CN114554476B

CN114554476B - eSIM card control method, readable medium and electronic device

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Publication number: CN114554476B
Application number: CN202011251824.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁勇
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-10
Filing date: 2020-11-10
Publication date: 2023-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-10
Also published as: CN114554476A; WO2022100327A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides an eSIM card control method, a readable medium and electronic equipment, which are applied to the technical field of communication, can support a user to remotely manage eSIM cards in the electronic equipment, and improve the convenience of managing the eSIM cards in batches. The method comprises the following steps: the eSIM management system or the eSIM management device acquires and manages an activation code and a state management instruction of an eSIM card in a plurality of electronic devices, and sends the activation code or the state management instruction of each eSIM card to the electronic device devices to control the electronic devices to download configuration information of the eSIM card by using the activation code, or perform management operations such as activation, deactivation and deletion on the configuration information of the eSIM card according to the state management instruction. The method is particularly applied to the scene of batch and remote management of the eSIM cards in the electronic equipment by the user.

Description

eSIM card control method, readable medium and electronic device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an eSIM card control method, a readable medium, and an electronic device.

Background

With the development of an eSIM card (embedded-SIM), more and more devices support the eSIM card at present, including a mobile phone, a watch, a tablet computer, a car machine, and the like. Before the user uses the eSIM card, the terminal needs to activate the eSIM card using an activation code (activation code) of the eSIM card.

The existing eSIM card activation modes are mainly classified into two types: in the first category, terminals such as mobile phones activate an eSIM card by scanning a code or manually inputting an activation code through their own systems. And secondly, terminals such as watches are connected with the mobile phone through Bluetooth, and the eSIM card is activated by the APP (Application program) in the mobile phone and the APP in the watch through Bluetooth communication to complete the transmission of the activation code. At this point, the user must be close to the handset or the watch, i.e., to ensure that the user is close to the device itself that needs to activate the eSIM card. In addition, it is also necessary to ensure that the distance between the watch and the other mobile phones establishing the bluetooth connection is short, so as to ensure effective communication between the watch and the other mobile phones.

Both of the above two types of activation methods are eSIM card activation operations performed at the near end, and cannot be performed at the far end. Then, in a scenario where a user needs to activate the eSIM cards in batch or remotely located eSIM cards, for example, the user needs to activate the eSIM cards of a car machine in a garage when at home, or needs to activate the eSIM cards in multiple IoT (Internet of Things) devices in a factory when at an office, the process of activating the eSIM cards is very troublesome, and there is a certain limitation in spatial location.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an eSIM card control method, a readable medium and an electronic device, which can support a user to remotely manage eSIM cards in the electronic device and improve the convenience of batch management of the eSIM cards.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an eSIM card control method, applied to a first electronic device, including: receiving control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from an eSIM management system, wherein the eSIM management system further includes at least control information of an eSIM card in the second electronic device; and performing control operation on the SIM card in the first electronic equipment based on the acquired control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment. The control operation may include, but is not limited to, downloading, activating, deactivating, and deleting configuration information of the eSIM card, and the like, and the control information of the eSIM card is used to instruct the electronic device to perform a corresponding control operation on the eSIM card. In addition, the above-described eSIM management system can be implemented by an eSIM activation code management system and/or an eSIM status management system hereinafter. The first electronic device may be a SIM device, such as the handset 100a or the handset 100b, hereinafter.

It is to be understood that the above-described eSIM management system can centrally and massively manage control information of the eSIM cards in the electronic devices, such as the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The control information of the eSIM cards can be input in batch in the eSIM management system by the user in advance, or the user controls the eSIM management system to obtain the control information in batch from the server side of the operator in advance. Therefore, no matter which operator's service is required by the eSIM card in the first electronic device, the first electronic device can obtain the control information of the corresponding eSIM card from the management server side more conveniently and quickly. In addition, the user does not need to manually input the control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment in real time, and does not need to manually trigger the first electronic equipment to perform complex communication with the operator server in real time to acquire the control information, namely, the user can remotely control the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment through the eSIM control system without approaching the first electronic equipment. Therefore, convenience and flexibility in controlling the eSIM card are improved.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the control information of the eSIM card includes at least one of: an activation code of the eSIM card and a state management instruction of the eSIM card; wherein the state management instructions are for managing an eSIM card that already has configuration information. For example, the state management instruction of the eSIM card is used to instruct a control operation (or a management operation) such as activation, deactivation, or deletion of configuration information of the eSIM card. It can be understood that the user does not need to input the activation code of the eSIM card in the first electronic device in real time, nor need to control the first electronic device to obtain the status management instruction of the eSIM card from the operator server side in real time.

In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the "performing a control operation on a SIM card in a first electronic device based on obtaining control information of an eSIM card of the first electronic device" includes: when the acquired control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic equipment comprises an activation code of the eSIM card, downloading configuration information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment based on the acquired activation code; when the acquired control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic device includes a status management instruction of the eSIM card, managing the eSIM card in the first electronic device based on the acquired status management instruction. It can be understood that, for the same eSIM card, the control information of the eSIM card received by the first electronic device at the same time typically includes one of an activation code of the eSIM card and a status management instruction of the eSIM card. And the first electronic device generally receives the state management instruction of the activation code eSIM card in sequence and executes corresponding control operation in sequence.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the eSIM management system runs in a third electronic device. It is to be understood that the third electronic device may be an eSIM management device, such as a terminal device like a mobile phone or a tablet computer, or a server, but is not limited thereto. The third electronic device is different from both the first electronic device and the second electronic device. For example, the user may be closer to the third electronic device to manually control the third electronic device, and may be at a greater distance from the first electronic device, the second electronic device, and the like, to implement eSIM cards for remotely and batch-controlling the electronic devices.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the receiving control information of an eSIM card in a first electronic device from an eSIM management system includes: establishing communication with an eSIM management system based on the target address, receiving control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from the eSIM management system; wherein the target address comprises at least one of: an MDN number (such as a mobile phone number) preset in the first electronic device or an account number of an instant messaging application program; an internet protocol, IP, address or a file transfer protocol, FTP, address of the first electronic device; a communication address of a third electronic device running the eSIM management system. Specifically, the eSIM management system establishes communication with the first electronic device or the second electronic device, which means that the eSIM management device establishes communication with the first electronic device or the second electronic device. It can be understood that since the two devices are established for communication based on the above-mentioned targets (e.g., preset MDN numbers or IP addresses), there is no strict requirement on the distance between the two devices, and thus, it is possible to enable a user to remotely control an electronic device, such as an eSIM card in a first electronic device, through an eSIM management system.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the receiving control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from the eSIM management system based on establishing communication with the eSIM management system by using the target address includes: receiving a first message from the eSIM management system based on the MDN number or the account of the instant messaging application program, wherein the first message carries control information of an eSIM card of the first electronic equipment; wherein the message type of the first message comprises a text type and a voice type. Specifically, the first message is a short message initiated by an operator corresponding to a preset MDN number, or is a message transmitted based on an instant messaging application program. It is understood that the first electronic device has a module therein for receiving and parsing a first message containing control information of the eSIM card, for example, the text messaging/message parsing module 431 and the voice parsing module 433 in the following, and these modules may interact with the LPA in the first electronic device so that the LPA obtains the control information of the eSIM card.

In a possible implementation of the first aspect, after the "performing a control operation on the SIM card in the first electronic device based on the acquired control information of the SIM card in the first electronic device", the method further includes: and if the target address is the IP address or FTP address of the first electronic equipment or the communication establishing address of the third electronic equipment, transmitting a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic equipment to the eSIM management system based on the target address. It is understood that the first electronic device has a module therein for receiving and parsing control information of the eSIM card based on the target address, for example, a file parsing module 432, an HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, hereinafter, and these modules may interact with the LPA in the first electronic device so that the LPA obtains the control information of the eSIM card.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the "establishing communication with the eSIM management system based on the target address, and receiving control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic device from the eSIM management system" includes: and in the case that the destination address includes an IP address or an FTP address of the first electronic device and an address of a first directory file in the first electronic device defined in advance, the first electronic device receives control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic device from the eSIM management system based on the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic device, and stores the received control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic device in the first directory file. It can be understood that the first electronic device and the eSIM management system are each pre-configured with a predefined address of the first directory file in the first electronic device, such that the subsequent two interact based on the first directory file. At this time, the first electronic device receives and parses the control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic device through the file parsing module 432.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the "sending a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device to the eSIM management system based on the target address" includes: and if the target address is the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment and the address of a first directory file in the first electronic equipment which is defined in advance, establishing communication with the eSIM management system based on the IP address or the FTP address, and enabling the eSIM management system to capture the control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic equipment from the first directory file. For example, the first electronic device may connect to the management module 434 through the HTTP/FTP network, so that the eSIM management system may capture a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device from the first directory file, so that the eSIM management system may perform flows of displaying a management result, analyzing, processing, and the like of the eSIM card.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the receiving control information of an eSIM card in a first electronic device from an eSIM management system includes: in a case where the destination address includes a communication address of the third electronic device and an address of a second directory file in the third electronic device defined in advance, the first electronic device establishes communication with the eSIM management system based on the communication address of the third electronic device, and acquires control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic device from the second directory file based on the address of the second directory file. It is to be understood that the communication address of the third electronic device and the predefined second directory file in the third electronic device may be stored in advance in each electronic device, such as the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the "sending a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device to the eSIM management system based on the target address" includes: and in the case that the target address includes a communication address of the third electronic device and a predefined address of a second directory file in the third electronic device, establishing communication with the third electronic device based on the communication address of the third electronic device, and transmitting a control result of the eSIM card in the first electronic device to the second directory file based on the address of the second directory file. It is understood that the control result of the eSIM card may be a download result of the configuration information of the eSIM card, or a management result of the installation management, such as activation, deactivation, deletion, etc., of the configuration information of the eSIM card. For example, the eSIM management system may provide a user interface, and show the control result of the eSIM card of each electronic device to a user, so that the eSIM management system may perform flows of showing the management result and analysis processing of the eSIM card, that is, implement a result showing/analysis processing flow.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an eSIM card control method, which is applied to an eSIM management system, and includes: acquiring control information of eSIM cards of at least two electronic devices; respectively sending control information of a corresponding eSIM card to each electronic device in at least two electronic devices; the control information of the eSIM card is used for triggering the corresponding electronic equipment to manage the eSIM card. It can be understood that a user can remotely trigger one or more eSIM cards to execute an eSIM operation through the eSIM management system, for example, download configuration information of the eSIM cards by using an activation code, or activate, deactivate, delete the configuration information according to a state operation instruction, and the like, so that convenience in batch management of the eSIM cards is improved.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the control information of the eSIM card includes at least one of: an activation code of the eSIM card and a state management instruction of the eSIM card; the activation code of the eSIM card is used for indicating the corresponding electronic equipment to download the configuration information of the eSIM card; the state management instruction of the eSIM card is used to instruct the corresponding electronic device to manage the eSIM card, and the state management instruction is used to manage the eSIM card already having the configuration information.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the eSIM management system runs in the third electronic device.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the "sending control information of a corresponding eSIM card to each of at least two electronic devices, respectively" includes: for a first electronic device of the at least two electronic devices, sending control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device to the first electronic device based on a target address corresponding to the first electronic device; wherein the target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps that an MDN number or an account number of an instant messaging application program is preset in first electronic equipment; an internet protocol, IP, address or a file transfer protocol, FTP, address of the first electronic device; a communication address of the third electronic device.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, after the "respectively sending the control information of the corresponding eSIM card to each of the at least two electronic devices", the method further includes: and if the destination address of the first electronic device comprises the IP address or FTP address of the first electronic device or the communication address of the third electronic device, acquiring a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device from the first electronic device based on the corresponding destination address of the first electronic device.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the sending control information of the corresponding eSIM card to the first electronic device based on the target address of the corresponding first electronic device includes: sending a first message to the first electronic equipment based on the MDN number of the first electronic equipment or the account of the instant messaging application program, wherein the first message carries control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic equipment; wherein the message type of the first message comprises a text type and a voice type.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the "sending control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device to the first electronic device based on a target address corresponding to the first electronic device" includes: and under the condition that the target address corresponding to the first electronic equipment comprises the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment and the address of a first directory file in the first electronic equipment which is defined in advance, communication is established with the first electronic equipment on the basis of the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment, and control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic equipment is sent to the first directory file on the basis of the address of the first directory file.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the "obtaining a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device from the first electronic device based on the corresponding target address of the first electronic device" includes: and under the condition that the target address corresponding to the first electronic equipment comprises the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment and the address of a first directory file in the first electronic equipment which is defined in advance, establishing communication with the first electronic equipment based on the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment, and grabbing a control result of an eSIM card of the first electronic equipment from the first directory file based on the address of the first directory file.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the sending, to the first electronic device, the control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic device based on the target address corresponding to the first electronic device includes: and if the target address corresponding to the first electronic equipment comprises a communication address of the third electronic equipment and a predefined address of a second directory file in the third electronic equipment, establishing communication with the first electronic equipment based on the communication address of the third electronic equipment, and enabling the first electronic equipment to acquire control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment from the second directory file.

