Granted Patent B2

US 12,477,326 · App. 17/801,553 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Inventor: Michael Neuhaeuser (Sankt Wolfgang, DE)

Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

H04W8/265H04W48/18

Abstract

Claims (21)

1 . A method of providing a communication function in a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, at a management server, a first request from the UE to implement a communication profile of a user in the UE;

receiving, at a mobile network operator (MNO), a second request from the management server requesting an activation of the communication profile based on the first request;

receiving, at the management server from the MNO, an activation code based on the second request; and

forwarding the received activation code from the management server to the UE, wherein the activation code enables an implementation of the communication profile in the UE.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the UE, an initiation message from the user, wherein the first request is based on the initiation message.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the initiation message includes at least one of an MNO selection and/or a phone number of the user.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the initiation message is sent by the user to the UE, or by the user to the management server.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the initiation message is sent by another UE of the user to the UE or the management server.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, from the management server to the MNO, a third request requesting a token from the MNO; and

receiving, at the management server from the MNO, a token message from the MNO.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating, at the MNO, a SIM profile for the user.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the method of claim 1 .

9 . A management server, comprising one or more processors configured to:

receive a first request from a user equipment (UE) to implement a communication profile of the UE;

send to a mobile network operator (MNO) a second request requesting an activation of the communication profile based on the first request;

receive from the MNO an activation code based on the second request; and

forward the received activation code to the UE, wherein the activation code enables an implementation of the communication profile in the UE.

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