WO2015127889A1

WO2015127889A1 - Profile association management method and device

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Publication number: WO2015127889A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/073261
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王涛; 龙水平; 高林毅
Original assignee: 华为终端有限公司
Priority date: 2014-02-28
Filing date: 2015-02-25
Publication date: 2015-09-03
Also published as: CN104883674B; CN104883674A

Abstract

Disclosed is a profile association management method. The method comprises: receiving, by an SM-SR, a management request message of a first profile which is sent by a management request initiator, the management request message carrying an identifier of the first profile; according to the identifier of the first profile, querying, by the SM-SR, profile association information, so as to acquire an identifier of a profile which is associated with the first profile; and executing, by the SM-SR, a management flow on the first profile and the profile which is associated therewith. Also disclosed is a profile association management device. The present invention has the advantage of improving the user experience of satisfying the service requirements of a primary card and a secondary card because the profile association management can be achieved.

Description

Method and device for profile association management

The present application claims priority to the Chinese Patent Office, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for profile association management.

Background technique

At present, the main and auxiliary card services launched by major operators provide users with a new way of consumption, satisfying the 3rd Generation mobile communication technology (3G) high-value customers and flexible use of voice calls through multiple terminals. The communication needs of the Internet further enhance customer perception and customer satisfaction. In the current primary and secondary card services, after the primary card selects the basic package, the primary and secondary cards can share the primary card basic package, and the primary card can be associated with multiple secondary cards, and the primary and secondary cards can enjoy preferential services. When a user activates the primary and secondary card services, there are two scenarios, namely, the new network access client activates the primary and secondary cards, and the online client applies for the primary and secondary card services to activate the secondary card. After successful activation in any scenario, the network side is mainly engaged. The card sends a reminder. When the user applies for teardown (ie, permanently deletes the contract, it cannot be recovered), the disassemble of the main card needs to cancel the association between the secondary card and the primary card, and the secondary card is added to the other primary card (ie, the secondary card and other primary cards) Correlate) or change to another business package; if the relationship between the secondary card and the primary card is not removed first, the machine is disassembled together with the primary card. When the user requests to stop (ie, deactivate, can be restored), the main card is not allowed to be shut down separately, and the secondary card can be processed according to the existing shutdown business rules. If the primary card is shut down, the primary card and the secondary card need to be performed. Same as stop (ie, stop at the same time or resume at the same time).

In the prior art, the primary and secondary card services are managed (including profile customization, profile download/installation, profile activation/deactivation/deletion, etc., wherein the profile is an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC). Internally related to a series of documents and data related to a mobile network operator), mainly using the eUICC of the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) Remote configuration specification. The configuration and management process for a single profile is given in the eUICC remote configuration specification of the GSMA. The process optimization under the scenario of the primary and secondary cards is not considered. If the mobile network operator (MNO) adopts the eUICC remote configuration of the GSMA. The configuration and management process for a single profile in the management specification implements the primary and secondary card services. The primary and secondary card service requirements can be realized by sending multiple commands according to the locally saved primary and secondary card subscription information. The operation is complicated and redundant. I, the user experience is not good.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method and a device for managing profile associations, so as to implement association management of multiple profiles, simplify operations, and improve user experience for implementing primary and secondary card service requirements.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for profile association management, which may include:

The subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR receives the management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, and the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile;

The SM-SR queries the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and acquires an identifier of the profile associated with the first profile.

The SM-SR performs a management process for the first profile and its associated profile.

In conjunction with the first aspect, in a first possible implementation, the management request initiator includes: a mobile network operator MNO, or an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the management request message includes: an activation request message, a deactivation request message, or a deletion request message, and correspondingly, The management process includes an activation process, a deactivation process, or a deletion process.

With reference to the first aspect to any one of the second possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation, the profile association information includes: an identifier of the first profile, and the foregoing The ID of the profile associated with a profile.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the SM-SR performs a management process of the first profile and its associated profile, including:

The SM-SR associates the identifier of the first profile with the first profile The profile association information corresponding to the profile is removed.

The SM-SR indicates that the eUICC that carries the first profile performs a deletion process of the first profile.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner, the SM-SR performs a management process of the first profile and its associated profile, including:

The SM-SR indicates that the eUICC carrying the first profile and the eUICC carrying the profile associated with the first profile perform a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner, the SM-SR performs the first profile and its associated profile After managing the process, the method further includes:

The SM-SR acquires an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and returns an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the management request initiator;

The execution result of the management process carries the identifier of the first profile and its associated profile.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for profile association management, which may include:

The SM-DP receives a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication;

The SM-DP generates a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and sets profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the first The identifier of the profile associated with a profile;

Returning, by the SM-DP, a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and sending the profile association information to the subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR, so that the SM-SR implements the Management of the first profile and its associated profile.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a device for managing profile association, which may include:

a receiving module, configured to receive a management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, where the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile;

An obtaining module, configured to query profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and obtain Taking the identifier of the profile associated with the first profile;

And a management module, configured to execute a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the management request initiator that sends the management request message includes: a mobile network operator MNO or an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the management request message received by the receiving module includes: an activation request message, a deactivation request message, or a deletion The request message, correspondingly, the management process includes an activation process, a deactivation process, or a deletion process.

With reference to any one of the third aspect to the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the profile association information includes: an identifier of the first profile, and the foregoing The ID of the profile associated with a profile.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation, the management module is specifically configured to:

The identifier of the first profile is removed from the profile association information corresponding to the profile associated with the first profile, and the eUICC carrying the first profile is instructed to perform the deletion process of the first profile.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner, the management module is specifically configured to:

An eUICC that carries the first profile and an eUICC that carries a profile associated with the first profile perform a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner, the apparatus further includes:

a feedback module, configured to obtain an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and return an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the management request initiator;

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a device for managing profile association, which may include:

a receiving module, configured to receive a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication;

a setting module, configured to generate a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and set profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the The identifier of the profile associated with the first profile;

And a sending module, configured to return a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and send the profile association information to the subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR.

A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a system for managing profile management, comprising: the device for managing profile association provided by the third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, and the device for managing profile association provided by the fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. .

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a terminal device, which may include:

a receiver, configured to receive, by the management request initiator, a management request message of the first profile, where the management request message carries an identifier of the first profile;

a processor, configured to query profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and obtain an identifier of a profile associated with the first profile;

The processor is further configured to perform a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation, the initiator of the management request message received by the receiver includes: a mobile network operator MNO, or an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC.

With reference to the sixth aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the management request message received by the receiver includes: an activation request message, a deactivation request message, or a deletion The request message, correspondingly, the management process includes an activation process, a deactivation process, or a deletion process.

