Inventors:
Apple Inc. - , US
Jerrold Hauck - Windermere FL, US
Ben Juang - Milpitas CA, US
Li Li - Cupertino CA, US
Arun Mathias - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin McLaughlin - Mountain View CA, US
Avinash Narasimhan - Cupertino CA, US
Chris Sharp - San Jose CA, US
Vaid Yousuf - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA
International Classification:
H04W 12/06
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for large scale distribution of electronic access control clients. In one aspect, a tiered security software protocol is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a server electronic Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) and client eUICC software comprise a so-called “stack” of software layers. Each software layer is responsible for a set of hierarchical functions which are negotiated with its corresponding peer software layer. The tiered security software protocol is configured for large scale distribution of electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs)