the closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set.

Optionally, the first message may further include address information of an SM-DP server that manages each subscription information set on the eUICC.

Optionally, the first message may further carry identification information of a specified subscription information set on the eUICC, where the identification information is used to notify the SM-DS server that a local remote management operation option of the user terminal for the subscription information set corresponding to the subscription information set identification information is closed when the user terminal closes a remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, and the first message may further include address information of an SM-DP server that manages the corresponding subscription information set.

In one embodiment, the address information of the SM-DP server in the first message may be carried only in a state where the subscription information set remote management operation is changed from off to on.

It should be noted that, for the implementation manner in which the local discovery service LDS and the SM-DS server on the user terminal use the SM-DS server to push the notification message, the SM-DS server may delete or continue to store the push password corresponding to the eUICC after receiving the information that the user closes the remote management operation, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. In a manner that the LDS receives the SM-DS server push notification message, the first message may be sent to the SM-DS server through the push proxy server and the push server.

Specifically, the first message may be a polling message sent by the LDS on the terminal to the SM-DS server, or an authentication client request message sent by the LDS to the SM-DS server. If the first message is a polling message, then the subsequent execution steps 1403, 1404 are performed, otherwise step 1402 is followed directly by step 1405.

1403. And if the SM-DS server has the unsent registration information, the SM-DS server sends the unsent registration information to the user terminal.

The registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server corresponding to the registration information.

1404. According to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address information of the SM-DP server, the user terminal enables the eUICC to obtain a remote management operation command or a subscription information set to be downloaded aiming at the subscription information set on the eUICC from the SM-DP server, and the eUICC executes the corresponding remote management operation command or installs the subscription information set for downloading.

1405. And the SM-DS server saves and/or forwards the signing information set remote management operation closing or opening information.

Optionally, when the first message includes identification information of the subscription information set, the SM-DS server stores and/or forwards the identification information of the subscription information set and indication information of closing or opening of a corresponding remote management operation of the subscription information set.

Before the SM-DS server saves the signing information set remote management operation closing or opening information, judging whether the signing information set remote management operation state information is saved or not at present, and if not, directly saving the received information; and if the signing information set remote management operation state information is stored, the stored state information is covered by the received signing information set remote management operation state information.

In an optional implementation manner, when the first message includes address information of the SM-DP server, the SM-DS sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address of the SM-DP server according to the address of the SM-DP server, where the notification message includes indication information that the SM-DS server receives, through the first message, to start or close the subscription information set remote management operation on the user terminal. In this manner, step 1410 may be performed directly.

In another optional implementation, the SM-DS server stores the closing or opening information of the subscription information set remote management operation, and when the first message includes the address information of the SM-DP server, the SM-DS sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address of the SM-DP server according to the address of the SM-DP server, where the notification message includes indication information of the opening or closing of the subscription information set remote management operation on the user terminal received by the SM-DS server through the first message.

In another optional implementation, when the received state information of the subscription information set remote management operation is off, the SM-DS server stores the indication information of the switching on and off of the subscription information set remote management operation on the user terminal received through the first message; and when the first message contains the address information of the SM-DP server, the SM-DS sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address of the SM-DP server according to the address of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message contains indication information of the starting or closing of the remote management operation of the subscription information set on the user terminal received by the SM-DS server through the first message.

In another optional implementation, when the received state information of the subscription information set remote management operation is off, the SM-DS server stores the indication information of the switching on and off of the subscription information set remote management operation on the user terminal received through the first message; and when the received state information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set is in an open state, the SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address information of the received SM-DP server, wherein the notification message contains indication information that the remote management operation of the subscription information set on the user terminal is opened.

In another optional implementation, the SM-DS server stores the closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set, and particularly, when the received status information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set is in an open status, the SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address information of the received SM-DP server, where the notification message includes indication information that the remote management operation of the subscription information set on the user terminal is opened.

1406. The SM-DP server sends registration information to the SM-DS server.

1407. The SM-DS server stores the registration information.

1408. The SM-DS server judges whether information used for indicating that the user closes or opens the remote management operation options on the user terminal is stored in the SM-DS server, if so, the subsequent steps 1409 to 1413 are executed, and if not, the process is ended.

In this step, when the SM-DS server stores the information of the remote management operation option on the user terminal closed by the user, the SM-DS server may store the registration information or not, that is, the SM-DS server may delete or retain the registration information stored in step 1407, which is not limited in this application.

1409. And the SM-DS server sends information that the user closes or opens the remote management operation option on the user terminal to the SM-DP server.

Wherein, the SM-DS server sends the information to the SM-DP server by sending a response message of the registration request to the SM-DP server.

Optionally, if the information stored in the SM-DS server includes a subscription information set identifier indicating that the user closes or opens the remote management operation of the specified subscription information set, the SM-DS server also needs to send the subscription information set management identifier stored in the SM-DS server when sending the information that the user closes or opens the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

1410. And the SM-DP server stores the remote management operation option information on the user terminal closed by the user.

Optionally, if the SM-DP server receives the subscription information set identifier while receiving the remote management operation option information on the user terminal closed by the user, the SM-DP server stores the subscription information set identifier.

1411. And the SM-DP server sends a notification message to the operator server, wherein the notification message contains the remote management operation option information on the user terminal closed by the user.

Optionally, if there is an unexecuted remote management operation request on the SM-DP server, the SM-DP server may directly delete the unexecuted remote management operation request. When the remote management operation request which is not executed exists on the SM-DP server, the notification message sent by the SM-DP server to the operator server also contains the indication information that the remote management operation aiming at the eUICC is deleted or the indication information that the remote management operation aiming at the appointed subscription information set of the eUICC is deleted.

Optionally, when there is an unexecuted remote management operation request on the SM-DP server, the notification message sent by the SM-DP server to the operator server further includes the unexecuted remote management operation request, and optionally includes the identification information of the corresponding subscription information set.

1412. And after the operator server receives the notification message which is sent by the SM-DP server and contains the remote management operation option information of the user on the user terminal, the operator server instructs the SM-DP server to delete the unexecuted remote management operation request or the operator server reserves the unexecuted remote management operation request.

1413. And if the SM-DP server deletes the unexecuted remote management operation, the SM-DP server informs the SM-DS server to delete the corresponding registration information.

The structures of the slave user terminal, the SM-DS server and the SM-DP server in the method embodiment shown in fig. 14 may refer to the device embodiments shown in fig. 8 to fig. 13, and are not described herein again.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the above-mentioned embodiments of the method are described as a series of acts or combinations, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention is not limited by the order of acts, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently depending on the application. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required in this application.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The steps in the method of the embodiment of the invention can be sequentially adjusted, combined and deleted according to actual needs.

The units in the device of the embodiment of the invention can be merged, divided and deleted according to actual needs.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by associated hardware instructed by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: flash disks, Read-Only memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

The method for managing the subscription information set in the eUICC and the related devices provided in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail above, and a specific example is applied in the present document to explain the principle and the implementation manner of the present invention, and the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server receives registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation (SM-DP) server, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server, and is used for registering a remote management event of the SM-DP server aiming at a subscription information set in an eUICC;

the SM-DS server judges whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information;

if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, the SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the SM-DS server determining whether the registration information can be received by a user terminal where the eUICC is located comprises:

the SM-DS server acquires a polling period, wherein the polling period is the interval duration of the polling message sent by the user terminal to the SM-DS server of the contract management-discovery service;

the SM-DS server judges whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period;

if not, the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the SM-DS server obtaining a polling period comprises:

the SM-DS server acquires a polling period from a polling message sent by the user terminal to the SM-DS server; or the like, or, alternatively,

and the SM-DS server acquires a polling period from the registration information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the SM-DS server determining whether the registration information can be received by a user terminal where the eUICC is located comprises:

the SM-DS server judges whether eUICC information is stored in the SM-DS server for the subscription management-discovery service, wherein the eUICC information at least comprises an eUICC identification; and if not, the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the SM-DS server determining whether the registration information can be received by a user terminal where the eUICC is located comprises:

the SM-DS server judges whether information for indicating to stop sending the polling message is stored in the SM-DS server for the subscription management-discovery service; and if so, determining that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

after the SM-DS server receives registration information sent by a signing management-data preparation SM-DP server, the SM-DS server stores address information of the SM-DP server;

if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, the SM-DS server deletes the stored address information of the SM-DP server;

the SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is also used for indicating that the address information of the SM-DP server is deleted.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein before the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further comprises:

the SM-DS server receives a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message is used for indicating to stop sending the polling message;

and if the eUICC information is stored in the SM-DS server, deleting the eUICC information by the SM-DS server according to the first message.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein before the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further comprises:

and the SM-DS server stores the information for indicating the stop of sending the polling message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the SM-DS server determining whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive registration information comprises:

the SM-DS server judges whether information used for indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on a user terminal is stored in the SM-DS server;

and if so, the SM-DS server determines that the user terminal cannot receive the registration information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein before the SM-DS server receives the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the method further comprises:

the SM-DS server receives a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user to close a remote management operation option on the user terminal;

and the SM-DS server stores the first indication information.

11. The method according to claim 7, 8 or 10, wherein before the SM-DS server receives the first message sent by the user terminal, the method further comprises:

the SM-DS server receives a polling message sent by the user terminal, wherein the polling message is used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set;

and if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, the SM-DS server sends the unsent registration information to the user terminal, and the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server.

12. The method according to claim 7, 8 or 10, wherein the first message is a polling message, the polling message is further used to obtain registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set.

13. The method according to claim 7, 8 or 10, wherein after the SM-DS server receives the first message sent by the user terminal, the method further comprises:

if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, the SM-DS server sends second indication information to the SM-DP server, and the second indication information is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC.

14. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

a user terminal acquires an address and a polling period of a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server;

the user terminal sends a polling message carrying the polling cycle to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server;

15. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set on an eUICC, which is input by a user;

the user terminal sends a first message to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server, wherein the first message is used for indicating to stop sending a polling message, the polling message is used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server; or the first message is used for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein after the user terminal receives a user-entered remote management operation close command for a subscription information set on the eUICC and before sending the first message to the subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server, the method further comprises:

the user terminal sends a polling message to the SM-DS server;

the user terminal receives registration information sent by the SM-DS server, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server;

the user terminal obtains a remote management operation command aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC from the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server;

and the user terminal sends the remote management operation command to the eUICC so that the eUICC executes the remote management operation command.

17. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set and input by a user;

the user terminal acquires address information of a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server for managing the subscription information set;

and the user terminal sends a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating the user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the sending, by the user terminal, the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server comprises:

the user terminal sends a notification message carrying the address information of the SM-DP server to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server so as to trigger the SM-DS server to send the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server.

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the notification message further includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, where the identification information is counting information or time information, and the eUICC signature information and the identification information are used by the SM-DP server to verify the identity of the eUICC where the subscription information set is located.

20. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server receives a notification message, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user terminal where an eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set;

the SM-DP server saves the first indication information;

and the SM-DP server sends the first indication information to an operator server.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, deleting the unexecuted remote management operation request by the SM-DP server, sending indication information that the unexecuted remote management operation is deleted to an operator server, and informing the SM-DS server to delete corresponding registration information; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, the SM-DP server sends second indication information to the operator server, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the signing management-data preparation SM-DP server has the unexecuted remote management operation request.

22. The method of claim 20 or 21, wherein the SM-DP server receiving the notification message comprises:

the SM-DP server receives a notification message sent by a user terminal; or the like, or, alternatively,

and the SM-DP server receives a notification message sent by the SM-DS server of the subscription management-discovery service.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

and the SM-DP server receives the remote management operation request which is sent by the operator server and is not executed, deletes the remote management operation request which is not executed and informs the SM-DS server of deleting the corresponding registration information.

24. An apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), which is applied to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, where the registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server, and the registration information is used to register a remote management event of the SM-DP server for a subscription information set in an eUICC;

a judging unit, configured to judge whether the user terminal where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information;

a sending unit, configured to send a notification message to the SM-DP server if the determining unit determines that the user terminal where the eUICC is located cannot receive the registration information, where the notification message is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the determining unit comprises:

the acquisition subunit is configured to acquire a polling period, where the polling period is an interval duration for the user terminal to send a polling message to a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server;

a judging subunit, configured to judge whether a polling message sent by the user terminal is received in at least one polling period;

a determining subunit, configured to determine that the ue cannot receive the registration information when the determining subunit determines that the polling message sent by the ue is not received in at least one polling period.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the acquiring subunit acquires the polling period by:

and acquiring a polling period from the registration information.

27. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the manner for the determining unit to determine whether the ue where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information is specifically:

28. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the manner for the determining unit to determine whether the ue where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information is specifically:

29. The apparatus of any one of claims 24 to 28, further comprising:

the first storage unit is used for storing the address information of the SM-DP server after the receiving unit receives the registration information sent by the SM-DP server for signing management-data preparation;

a first deleting unit, configured to delete the stored address information of the SM-DP server if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information;

the transmitting unit transmits a notification message to the SM-DP server, the notification message further indicating that address information of the SM-DP server is deleted.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a first message sent by the ue, and the first message is used to instruct to stop sending polling messages;

the device further comprises:

a second deleting unit, configured to delete the eUICC information according to the first message if the eUICC information is stored in the SM-DS server.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a first message sent by the ue, and the first message is used to indicate to stop sending polling messages;

the device further comprises:

and the second storage unit is used for storing the information used for indicating the stop of sending the polling message.

32. The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the manner for the determining unit to determine whether the ue where the eUICC is located can receive the registration information is specifically:

33. The apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a first message sent by the user terminal, where the first message includes first indication information indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on the user terminal;

the device further comprises:

and the third storage unit is used for storing the first indication information.

34. The apparatus according to claim 30, 31 or 33, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a polling message sent by the user terminal, where the polling message is used to obtain address information of an SM-DP server stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set;

the sending unit is further configured to send, if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, the unsent registration information to the user terminal, where the registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server.

35. The apparatus according to claim 30, 31 or 33, wherein the first message is a polling message, the polling message is further configured to obtain registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set.

36. The apparatus of claim 30, 31 or 33, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send, after the receiving unit receives the first message sent by the user terminal, second indication information to the SM-DP server if there is unsent registration information in the SM-DS server, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the eUICC cannot perform a remote management event for a subscription information set on the eUICC.

37. An apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), applied to a user terminal, comprising:

the system comprises an acquisition unit, a polling unit and a service management and discovery system, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the address and the polling cycle of a subscription management-discovery service SM-DS server;

a sending unit, configured to send, to the SM-DS server, a polling message carrying the polling period according to the address of the SM-DS server;

38. An apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), applied to a user terminal, comprising:

the receiving unit is used for receiving a remote management operation closing instruction which is input by a user and aims at a subscription information set on the eUICC;

a sending unit, configured to send a first message to a SM-DS server for subscription management-discovery service, where the first message is used to instruct to stop sending a polling message, the polling message is used to obtain registration information stored in the SM-DS server, and the registration information includes address information of the SM-DP server; or the first message is used for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send a polling message to the SM-DS server after the receiving unit receives a user-input remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC;

the receiving unit is further configured to receive address information of the SM-DP server sent by the SM-DS server;

the device further comprises:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain, from the SM-DP server, a remote management operation command for a subscription information set on the eUICC according to the address information of the SM-DP server;

the sending unit is further configured to send the remote management operation command to the eUICC, so that the eUICC executes the remote management operation command.

40. An apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), applied to a user terminal, comprising:

the receiving unit is used for receiving a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at the subscription information set input by a user;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire address information of a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server that manages the subscription information set;

a sending unit, configured to send a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server, where the notification message includes first indication information used to indicate a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set.

41. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the sending unit is specifically configured to send a notification message carrying address information of the SM-DP server to a SM-DS server for subscription management-discovery service, so as to trigger the SM-DS server to send the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server.

42. The apparatus of claim 40 or 41, wherein the notification message further comprises eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, and the identification information is counting information or time information, and the eUICC signature information and the identification information are used by the SM-DP server to verify the identity of the eUICC where the subscription information set is located.

43. An apparatus for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), applied to a subscription management-data preparation (SM-DP) server, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a notification message, where the notification message includes first indication information used to instruct a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set;

a saving unit configured to save the first indication information;

a transmitting unit, configured to transmit the first indication information to an operator server.

44. The apparatus of claim 43, further comprising:

a deleting unit, configured to delete an unexecuted remote management operation request if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, send instruction information that the unexecuted remote management operation is deleted to an operator server, and notify the SM-DS server of deleting corresponding registration information; or the like, or, alternatively,

the sending unit is further configured to send second indication information to the operator server if the unexecuted remote management operation request exists, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the signature management-data preparation SM-DP server has the unexecuted remote management operation request.

45. The apparatus according to claim 43 or 44, wherein the manner for the receiving unit to receive the notification message is specifically:

and receiving a notification message sent by the SM-DS server.

46. The apparatus of claim 44, further comprising:

and the notification unit is used for receiving the request for deleting the unexecuted remote management operation sent by the operator server, deleting the unexecuted remote management operation request and notifying the SM-DS server of deleting the corresponding registration information.

47. A subscription management-discovery service, SM-DS, server, comprising: the system comprises a processor, a receiver, a transmitter and a memory, wherein the processor, the receiver, the transmitter and the memory are respectively connected with a communication bus, a group of program codes are stored in the memory, and the processor is used for calling the program codes stored in the memory and executing the following steps:

controlling the receiver to receive registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server, and is used for registering a remote management event of the SM-DP server for a subscription information set in an eUICC;

if the user terminal cannot receive the registration information, controlling the transmitter to transmit a notification message to the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute the remote management event.

48. The server according to claim 47, wherein said determining whether the registration information can be received by the user terminal where the eUICC is located comprises:

49. The server according to claim 48, wherein the acquisition polling period comprises:

and acquiring a polling period from the registration information.

50. The server according to claim 47, wherein said determining whether the registration information can be received by the user terminal where the eUICC is located comprises:

51. The server according to claim 47, wherein said determining whether the registration information can be received by the user terminal where the eUICC is located comprises:

52. A server, according to any one of claims 47 to 51, wherein said processor is further operative to invoke program code stored in said memory for performing the steps of:

after the control receiver receives registration information sent by a subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the address information of the SM-DP server is stored;

the control unit is configured to send a notification message to the SM-DP server, the notification message further indicating that address information of the SM-DP server is deleted.

53. The server according to claim 50, wherein before controlling the receiver to receive the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the processor is further configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

controlling the receiver to receive a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message is used for indicating to stop sending the polling message;

54. The server according to claim 51, wherein before controlling the receiver to receive the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the processor is further configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

55. The server according to claim 47, wherein said determining whether the user terminal of the eUICC can receive the registration information comprises:

56. The server according to claim 55, wherein before controlling the receiver to receive the registration information sent by the subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, the processor is further configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

controlling the receiver to receive a first message sent by the user terminal, wherein the first message comprises first indication information for indicating that a user closes a remote management operation option on the user terminal;

and saving the first indication information.

57. The server according to claim 53, 54 or 56, wherein before controlling the receiver to receive the first message sent by the user terminal, the processor is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory, for performing the following steps:

controlling the receiver to receive a polling message sent by the user terminal, wherein the polling message is used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set;

and if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, controlling the sender to send the unsent registration information to the user terminal, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server.

58. The server according to claim 53, 54 or 56, wherein the first message is a polling message, the polling message is further configured to obtain registration information saved on the SM-DS server, and the polling message is sent after the user terminal receives a remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set.

59. The server according to claim 53, 54 or 56, wherein after controlling the receiver to receive the first message sent by the user terminal, the processor is further configured to call the program code stored in the memory, for performing the following steps:

if unsent registration information exists in the SM-DS server, controlling the transmitter to transmit second indication information to the SM-DP server, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the eUICC cannot execute a remote management event aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC.

60. A user terminal, comprising: the system comprises a processor, a transmitter and a memory, wherein the processor, the transmitter and the memory are respectively connected with a communication bus, a group of program codes are stored in the memory, and the processor is used for calling the program codes stored in the memory and executing the following steps:

controlling the sender to send a polling message carrying the polling period to the SM-DS server according to the address of the SM-DS server;

61. A user terminal, comprising: the system comprises a processor, a receiver, a transmitter and a memory, wherein the processor, the receiver, the transmitter and the memory are respectively connected with a communication bus, a group of program codes are stored in the memory, and the processor is used for calling the program codes stored in the memory and executing the following steps:

controlling the receiver to receive a remote management operation closing instruction aiming at a subscription information set on the eUICC, which is input by a user;

controlling the sender to send a first message to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server, wherein the first message is used for indicating to stop sending a polling message, the polling message is used for acquiring registration information stored on the SM-DS server, and the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server; or the first message is used for indicating the user to close the remote management operation option on the user terminal.

62. The user terminal of claim 61, wherein the processor is further configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory for performing the following steps after controlling the receiver to receive a user-entered remote management operation close instruction for a subscription information set on the eUICC and before controlling the transmitter to send a first message to a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server:

controlling the transmitter to transmit a polling message to the SM-DS server;

controlling the receiver to receive registration information sent by the SM-DS server, wherein the registration information comprises address information of the SM-DP server;

controlling the transmitter to transmit the remote management operation command to the eUICC to enable the eUICC to execute the remote management operation command.

63. A user terminal, comprising: the system comprises a processor, a receiver, a transmitter and a memory, wherein the processor, the receiver, the transmitter and the memory are respectively connected with a communication bus, a group of program codes are stored in the memory, and the processor is used for calling the program codes stored in the memory and executing the following steps:

and controlling the transmitter to transmit a notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating the user terminal to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set.

64. The ue of claim 63, wherein the controlling the transmitter to transmit the notification message to the SM-DP server according to the address information of the SM-DP server comprises:

65. The ue of claim 63 or 64, wherein the notification message further includes eUICC signature information and identification information of the notification message, and the identification information is counting information or time information, and the eUICC signature information and the identification information are used by the SM-DP server to verify the identity of the eUICC where the subscription information set is located.

66. A subscription management-data preparation SM-DP server, comprising: the system comprises a processor, a receiver, a transmitter and a memory, wherein the processor, the receiver, the transmitter and the memory are respectively connected with a communication bus, a group of program codes are stored in the memory, and the processor is used for calling the program codes stored in the memory and executing the following steps:

controlling the receiver to receive a notification message, wherein the notification message comprises first indication information used for indicating a user terminal where the eUICC is located to close a remote management operation option for a subscription information set;

saving the first indication information;

controlling the transmitter to transmit the first indication information to an operator server.

67. The server according to claim 66, wherein the processor is further configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

68. The server according to claim 66 or 67, wherein the controlling the receiver to receive the notification message comprises:

controlling the receiver to receive a notification message sent by a user terminal; or the like, or, alternatively,

and controlling the receiver to receive a notification message sent by a subscription management-discovery service (SM-DS) server.

69. The server according to claim 67, wherein the processor is further configured to invoke the program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

70. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

a user terminal receives a remote management operation closing instruction or opening instruction aiming at a subscription information set on an eUICC, which is input by a user;

and the user terminal sends a first message to an SM-DS server, wherein the first message comprises the closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set.

71. The method of claim 70, wherein the first message further comprises address information for an SM-DP server managing a subscription information set on the eUICC.

72. The method of claim 70, wherein the first message further comprises address information of an SM-DP server managing the subscription information sets on the eUICC when the remote management operation for the subscription information sets on the eUICC changes from a closed state to an open state.

73. The method according to any of claims 70 to 72, wherein the first message further includes identification information of the subscription information set on the eUICC, and the identification information is used to notify the SM-DS server that the remote management operation option of the subscription information set corresponding to the identification information is turned off or turned on.

74. The method of any of claims 70 to 72, wherein the first message is a poll message or an authentication client request message sent by a Local Discovery Service (LDS) on the user terminal to the SM-DS server.

75. The method of claim 73, wherein the first message is a polling message or an authentication client request message sent by a Local Discovery Service (LDS) on the user terminal to the SM-DS server.

76. A method for managing a subscription information set in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), comprising:

an SM-DS server receives a first message sent by a user terminal, wherein the first message comprises the closing or opening information of the remote management operation of a subscription information set of an eUICC on the user terminal;

and the SM-DS server saves and/or forwards the closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set of the eUICC on the user terminal.

77. The method of claim 76, wherein the first message further comprises identification information of the subscription information set, and wherein the SM-DS server saves and/or forwards subscription information set remote management operation close or open information of the eUICC on the user terminal comprises:

and the SM-DS server stores and/or forwards the identification information of the subscription information set and indication information of closing or opening of the remote management operation of the subscription information set corresponding to the identification information of the subscription information set.

78. The method of claim 76, wherein the SM-DS server saving subscription information set remote management operation close or open information for the eUICC on the user terminal comprises:

the SM-DS server judges whether the SM-DS server stores the historical subscription information set remote management operation closing or opening information of the eUICC;

if so, the SM-DS server stores the received closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set of the eUICC through the first message, and deletes the stored closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the historical subscription information set of the eUICC.

79. The method of claim 76, wherein the SM-DS server saving subscription information set remote management operation close or open information for the eUICC on the user terminal comprises:

and if the subscription information set remote management operation closing information of the eUICC is contained in the first message received by the SM-DS server, the SM-DS server stores the subscription information set remote management operation closing information of the eUICC on the user terminal.

80. The method of claim 76, wherein the first message further comprises address information of an SM-DP server, and wherein the SM-DS server forwarding subscription information set remote management operation close or open information of the eUICC on the user terminal comprises:

and the SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message contains the closing or opening information of the remote management operation of the subscription information set of the eUICC.

81. The method of claim 76, wherein the first message further comprises address information of an SM-DP server, and wherein the SM-DS server forwarding subscription information set remote management operation close or open information of the eUICC on the user terminal comprises:

if the SM-DS server receives the signing information set remote management operation opening information of the eUICC contained in the first message, the SM-DS server sends a notification message to the SM-DP server corresponding to the address information of the SM-DP server, wherein the notification message contains the signing information set remote management operation opening information of the eUICC.

82. The method of any one of claims 76 to 78, further comprising:

the SM-DS server receives registration information aiming at the eUICC sent by the SM-DP server;

the SM-DS server judges whether information used for indicating that a user closes or opens a subscription information set remote management operation option aiming at the eUICC is stored in the SM-DS server;

if so, the SM-DS server sends the information for indicating that the user closes or opens the subscription information set remote management operation option aiming at the eUICC to the SM-DP server.

83. The method of claim 82,

the SM-DS server sends the information for indicating that the user closes or opens the subscription information set remote management operation option for the eUICC to the SM-DP server, and the information comprises the following steps:

and the SM-DS server sends a response message of a registration request to the SM-DP server, wherein the response message of the registration request carries the information for indicating that a user closes or opens a subscription information set remote management operation option aiming at the eUICC.

84. The method of claim 82, further comprising:

when the SM-DS server sends the information for indicating that the user closes or opens the remote management operation option of the subscription information set aiming at the eUICC to the SM-DP server, the SM-DS server also sends a subscription information set identifier to the SM-DP server, wherein the subscription information set identifier indicates that the user closes or opens the remote management operation of the subscription information set corresponding to the subscription information set identifier.

85. The method of claim 83, further comprising: