Electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) management platform
A method of provisioning an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to a wireless communication device. The method comprises provisioning an eSIM profile into an eSIM of a virtual eSIM provisioning platform provided by a computer system and where the eSIM profile comprises wireless communication service provider data and wireless communication service subscriber data, partitioning by an eSIM provisioning application a process of writing the eSIM profile to an eSIM of a wireless communication device into a plurality of messages, whereby the complexity of provisioning the eSIM profile to the eSIM of the wireless communication device is handled by the intelligence of the eSIM provisioning application, establishing wireless communication by the eSIM provisioning application with a wireless communication device having an eSIM, and sending the messages by the eSIM provisioning application to the eSIM of the wireless communication device.
1. A method of provisioning an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to a wireless communication device, comprising:
receiving input defining an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile by a user console application executing on a virtual eSIM provisioning platform, where the virtual eSIM provisioning platform is provided by a computer and where the eSIM profile comprises wireless communication service provider data and wireless communication service subscriber data;
provisioning the eSIM profile into an eSIM of the virtual eSIM provisioning platform by the user console application;
reading the eSIM profile from the eSIM of the virtual eSIM provisioning platform by an eSIM provisioning application executing on the virtual eSIM provisioning platform;
partitioning the eSIM profile into a plurality of segments by the eSIM provisioning application;
establishing a plurality of wireless communication links, by the eSIM provisioning application, with a wireless communication device having an eSIM, each wireless communication link established at a different time; and
sending each of the segments of the eSIM profile at a different time by the eSIM provisioning application to the wireless communication device via one of the wireless communication links, whereby the eSIM profile is incrementally transmitted to the wireless communication device, and whereby the wireless communication device configures the eSIM in the wireless communication device based on the eSIM profile.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual eSIM provisioning platform decouples the defining of the eSIM profile from provisioning the eSIM to the wireless communication device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual eSIM provisioning platform comprises a physical eSIM and wherein provisioning the eSIM profile into the eSIM of the virtual eSIM provisioning platform comprises writing the eSIM profile to the physical eSIM.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual eSIM provisioning platform comprises a virtual eSIM that is a data object stored in a non-transitory memory of the virtual eSIM provisioning platform and wherein provisioning the eSIM profile into the eSIM of the virtual eSIM provisioning platform comprises writing the eSIM profile into the virtual eSIM.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the eSIM provisioning application sends each of the segments of the eSIM profile to a local profile assistant (LPA) executing on the wireless communication device and delegates to the LPA the activity of mapping the eSIM profile to low level write operations to configure the eSIM based on the eSIM profile.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the eSIM provisioning application sends each of the segments of the eSIM profile accompanied by a low level write operation.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication device is an Internet of things (IoT) device.