Protected smart card profile management

US9826403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Manuel Enrique Caceres · Berkeley Heights, US
• Warren Hojilla Uy · Youngstown, US
• Nanjun Qian · Princeton, US
• Axel Hallo De Wolf · Whippany, US
• Ruben Cuadrat · New York, US
• John Markey · San Diego, US
• Taussif Khan · Bound Brook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W12/72
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device receives a request from a user to manage a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) profile stored in a smart card within the device, wherein the MNO profile includes one or more network access credentials for accessing a wireless network. The device performs a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA), wherein the CAPTCHA includes receiving input from the user, and authenticates the user as a human, and not a bot or other automated activity, based on the CAPTCHA and the input from the user. The device receives, from a network node external to the device responsive to the authenticating, a MNO profile management code, and manages the MNO profile based on the received MNO profile management code.