CN110798836B

CN110798836B - eSIM card terminal equipment switching method and device

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Publication number: CN110798836B
Application number: CN201911042319.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐星宇; 王长年; 袁奇; 季婷; 彭敏; 戴志远; 徐婧
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-30
Filing date: 2019-10-30
Publication date: 2023-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-30
Also published as: CN110798836A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method and a device for switching embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a switching instruction, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal equipment to be switched; and sending the switching instruction to a support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched, and is used for acquiring authentication data corresponding to an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of the target terminal equipment from a subscription database by the support system, and sending the authentication data to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for activating a network function of the target terminal equipment. The embodiment of the invention enables the authentication data corresponding to the mobile phone at the system side to be in a standby state by writing the authentication data in advance, and only activates the network side data when the authentication data is replaced, thereby realizing quick switching of the terminal equipment.

Description

eSIM card terminal equipment switching method and device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of mobile communication, in particular to a method and a device for switching embedded subscriber identity module (embedded Subscriber Identification Module, eSIM) terminal equipment.

Background

In the prior art, when an embedded subscriber identity module (embedded Subscriber Identification Module, eSIM) terminal device is switched, a pre-switched target terminal device needs to be downloaded again and written with authentication data of an operator to activate the pre-switched target terminal device.

In the process of re-downloading and writing authentication data in target terminal equipment, the problems of time consumption, complex operation and poor user perception are accompanied.

The above problems are more pronounced if the user needs to switch eSIM card terminal devices frequently.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for switching eSIM card terminal equipment, which enable authentication data corresponding to the terminal equipment at a system side to be in a standby state by writing authentication data in advance, and only activate network side data during replacement, thereby solving the problems of time consumption, complex operation and poor user perception in the process of re-downloading and writing the authentication data by target terminal equipment when the terminal equipment is switched, realizing quick and convenient switching of the terminal equipment, and meeting the requirements of users who frequently switch the eSIM card terminal equipment.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for adding a terminal device, which is applied to a main terminal device, where the method includes:

receiving an adding instruction;

acquiring the identification information of the pre-added auxiliary terminal equipment;

sending a registration request to a support system, wherein the registration request comprises identification information of a main terminal device and identification information of a secondary terminal device;

receiving registration feedback information sent by a support system, wherein the registration feedback information comprises identification information of auxiliary terminal equipment;

Setting an operation password associated with the auxiliary terminal equipment;

and sending an operation password to the support system, wherein the operation password is used for generating the corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment and the corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment by the support system.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device switching method, applied to a support system, where the method includes:

receiving a registration request sent by a main terminal device, wherein the registration request comprises identification information of the main terminal device and identification information of a secondary terminal device;

sending registration feedback information to the main terminal equipment, wherein the registration feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

receiving an operation password sent by a main terminal device;

and generating a corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment according to the operation password, and a corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device registration method, applied to a secondary terminal device, where the method includes:

receiving a registration instruction, wherein the registration instruction comprises identification information of auxiliary terminal equipment;

sending an authentication request to the supporting system, wherein the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication request is used for authenticating and authenticating the auxiliary terminal equipment by the supporting system according to the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

Receiving authentication feedback information sent by a support system, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of auxiliary terminal equipment;

sending an authentication data request to a subscription management data preparation platform (Signing relationship management data preparation platform, SM-DP+), wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication data request is used for authenticating the auxiliary terminal equipment by the SM-DP+), and generating authentication data;

receiving authentication data sent by SM-DP+ and writing the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the authentication data;

and sending card writing data of the auxiliary terminal equipment to the SM-DP+ for the SM-DP+ to send card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment to the support system, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises the card writing data and the authentication data.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device registration method, applied to a support system, where the method includes:

receiving an authentication request sent by auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

authenticating and authenticating the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

sending authentication feedback information to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

Receiving card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, which is sent by the subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises card writing data and authentication data;

and storing authentication data of the auxiliary terminal equipment to a subscription database.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device registration method, which is applied to a subscription relationship management data preparation platform SM-dp+, and includes:

receiving an authentication data request sent by auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

verifying the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

when verification passes, generating authentication data;

transmitting authentication data to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data is used for writing an eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

receiving card writing data sent by auxiliary terminal equipment; and sending card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment to the supporting system, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises card writing data and authentication data.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device registration method, applied to a terminal device, where the method includes:

receiving a switching instruction, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal equipment to be switched;

and sending a switching instruction to the support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises an identifier of the target terminal equipment to be switched, and is used for acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database by the support system, and sending the authentication data to a home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS) for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device registration method, applied to a support system side, where the method includes:

receiving a target terminal device switching instruction sent by a terminal device, wherein the target terminal device switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal devices to be switched;

acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database according to the switching instruction of the target terminal equipment;

and sending authentication data to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In an eighth aspect, before acquiring authentication data corresponding to the embedded subscriber identity module eSIM card of the target terminal device from the subscription database according to the target terminal device handover instruction in the seventh aspect, the method further includes:

and verifying the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device registration method, applied to a home subscriber server HSS, including:

receiving a switching instruction sent by a support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises authentication data corresponding to target terminal equipment eSIM;

deleting the authentication data of the original terminal equipment;

and creating authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment according to the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment, which is sent by the support system, wherein the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment is used for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a master terminal device, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving the adding instruction;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the identification information of the pre-added auxiliary terminal equipment;

the transmission module is used for transmitting a registration request to the support system, wherein the registration request comprises identification information of the main terminal equipment and identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the receiving module is used for receiving registration feedback information sent by the supporting system, wherein the registration feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

a setting module for setting an operation password associated with the secondary terminal device;

and the sending module is used for sending an operation password to the supporting system, wherein the operation password is used for generating the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, the corresponding relation between the operation password and the main terminal equipment and the corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment by the supporting system.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a support system, the apparatus comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a registration request sent by the main terminal equipment, wherein the registration request comprises identification information of the main terminal equipment and identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the sending module is used for sending registration feedback information to the main terminal equipment, wherein the registration feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

The receiving module is used for receiving the operation password sent by the main terminal equipment;

and the generation module is used for generating the corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment according to the operation password and the corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a secondary terminal device, where the apparatus includes:

the receiving module is used for receiving a registration instruction, wherein the registration instruction comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the system comprises a sending module, a supporting system and a receiving module, wherein the sending module is used for sending an authentication request to the supporting system, the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication request is used for the supporting system to authenticate and authenticate the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the receiving module is used for receiving authentication feedback information sent by the supporting system, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the sending module is used for sending an authentication data request to the subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication data request is used for authenticating the auxiliary terminal equipment by the SM-DP+ and generating authentication data;

the receiving module is used for receiving the authentication data sent by the SM-DP+ and writing the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the authentication data;

And the sending module is used for sending the card writing data of the auxiliary terminal equipment to the SM-DP+ so that the SM-DP+ sends card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment to the support system, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises the card writing data and the authentication data.

In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a support system, the apparatus comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving an authentication request sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the authentication and authorization module is used for authenticating and authorizing the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the sending module is used for sending authentication feedback information to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the receiving module is used for receiving card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, which is sent by the subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises card writing data and authentication data;

and the storage module is used for storing the authentication data of the auxiliary terminal equipment into a subscription database of the supporting system.

In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a subscription management data preparation platform SM-dp+, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving an authentication data request sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

The verification module is used for verifying the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the generation module is used for generating authentication data when verification passes;

the sending module is used for sending authentication data to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data is used for writing the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the receiving module is used for receiving card writing data sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment;

the sending module is used for sending card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment to the supporting system, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises card writing data and authentication data.

In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving a switching instruction, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal equipment to be switched;

the sending module is used for sending a switching instruction to the supporting system, wherein the switching instruction comprises an identifier of target terminal equipment to be switched, and is used for acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database by the supporting system, and sending the authentication data to the Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In a sixteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a support system, the apparatus comprising:

The receiving module is used for receiving a target terminal equipment switching instruction sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the target terminal equipment switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal equipment to be switched;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database according to the switching instruction of the target terminal equipment;

and the sending module is used for sending authentication data to the home subscriber server HSS and activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In a seventeenth aspect, the support system provided by the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

and the identification information verification module is used for verifying the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched.

In an eighteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a home subscriber server HSS, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving a switching instruction sent by the support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises authentication data corresponding to an eSIM card of the target terminal equipment;

the processing module is used for deleting the authentication data of the original terminal equipment;

the processing module is used for creating authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment according to the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment sent by the supporting system, and the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment is used for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In a nineteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer medium having computer instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor implement a method for adding, registering, and switching a terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In a twentieth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application program product, where one or more programs are stored, where the one or more programs may be executed by one or more processors, so as to implement the method for adding, registering, and switching a terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

According to the switching method and device for the eSIM card terminal equipment, the authentication data corresponding to the terminal equipment at the system side is in a standby state by writing the authentication data in advance, and only the network side data is activated when the eSIM card terminal equipment is replaced, so that the terminal equipment can be switched quickly and conveniently, and the user requirements of using a plurality of terminal equipment in turn are met.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are needed to be used in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described, and other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 shows a flow diagram of a switching method of an eSIM card terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a connection relationship between a support system and a terminal device in an eSIM card terminal device switching service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 shows an application menu interface of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 shows a block diagram of a switching device of an eSIM card terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a structure diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a support system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 shows a structure diagram of a subscription management data preparation platform SM-dp+ provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 shows a structure diagram of a home subscriber server HSS provided by an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 9 shows a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Features and exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the present invention will be described in detail below, and in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely configured to illustrate the invention and are not configured to limit the invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. The following description of the embodiments is merely intended to provide a better understanding of the invention by showing examples of the invention.

It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that comprises the element.

When the user in the prior art switches the eSIM card terminal equipment, the pre-switched target terminal equipment needs to download and write the authentication data of the operator again to activate the pre-switched target terminal equipment.

In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the pre-written authentication data to enable the authentication data corresponding to the system side and the terminal equipment to be in a standby state, and only activates the network side data when the terminal equipment is replaced, thereby realizing the rapid and convenient switching of the terminal equipment and meeting the requirements of users who frequently switch eSIM card terminal equipment.

Fig. 1 shows a flow chart of a switching method of an eSIM card terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

eSIM card terminal device handoff may include three phases:

1. and adding the terminal equipment by the terminal equipment. The stage of adding the secondary terminal device to the primary terminal device may be referred to as a stage in which the primary terminal device and the secondary terminal device are described herein only for distinguishing the two terminal devices, and the functions of the terminal devices are not limited.

2. And a terminal equipment registration stage. After the auxiliary terminal equipment is added in the main terminal equipment, the auxiliary terminal equipment needs to be registered in the supporting system, so that the supporting system can acquire the authentication data and the subscription data of the writing card of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

3. And a switching stage between the terminal devices.

Based on the three stages, a technical scheme of adding the terminal equipment stage by the terminal equipment is introduced first.

This stage is to add a terminal device (e.g. a secondary terminal device) associated with a terminal device (e.g. a primary terminal device) already registered with the support system. And adding auxiliary terminal equipment information managed under an account to the supporting system by the main terminal equipment, if the supporting system does not have the account, setting an account, a terminal equipment switching password and the like before adding the auxiliary terminal equipment, and then adding the auxiliary terminal equipment information.

The specific process can comprise the following steps:

s101: and the main terminal equipment receives the adding instruction.

S102: the main terminal equipment acquires the identification information of auxiliary terminal equipment such as international mobile equipment identification codes (International Mobile Equipment Identity, IMEI) of the auxiliary terminal equipment, electronic identity cards (electronic Identity, eID) and the like.

S103: and the main terminal equipment sends a terminal equipment registration request to the supporting system according to the received identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the terminal equipment registration request comprises the acquired identification information of the main terminal equipment and the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

S104: the support system registers the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the identification information of the main terminal equipment and the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment in the received registration request.

S105: after the support system finishes registration, registration feedback information is sent to the main terminal equipment.

S106: after receiving the registration feedback information including the identification information of the auxiliary terminal device sent by the support system, the main terminal device sets an operation password, wherein the operation password can be an operation password associated with the main terminal device, an operation password associated with account information, or an operation password associated with the auxiliary terminal device.

S107: the master terminal device sends the operation password to the support system.

S108: and the support system generates a corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment according to the received operation password, and a corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment.

After the main terminal equipment finishes adding the auxiliary terminal equipment, the support system needs to register the auxiliary terminal equipment, namely, the auxiliary terminal equipment registration stage.

The specific process can comprise the following steps:

s201: the auxiliary terminal equipment receives a registration instruction, wherein the registration instruction comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment comprises information such as an international mobile equipment identification (International Mobile Equipment Identity, IMEI), an electronic identity card (electronic Identity, eID) and the like.

S202: and the auxiliary terminal equipment sends an authentication request to the supporting system after receiving the registration instruction, wherein the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

S203: and after receiving the authentication request sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment, the support system authenticates and authenticates the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

S204: after the support system completes authentication and authentication of the auxiliary terminal equipment, authentication feedback information is sent to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

S205: after receiving the authentication feedback information sent by the support system, the secondary terminal equipment sends an authentication data request to the subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the secondary terminal equipment.

S206: SM-dp+ authenticates the secondary terminal device according to the identification information of the secondary terminal device in the authentication data request (e.g., SM-dp+ verifies the validity of the eSIM card in the secondary terminal device).

S207: when the SM-dp+ verifies, authentication data is generated, where the authentication data may include SM-dp+ packages data such as international mobile subscriber identity (International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI), authentication Key (K), source signaling point code (Original point code, opc) and the like of the secondary terminal device into an operator profile (profile) file.

S208: SM-dp+ sends the authentication data to the secondary terminal device.

S209: and the embedded universal integrated circuit card (embedded universal integrated circuit card, eUICC) in the auxiliary terminal equipment writes the received authentication data into the embedded user identity card (Subscriber Identification Module, eSIM) to finish card writing.

S207: after the auxiliary terminal equipment finishes card writing, the auxiliary terminal equipment sends card writing data to SM-DP+.

S208: and the SM-DP+ generates card writing result feedback information according to the card writing data received from the auxiliary terminal equipment and sends the card writing result feedback information to the supporting system, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises the card writing data and the authentication data.

S209: the support system stores authentication data in the card writing result feedback information to the subscription database.

After the auxiliary terminal equipment completes registration, the subscription database in the supporting system already stores authentication data of at least one auxiliary terminal equipment, and the main terminal equipment and the at least one auxiliary terminal equipment have established corresponding relations, so that the condition of terminal equipment switching can be met, and switching among the terminal equipment, namely a switching stage among the terminal equipment, is supported.

The switching stage between the terminal devices is divided into a switching instruction initiated by the main terminal device and a switching instruction initiated by the auxiliary terminal device.

Taking the example of the main terminal equipment initiating the switching instruction,

the specific process can comprise the following steps:

s301: the main terminal equipment receives a switching instruction, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information (comprising a switching password corresponding to the target terminal equipment to be switched and IMEI and eID of the target terminal equipment to be switched) of the target terminal equipment to be switched (any registered auxiliary terminal equipment).

S302: and the main terminal equipment sends the switching instruction to the support system.

S303: after receiving the switching instruction, the support system verifies the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched, which is included in the switching instruction.

S304: and after the support system passes the verification, acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database according to the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched in the switching instruction.

S305: the support system sends the acquired update instruction comprising authentication data to the home subscriber server HSS.

S306: the subscriber server HSS deletes the authentication data of the original terminal equipment according to the received updating instruction, creates the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment according to the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment in the updating instruction, and activates the network function of the target terminal equipment.

Taking the example that the auxiliary terminal equipment initiates the switching instruction,

s401: the auxiliary terminal equipment receives a switching instruction, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information (comprising a switching password corresponding to the target terminal equipment to be switched and IMEI and eID of the target terminal equipment to be switched) of the target terminal equipment to be switched (which can be the main terminal equipment or any other registered auxiliary terminal equipment).

S402: the secondary terminal device sends the switching instruction to the support system.

S403: after receiving the switching instruction, the support system verifies the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched, which is included in the switching instruction.

S404: and after the support system passes the verification, acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database according to the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched in the switching instruction.

S405: the support system sends the acquired update instruction comprising authentication data to the home subscriber server HSS.

S406: the subscriber server HSS deletes the authentication data of the original terminal equipment according to the received updating instruction, creates the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment according to the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment in the updating instruction, and activates the network function of the target terminal equipment.

In addition, the network used in the invention can also comprise a 5G network, in order to fulfill the requirement of quick switching of the main mobile phone and the auxiliary mobile phone, the user number can be taken as an account, the main terminal equipment and n auxiliary terminal equipment can be registered under each account to manage the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card in all the terminal equipment of the user, and the identification information of the terminal equipment comprises the terminal equipment model, the international mobile equipment identification code (International Mobile Equipment Identity, IMEI), the eID number of the eSIM card of the terminal equipment, the operation password of the terminal equipment and the like, and the authentication data such as the international mobile subscriber identification code (International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI), the authentication secret Key (Key identifier, K), the source signaling point code (Original point code, opc) and the like written by each eSIM card.

The terminal equipment operation passwords can adopt account passwords or respectively set independent operation passwords for each terminal equipment, and the independent operation passwords are set for each terminal equipment to verify the identification information of the specific terminal equipment when the terminal equipment is switched, so that the safety of the target terminal equipment and the terminal equipment in an activated state is improved.

The main terminal equipment and the auxiliary terminal equipment comprise application programs, a processor, an eUICC and an eSIM card.

The support system comprises a terminal equipment subscription database.

Fig. 3 shows an application menu interface of the terminal device. The program menu provides three function keys: adding terminal equipment, registering terminal equipment and switching terminal equipment.

Adding terminal equipment: the method is used for adding terminal equipment information managed under an account to the supporting system by the main terminal equipment, so that the supporting system records the corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment and the corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment. If the supporting system has no account, the account and the terminal equipment switching password are set when the terminal equipment is added, and then the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment is added.

Registering the terminal equipment: the added account is used on the auxiliary terminal equipment, the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the auxiliary terminal equipment switching password are used for logging in the supporting system, and after the supporting system verifies the identity and the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, the use number and the number use permission of the auxiliary terminal equipment corresponding to the account are issued; then the auxiliary terminal equipment uses the number, eID of the eSIM card and the like to apply for writing card data to the SM-DP+ of the eSIM card writing card, and after the application is successful, the auxiliary terminal equipment writes the card to the eSIM card through the eUICC according to the received card writing data; after successful card writing, SM-DP+ feeds back the card writing result to the support system; the support system registers the authentication data written into the eSIM card IMSI, K, opc and the like in the subscription database; namely, the terminal equipment registration not only completes the writing of the eSIM card, but also provides the terminal equipment registration function.

And switching the terminal equipment: the function can be operated on the main terminal equipment or the auxiliary terminal equipment, when the main terminal equipment is operated, a user initiates an application of using the auxiliary terminal equipment through a client, after the identity and the identification information of the terminal equipment are verified by the supporting system, an update authentication data instruction is issued to the HSS of the network side, the HSS deletes the authentication data of the original number and creates the authentication data of the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the authentication data of the auxiliary terminal equipment in the update authentication data instruction, so that the network function of the auxiliary terminal equipment is activated, and the purpose of terminal equipment switching is achieved.

Taking the example of adding a terminal device,

opening an operation interface of terminal equipment, wherein the terminal equipment can be a mobile phone or other wearable equipment provided with a client, the terminal equipment can be intelligent main terminal equipment or auxiliary terminal equipment provided with an eSIM card, and can also be intelligent terminal equipment (such as iPad with a WIFI connection function and other intelligent terminal equipment without the eSIM card) without the eSIM card, clicking a menu of 'adding terminal equipment' in the client interface, entering a page, and inputting identification information of auxiliary terminal equipment such as IMEI, eSIM card eID number and the like of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

Optionally, after entering the interface, an information collector (for example, a camera) of the terminal device may also be used to collect picture identification data (two-dimensional code, or dynamic code, etc.) of the secondary terminal device, where the picture identification data may include identification information of the secondary terminal device such as IMEI, eSIM card id number, etc. of the terminal device.

After the terminal equipment acquires the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, a device registration request is initiated to the supporting system, the supporting system receives the registration request and sends confirmation information to the terminal equipment, then the terminal equipment sets an auxiliary terminal equipment operation password and sends the operation password to the supporting system, and the supporting system generates a corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment and a corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the operation password.

And then, the support system sends the device adding result feedback information to the terminal device to finish the addition of the terminal device by the support system.

Taking the example of registering the terminal device,

the client side is entered to click on a 'registered terminal equipment' menu, an operation password is input, the client side can access the internal data of the auxiliary terminal equipment, so that the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment such as eID, IMEI and the like of the eSIM card in the preregistered terminal equipment is obtained, and the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment such as eID, IMEI and the like of the eSIM card can be manually input in the client side by a user.

The support system checks the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and feeds back a client verification result after the verification is passed, so as to authorize and issue the telephone number permission of the user.

The auxiliary terminal equipment initiates an authentication data application to the SM-DP+ platform by using the authorized telephone number, eID number of the eSIM card and the like, the SM-DP+ platform checks the validity of the eSIM card, personal data such as IMSI, K, opc and the like are packed into an operator configuration file (profile file) after the verification is passed, the configuration file is issued to the eUICC of the pre-registered terminal equipment, the eUICC writes the authentication data into the eSIM card, and a subscription relation management data preparation platform (Signing relationship management data preparation platform, SM-DP+) card writing result is fed back.

The SM-DP+ platform feeds back the card writing result, IMSI, K, opc and other authentication data to the support system, and the support system records the card writing data and the authentication data written into the eSIM card and establishes a corresponding relation with eID to complete the terminal equipment registration and the card writing process of the eSIM card.

The handover procedure may take place between the primary terminal device and the secondary terminal device or between the secondary terminal devices.

Taking the example of a primary terminal device switching to a secondary terminal device,

the client side of the main terminal equipment can be used for entering a control interface, clicking a 'switching terminal equipment', inputting a switching password of the auxiliary terminal equipment (for registering accounts of a plurality of auxiliary terminal equipment, the number of the terminal equipment can be selected, for example, 0011,0012,0013 is used for identifying), and initiating a terminal equipment switching request to the supporting platform, wherein the switching request comprises the switching password of the auxiliary terminal equipment and identification information (such as the type of the auxiliary terminal equipment, eSIM card eID, IMEI and the like) of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The support system verifies the input auxiliary terminal equipment switching password, the auxiliary terminal equipment identification information and the corresponding relation between the auxiliary terminal equipment switching password and the auxiliary terminal equipment, after the verification is passed, an instruction for deleting the authentication data corresponding to the main terminal equipment eSIM card is sent to the HSS, the HSS deletes the authentication data corresponding to the main terminal equipment eSIM card, and the authentication data corresponding to the auxiliary terminal equipment eSIM card is created according to the auxiliary terminal equipment identification information in the deleting instruction and the authentication data corresponding to the auxiliary terminal equipment identification information in the deleting instruction, which are searched in the subscription database, so that the auxiliary terminal equipment is activated.

Taking the example of a handover of the secondary terminal device 1 to the secondary terminal device 2,

the client of the secondary terminal device 1 may be used to enter the control interface, click on the "switch terminal device" menu, and then input a terminal device switch password (for registering accounts of multiple secondary terminal devices, the terminal device number may be selected, for example, identified by 0011,0012,0013), and initiate a terminal device switch request to the support platform, where the switch request includes the terminal device switch password and identification information (terminal device model, eSIM card eID, IMEI, etc.) of the pre-switch terminal device.

The support system verifies the input terminal equipment switching password and the identification information of the pre-switching terminal equipment, after the verification is passed, an instruction for deleting the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment 1 is sent to the HSS, the HSS deletes the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment 1, and the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment 2 is created according to the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment 2 stored in the subscription database in advance, so that the auxiliary terminal equipment 2 is activated.

Taking the procedure of switching the mobile phone to the smart watch as an example,

at this time, the eSIM card in the mobile phone is in an activated working state, and the support system has added the identification information of the terminal device of the mobile phone and the corresponding eSIM card authentication data, because the application on the mobile phone can display a larger range, the displayed information is more complete and the operability is stronger, the support system is used for logging in the client on the mobile phone, inputting the logging account number and the corresponding password logging in the input box in the client interface, inputting the identification information of the terminal device of the mobile phone (the terminal device model of the mobile phone, IMEI, eID, etc.), entering the terminal device switching interface after the support system verifies the information of the terminal device and the user identity, selecting the smart watch to be switched in the terminal device switching interface, inputting the switching password of the terminal device in the switching password input box in the application interface after the selection (the password can be a string of characters preset before), after the support system verifies the switching password, finding the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the mobile phone in the subscription database, sending the instruction of the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the mobile phone to the HSS, and the HSS of the corresponding to the eSIM card of the mobile phone is created from the subscription database of the smart watch, thereby realizing the authentication of the smart watch in advance, and the authentication of the corresponding eSIM card to the smart watch.

According to the switching method of the eSIM card terminal equipment, the authentication data corresponding to the mobile phone at the system side can be in a standby state by writing the authentication data in advance, and only the network side data is activated when the mobile phone is replaced, so that the terminal equipment is switched rapidly, and the user demands of using a plurality of terminals in turn are met.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a switching method and device of the eSIM card terminal equipment.

Fig. 4 shows a switching system of an eSIM card terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The eSIM card terminal equipment switching system may include: at least one terminal equipment (including a main terminal equipment and a secondary terminal equipment), a supporting system, a subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, a home subscriber server HSS and other equipment. The at least one terminal device may include at least one main terminal device and a plurality of auxiliary terminal devices, one main terminal device may add one or more auxiliary terminal devices, and one or more auxiliary terminal devices associated with the main terminal device complete registration in the support system, so as to facilitate subsequent completion of the switching between the main terminal device and the auxiliary terminal device.

It should be noted that only one primary terminal device and one secondary terminal device are shown in fig. 4 as schematic diagrams of the system.

Fig. 5 illustrates a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the terminal device may include:

and the receiving module is used for receiving the adding instruction.

The acquisition module is used for acquiring the identification information of the pre-added auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the sending module is used for sending a registration request to the supporting system, wherein the registration request comprises the identification information of the main terminal equipment and the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The receiving module is used for receiving registration feedback information sent by the supporting system, wherein the registration feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the setting module is used for setting the operation password associated with the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The sending module is used for sending an operation password to the supporting system, wherein the operation password is used for generating a corresponding relation between the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment and the identification information of the main terminal equipment and a corresponding relation between the operation password and the auxiliary terminal equipment by the supporting system.

The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes each functional module having a function of executing the method steps executed by the main terminal device in fig. 1 to 4, and achieving the technical effects thereof, which are not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 6 shows a support system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and in particular, the support system may include:

the receiving module is used for receiving a registration request sent by the main terminal equipment, wherein the registration request comprises identification information of the main terminal equipment and identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the sending module is used for sending registration feedback information to the main terminal equipment, wherein the registration feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the receiving module is used for receiving the operation password sent by the main terminal equipment.

The support system provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes each functional module having a function of executing the method steps executed by the support system in fig. 1 to 4, and achieving the technical effects thereof, which are not described herein for brevity.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal device, as shown in fig. 5, which may include:

and the receiving module is used for receiving a registration instruction, wherein the registration instruction comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The system comprises a sending module, a supporting system and a receiving module, wherein the sending module is used for sending an authentication request to the supporting system, the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication request is used for the supporting system to authenticate and authenticate the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The receiving module is used for receiving authentication feedback information sent by the supporting system, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the sending module is used for sending an authentication data request to the subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication data request is used for authenticating the auxiliary terminal equipment by the SM-DP+ and generating authentication data.

And the receiving module is used for receiving the authentication data sent by the SM-DP+ and writing the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the authentication data.

The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes each functional module having a function of executing the method steps executed by the secondary terminal device in fig. 1 to 4, and achieves the technical effects thereof, which are not described in detail herein for brevity.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a support system, as shown in fig. 6, which further comprises an authentication module and a storage module. Wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

And the receiving module is used for receiving an authentication request sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the authentication and authorization module is used for authenticating and authorizing the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the sending module is used for sending authentication feedback information to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The receiving module is used for receiving card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, which is sent by the subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises card writing data and authentication data.

As shown in fig. 7, the subscription management data preparation platform SM-dp+ is a structure diagram, and specifically includes:

and the receiving module is used for receiving an authentication data request sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the verification module is used for verifying the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the generation module is used for generating authentication data when the verification passes.

And the sending module is used for sending authentication data to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data is used for writing the eSIM card of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

And the receiving module is used for receiving the card writing data sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment.

The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes each functional module having a function of executing the method steps executed by SM-dp+ in fig. 1 to 4, and achieves the technical effects thereof, which are not described herein for brevity.

the receiving module is used for receiving a switching instruction, wherein the switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal equipment to be switched.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a support system, as shown in fig. 6, which further comprises an acquisition module. In the support system

The receiving module is used for receiving a target terminal device switching instruction sent by the terminal device, wherein the target terminal switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal devices to be switched.

And the acquisition module is used for acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from the subscription database according to the switching instruction of the target terminal equipment.

In addition, the authentication module in the support system is also used for verifying the identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched.

As shown in fig. 8, which is a block diagram of the home subscriber server HSS, the home subscriber server HSS includes:

the receiving module is used for receiving a switching instruction sent by the support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment.

And the processing module is used for deleting the authentication data of the original terminal equipment.

According to the switching device for the eSIM card terminal equipment, provided by the embodiment of the invention, the authentication data corresponding to the mobile phone at the system side can be in a standby state by writing the authentication data in advance, and only the network side data is activated when the authentication data is replaced, so that the terminal equipment is rapidly switched, and the user demands of alternately using a plurality of terminal equipment are met.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a computer medium, on which computer instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor, implement the terminal equipment adding, registering and switching method provided by the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 9, the apparatus 900 includes an input interface 901, a central processor 902, a memory 903, and an output interface 904. Wherein an input interface 901, a central processor 902, a memory 903, and an output interface 904 are interconnected by a bus 905.

Specifically, the input interface 901 transfers the received input information to the central processor 902; the central processor 902 processes the input information based on computer executable instructions stored in the memory 903 to generate output information, temporarily or permanently stores the output information in the memory 903, and then transmits the output information out through the output interface 904.

And, the central processor 902 can implement the methods of adding, registering and switching terminal devices provided by the embodiments of the present invention when executing computer executable instructions.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention provides a computer medium, on which computer instructions are stored, and when the computer instructions are executed by a processor, the method for adding, registering and switching the terminal equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention is realized.

It should be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular arrangements and instrumentality described above and shown in the drawings. For the sake of brevity, a detailed description of known methods is omitted here. In the above embodiments, several specific steps are described and shown as examples. However, the method processes of the present invention are not limited to the specific steps described and shown, and those skilled in the art can make various changes, modifications and additions, or change the order between steps, after appreciating the spirit of the present invention.

The functional blocks shown in the above-described structural block diagrams may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. When implemented in hardware, it may be, for example, an electronic circuit, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), suitable firmware, a plug-in, a function card, or the like. When implemented in software, the elements of the invention are the programs or code segments used to perform the required tasks. The program or code segments may be stored in a machine readable medium or transmitted over transmission media or communication links by a data signal carried in a carrier wave. A "machine-readable medium" may include any medium that can store or transfer information. Examples of machine-readable media include electronic circuitry, semiconductor memory devices, ROM, flash memory, erasable ROM (EROM), floppy disks, CD-ROMs, optical disks, hard disks, fiber optic media, radio Frequency (RF) links, and the like. The code segments may be downloaded via computer networks such as the internet, intranets, etc.

It should also be noted that the exemplary embodiments mentioned in this disclosure describe some methods or systems based on a series of steps or devices. However, the present invention is not limited to the order of the above-described steps, that is, the steps may be performed in the order mentioned in the embodiments, or may be performed in a different order from the order in the embodiments, or several steps may be performed simultaneously.

In the foregoing, only the specific embodiments of the present invention are described, and it will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, modules and units described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein. It should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any equivalent modifications or substitutions can be easily made by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention, and they should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A terminal device registration method applied to a secondary terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving a registration instruction, wherein the registration instruction comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

sending an authentication request to a supporting system, wherein the authentication request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication request is used for authenticating and authenticating the auxiliary terminal equipment by the supporting system according to the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

receiving authentication feedback information sent by the support system, wherein the authentication feedback information comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

Sending an authentication data request to a subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the authentication data request comprises identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment, and the authentication data request is used for authenticating the auxiliary terminal equipment by the SM-DP+ and generating authentication data;

receiving the authentication data sent by the SM-DP+ and writing the embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of the auxiliary terminal equipment according to the authentication data;

2. A terminal device registration method applied to a support system, the method comprising:

receiving card writing result feedback information of auxiliary terminal equipment sent by a subscription relation management data preparation platform SM-DP+, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises card writing data and authentication data;

And saving the authentication data of the auxiliary terminal equipment.

3. A terminal device registration method applied to a subscription relationship management data preparation platform SM-dp+, the method comprising:

verifying the identification information of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

when verification passes, generating authentication data;

transmitting the authentication data to the auxiliary terminal equipment, wherein the authentication data is used for writing an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of the auxiliary terminal equipment;

receiving card writing data sent by the auxiliary terminal equipment;

and sending card writing result feedback information of the auxiliary terminal equipment to a supporting system, wherein the card writing result feedback information comprises the card writing data and the authentication data.

4. A terminal device switching method, applied to a terminal device, characterized in that the method comprises:

the switching instruction is sent to a supporting system, the switching instruction comprises identification information of the target terminal equipment to be switched, the switching instruction is used for the supporting system to acquire authentication data corresponding to the embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of the target terminal equipment from a subscription database, and the authentication data is sent to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) and used for activating network functions of the target terminal equipment.

5. A terminal device switching method applied to a support system side, the method comprising:

acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from a subscription database according to the target terminal equipment switching instruction;

and sending the authentication data to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

6. The terminal device switching method according to claim 5, wherein before acquiring authentication data corresponding to the embedded subscriber identity module eSIM card of the target terminal device from a subscription database according to the target terminal device switching instruction, the method further comprises:

7. A terminal device switching method applied to a home subscriber server HSS, the method comprising:

receiving a switching instruction sent by a support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises authentication data corresponding to an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of target terminal equipment;

Deleting the authentication data of the original terminal equipment;

8. A terminal device, comprising:

the system comprises a sending module, a supporting system and a home subscriber server HSS, wherein the sending module is used for sending the switching instruction to the supporting system, the switching instruction comprises the identification of the target terminal equipment to be switched, the supporting system is used for obtaining authentication data corresponding to the embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of the target terminal equipment from a subscription database, and the authentication data is sent to the home subscriber server HSS and used for activating the network function of the target terminal equipment.

9. A support system, comprising:

the terminal equipment switching control device comprises a receiving module, a switching module and a switching module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving a target terminal equipment switching instruction sent by terminal equipment, and the target terminal equipment switching instruction comprises identification information of target terminal equipment to be switched;

The acquisition module is used for acquiring authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal equipment from a subscription database according to the target terminal equipment switching instruction;

and the sending module is used for sending the authentication data to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) so as to activate the network function of the target terminal equipment.

10. A home subscriber server, HSS, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a switching instruction sent by the support system, wherein the switching instruction comprises authentication data corresponding to an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) card of the target terminal equipment;

the processing module is further configured to create authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal device according to the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal device sent by the support system, where the authentication data corresponding to the eSIM card of the target terminal device is used to activate a network function of the target terminal device.