ESIM profile management
Systems and methods are provided for maintaining connectivity with an eSIM device in a wireless network. For example, a probe signal can be initiated to determine the active profile of the eSIM device and compare the active profile of the eSIM device with the current information available in a data store. One or more data stores may be updated to reflect the active profile of the eSIM device. The system or methods may also determine if the active profile of the eSIM device should be disabled and a different profile associated with a different network enabled.
1. A computer-implemented method for maintaining connectivity with an eSIM device in a wireless network, the computer-implemented method comprising:
initiating, by an eSIM management platform, a probe signal to the eSIM device, wherein the eSIM device is a user device with an eSIM card that stores a plurality of available operator profiles;
transmitting a plurality of Short Message Service (SMS) messages to the plurality of available operator profiles of the eSIM device, with each SMS message corresponding to an operator profile;
in response to the transmitting of the plurality of SMS messages:
receiving a response from an active operator profile of the eSIM device; and
receiving no response from inactive operator profiles of the eSIM device;
determining, by the eSIM management platform based on the response, the operator profile that is currently active on the eSIM device;
comparing the operator profile that is currently active on the eSIM device to operator information for the eSIM device stored in a Subscription Manager Secure Routing (SM-SR) data store of the wireless network; and
in response to determining that the operator profile currently active on the eSIM device is different from the operator information for the eSIM device stored in the SM-SR data store, updating, by the eSIM management platform, the operator information for the eSIM device stored in the SM-SR data store of the wireless network.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the probe signal is initiated at a predetermined frequency.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the probe signal is during off peak hours.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the SM-SR provides a notification trigger, in event of change on connectivity profile on the eSIM device, to the operator's system to maintain integrity of the existing notification process.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the eSIM device has at least a primary profile and a second profile.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein each profile allows the eSIM device to access a network associated with each profile when the profile is active on the eSIM device.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the eSIM device is preloaded with a bootstrap profile which comes from a first carrier and a fallback profile associated with second carrier.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the fallback profile is altered via a fallback attribute plugin via an application programming interface (API).
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein, after a profile change has occurred locally on the eSIM device, the eSIM device attempts to send a notification that the change has occurred for a period of time.