In a possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the "obtaining a control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device from the first electronic device based on the corresponding target address of the first electronic device" includes: and in the case that the target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises an established communication address of the third electronic device and a predefined address of a second directory file in the third electronic device, establishing communication with the first electronic device based on the communication address of the third electronic device, and receiving control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic device, which is sent to the second directory file, from the first electronic device based on the address of the second directory file.

It may be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, for specific descriptions of various possible implementations in the second aspect, reference may be made to related descriptions of various possible implementations in the first aspect, and details are not described here again.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an eSIM card control apparatus, where the apparatus is included in an electronic device, and the apparatus has a function of implementing an electronic device behavior in the foregoing first aspect and possible implementations of the foregoing first aspect, or a function of implementing an electronic device behavior in the foregoing first aspect and possible implementations of the foregoing second aspect. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above-described functions.

For example, the above apparatus includes: a receiving unit or module (which may be a transceiver, for example), a control unit or module (such as a processor having the functionality of the module or unit), and so on. For example, the receiving unit or module is configured to support the first electronic device to receive control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from an eSIM management system, where the eSIM management system at least further includes control information of an eSIM card in the second electronic device; and the control unit or module is used for performing control operation on the SIM card in the first electronic equipment based on the acquired control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment. It is understood that the receiving unit or module and the control unit or module may be implemented by the sms/message parsing module 431, the file parsing module 432, the voice parsing module 433, the http/FTP network connection management module 434, and the LPA, which are described hereinafter.

As another example, the apparatus includes: an acquisition unit or module (e.g., a processor having the functionality of the module or unit), a transmission unit or module (e.g., which may be a transceiver), and so on. The acquisition unit or module is used for acquiring control information of the eSIM cards of at least two electronic devices; a transmitting unit or module, configured to transmit control information of a corresponding eSIM card to each of at least two electronic devices, respectively; the control information of the eSIM card is used for triggering the corresponding electronic equipment to manage the eSIM card. It is to be understood that the obtaining unit or module and the sending unit or module may be specifically implemented by the following remote eSIM activation code management system and/or eSIM status management system.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the eSIM card control method according to the first or second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: a memory for storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors of the electronic device, and a processor, which is one of the processors of the electronic device, for performing the eSIM card control method of the first or second aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a scenario in which a mobile phone activates an eSIM card shown in the related art;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a scenario in which a watch activates an eSIM card shown in the related art;

fig. 3 illustrates an eSIM system, in accordance with some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which an eSIM card control method is applied, according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 11 illustrates a schematic diagram of a handset configuration, according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 12 illustrates a block diagram of a software architecture of a handset, according to some embodiments of the application.

Detailed Description

The illustrative embodiments of the present application include, but are not limited to, an eSIM card control method, a readable medium, and an electronic device.

According to the eSIM card control method provided by the application, the activation codes and the state management instructions of the eSIM cards in a plurality of eSIM devices can be obtained and managed in a centralized and batch manner through the eSIM management device, for example, the activation codes or the state management instructions of the respective eSIM cards are sent to the eSIM devices. In this way, a user can remotely trigger one or more eSIM devices to execute an eSIM operation on an eSIM card through the eSIM management device, for example, trigger the eSIM device to download configuration information of the eSIM card by using an activation code, or perform management operations such as activation, deactivation, deletion and the like on the configuration information of the eSIM card according to a state management instruction, thereby improving convenience in remotely and massively managing the eSIM cards.

