Granted Patent B2

US 12,408,023 · App. 17/433,315 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Thomas Mueller (Munich, DE); Michael Neuhaeuser (Sankt Wolfgang, DE)

Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

H04W8/24H04W88/06

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal comprising:

activating a communication profile of the mobile terminal;

transmitting a notification relating to the activation to an external entity;

storing an identifier for the activation, the stored identifier including a serial number and a timestamp that indicates at which time the communication profile is activated;

receiving a deactivation request and an identifier; and deactivating the communication profile if the received identifier corresponds to the stored identifier;

wherein the received identifier is determined by the mobile terminal and is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the external entity;

wherein the deactivation request has a predetermined lifetime and is deleted after the predetermined lifetime has expired; and

wherein the predetermined lifetime is individually assigned to the deactivation request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the notification comprises an identification of the mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

during proactive deactivation of the communication profile, the mobile terminal transmits a deactivation request containing the identifier to the external entity; and

the external entity is configured to delete the stored identifier.

4. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication device to communicate with an external entity;

a storage device to store an identifier; and

a processing device configured to perform the method of claim 1 .

5. A motor vehicle comprising a mobile terminal according to claim 4 .

6. A method for controlling an external entity comprising:

receiving, by the external entity, a notification from a mobile terminal relating to its activation of a communication profile;

storing an identifier assigned to the activation, the stored identifier including a serial number and a timestamp that indicates at which time the communication profile is activated;

determining whether there is an identifier of activation of the same communication profile by another mobile terminal; and

based on the determining: transmitting a deactivation request and the identifier to the other mobile terminal; and

deleting the transmitted identifier; wherein the transmitted identifier is determined by the mobile terminal and is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the external entity;

wherein the deactivation request has a predetermined lifetime and is deleted after the predetermined lifetime has expired; and

wherein the predetermined lifetime is individually assigned to the deactivation request.

7. An external entity comprising:

a communication device to communicate with a first and a second mobile terminal;

a storage device to store identifiers; and

a processing device configured to perform the method of claim 6 .

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