CN110536284B

CN110536284B - eSIM management method and system based on Internet of things

Info

Publication number: CN110536284B
Application number: CN201910596118.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金辉; 蒋明
Original assignee: Shenzhen Jieruilian Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Jieruilian Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-03
Filing date: 2019-07-03
Publication date: 2020-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-03
Also published as: CN110536284A

Abstract

The invention discloses an eSIM management method based on the Internet of things.A platform of the Internet of things receives eUICC data information reported by a terminal; the Internet of things platform selects a resource management platform and initiates a subscription; the Internet of things platform receives an activation code issued by the resource management platform after the resource management platform distributes the electronic card; the Internet of things platform completes business ordering on the electronic card and issues an activation code to the terminal, so that the terminal downloads and installs the electronic card through the activation code, and the electronic card which is installed is the business card. The invention realizes the comprehensive management of the eSIM, optimizes the eSIM card opening process based on the Internet of things, simultaneously keeps monitoring the eSIM card and the service use condition of the eSIM card, integrally solves the eSIM connection requirement facing the Internet of things, and in addition, the proxy unit realizes the calling of various programs and data in the terminal and optimizes the management monitoring and external scheduling of the terminal.

Description

eSIM management method and system based on Internet of things

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of eSIM management, in particular to an eSIM management method and system based on the Internet of things.

Background

The eSIM means a technology in which a conventional physical SIM card is replaced by software without using a conventional pluggable SIM card, thereby enabling the mobile terminal to be connected to a cellular network without using the pluggable SIM card. The eSIM technology is particularly valuable in outbound data services, and a user can use a mobile intelligent terminal supporting eSIM to download and activate SIM data (i.e., operator profile) of a local operator after outbound, thereby avoiding high roaming charges between operators.

The GSMA defines an eSIM remote management technology based on an embedded UICC (eUICC for short), and can download a Profile (Profile) to the eUICC through an SM-DP + platform. As shown in fig. 1, the eUICC is an independent hardware on the terminal, is a carrier for finally downloading an eSIM profile, and is used as an SIM card after being downloaded and activated; the LPA is a terminal software module and is responsible for carrying out network communication with SM-DP + and local communication with the eUICC, establishing a secure channel between the SM-DP + and the eUICC and finishing downloading and local management of profile data; ES10+ is a communication interface between the LPA and the eUICC, for transmitting an encryption profile; the ES8+ provides an end-to-end secure channel from the SM-DP + to the eUICC, and downloads and installs operator data in the eUICC at the server side; the ISO-7816 interface is a direct communication interface between the baseband chip and the eUICC, and is used for transmitting and processing data interaction between all the baseband chips and the SIM card, and the existing mobile terminal is the same.

However, with the rapid development of the current internet of things, for the field of wireless communication devices, eSIM cards, which are the most suitable networking scheme in the internet of things devices, have gradually replaced the original entity SIM card scheme, and replace the traditional entity SIM card through software, so that the purpose that a mobile terminal can connect to a cellular network without using a pluggable SIM card is achieved for many mobile communication terminals. However, the current prior art only defines an eSIM remote management technology, and does not address the requirement of eSIM connection for the internet of things.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides an eSIM management scheme based on an internet of things platform, and the method and the system disclosed by the scheme solve the requirement of eSIM connection facing the internet of things.

The eSIM management method based on the Internet of things comprises the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that an Internet of things platform obtains eUICC data information of a terminal to be opened by a service card;

the Internet of things platform acquires user subscription information corresponding to the eUICC data information, and uploads the user subscription information and the eUICC data information to a resource management platform for distributing electronic cards;

the Internet of things platform receives an activation code required by a terminal for downloading the electronic card;

and the Internet of things platform issues the activation code to the terminal for downloading and installing the electronic card to complete the opening of the service card.

Further, the obtaining, by the internet of things platform, the eUICC data information of the terminal to be activated by the service card includes:

and the Internet of things platform acquires and stores the eUICC data information through a temporary wireless network established by a seed card preset by the terminal.

and the Internet of things platform performs relation binding on the EID and the IMEI code in the received eUICC data information and stores the EID and the IMEI code.

Further, the internet of things platform acquiring user subscription information corresponding to the eUICC data information, and uploading the user subscription information and the eUICC data information to a resource management platform for distributing electronic cards includes:

the Internet of things platform receives the user subscription information sent by an external communication terminal and binds the user subscription information with an EID (enhanced identification device) in the eUICC data information; and the Internet of things platform uploads the user subscription information and the bound EID to the resource management platform.

Further, the receiving, by the internet of things platform, the user subscription information sent by the external communication terminal, and binding the user subscription information with the EID in the eUICC data information includes:

the Internet of things platform is accessed by an external communication terminal, and the user subscription information sent by the external communication terminal is bound with the corresponding EID according to the binding relationship between the IMEI code obtained from the external communication terminal and the EID in the eUICC data information, wherein the access address of the Internet of things platform and the IMEI code are obtained by scanning a two-dimensional code preset in the terminal by the external communication terminal.

Further, the issuing, by the internet of things platform, the activation code to the terminal for downloading and installing the electronic card to complete the service card provisioning includes:

and under the condition that the Internet of things platform finishes service ordering on the distributed electronic card to the resource management platform, the Internet of things platform inquires the current electronic card type of the terminal, and if no service card exists, the Internet of things platform sends the activation code to the terminal.

Further, the method includes a resource allocation method of the resource management platform, and the resource allocation method includes:

the resource ordering platform completes the resource allocation of the electronic card according to the received eUICC data information and the user subscription information;

the resource ordering platform initiates a binding instruction of an electronic card number of the electronic card and the EID to a resource downloading platform according to a resource distribution result of the electronic card; the resource downloading platform is used for storing resources of the electronic card, the binding instruction is initiated according to the resource ordering platform to complete the binding of the electronic card corresponding to the electronic card number and the EID, and the bound electronic card is in the activated state;

and the resource ordering platform generates the activation code and sends the activation code to the Internet of things platform.

The invention also discloses an eSIM networking service management method, which comprises the following steps:

the method for managing the eSIM based on the Internet of things according to any one of claims 1-7, for provisioning the service card;

the terminal acquires an APN (access point name) carried in a service card; or the terminal receives the APN issued by the Internet of things platform;

and the terminal uses the APN to connect with a network.

Further, the method further comprises:

and under the condition that the terminal is connected with the network by using the APN, if the condition that the duration that the terminal has no data service reaches a preset threshold value is monitored, the terminal reports the service card failure information to the Internet of things platform through the temporary wireless network, and feeds the service card failure information back to the resource management platform through the Internet of things platform.

The invention also discloses an eSIM networking service synchronization method, the eSIM management method based on the Internet of things is used for opening the service card by the terminal, and the method comprises the following steps:

under the condition that the terminal uses the APN to connect with the network, the Internet of things platform synchronizes the service volume using condition of the service card from the resource management platform;

and under the condition that the service volume of the service card is used up, service ordering is carried out according to the ordering strategy of the Internet of things platform.

The invention also discloses an eSIM networking service information pushing method, a terminal opens a service card according to the eSIM management method based on the Internet of things, and the method comprises the following steps:

and pushing information to a pushing platform through a terminal connection gateway of the Internet of things platform, and pushing the information to the terminal through the pushing platform.

The invention also discloses an eSIM management system based on the Internet of things, which comprises:

a terminal for:

sending eUICC data information to an Internet of things platform;

downloading an electronic card by using the activation code, and then installing the electronic card to finish opening a service card;

the Internet of things platform is used for:

acquiring the eUICC data information and corresponding user subscription information, and uploading the user subscription information and the eUICC data information to a resource management platform;

receiving an activation code from a receiving resource management platform and issuing the activation code to the terminal;

a resource management platform to:

distributing the electronic card for the terminal according to the user subscription information and the eUICC data information and providing downloading;

and generating the activation code.

Further, the terminal is preset with a seed card for establishing a temporary wireless network, and the internet of things platform acquires and stores the eUICC data information through the temporary wireless network.

Further, the terminal includes:

the agent unit is used for acquiring the eUICC data information and reporting the eUICC data information to the Internet of things platform through the wireless network;

an LPA unit for downloading the allocated electronic card from the asset management platform upon receiving the activation code sent by the agent unit;

the Internet of things platform stores EID and IMEI codes with binding relation in eUICC data information reported by the agent unit.

Further, the internet of things platform is configured to receive the user subscription information sent by an external communication terminal, and bind the user subscription information with the EID in the eUICC data information; and the Internet of things platform uploads the user subscription information and the bound EID to the resource management platform.

Further, the system also comprises a two-dimensional code arranged on the terminal, wherein the access address of the platform of the internet of things is obtained by scanning the two-dimensional code preset in the terminal by the external communication terminal;

and the Internet of things platform scans the IMEI code obtained by the two-dimensional code according to an external communication terminal, and binds the user subscription information sent by the external mobile terminal with the corresponding EID according to the binding relationship between the EID and the IMEI code in the eUICC data information.

Further, the resource management platform performs relational binding on the electronic card number of the allocated electronic card and the EID in the eUICC data information, so that the allocated electronic card is in an activated state downloaded by a terminal with the EID in the binding relation;

the resource management platform generates the activation code for downloading the electronic card;

the electronic card number is an ICCID or a telephone number of the electronic card or an IMSI (International Mobile subscriber identity) of an operator.

Further, the resource ordering platform completes resource allocation of the electronic card according to the received eUICC data information and the user subscription information;

the resource ordering platform initiates a binding instruction of an electronic card number of the electronic card and the EID to a resource downloading platform according to a resource distribution result of the electronic card; the resource downloading platform is used for storing resources of the electronic card, and the binding instruction is initiated by the resource ordering platform to complete the binding of the electronic card corresponding to the electronic card number and the EID, so that the bound electronic card is in the activated state;

Further, under the condition that the internet of things platform finishes service ordering on the distributed electronic card to the resource management platform, the internet of things platform inquires the current electronic card type of the terminal, and if no service card exists, the internet of things platform sends the activation code to the terminal.

Further, under the condition that the service card is opened, the terminal acquires an APN (access point name) carried in the service card; or the terminal receives the APN issued by the Internet of things platform.

Further, under the condition that the terminal uses the APN to connect with the network, if the terminal monitors that the duration of no data service of the terminal reaches a preset threshold value, the Internet of things platform receives the service card failure information reported by the temporary wireless network established by the terminal through a preset seed card;

and the Internet of things platform is used for feeding back the card information of the failed service card to the resource management platform.

Further, under the condition that the terminal uses the APN to connect with the network, the Internet of things platform synchronizes the service volume using condition of the service card from the resource management platform;

Further, information is pushed to a pushing platform through a terminal connection gateway of the Internet of things platform, and the pushing platform pushes the information to the terminal

According to the invention, the temporary network is established through the seed card preset in the terminal, so that the terminal can directly communicate with the Internet of things platform and the resource management platform without forwarding information by other equipment, and the card opening process of the eSIM is greatly simplified.

The terminal can call and report the eUICC data information of the terminal through the agent module and is combined with the management of the Internet of things platform, so that the real-time monitoring of the terminal is realized, the problems in the card opening process are discovered in time, and the service volume using condition of the service card is automatically mastered by combining the Internet of things platform. The Internet of things also completes the functions of selection, signing, issuing of order information (activation code), activating of service card, renewal of service and the like of the resource management platform, so that the method and the system disclosed by the invention integrally meet the requirement of the existing eSIM connection management facing the Internet of things.

Additional features and advantages of embodiments of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the embodiments of the invention without limiting the embodiments of the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a GSMA eSIM technical architecture diagram;

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a sequence diagram of an information reporting process of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a sequence diagram of a user subscription flow according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a timing diagram illustrating an electronic card distribution process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a timing diagram illustrating an electronic card downloading process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a timing diagram illustrating an APN assignment and service card detection procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a sequence diagram of a service renewal process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Interpretation of terms

eSIM, embedded SIM card;

eUICC, embedded UICC;

the system comprises an LPA unit, a terminal software module specified by GSMA standard protocol;

IMEI code, international mobile equipment identity;

EID, identification of a citizen network electronic identity card;

ICCID, integrated circuit card identification code;

APN, Access Point Name, Access Point.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

The invention discloses an eSIM management method based on the Internet of things, which is used for meeting the current eSIM connection management requirement facing the Internet of things. The method comprises the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that an Internet of things platform receives eUICC data information reported by a terminal;

the Internet of things platform selects a resource management platform and initiates a subscription;

the Internet of things platform receives an activation code issued by the resource management platform after the resource management platform distributes the electronic card;

the Internet of things platform finishes business subscription on the electronic card and issues the activation code to the terminal, so that the terminal downloads and installs the electronic card through the activation code, and the electronic card which is installed is the business card.

As can be seen from the above, the present invention mainly relates to three aspects of eSIM management, namely, provisioning of a service card, monitoring of a terminal and the service card, and service subscription of the service card, which are associated and supported with each other to form a complete eSIM management scheme, and the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The normal use of the eSIM card is the basis for realizing the eSIM management scheme, so the card opening method of the eSIM is particularly important, and the main principle is that the eUICC needs to obtain corresponding profile resources, so the embodiment of the invention discloses a complete flow for opening the eSIM (service card).

Firstly, a terminal that needs to open a card sends a request for opening the card, and in order to ensure that profile resources can be identified in a plurality of devices and obtained safely and accurately, the terminal needs to upload relevant data of itself, as shown in a timing chart shown in fig. 3, the steps are as follows:

101-the terminal is started and a temporary wireless network is established for realizing data interaction with the Internet of things platform and the resource management platform.

The terminal can be a mobile device with a wireless networking function, such as a mobile phone and an intelligent wearable device, and mainly comprises three parts, namely an agent unit, an LPA (low power access architecture) unit and an eUICC (integrated circuit card), wherein the LPA unit and the eUICC are parts already specified by the current GSMA standard protocol, the eUICC can store profile resources, namely the essence of a seed card, a service card and an electronic card mentioned herein, and the eUICC storing the profile resources can realize the function of starting a cellular network by matching a baseband chip. The LPA unit can download the profile resource from the SM-DP + platform to the eUICC, and the download flow is a standard flow specified by the protocol and will not be described in detail herein. The proxy unit is an important unit for realizing the eSIM management, can call and report eUICC data information in the eUICC, and then the issued activation code needs to be called to the LPA unit by the proxy unit so as to realize the downloading of the profile resource.

In order to solve the problem, a seed card is preset in the eUICC, so that the terminal has a function of downloading the profile through networking before the eSIM is opened, and simultaneously, the report of eUICC data information can be realized, thereby avoiding a complex mode that other equipment needs to forward information through a near field communication means in a traditional UICC card opening mode, and optimizing an eSIM management framework.

102-calling eUICC data information of the terminal. Specifically, the proxy unit calls the eUICC data information.

And 103, reporting the eUICC data information by the terminal. Specifically, the proxy unit reports the eUICC data information.

And 104, receiving and storing the eUICC data information by the platform of the Internet of things. The eUICC data information generally includes an EID and an IMEI code (see the above term explanation part for a specific explanation), and particularly, the binding relationship between the EID and the IMEI is provided, so that the relationship between the user ID and the corresponding terminal can be confirmed, and the eSIM management items such as eSIM provisioning, renewal and the like of the terminal are completed. Meanwhile, the eUICC may further include related information about its profile ICCID, whether it corresponds to a seed card or a service card, whether the profile is available, and the like.

The internet of things platform is a very popular technology at present, and the interconnection of everything has become the development trend of the future technology, and the internet of things platform adopted by the invention can be independently built according to the requirements, and can also be directly used in the prior art, including but not limited to: free internet of things platforms (such as china mobile OnenNET, ali Link and the like) of three operators in China have the existing system structure and operation principle, and are not described in detail herein.

The resource ordering platform is a part of the resource management platform, and the important function of the resource ordering platform is to complete the resource allocation of the electronic card, and the resource allocation is based on the eUICC data information, so steps 101 to 104 are the preparation stage of the resource allocation of the electronic card. The resource management platform further comprises a resource downloading platform, wherein the SM-DP + platform specified by the standard protocol is a resource downloading platform, and the resource management platform initiates the binding instruction according to the resource ordering platform to complete the binding of the electronic card corresponding to the electronic card number and the EID, so that the bound electronic card is in the activated state, and the functions and processes related to the resource downloading platform are further described later. The resource management platform is typically built by a mobile operator and belongs to one of the operator services.

The main purpose of the steps 101-104 is to upload the eUICC data to the internet of things platform, as another embodiment of the present invention, the above purpose can be achieved by adopting other methods, that is, before the terminal device leaves factory or is sold, the eUICC data information is imported into the internet of things platform by way of offline import, batch import can be achieved by way of offline import, the import efficiency is improved, from the user side, the operations of the above steps 102-104 are omitted, the steps are simplified, and for the step 101, the temporary wireless network established by the method is an important channel for downloading electronic card resources, so the step still needs to be implemented.

The resource ordering platform allocates resources and requires subscription information of a user besides the eUICC data information. As shown in the sequence diagram of fig. 4, the steps of acquiring the subscription information are as follows:

201-the user scans the two-dimensional code through the external communication terminal.

202-accessing the Internet of things platform address obtained through the two-dimensional code and reporting the IMEI code.

203-the platform of the internet of things selects the resource management platform and initiates subscription.

The two-dimensional code can be a printed entity two-dimensional code which is given away along with a terminal accessory when leaving a factory, or can be stored in the terminal in the form of an electronic file and displayed through a display of the terminal. The source information for generating the two-dimensional code mainly comprises two source information, namely an IMEI code of the terminal and an address of an Internet of things platform to be accessed, and the source information can be obtained by scanning the two-dimensional code and analyzing. The two-dimensional code is only a preferred way to conveniently input the source information, and the source information can be actively input by a user through a keyboard (including a virtual keyboard).

The external communication terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer and other electronic equipment with a networking function, which are common in life, and in other embodiments of the invention, the terminal can be networked based on the seed card, so that the terminal can access and report the IMEI code without the help of the external communication terminal.

The Internet of things platform selects a proper resource management platform according to a selection strategy, and the strategy can be made according to factors such as charging, service area, service quality and the like of an operator. In this embodiment, there are two resource management platforms that can be selected, that is, an external resource management platform and an own resource management platform, and fig. 3 to 8 all use the external resource management platform as an example for description.

The external communication terminal authorizes the Internet of things platform by accessing the Internet of things platform, so that the Internet of things platform can initiate subscription to the resource ordering platform for the user. Since the binding relationship between the EID and the IMEI code has been determined by the internet of things platform before, the IMEI code reported by the external communication terminal can determine the corresponding EID, and further determine the EID corresponding to the subscription information.

After the resource management platform obtains the eUICC data information and the user subscription information which are reported by the internet of things and have the binding relationship, corresponding electronic card resources are distributed and prepared for downloading, as shown in a timing diagram shown in fig. 5, the specific steps are as follows:

301-resource ordering platform allocates electronic cards. The resource ordering platform specifies an electronic card allocated to the user according to the eUICC data information and the user subscription information, but the resource ordering platform does not store the electronic card and does not provide downloading.

302-binding the electronic card. After the electronic card is distributed, the resource ordering platform issues an instruction to bind the distributed electronic card with the specific electronic card resource stored in the resource downloading platform, and the bound electronic card is in an activated state, so that the electronic card can be downloaded by a downloading requester meeting the requirement.

303-the resource downloading platform generates an activation code and sends the activation code to the internet of things platform. The electronic card resources need to be guaranteed to be downloaded by the correct user, so that, although the electronic card is in an activated state, only the terminal of the user is provided with the activation code, which corresponds to the download token.

And 304, the platform of the Internet of things stores the activation code.

After the electronic card is distributed, the terminal can download and install the electronic card, as shown in the timing chart of fig. 6, the specific steps are as follows:

401-the platform of the internet of things completes the business order corresponding to the electronic card. In actual use, the service provided by the mobile operator needs to pay, and when the balance of the cost is insufficient, the services such as cellular data, short messages, calls and the like cannot be used, so that service subscription is needed to ensure the normal use of the eSIM.

402-sending a query instruction for querying the current terminal state.

403-the proxy unit obtains the operator data list of the eUICC.

404-feeding back the result to the internet of things platform.

405, the Internet of things platform analyzes and processes the feedback result, and performs the next step after confirming that the terminal does not have the service card currently.

406-issuing the activation code to the agent unit.

407-the proxy unit calls the activation code to the LPA to initiate the download. If the download is not initiated, the download is marked as failed, and the process is retried.

The 408-LPA unit uses the activation code de-sourcing download platform to download and install the electronic card as a service card for the terminal. The specific download flow is the flow specified by the GSMA standard.

409-after successful installation, the LPA unit reports the successful installation information to the agent unit.

And 410, reporting the installation success information to the Internet of things platform by the agent terminal.

And the step 402-405 is a confirmation step, the internet of things information ensures that the terminal can be allowed to download the electronic card only after the terminal has no service card by acquiring the current state of the terminal, and the repeated downloading is avoided. In some embodiments, in step 405, if the internet of things platform finds that the terminal currently has a service card, an instruction is sent to activate the service card.

In steps 409 and 410, in addition to reporting the installation success information, information such as the ICCID, the profile type, the profile state, and the like of the current terminal service card may also be reported, so that the internet of things platform may further confirm the installation result.

Until now, eSIM installation has been completed, which can implement some basic functions, but network connection initiation data is also needed to implement service card open cellular data, wherein the most critical is APN, which in some embodiments is included in the downloaded electronic card, so that the terminal automatically obtains the APN after completing service card installation. In some other embodiments of the present invention, the APN is issued by an internet of things platform, as shown in the timing diagram of fig. 7, the specific steps are as follows:

501-after confirming that the service card is installed successfully, the platform of the internet of things allocates APN for the service card.

502-the platform of the internet of things issues the APN to the proxy unit.

503-the proxy unit opens the data service after receiving it, and uses APN to access the cellular network.

The whole eSIM opening process is completed through the steps 501-503, and the service card of the terminal can use all corresponding functions.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the APN is set in the downloaded electronic card, and the terminal can obtain the corresponding APN after the electronic card is installed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the proxy unit of the terminal performs the monitoring on the eSIM card opening process and adopts a corresponding policy for the process failure part by using the coordination system, as shown in fig. 7, the specific steps are as follows:

511-if networking is successful, the agent unit reports a successful event to the platform of the internet of things, and at the moment, the networking function of the service card can be adopted for reporting.

521-restarting the seed card to establish a temporary wireless network if the networking fails, and reporting error information to the Internet of things platform through the temporary wireless network.

531-the service card that can be networked but has no data service for a certain time is not normally used, and the seed card is restarted and reported to the platform of the internet of things.

532, after the situation that the various service cards cannot be used normally is reported by the Internet of things platform, the resource management platform is searched according to the failed service card to obtain the failure reason, so that the problems can be handled timely and effectively.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the internet of things platform further monitors services used by the service card, such as remaining time of a package call ordered by the service card, remaining traffic, and the like, and automatically changes a package or subscribes a service after the remaining amount of the service is consumed. As shown in the timing diagram of fig. 8, the specific steps include:

601: and the Internet of things platform and the resource ordering platform synchronize the service volume using condition of the service card.

602: and subscribing to the service according to a preset strategy.

The policy in step 602 is set in the internet of things platform, and is used to modify and customize the policy by logging in the internet of things platform, where the policy is, for example, to renew 100M traffic when the traffic of the month is 0, or to modify a package with more free traffic when the traffic of three consecutive months exceeds the free traffic of the package, and so on, and this description is omitted here.

The present invention also has an information pushing function, as shown in fig. 2, specifically: and pushing the message to the pushing platform through a terminal connection gateway of the Internet of things platform, and then pushing the message to the terminal by the pushing platform. The terminal connection gateway is essentially a gateway commonly used in the field of the internet of things, and information interaction between the internet of things platform and the agent unit is completed by means of the terminal connection gateway. The push platform may be an existing push platform, such as aurora push, alliance push, and the like, and the operation flow of the push platform is the prior art and is not described in detail herein.

The invention also discloses an eSIM management system based on the Internet of things, which can realize the management of the eSIM by using the eSIM management method based on the Internet of things. As shown in fig. 2, the management system specifically includes:

the terminal is used for establishing a temporary wireless network through a seed card of the eUICC preset in the terminal, uploading eUICC data information through the temporary wireless network, and receiving an allocated electronic card, an activation code of the downloaded electronic card and networking starting data to complete the opening of a service card;

the Internet of things platform is used for issuing the activation code to the terminal; the Internet of things platform is also used for selecting a resource management platform and initiating a subscription, and is used for business ordering of the distributed electronic card;

and the resource management platforms are used for distributing an electronic card according to user subscription information and the eUICC data information, generating the activation code and providing the electronic card for the terminal to be downloaded according to the activation code used by the terminal.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the internet of things platform is further configured to receive and store the eUICC data information, where a seed card is preset in the eUICC in the terminal to establish a temporary wireless network, and the terminal reports the eUICC data information to the internet of things platform through the temporary wireless network and stores the eUICC data information. Besides uploading the eUICC data information online through the terminal, the eUICC data information can also be imported to the Internet of things platform in a batch import mode under the line.

The terminal also comprises an agent unit and an LPA unit, wherein the agent unit acquires the eUICC data information and reports the eUICC data information to the Internet of things platform through the temporary wireless network, and the Internet of things platform performs relation binding and storage on the EID and the IMEI code in the received data information; the LPA unit is configured to download the allocated electronic card from the resource management platform after receiving the activation code sent by the agent unit.

The specific implementation process is shown in fig. 3, and includes:

and the terminal is started and establishes a temporary wireless network for realizing data interaction with the Internet of things platform and the resource management platform.

101-calling eUICC data information of the terminal.

102-the terminal reports the eUICC data information.

And 103, receiving and storing the eUICC data information by the platform of the Internet of things.

And 104, reporting the eUICC data information to a resource ordering platform by the Internet of things platform.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the internet of things platform may be connected to an external communication terminal and receive user subscription information sent by the external communication terminal. The terminal further comprises a two-dimensional code which can be scanned, and the external communication terminal obtains the access address of the resource management platform by scanning the two-dimensional code, so that the external terminal can access the resource management platform. And the external communication terminal also obtains the IMEI code of the terminal by scanning the two-dimensional code and is used for determining the EID corresponding to the user subscription information through the binding relationship between the EID and the IMEI code. The two-dimensional code can be a printed entity two-dimensional code which is given as a gift when leaving factory and attached to a terminal accessory, or can be stored in the terminal in the form of an electronic file and displayed through a display of the terminal. The source information for generating the two-dimensional code mainly comprises two source information, namely an IMEI code of the terminal and an address of an Internet of things platform to be accessed, and the source information can be obtained by scanning the two-dimensional code and analyzing. The two-dimensional code is only a preferred way to conveniently input the source information, and the source information can be actively input by a user through a keyboard (including a virtual keyboard).

The Internet of things platform selects a proper resource management platform according to a selection strategy, and the strategy can be made according to factors such as charging, service area, service quality and the like of an operator.

The specific implementation process is shown in fig. 4, and includes:

In some embodiments of the present invention, after step 203, the resource management platform is configured to bind the electronic card number of the allocated electronic card with the EID relationship, where the allocated electronic card is in an activated state that can be downloaded by the terminal of the EID in the bound relationship; and generating the activation code for downloading the assigned electronic card. And the electronic card number is the ICCID or the telephone number of the distributed electronic card or the IMSI of the operator.

The resource management platform comprises: a resource ordering platform and a resource downloading platform. And the resource ordering platform is used for initiating a binding instruction of the electronic card number of the distributed electronic card and the EID to the resource downloading platform according to the distribution result, generating the activation code and issuing the activation code to the Internet of things platform. And the resource downloading platform stores the electronic card, initiates the binding instruction according to the resource ordering platform to complete the binding of the electronic card corresponding to the electronic card number and the EID, and enables the bound electronic card to be in the activated state.

Referring to fig. 5, a specific process of resource allocation by the resource management platform includes:

301-the selected resource ordering platform allocates an electronic card. The resource ordering platform appoints to select an electronic card distributed to a user according to eUICC data information and user subscription information uploaded by the Internet of things, but the resource ordering platform does not store the electronic card and does not provide downloading.

Specifically, the resource management platform binds an electronic card number of an allocated electronic card with the EID relationship, so that the allocated electronic card is in an activated state which can be downloaded by the EID terminal in the binding relationship; and generating the activation code for downloading the electronic card;

And 304, the platform of the Internet of things stores the activation code.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the internet of things platform receives and stores the activation code issued by the resource management platform; after the Internet of things platform finishes service subscription to the resource management platform, the type of the electronic card contained by the current eUICC is inquired for the terminal, and if no service card exists, the activation code is sent to the terminal.

Referring to fig. 6, the specific process includes:

401-the platform of the internet of things completes the business order corresponding to the electronic card.

402-sending a query instruction for querying the current terminal state.

403-the proxy unit obtains the operator data list of the eUICC.

404-feeding back the result to the internet of things platform.

406-issuing the activation code to the agent unit.

The networking starting data comprises an APN bound with the service card; the APN is distributed and issued to the terminal by the Internet of things platform; or the APN is arranged in the service card and is downloaded from a resource management platform by the terminal.

The specific process is shown in fig. 7, and includes:

502-the platform of the internet of things issues the APN to the proxy unit.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the agent unit of the terminal monitors a cellular data connection condition in real time when the service card is completely opened, and reports the failure of the service card to the internet of things platform through the temporary wireless network if the time without data service reaches a threshold, and the internet of things platform feeds back card information of the failed service card to the resource management platform.

The specific process is shown in fig. 7, and includes:

In some embodiments of the present invention, when a service card of a terminal is opened, an internet of things platform synchronizes a service volume usage of the service card from the resource management platform, and orders the service card according to an ordering policy of the internet of things platform after the service volume usage is completed.

The specific process is shown in fig. 8, and includes:

602: and subscribing to the service according to a preset strategy.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the internet of things platform includes a terminal connection gateway, which is configured to push information to a push platform, and the push platform then pushes the information to the terminal.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications can be made to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention within the technical idea of the embodiments of the present invention, and the simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the embodiments of the present invention do not describe every possible combination.

Those skilled in the art will understand that all or part of the steps in the method according to the above embodiments may be implemented by a program, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a single chip, a chip, or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps in the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

In addition, any combination of various different implementation manners of the embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the embodiments of the present invention should be considered as disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention as long as the combination does not depart from the spirit of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. An eSIM management method based on the Internet of things is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that an Internet of things platform obtains eUICC data information of a terminal with a service card to be opened, wherein the terminal is provided with the service card and a preset seed card, the terminal is also provided with a proxy unit, and the Internet of things platform obtains the eUICC data information reported by the terminal through the proxy unit by using the preset seed card;

the Internet of things platform acquires user subscription information corresponding to the eUICC data information, and uploads the user subscription information and the eUICC data information to a resource management platform for distributing electronic cards, wherein the Internet of things platform acquires the user subscription information sent by an external communication terminal;

the Internet of things platform uses the preset seed card to issue the activation code to the terminal for downloading and installing the electronic card to complete service card opening through the proxy unit, wherein the terminal for completing service card opening is the terminal after the preset seed card is switched to the opened service card.

2. The method for eSIM management based on the Internet of things of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of eUICC data information of a terminal to which a service card is to be provisioned by the platform of the Internet of things comprises:

3. The method for eSIM management based on the Internet of things of claim 2, wherein the obtaining of eUICC data information of the terminal to which the service card is to be provisioned by the platform of the Internet of things comprises:

4. The method for eSIM management based on the Internet of things of claim 3, wherein the obtaining, by the platform of the Internet of things, user subscription information corresponding to the eUICC data information and uploading the user subscription information and the eUICC data information to a resource management platform for distributing electronic cards comprises:

the Internet of things platform binds the user subscription information with an EID in the eUICC data information; and the Internet of things platform uploads the user subscription information and the bound EID to the resource management platform.

5. The method for eSIM management based on the Internet of things of claim 4, wherein the receiving, by the platform of the Internet of things, the user subscription information sent by an external communication terminal and binding the user subscription information with the EID in the eUICC data information comprises:

the Internet of things platform is accessed by the external communication terminal, and the user subscription information sent by the external communication terminal is bound with the corresponding EID according to the binding relationship between the IMEI code obtained from the external communication terminal and the EID in the eUICC data information, wherein the access address of the Internet of things platform and the IMEI code are obtained by scanning a two-dimensional code preset in the terminal by the external communication terminal.

6. The method for eSIM management based on the Internet of things of claim 1, wherein the platform of the Internet of things issues the activation code to the terminal for downloading and installing the electronic card to complete service card provisioning, comprising:

7. The method for managing eSIM based on the Internet of things of claim 1, comprising a resource allocation method of a resource management platform, wherein the resource allocation method comprises:

the resource ordering platform initiates a binding instruction of an electronic card number of the electronic card and an EID in the eUICC data information to a resource downloading platform according to a resource distribution result of the electronic card; the resource downloading platform is used for storing resources of the electronic card, the binding instruction is initiated according to the resource ordering platform to complete the binding of the electronic card corresponding to the electronic card number and the EID, and the bound electronic card is in the activated state;

8. An eSIM networking service management method, comprising:

and the terminal uses the APN to connect with a network.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

under the condition that the terminal is connected with the network by using the APN, if the condition that the duration that the terminal has no data service reaches a preset threshold value is monitored, the terminal reports the service card failure information to the Internet of things platform through a temporary wireless network established by a seed card preset by the terminal, and feeds back the service card failure information to the resource management platform through the Internet of things platform.

10. An eSIM networking service synchronization method, a terminal opens a service card according to the eSIM management method based on the Internet of things of any one of claims 1 to 7, the method comprises the following steps:

in the case that the terminal connects to a network using the APN in the eSIM networking service management method of claim 8, the internet of things platform synchronizes traffic usage of the service card from the resource management platform;

11. An eSIM networking service information pushing method, a terminal opens a service card according to the eSIM management method based on the Internet of things of any one of claims 1 to 7, the method comprises the following steps:

12. An eSIM management system based on the Internet of things, comprising:

a terminal for:

sending the eUICC data information to the Internet of things platform,

the Internet of things platform is used for:

acquiring the eUICC data information and corresponding user subscription information, uploading the user subscription information and the eUICC data information to a resource management platform,

receiving an activation code from a receiving resource management platform and issuing the activation code to the terminal, wherein the Internet of things platform acquires the user subscription information sent by an external communication terminal;

a resource management platform to:

distributing the electronic card for the terminal according to the user subscription information and the eUICC data information and providing downloading,

generating the activate code;

wherein the terminal is provided with a service card and a preset seed card, the terminal is also provided with an agent unit, the Internet of things platform acquires the eUICC data information by using the preset seed card through the agent unit,

13. The eSIM management system according to claim 12, wherein the terminal is pre-provisioned with a seed card for establishing a temporary wireless network, and the internet of things platform obtains and stores the eUICC data information via the temporary wireless network.

14. The internet-of-things based eSIM management system of claim 13, wherein the agent unit is configured to report to the internet-of-things platform via the temporary wireless network;

the terminal further comprises: an LPA unit for downloading the allocated electronic card from the asset management platform upon receiving the activation code sent by the agent unit;

15. The internet-of-things based eSIM management system of claim 14, wherein the internet-of-things platform is configured to bind the user subscription information with the EID in the eUICC data information; and the Internet of things platform uploads the user subscription information and the bound EID to the resource management platform.

16. The internet-of-things-based eSIM management system of claim 15, further comprising a two-dimensional code provided to a terminal, wherein the access address of the internet-of-things platform is obtained by the external communication terminal by scanning the two-dimensional code preset to the terminal;

17. The internet-of-things based eSIM management system of claim 16, wherein the resource management platform performs relational binding of an electronic card number of the assigned electronic card with the EID in the eUICC data information such that the assigned electronic card is in an activated state with downloading by a terminal of the EID in the binding relationship;

18. The eSIM management system for the internet of things-based system of claim 17, wherein the resource ordering platform performs resource allocation of the electronic card according to the received eUICC data information and user subscription information;

19. The eSIM management system according to claim 12, wherein in a case where the platform of the internet of things completes a service subscription to the allocated electronic card to the resource management platform, the platform of the internet of things queries a current electronic card type of the terminal, and if there is no service card, the platform of the internet of things sends the activation code to the terminal.

20. The eSIM management system based on the internet of things of claim 12, wherein the terminal obtains an APN of the terminal in a service card when the service card is opened; or the terminal receives the APN issued by the Internet of things platform.

21. The eSIM management system according to claim 20, wherein in a case where the terminal connects to a network using the APN, if the terminal monitors that a duration of no data service of the terminal reaches a preset threshold, the platform of the internet of things receives the service card failure information reported by the terminal through a temporary wireless network established by a preset seed card;

22. The internet-of-things-based eSIM management system of claim 20, wherein in a case where the terminal connects to a network using the APN, the internet-of-things platform synchronizes traffic usage of the service card from the resource management platform;

23. The internet-of-things based eSIM management system of claim 20, wherein the push platform pushes information to the terminal through a terminal connection gateway of the internet-of-things platform.