With reference to any one of the sixth aspect to the second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a third possible implementation, the profile association information includes: an identifier of the first profile, and the The ID of the profile associated with a profile.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation, the processor is specifically configured to:

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner, the processor is configured to perform the management process of the first profile and its associated profile by:

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, or the fifth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner, the terminal device further includes a transmitter, where the processor is further used to:

Obtaining, by the receiver, an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and returning, by the sender, an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the Management request initiator;

The seventh aspect of the embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which may include:

a receiver, configured to receive a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication;

a processor, configured to generate a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and set profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the first The identifier of the profile associated with a profile;

a sender, configured to return a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and send the profile association information to a subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR, so that the SM-SR implements the Management of the first profile and its associated profile.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when receiving the management request message of the first profile, the SM-SR may query the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile carried in the management request message, and obtain the identifiers of all the profiles associated with the first profile. Further, the management process of the first profile and all associated profiles thereof may be performed simultaneously or sequentially, and the first profile and its associated The profile is managed by the link, and the primary and secondary card service requirements can be realized through one command. The operation is simple, and the user experience of implementing the primary and secondary card services is improved.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. Other drawings may also be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the inventive work.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of a method for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of a method for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a third embodiment of a method for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a first embodiment of an apparatus for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a second embodiment of an apparatus for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a third embodiment of an apparatus for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a system for profile association management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention. Rather than all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

In a specific implementation, the profile described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a collective name of a series of files and data related to an MNO in the eUICC. The first profile described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a primary profile, or may be The secondary profile, wherein the primary profile described in the embodiment of the present invention corresponds to a primary card in the primary and secondary card services initiated by each major operator, and the secondary profile corresponds to the secondary profile. If the user enters the primary and secondary card services, the new primary and secondary cards need to be activated. If the primary card is a network user, the secondary card only needs to be activated. When the user wants to disassemble or shut down, the primary and secondary cards need to be disconnected. Relationship, and then disassemble or stop the main and secondary cards. The method and apparatus for profile association management described in the embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a first embodiment of a method for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for managing profile association described in this embodiment may include the following steps:

S101. The SM-SR receives the management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, where the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile.

In a specific implementation, the SM-SR described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a functional unit or a functional module that is responsible for the management of the profile, including the activation, deactivation, deletion, and the like of the profile. The specific representation of the function module is limited.

In some feasible implementation manners, if the primary and secondary cards are new network users when the user opens the primary and secondary card services, the primary and secondary cards need to be activated. If the primary card is a network user, only the secondary card needs to be activated; When the machine is down or down, it is necessary to cancel the association relationship between the primary and secondary cards, that is, delete the association information between the secondary card and the primary card. In a specific implementation, the management request of the primary profile or the secondary profile described in the embodiment of the present invention includes: an activation request, a deactivation request, or a deletion request. The management request initiator described in the embodiment of the present invention may include an MNO or an eUICC. . Specifically, the first profile described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a primary profile or a secondary profile. When the management request initiated by the MNO is a management request corresponding to the primary profile, the primary profile is the first profile, and the MNO is When the initiated management request is a management request corresponding to the secondary profile, the secondary profile is the first profile. For example, when the primary and secondary cards are new network users, the MNO can be activated when the primary and secondary card services are activated. The activation request message is initiated to the SM-SR (the first profile is the primary profile at this time), and after receiving the activation request message of the primary profile sent by the MNO, the SM-SR may activate the primary profile, and may also All profiles associated with the primary profile (ie all secondary profiles) are activated. Specifically, the activation request message of the primary profile received by the SM-SR carries the identifier of the primary profile, where the identifier of the primary profile may be an Integrated Circuit Card Identity (ICCID) of the primary profile, or The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific manifestation of the identifier of the primary profile, such as the embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (EID) and the ICCID of the primary profile.

S102. The SM-SR queries the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and acquires an identifier of the profile associated with the first profile.

In some feasible implementation manners, in the method of profile association management described in the embodiment of the present invention, in the profile customization process before the profile activation process, the extended eUICC Information Set (EIS) of the profile may be used. Add the association information of the primary profile and the secondary profile to the field. Specifically, the identifier of one or more sub-profiles may be added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, specifically, the ICCID of the secondary profile, or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile, and the foregoing is added in the extended EIS field of the primary profile. The secondary profile is the secondary profile associated with the primary profile; specifically, the primary profile identifier may be added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile, specifically the ICCID of the primary profile, or the EID and ICCID of the primary profile, etc. The primary profile added in the extended EIS field of the secondary profile is the primary profile associated with the secondary profile. After the profile of the profile is added to the extended profile EIS field of the primary profile or the secondary profile, the associated profile may be found according to the identifier of the primary profile, or may be found according to the identifier of the secondary profile. The primary profile associated with it. In a specific implementation, the MNO may send a customized request message to the SM-DP, complete the profile customization by using the SM-DP, and obtain a profile completion message from the SM-DP, where the customization of the MNO obtained from the SM-DP is completed. The message includes the profile association information, and the association information of the profile in the customized completion message includes the identifier of the primary and secondary profiles. After the SM-DP completes the customization of the profile, the profile association information may be updated to the EIS field corresponding to the primary profile or the EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile in the SM-SR through the download/installation process of the profile. Specifically, SM-DP completes the profile. After the customization, the ID of the sub-profile associated with the main profile is updated to the extended EIS field of the EIS field corresponding to the main profile, and the identifier of the main profile associated with the sub-profile is updated to the sub-profile. In the extended EIS field in the EIS field, the identifier of the secondary profile associated with the primary profile may be added to the extended EIS field in the EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, so that the extended EIS field corresponding to the primary profile (ie, including The EIS field of the extended EIS field includes an identifier of the primary profile and its associated secondary profile; and the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile is added to the extended EIS field in the EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile, so that the extended secondary The EIS field corresponding to the profile includes the identifier of the secondary profile and its associated primary profile. The SM-SR may search for the secondary profile associated with the primary profile or the primary profile associated with the secondary profile according to the EIS field corresponding to the latest primary profile or the secondary profile. The association information of the profile sent by the SM-DP may include: an ICCID of the primary profile (or the EID and ICCID of the primary profile) information, and an ICCID (or an EID and ICCID of the secondary profile) information of the secondary profile associated with the profile.

In some feasible implementation manners, the SM-SR may obtain the identifier of the primary profile from the activation request message when receiving the activation request message of the primary profile sent by the MNO, and may further query the profile association information according to the identifier of the primary profile. The ID of the profile associated with the profile (that is, the ID of all the sub-profiles associated with the primary profile). Specifically, according to the profile association information updated in the SM-SR, that is, the profile association information in the EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, including the identifier of the primary profile and its associated secondary profile, and the identifier of the primary profile. The identifiers of all the sub-profiles associated with the primary profile are obtained by the identifier matching of the primary profile, and the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile are obtained by the identifiers of the respective secondary profiles.

S103. The SM-SR performs a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

In some feasible implementation manners, after the SM-SR obtains the identifiers of all the sub-profiles associated with the main profile (including the ICCID of all the sub-profiles, or the EIDs and ICCIDs of all the sub-profiles, etc.), the above-mentioned main profile may be executed. The activation process of all associated sub-profiles. Specifically, the entity that carries the foregoing primary profile (for example, the first eUICC) and the body that carries all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile (for example, the second eUICC) may implement the foregoing. The activation process of the primary profile and all its associated secondary profiles activates the primary profile and all the secondary profiles associated with it, which can meet the business needs of the primary and secondary cards.

In a specific implementation, after the SM-SR indicates that the eUICC carrying the primary profile and all associated sub-profiles thereof performs the activation process of the primary profile and all the secondary profiles, the activation result of the primary profile and all the secondary profiles may be obtained. Acquiring an activation result of the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof from the eUICC carrying the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof, and returning the activation result to the MNO, wherein the activation result carries the primary profile and its association The identifier of all the sub-profiles, including the ICCID of the main profile and all associated sub-profiles, or EID and ICCID.

In a specific implementation, the specific implementation method of the activation management of the primary profile and the secondary profile associated with the foregoing embodiment is also applicable to the deactivation, deletion, and the like of the primary profile and the associated secondary profile in the embodiment of the present invention. The process (wherein the deactivation of the profile corresponds to the downtime in the primary and secondary card services, that is, the shutdown security service in the primary and secondary card services, and the deletion of the profile corresponds to the teardown in the primary and secondary card services, that is, the permanent deletion of the subscription) , will not repeat them here.

In some possible implementations, the identifier of the profile associated with the first profile is added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the first profile, so that the first profile is included in the EIS field (including the extended EIS field) corresponding to the extended first profile. After the identifier of the associated profile, the profile management policy can also be set in the extended EIS field, for example, by setting a policy (POLicy2 or POLicy1, hereinafter referred to as POL) located on the SM-SR or eUICC. Whether the sub-profile associated with the primary profile is attached to the primary profile. In a specific implementation, when the management request message received by the SM-SR is the activation request message of the sub-profile, the SM-SR combines the identifier of the sub-profile in the received activation request message with the profile in the EIS field corresponding to the sub-profile. After the association information obtains the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile, the POL and the profile status in the EIS corresponding to the primary profile may also be checked to determine whether the primary profile is in an active state. If the primary profile is in an active state, the bearer is indicated. The eUICC of the sub-profile performs the activation process of the sub-profile to activate the sub-profile, and updates the profile status in the EIS field corresponding to the sub-profile and its associated main profile, and then the ICCID (or sub-profile) of all sub-profiles The identifiers such as EID and ICCID are sent to the MNO to inform the MNO of the execution result of the sub-profile.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the user opens the primary and secondary card services and needs to activate the profile corresponding to the primary and secondary cards, the profile of all the secondary cards associated with the primary card may be obtained according to the profile association information, and then the primary profile and the associated profile are executed. The activation process of all the sub-profiles is to activate the main profile and all the sub-profiles associated with it, so that the primary and secondary profiles corresponding to the primary and secondary card services can be synchronized with the same business requirements, simplifying the implementation of the primary and secondary profiles. The operation process of the service requirement improves the user experience of the primary and secondary card services. In addition, when the management request message received by the SM-SR is the activation request message of the secondary profile, the embodiment of the present invention may also obtain the secondary profile. After the identifier of the associated primary profile is detected, it is detected whether the primary profile is in an active state. When the primary profile is in the activated state, the associated secondary profile is activated, which enhances the association management of the primary and secondary card services, and enhances the user experience of the profile association management.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a second embodiment of a method for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for managing profile association described in this embodiment includes the following steps:

S201. The SM-SR receives the deletion request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, where the deletion request message carries the identifier of the first profile.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the foregoing embodiment provides a specific implementation manner in which the primary and secondary cards are activated by the user when the primary or secondary card service is activated, or the primary and secondary cards are activated when the primary card is the user. For example, the method for managing the profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention is specifically described to describe how to find the associated profile of the associated profile by using the identifier of the secondary profile when the user applies for teardown or downtime. The primary and secondary profiles are managed. In this embodiment, the first profile is a secondary profile.

In some possible implementation manners, when the user needs to perform deletion management on the secondary profile, the deletion request message of the secondary profile may be sent to the SM-SR by the management request initiator MNO or the eUICC (this embodiment will use the MNO as an example). The deletion request message carries the identifier of the secondary profile. Specifically, the identifier of the secondary profile may be an ICCID of the secondary profile, or an EID and an ICCID of the secondary profile.

S202. The SM-SR queries the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and acquires an identifier of the profile associated with the first profile.

In some possible implementation manners, when the SM-SR receives the deletion request message of the sub-profile sent by the MNO, the SM-SR may query the profile association information according to the identifier of the sub-profile. The identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile is obtained by the identifier matching of the secondary profile. Specifically, the specific implementation process of obtaining the identifier of the primary profile associated with the SM-SR according to the identifier of the received secondary profile may refer to step S102 in the first embodiment of the method for managing profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention. , will not repeat them here.

S203. The SM-SR removes the identifier of the first profile from the profile association information corresponding to the profile associated with the first profile.

S204. The SM-SR indicates that the eUICC that carries the first profile performs a deletion process of the first profile.

S205: The SM-SR acquires an execution result of the deletion process of the first profile, and returns an execution result of the deletion process of the first profile to the management request initiator.

In some possible implementation manners, after the SM-SR obtains the identifier of the primary profile associated with the primary profile according to the identifier of the received secondary profile, the identifier of the secondary profile may be obtained from the primary profile associated with the secondary profile. If the corresponding association information is removed, the identifier of the ICCID of the secondary profile (or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile) may be deleted from the EIS field corresponding to the associated primary profile. In a specific implementation, after the SM-SR deletes the identifier of the sub-profile from the EIS field corresponding to the associated main profile, the eUICC that carries the sub-profile may perform the deletion process of the sub-profile, and the eUICC successfully deletes the sub-profile. After that, the SM-SR may update the profile status in the EIS information corresponding to the primary profile associated with the secondary profile (for example, successfully deleting the secondary profile, etc.), and then return the deletion result of the secondary profile to the MNO, where the profile is The deletion result carries the identifier of the ICCID of the secondary profile (or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the SM-SR may obtain the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile to be deleted according to the identifier of the secondary profile to be deleted, and associate the identifier of the secondary profile to be deleted from the association. The EIS field of the main profile is deleted, and the deletion process of the eUICC execution sub-profile carrying the sub-profile to be deleted is further indicated, and the profile status in the EIS field of the profile is updated, so that the deletion of the sub-profile is more convenient and improved. The user experience of the profile association management.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a third embodiment of a method for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for managing profile association described in this embodiment includes the following steps:

S301. The SM-DP receives a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication.

S302. The SM-DP generates a first profile to be downloaded and its associated profile according to the profile association indication, and sets profile association information.

S303. The SM-DP returns a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and sends the profile association information to the subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR.

In some feasible implementation manners, when the user opens the primary and secondary card services, in order to implement the primary and secondary card service requirements of the user, the primary profile and the secondary profile corresponding to the primary and secondary card services may be associated and managed, for example, activated, deactivated, Delete and so on. In the embodiment of the present invention, before the activation or deactivation or deletion of the primary profile and the secondary profile, the profile needs to be customized, downloaded, and installed. In the specific implementation, in order to implement association management of the profile, the profile may be The association information of the primary profile and the secondary profile is set in the customization process, and the configured profile association information is sent to the SM-SR through the downloading and installation of the profile, so that the SM-SR associates and manages the profile.

In some possible implementations, the profile customization request message may be sent to the SM-DP through the MNO, where the profile customization request message carries a profile association indication, where the profile association indication is used to trigger the SM-DP to generate profile association information. Specifically, after receiving the profile customization request message, the SM-DP may generate the first profile to be downloaded and the associated profile (ie, the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof) according to the profile association indication in the customized request message. At the same time, the profile association information may be set, wherein the profile association information includes information such as the generated ICCID (or EID and ICCID) of the primary profile and the secondary profile to be downloaded/installed. After the SM-DP sets the profile association information, the profile customization completion message may be returned to the MNO, where the customization completion message includes profile association information, and the profile association information includes the identifier of the primary and secondary profiles, and may also be through the profile. The process of downloading, installing, etc. sends the profile association information set above to the SM-SR. Specifically, after the SM-DP completes the profile customization process, the configured profile association information may be updated to the SM-SR through the profile download and installation process. Specifically, after the SM-DP completes the customization of the profile, the identifier of the sub-profile associated with the main profile is updated to the extended EIS field of the EIS field corresponding to the main profile by the download and installation process of the profile, and the sub-profile is associated with the profile. The identifier of the primary profile is updated to the extended EIS field in the EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile, and the identifier of the secondary profile associated with the primary profile is added to the extended EIS field in the EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, so that the extended The EIS field corresponding to the primary profile (ie, the EIS field including the extended EIS field) includes the identifier of the primary profile and its associated secondary profile; and the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile is added to the EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile. The EIS field is extended, so that the EIS field corresponding to the extended sub-profile includes the sub-profile and the identifier of the associated main profile, so that the SM-SR obtains the corresponding sub-profile or the main profile in combination with the identifier of the main profile or the sub-profile. Logo.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the association information of the primary and secondary profiles can be set through the profile customization operation, and the profile customization completion message is returned to the MNO, and the association information of the primary and secondary profiles can also be updated to the SM-SR for the SM-SR. The profile of the primary profile or the primary profile is obtained by combining the identifiers of the primary profile or the secondary profile, which simplifies the operation of the profile association management, enhances the user experience of implementing the profile association management, and improves the user experience effect of realizing the service requirements of the user's primary and secondary cards.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of an apparatus for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device for managing profile association described in this embodiment includes:

The receiving module 10 is configured to receive a management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, where the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile.

The obtaining module 20 is configured to query the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and obtain an identifier of the profile associated with the first profile.

The management module 30 is configured to execute a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

In some possible implementations, the foregoing management module 30 is specifically configured to:

In a specific implementation, the apparatus for managing the profile association described in the embodiment of the present invention may be specifically the SM-SR described in the embodiment of the present invention. In a specific implementation, the SM-SR may be a functional unit or a function module that is responsible for the management of the profile, including the activation, deactivation, and deletion of the profile. The embodiment of the present invention does not represent the specific expression of the function module responsible for the profile management. Make restrictions.

In some feasible implementation manners, if the primary and secondary cards are new network users when the user opens the primary and secondary card services, the primary and secondary cards need to be activated. If the primary card is a network user, only the secondary card needs to be activated; When the machine is down or down, it is necessary to cancel the association relationship between the primary and secondary cards, that is, delete the association information between the secondary card and the primary card. In a specific implementation, the management request of the primary profile or the secondary profile described in the embodiment of the present invention includes: an activation request, a deactivation request, or a deletion request. The management request initiator described in the embodiment of the present invention may include an MNO or an eUICC. . Specifically, the first profile described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a primary profile or a secondary profile. When the management request initiated by the MNO is a management request corresponding to the primary profile, the primary profile is the first profile, and the MNO is When the initiated management request is a management request corresponding to the secondary profile, the secondary profile is the first profile. For example, when the primary and secondary network cards are new network users, when the primary and secondary card services are activated, the activation request message of the primary profile (the first profile is the primary profile) may be initiated by the MNO to the SM-SR, and the SM-SR passes the receiving module. After receiving the activation request message of the primary profile sent by the MNO, the primary profile can be activated, and all profiles associated with the primary profile (ie, all secondary profiles) can also be activated. Specifically, the activation request message of the primary profile received by the receiving module 10 carries the identifier of the primary profile, where the identifier of the primary profile is specifically the ICCID of the primary profile, or the EID and ICCID of the primary profile. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific manifestation of the identifier of the primary profile. In a specific implementation, the specific implementation process of the foregoing receiving module to receive the management request message sent by the management request initiator may refer to step S101 in the first embodiment of the method for managing the profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

In some feasible implementation manners, in the method of profile association management described in the embodiment of the present invention, in the profile customization process before the profile activation process, the extended eUICC Information Set (EIS) of the profile may be used. Add the association information of the primary profile and the secondary profile to the field. Specifically, the identifier of one or more sub-profiles may be added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, specifically, the ICCID of the secondary profile, or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile, and the foregoing is added in the extended EIS field of the primary profile. The secondary profile is the secondary profile associated with the primary profile; specifically, the primary profile identifier may be added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile, specifically the ICCID of the primary profile, or the primary profile. The EID and ICCID, etc., the main profile added in the extended EIS field of the sub-profile is the main profile associated with the sub-profile. After the profile of the profile is added to the extended profile EIS field of the primary profile or the secondary profile, the associated profile may be found according to the identifier of the primary profile, or may be found according to the identifier of the secondary profile. The primary profile associated with it. In a specific implementation, the MNO may send a customized request message to the SM-DP, complete the profile customization by using the SM-DP, and obtain a profile completion message from the SM-DP, where the customization of the MNO obtained from the SM-DP is completed. The message includes the profile association information, and the association information of the profile in the customized completion message includes the identifier of the primary and secondary profiles. After the SM-DP completes the customization of the profile, the profile association information may be updated to the EIS field corresponding to the main profile in the SM-SR or the EIS field corresponding to the sub-profile through the download/installation process of the profile, specifically, SM- After the DP completes the customization of the profile, the ID of the sub-profile associated with the main profile is updated to the extended EIS field corresponding to the main profile, and the identifier of the main profile associated with the sub-profile is updated to the corresponding profile. In the extended EIS field, the EIS field corresponding to the extended primary profile (including the extended EIS field) includes the identifier of the primary profile and its associated secondary profile, and the EIS field corresponding to the extended secondary profile (including the extended EIS field) Includes the identity of the secondary profile and its associated primary profile. The SM-SR may search for the secondary profile associated with the primary profile or the primary profile associated with the secondary profile according to the EIS field corresponding to the latest primary profile or the secondary profile. The association information of the profile sent by the SM-DP may include: an ICCID of the primary profile (or the EID and ICCID of the primary profile) information, and an ICCID (or an EID and ICCID of the secondary profile) information of the secondary profile associated with the profile.

In some possible implementation manners, when the receiving module 10 of the SM-SR receives the activation request message of the primary profile sent by the MNO, the obtaining module 20 may obtain the identifier of the primary profile from the activation request message, and further may be based on the primary profile. The identifier query profile association information acquires the identifier of the profile associated with the primary profile (ie, the identifier of all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile). Specifically, the obtaining module 20 may be combined with the profile association information updated in the SM-SR (that is, the profile association information in the EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, including the identifier of the primary profile and its associated secondary profile). The identifier of the profile is obtained by matching the identifier of the primary profile to obtain the identifiers of all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile, and The identifier acquires a secondary profile associated with the primary profile described above. In a specific implementation, the foregoing implementation process of querying the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and acquiring the identifier of the profile associated with the first profile may refer to the first implementation of the method for profile association management provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Step S102 in the example is not described here.

In some feasible implementation manners, after the SM-SR obtains the identifiers of all the sub-profiles associated with the main profile (including the ICCIDs of all the sub-profiles, or the EIDs and ICCIDs of all the sub-profiles, etc.) by the obtaining module 20, the management module 30 The activation process of the above-mentioned primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof may be performed. Specifically, the management module 30 may indicate that the host that carries the primary profile (for example, the first eUICC) and the host that carries all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile (for example, the second eUICC) perform the foregoing primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof. The activation process activates the primary profile and all the secondary profiles associated with it to meet the business needs of the primary and secondary cards.

In a specific implementation, after the SM-SR indicates that the eUICC carrying the primary profile and all associated sub-profiles thereof performs the activation process of the primary profile and all the secondary profiles, the activation result of the primary profile and all the secondary profiles may be obtained. (After the eUICC carrying the above-mentioned primary profile and all associated sub-profiles thereof, the activation result of the above-mentioned primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof is obtained, and the activation result is returned to the MNO, wherein the activation result carries the primary The ID of the profile and all associated sub-profiles, including the ICCID of the primary profile and all associated sub-profiles, or EID and ICCID.

In a specific implementation, the SM-SR described in the embodiment of the present invention can implement the activation management of the primary profile and the secondary profile associated with the primary profile and the associated secondary profile in the embodiment of the present invention. Management processes such as activation and deletion are not described here.

In some possible implementation manners, the SM-DP adds the identifier of the profile associated with the first profile in the extended EIS field corresponding to the first profile, so that the EIS field corresponding to the first profile includes the first profile and its associated profile. After the identification, the management policy of the profile may also be set in the extended EIS field. For example, the policy may be associated with the primary profile by setting a policy (POLicy2 or POLicy1, hereinafter referred to as POL) located on the SM-SR or eUICC. Whether the secondary profile is attached to the primary profile. In a specific implementation, when the management request message received by the receiving module of the SM-SR is an activation request message of the sub-profile, the SM-SR is configured according to the receiving module. The identifier of the sub-profile in the received activation request message is obtained, and after the identifier of the main profile associated with the sub-profile is acquired in association with the profile association information in the EIS field corresponding to the sub-profile, the EIS in the main profile may also be checked. The POL and the profile status are used to determine whether the primary profile is in an active state. If the primary profile is in the active state, the eUICC carrying the secondary profile may be instructed by the management module 30 to perform the activation process of the secondary profile to activate the secondary profile and update. The profile status in the EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile and its associated primary profile, and then the identifiers of the ICCIDs of all the secondary profiles (or the EIDs and ICCIDs of the secondary profiles) are sent to the MNO to inform the MNO to activate the execution of the secondary profile. result. In a specific implementation, the specific implementation process of the management process of the configuration module of the foregoing management module may refer to step S103 in the first embodiment of the method for managing the profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

The SM-SR described in the embodiment of the present invention can obtain the profile of all the secondary cards associated with the primary card according to the profile association information when the user activates the primary and secondary card services and needs to activate the profile corresponding to the primary and secondary cards. The eUICC that instructs the primary profile and all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile to perform the activation process of the primary profile and its associated profile to activate the primary profile and all the secondary profiles associated with it, and the primary and secondary profiles corresponding to the primary and secondary card services can be implemented. The business requirements of the same service are simplified, and the operation process of realizing the service requirements of the primary and secondary profiles is improved, and the user experience of implementing the primary and secondary card services is improved. In addition, the management request message received by the SM-SR is the secondary profile. The SM-SR may also detect whether the primary profile is in an active state after acquiring the identity of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile, and activate the secondary profile associated with the primary profile when the primary profile is active. The association management of the primary and secondary card services enhances the user experience of profile association management.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of an apparatus for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device for managing profile association described in this embodiment includes:

The management module 40, the identifier of the first profile is associated with the first profile The profile association information corresponding to the profile is removed, and the eUICC carrying the first profile is instructed to perform the deletion process of the first profile.

The feedback module 50 is configured to obtain an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and return an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the management request initiator .

In the embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for managing profile association described in the embodiment of the present invention may be specifically the SM-SR described in the embodiment of the present invention. In a specific implementation, the SM-SR may be a functional unit or a function module that is responsible for the profile management (including the activation, deactivation, deletion, and the like of the profile). The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific manifestation of the function module responsible for the profile management. The above embodiment provides a specific implementation manner in which the primary and secondary cards are activated by the user when the primary or secondary card service is activated, or the primary and secondary cards are activated when the primary card is the user. In this embodiment, the deletion of the secondary card is taken as an example. The method for managing the profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention is specifically described to describe how to find the associated profile of the associated profile by using the identifier of the secondary profile when the user applies for teardown or downtime, and then manage the primary and secondary profiles. That is, in this embodiment, the first profile is a secondary profile.

In some possible implementation manners, when the receiving module 10 of the SM-SR receives the deletion request message of the sub-profile sent by the MNO, the acquiring module 20 of the SM-SR may query the profile association information according to the identifier of the sub-profile, and pass the The identifier of the sub-profile is matched to obtain the identifier of the main profile associated with the sub-profile. For example, the method for acquiring the identifier of the primary profile associated with the identifier of the secondary profile received by the receiving module 10 is obtained by referring to the method of the profile association management method provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Step S102 in an embodiment is not described herein again.

In some feasible implementation manners, after the SM-SR obtains the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile according to the identifier of the secondary profile received by the receiving module 10, the management module 40 may The identifier of the sub-profile is removed from the association information corresponding to the main profile associated with the sub-profile, and the identifier of the ICCID of the sub-profile (or the EID and ICCID of the sub-profile) may be identified from the main profile associated with the sub-profile. Deleted in the EIS field. In a specific implementation, after the management module 40 of the SM-SR deletes the identifier of the sub-profile from the EIS field corresponding to the associated main profile, the eUICC that carries the sub-profile can perform the deletion process of the sub-profile, and the eUICC succeeds. After deleting the sub-profile, the SM-SR may update the profile status in the EIS information corresponding to the main profile associated with the sub-profile (for example, successfully deleting the sub-profile, etc.), and then return the deletion result of the sub-profile through the feedback module 50. To the MNO, the deletion result of the profile carries the identifier of the ICCID of the sub-profile (or the EID and ICCID of the sub-profile).

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of an apparatus for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device for managing profile association described in this embodiment includes:

The receiving module 60 is configured to receive a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication.

a setting module 70, configured to generate a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and set profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the The ID of the profile associated with the first profile.

The sending module 80 is configured to return a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and send the profile association information to the subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR.

In a specific implementation, the apparatus for managing the profile association described in the embodiment of the present invention may be specifically the SM-DP described in the embodiment of the present invention, and the SM-DP described in the embodiment of the present invention may specifically be configured to receive the profile. The request, the profile to be downloaded, and the downloading, installing functional unit or function module of the profile, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the work responsible for the profile management. The specific manifestation of the module.

In some possible implementations, the profile customization request message may be sent to the SM-DP through the MNO, where the profile customization request message carries a profile association indication, where the profile association indication is used to trigger the SM-DP to generate profile association information. Specifically, after the receiving module 60 of the SM-DP receives the profile customization request message, the setting module 70 may generate the first profile to be downloaded and its associated profile according to the profile association indication in the customized request message (ie, the primary profile and The profile association information may be set at the same time, and the profile association information includes information such as the generated ICCID (or EID and ICCID) of the primary profile and the secondary profile to be downloaded/installed. After the SM-DP sets the profile association information through the setting module 70, the sending module 80 may return a profile customization completion message to the MNO, where the customization completion message includes profile association information, and the profile association information includes the primary and secondary profiles. The identifier of the profile can also be sent to the SM-SR through the process of downloading and installing the profile. Specifically, after the SM-DP completes the profile customization process, the sending module 80 can update the set profile association information to the SM-SR through the profile downloading and installation process. Specifically, after the SM-DP completes the profile customization, The sending module 80 may update the identifier of the secondary profile associated with the primary profile to the extended EIS field corresponding to the primary profile through the download and installation process of the profile, and update the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile to the extended EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile. The EIS field corresponding to the primary profile includes the identifier of the primary profile and its associated secondary profile, and the EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile includes the secondary profile and the identifier of the associated primary profile for the SM-SR to combine with the primary profile or The identifier of the secondary profile acquires the corresponding secondary profile or the identity of the primary profile.

The SM-DP described in the embodiment of the present invention can set the association information of the primary and secondary profiles through the profile customization operation, and return the profile customization completion message to the MNO, and can also update the association information of the primary and secondary profiles to the SM-SR. The SM-SR is combined with the identifier of the primary profile or the secondary profile to obtain the corresponding profile of the secondary profile or the primary profile, which simplifies the operation steps of the profile association management, enhances the user experience of implementing the profile association management, and improves the implementation of the user primary and secondary cards. User experience effects of business needs.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device described in this embodiment includes:

The receiver 1000 is configured to receive a management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, where the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile.

The processor 2000 is configured to query the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and obtain an identifier of the profile associated with the first profile.

The processor 2000 is further configured to execute a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.

In a specific implementation, the terminal device described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a functional unit or a functional module that is responsible for profile management (including activation, deactivation, deletion, etc. of the profile), such as the SM described in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention. - SR, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific expression of the function module responsible for the profile management. The following describes the terminal device provided in this embodiment by using the SM-SR as an example.

In some feasible implementation manners, if the primary and secondary cards are all new network users when the primary and secondary card services are activated, the primary and secondary cards need to be activated. If the primary card is a network user, the secondary card needs to be activated; the user applies for teardown. Or when the machine is shut down, the association relationship between the primary and secondary cards needs to be cancelled, that is, the association information between the secondary card and the primary card is deleted. In a specific implementation, the management request of the primary profile or the secondary profile described in the embodiment of the present invention includes: an activation request, a deactivation request, a deletion request, and the like. The management request initiator described in the embodiment of the present invention may include an MNO or an eUICC. . Specifically, the first profile described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a primary profile or a secondary profile. When the management request initiated by the MNO is a management request corresponding to the primary profile, the primary profile is the first profile, and the MNO is When the initiated management request is a management request corresponding to the secondary profile, the secondary profile is the first profile. For example, when the primary and secondary cards are new network users, the MNO can be activated when the primary and secondary card services are activated. An activation request message is initiated to the SM-SR (the first profile is the primary profile at this time). After receiving the activation request message of the primary profile sent by the MNO, the SM-SR can be processed by the processor 2000. The primary profile is activated and the processor 2000 can also activate all profiles associated with the primary profile (ie, all secondary profiles). Specifically, the activation request message of the primary profile received by the receiver 1000 carries the identifier of the primary profile, where the identifier of the primary profile may be an ICCID of the primary profile, or an EID and an ICCID of the primary profile, etc., which are implemented by the present invention. The example does not limit the specific representation of the identity of the primary profile. In a specific implementation, the specific implementation process of the foregoing receiving device 1000 for receiving the management request message sent by the requesting initiator may refer to step S101 in the first embodiment of the method for managing the profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again. .

In some feasible implementation manners, in the profile customization process before the activation process of the terminal device (ie, SM-SR) profile provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the extended eUICC Information Set (EIS) field of the profile may be Add the association information of the primary profile and the secondary profile. Specifically, the identifiers of the multiple sub-profiles may be added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, specifically, the ICCID of the secondary profile, or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile, and the foregoing is added in the extended EIS field of the primary profile. The Profile is the secondary profile associated with the primary profile; specifically, the primary profile identifier may be added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the secondary profile, specifically the ICCID of the primary profile, or the EID and ICCID of the primary profile, etc. The primary profile added in the extended EIS field of the secondary profile is the primary profile associated with the secondary profile described above. After the profile of the profile is added to the extended profile EIS field of the primary profile or the secondary profile, the associated profile may be found according to the identifier of the primary profile, or may be found according to the identifier of the secondary profile. The primary profile associated with it. In a specific implementation, the MNO may send a customized request message to the SM-DP, complete the profile customization by using the SM-DP, and obtain a profile completion message from the SM-DP, where the customization of the MNO obtained from the SM-DP is completed. The message includes the profile association information, that is, the profile association information carried in the extended EIS field corresponding to the profile. After the profile association information is added to the extended EIS field corresponding to the profile, the SM-DP may update the profile association information to the EIS field corresponding to the primary profile in the SM-SR or the corresponding profile of the secondary profile through the download/installation process of the profile. In the EIS field, SM-SR can be based on the most The EIS field corresponding to the new primary profile or the secondary profile is used to search for the secondary profile associated with the primary profile, or the primary profile associated with the secondary profile, wherein the associated information of the profile sent by the SM-DP includes: the ICCID of the primary profile (or The EID and ICCID information of the primary profile, and the ICCID of the secondary profile associated with it (or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile) information.

In some feasible implementation manners, when the receiver 1000 of the SM-SR receives the activation request message of the primary profile sent by the MNO, the processor 2000 may obtain the identifier of the primary profile from the activation request message, and then according to the primary profile. The identifier query profile association information acquires the identifier of the profile associated with the primary profile (ie, the identifier of all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile). Specifically, the processor 2000 may obtain the profile association information updated in the SM-SR, that is, the profile association information in the extended EIS field corresponding to the primary profile, and the identifier of the primary profile is matched by the identifier of the primary profile. The identifiers of all the sub-profiles associated with the primary profile are learned by the identifiers of the respective sub-profiles. In a specific implementation, the method for querying the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile to obtain the identifier of the profile associated with the first profile may refer to the first implementation of the method for profile association management provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Step S102 in the example is not described here.

In some possible implementation manners, the foregoing processor 2000 specifically performs a management process of the first profile and its associated profile by:

In some feasible implementation manners, after the processor 2000 acquires the identifiers of all the sub-profiles associated with the main profile (including the ICCIDs of all the sub-profiles, or the EIDs and ICCIDs of all the sub-profiles, etc.), the main profile and the foregoing main profile may be executed. The activation process of all associated sub-profiles. Specifically, the processor 2000 may indicate that the host that carries the primary profile (eg, eUICC) and the entity that carries all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile (eg, eUICC) implement the activation process of the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof, and activate The main profile and all the sub-profiles associated with it can meet the business needs of the primary and secondary cards.

In a specific implementation, the primary profile and the secondary profile associated with the foregoing are described in the foregoing embodiments. The specific implementation of the activation management is also applicable to the management process of deactivation, deletion, and the like of the primary profile and the associated secondary profile in the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

In some feasible implementation manners, after the SM-DP sets the profile association information in the extended EIS field corresponding to the profile, the profile management policy may also be set in the extended EIS field, for example, by setting the SM- The policy on the SR or eUICC (POLicy2 or POLicy1, hereinafter referred to as POL) is used to mark whether the secondary profile associated with the primary profile is attached to the primary profile. In a specific implementation, the processor 2000 of the SM-SR obtains the identifiers of all the sub-profiles associated with the primary profile according to the identifier of the primary profile in the received activation request message and the profile association information sent by the SM-DP. The POL and the profile status in the EIS corresponding to the primary profile may be checked to determine whether the primary profile is in an active state. If the primary profile is in an active state, the eUICC that carries all the secondary profiles associated with the primary profile is configured to perform all of the secondary profiles. The process is activated to activate all the sub-profiles associated with the above-mentioned main profile, and update the profile status in the EIS field, and then send the identifiers of the ICCIDs (or EIDs and ICCIDs of the sub-profiles) of all the sub-profiles to the MNO. For a specific implementation process, the foregoing implementation process of the profile management process of the processor 2000 may refer to step S103 in the first embodiment of the method for managing the profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

In some possible implementations, the processor 2000 is specifically configured to:

In some possible implementation manners, when the SM-SR receives the deletion request message of the sub-profile sent by the MNO by using the receiver 1000, the processor 2000 may query the profile association information according to the identifier of the sub-profile, by using the sub-profile. Identification match is obtained with the vice The ID of the primary profile associated with the profile. Specifically, the specific implementation process of the processor 2000 to obtain the identifier of the primary profile associated with the identifier of the secondary profile received by the receiver 1000 may be referred to in the first embodiment of the method for managing profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Step S102, and details are not described herein again.

In some feasible implementation manners, after the processor 2000 obtains the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile received by the receiver 1000, the processor 2000 may identify the secondary profile from the foregoing If the association information corresponding to the primary profile associated with the secondary profile is removed, the identifier of the ICCID of the secondary profile (or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile) may be deleted from the EIS field corresponding to the associated primary profile. In a specific implementation, after the processor 2000 deletes the identifier of the secondary profile from the EIS field corresponding to the associated primary profile, the eUICC that carries the secondary profile may perform the deletion process of the secondary profile, and the eUICC successfully deletes the secondary profile. Afterwards, the processor 2000 may update the profile status in the EIS information corresponding to the primary profile associated with the secondary profile (eg, successfully delete the secondary profile, etc.), and then return the result of the profile deletion to the MNO, where the profile is deleted. The result carries the identifier of the ICCID of the secondary profile (or the EID and ICCID of the secondary profile).

In some possible implementations, the terminal device described in the embodiment of the present invention further includes a transmitter 6000, where the processor 2000 is further configured to:

Obtaining, by the receiver, an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and returning, by the sender, an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the Manage request originators.

In some feasible implementation manners, the processor 2000 indicates that the eUICC carrying the foregoing primary profile and all associated sub-profiles thereof performs an activation process of the primary profile and all the secondary profiles, or indicates that the eUICC carrying the secondary profile performs the deletion process of the secondary profile. The activation result of the primary profile and all the secondary profiles or the deletion result of the secondary profile may be obtained by the receiver 1000. The activation result of the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof may be obtained by the receiver 1000 from the eUICC carrying the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles thereof, and the activation result is returned to the MNO through the transmitter 6000, or The eUICC carrying the above-mentioned sub-Prof obtains the deletion result of the sub-Prof, and returns the deletion result to the MNO. The activation result carries the identifier of the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles, and the package The ICCID of the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles, or the EID and ICCID, etc., the deletion result carries the identifier of the deleted secondary profile, including the ICCID of the secondary profile, or the EID and the ICCID.

In the foregoing embodiments, when the processor 2000 performs part or all of the operations, the processor 1000 and the transmitter 6000 may be specifically controlled to complete the operation, which may be determined according to actual conditions.

When the user opens the primary and secondary card services and needs to activate the profile corresponding to the primary and secondary cards, the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention can obtain the identifiers of the profiles of all the secondary cards associated with the primary card according to the profile association information, and then execute The main profile and the activation process of all the sub-profiles associated with it, to activate the main profile and all the sub-profiles associated with it, can realize the business requirements of the primary and secondary profiles corresponding to the primary and secondary card services, and simplify the implementation of the primary and secondary profiles. The operation process of the profile with the same business requirements of the same complex improves the user experience of implementing the primary and secondary card services. In addition, the terminal device described in the embodiment of the present invention may further obtain the identifier of the primary profile associated with the secondary profile to be deleted, and the identifier of the secondary profile to be deleted, according to the identifier of the secondary profile to be deleted, and the profile association information. Deleting from the EIS field of the associated primary profile, indicating the deletion process of the eUICC performing sub-profile carrying the sub-profile to be deleted, and updating the profile status in the EIS field of the profile, so that the deletion of the sub-profile is easier. Improves the user experience of profile association management.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device described in this embodiment includes:

The receiver 3000 is configured to receive a profile customization request message sent by the MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication.

The processor 4000 is configured to generate a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and set profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the first The ID of the profile associated with a profile.

The sender 5000 is configured to return a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and send the profile association information to the SM-SR.

In a specific implementation, the terminal device described in this embodiment may be configured to receive a profile customization request, generate a profile to be downloaded, and download or install a functional unit of the profile or The function module, such as the SM-DP described in the embodiment of the present invention, does not limit the specific expression of the function module responsible for profile management. The terminal device described in this example will be specifically described below by taking SM-DP as an example.

In some feasible implementation manners, when the user opens the primary and secondary card services, in order to implement the primary and secondary card service requirements of the user, the primary profile and the secondary profile corresponding to the primary and secondary card services may be associated and managed, for example, activated, deactivated, Delete and so on. In the embodiment of the present invention, before the SM-SR activates or deactivates or deletes the primary profile and the secondary profile, the SM-DP needs to customize, download, and install the profile through the SM-DP. For the association management, the SM-DP can set the association information of the primary profile and the secondary profile in the profile customization process, and send the set profile association information to the SM-SR through the operation of downloading and installing the profile for the SM. -SR associates the profile management.

In some possible implementations, the profile customization request message may be sent to the SM-DP through the MNO, where the profile customization request message carries a profile association indication, where the profile association indication is used to trigger the SM-DP to generate profile association information. Specifically, after the receiver 3000 of the SM-DP receives the profile customization request message, the processor 4000 may generate the first profile to be downloaded and the associated profile according to the profile association indication in the customization request message received by the receiver 3000. Profile (ie, the primary profile and all associated secondary profiles), and the processor 4000 can also set profile association information, wherein the profile association information includes the generated ICCID of the primary profile and the secondary profile to be downloaded/installed (or Information such as EID and ICCID). After the SM-DP sets the profile association information through the processor 4000, the profile customization completion message can be returned to the MNO through the transmitter 5000, and the profile association information set by the profile can be sent to the SM through the process of downloading and installing the profile. -SR. Specifically, after the SM-DP processor 4000 completes the profile customization process, the transmitter 5000 can send the profile association information set by the processor 4000 to the SM-SR. Specifically, the transmitter 5000 can be downloaded through the profile. And the installation process updates the set profile association information to the SM-SR for the SM-SR to perform identity matching and obtain the corresponding profile identifier.

In the foregoing embodiments, when the processor 4000 performs some or all operations, the processor 3000 and the transmitter 5000 may be specifically controlled to complete the operation, which may be determined according to actual conditions.

The terminal device described in the embodiment of the present invention can set the association information of the primary and secondary profiles through the profile customization operation, and return the profile customization completion message to the MNO, and can also update the association information of the primary and secondary profiles to the SM-SR. The SM-SR is combined with the identifier of the primary profile or the secondary profile to obtain the corresponding secondary profile or the identity of the primary profile, which simplifies the operation steps of the profile association management, enhances the user experience of the terminal device to implement the profile management management, and improves the user of the terminal device. Experience the effect.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a system for managing profile association according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system of profile association management described in this embodiment includes: a first device 100 and a second device 200;

The first device 100 (or a terminal device) is the device described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the device for managing the association of the profile provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment of the method of profile association management and the SM-SR described in the second embodiment, the second device 200 is described in the third embodiment of the device for profile association management provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The device (specifically, the SM-DP described in the third embodiment of the method for profile association management provided by the embodiment of the present invention).

In a specific implementation, the second device 200 (or another terminal device) (ie, the SM-DP) is mainly responsible for receiving the profile customization request, generating the profile to be downloaded, setting the profile association information, and downloading, installing, and passing the profile. The downloading and installing of the profile updates the set profile association information to the first device 100 (ie, SM-SR). After receiving the management request message of the profile, the first device may associate the information according to the profile set by the SM-DP. The identifier of the first profile determines the identifier of the profile associated with the first profile, and further indicates the management flow of the eUICC carrying the first profile and the eUICC carrying the profile associated with the first profile to execute the first profile and its associated profile. In a specific implementation, the specific implementation process of the profile association management by the foregoing first device 100 and the second device 200 may refer to the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment of the device for managing profile association provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The content described in the above will not be described here.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiment method can be completed by a computer program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. When executed, it may include the actual methods as described above. The process of the example. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

The specific embodiments described above further explain the objects, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present invention. It should be understood that different embodiments may be combined, and the above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and any combination, modification, equivalent substitution, modification, etc., which are within the spirit and scope of the invention, are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

A method for profile association management, comprising:

The subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR receives the management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, and the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile;

The SM-SR queries the profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and acquires an identifier of the profile associated with the first profile.

The SM-SR performs a management process for the first profile and its associated profile.
The method of claim 1, wherein the management request originator comprises: a mobile network operator MNO, or an embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the management request message comprises: an activation request message, a deactivation request message or a deletion request message, and correspondingly, the management process includes an activation process, a deactivation process, or Delete the process.
The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the profile association information comprises: an identifier of the first profile, and an identifier of a profile associated with the first profile.
The method of claim 4, wherein the SM-SR performs a management process of the first profile and its associated profile, including:

The SM-SR removes the identifier of the first profile from the profile association information corresponding to the profile associated with the first profile;

The SM-SR indicates that the eUICC that carries the first profile performs a deletion process of the first profile.
The method of claim 4, wherein the SM-SR performs a management process of the first profile and its associated profile, including:

The SM-SR indicates an eUICC carrying the first profile and a bearer and the first The eUICC of the profile associated with the profile performs the management process of the first profile and its associated profile.
The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein after the SM-SR performs the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, the method further includes:

The SM-SR acquires an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and returns an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the management request initiator;

The execution result of the management process carries the identifier of the first profile and its associated profile.
A method for profile association management, comprising:

The subscription management unit-data preparation SM-DP receives a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication;

The SM-DP generates a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and sets profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the first The identifier of the profile associated with a profile;

Returning, by the SM-DP, a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and sending the profile association information to the subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR, so that the SM-SR implements the Management of the first profile and its associated profile.
A device for managing profile association, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a management request message of the first profile sent by the management request initiator, where the management request message carries the identifier of the first profile;

An obtaining module, configured to query profile association information according to the identifier of the first profile, and obtain an identifier of a profile associated with the first profile;

And a management module, configured to execute a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said transmitting said management request is cancelled The management request originator of the information includes: mobile network operator MNO or embedded universal integrated circuit card eUICC.
The device according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the management request message received by the receiving module comprises: an activation request message, a deactivation request message or a deletion request message, and correspondingly, the management process includes Activate the process, deactivate the process, or delete the process.
The device according to any one of claims 9-11, wherein the profile association information comprises: an identifier of the first profile, and an identifier of a profile associated with the first profile.
The device of claim 12, wherein the management module is specifically configured to:

The identifier of the first profile is removed from the profile association information corresponding to the profile associated with the first profile, and the eUICC carrying the first profile is instructed to perform the deletion process of the first profile.
The device of claim 12, wherein the management module is specifically configured to:

An eUICC that carries the first profile and an eUICC that carries a profile associated with the first profile perform a management process of the first profile and its associated profile.
The device according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the device further comprises:

a feedback module, configured to obtain an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile, and return an execution result of the management process of the first profile and its associated profile to the management request initiator;

The execution result of the management process carries the identifier of the first profile and its associated profile.
A device for managing profile association, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a profile customization request message sent by the mobile network operator MNO, where the customization request message carries a profile association indication;

a setting module, configured to generate a first profile to be downloaded and an associated profile thereof according to the profile association indication, and set profile association information, where the profile association information includes an identifier of the first profile, and the The identifier of the profile associated with the first profile;

a sending module, configured to return a profile customization completion message to the MNO, and send the profile association information to a subscription management unit-secure route SM-SR, so that the SM-SR implements the Management of the first profile and its associated profile.
A system for profile association management, comprising: a first device for profile association management and a second device for profile association management;

The first device of the profile association management is specifically a device for managing profile association according to any one of claims 9-15;

The second device of the profile association management is specifically the device for profile association management according to claim 16.