Some of the nouns and terms provided by the embodiments of the present application are described below:

1. the eSIM card, also called a UICC (universal integrated circuit card), may be integrated inside a device such as a mobile phone, for example, directly soldered on a motherboard of the mobile phone. In addition, the eSIM card can program, e.g., write or erase, configuration information (i.e., profile) of any operator so that a user can open or replace different services provided by different operators.

2. The configuration information (profile) of the eSIM card is generally configuration information (profile) that a user signs up for the eSIM card on a carrier network point or an online carrier platform, and the configuration information includes card data and a set of card applications required by the carrier to provide a service for the user, for example, an ICCID (integrated circuit card identifier), an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN/PSTN number (MSISDN), and subscription information of the user of the profile, which are not limited in this embodiment. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, "a/B" refers to "a" or "B", for example, ISDN/PSTN refers to ISDN or PSTN, which is not described in detail below.

It is understood that the ICCID may be a card number of the eSIM card, which is equivalent to an identification card of the eSIM card, such as a mobile phone number. Since the ICCID is uniquely associated with different profiles, the ICCID in different profiles within an eSIM card is typically different, i.e., profiles of different operators have different ICCIDs.

3. The SM-DP + server, subscription management Data Preparation (Subscription Manager-Data Preparation +) is responsible for generating a profile of the eSIM card.

4. And the SM-DS Server, namely a Subscription management Discovery service (Subscription Manager-Discovery Server) Server, is used for interacting with the LPA and providing the LPA with the related information of the profile in the SM-DP +.

5. The LPA, i.e., a Local Profile Assistant (Local Profile identifier), is an application for managing configuration information on the eSIM card, and may be used for various Profile downloading, activating, deleting, and displaying functions in the eSIM card. In some embodiments, the application package of the LPA may further include an interface component (also referred to as LPA interface, LUI for short) to provide a central location for the user to manage all embedded configuration information in the eSIM card, so as to implement visual display of the configuration information.

In the related art, electronic devices such as a mobile phone or a watch only support a near-end activation of an eSIM card, that is, an activation code of the eSIM card is transmitted at the near-end and configuration information (namely, profiie) of the eSIM card is downloaded, so that the eSIM card cannot be remotely activated, and the eSIM card cannot be conveniently activated in batch.

For example, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which a mobile phone downloads configuration information through an activation code in the related art. As shown in fig. 1, when the user activates the eSIM card in the mobile phone 11, the mobile phone 11 needs to be manually controlled to scan a code or manually input an activation code (activation code), and the activation code is displayed based on the LUI. Then, the mobile phone 11 interacts with the server SM-DP + and the server SM-DS through the LPA based on the activation code, queries and downloads configuration information (e.g., proflie) of the eSIM card, and completes a downloading process.

As another example, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario in which a watch downloads configuration information through an activation code in the related art. As shown in fig. 2, when the user activates the eSIM card in the watch 21, the watch 21 needs to be controlled to establish a connection with the mobile phone 22 through Bluetooth (BT). After the mobile phone 22 obtains the activation code of the eSIM card in the watch 21, the APP (e.g., "Health" APP) in the mobile phone 22 and the watch 21 transmit the activation code through bluetooth communication, and the LUI in the watch 21 displays the obtained activation code. Then, the watch 21 interacts with the server SM-DP + and the server SM-DS through the LPA based on the activation code, queries and downloads the profiie of the eSIM card, and completes a downloading process.

Compared with the related art, the method for controlling the eSIM card can be used for acquiring and managing the activation codes and the state management instructions of the eSIM cards in a plurality of eSIM devices in a centralized and batch manner through the eSIM management device, and can improve the convenience of remotely and massively managing the eSIM cards.

Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Some embodiments according to the present application disclose an eSIM system. Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of the system. As shown in fig. 3, the system includes: a plurality of eSIM devices 100, an eSIM management device 200, an eSIM server 300, and a carrier server 400.

The eSIM device 100 is an electronic device provided with an eSIM card, and includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a watch, a computer, a laptop, a tablet computer, a television, a display device, an outdoor display screen, a vehicle-mounted terminal, and an IoT device (for convenience of description, the mobile phone is taken as an example for the following description).

It can be appreciated that the user needs the handset 100 to download and input configuration information (profile) pertaining to the subscription of the user for the eSIM card from the eSIM server 300 before first using the service provided by the eSIM card within the handset 100. Generally, the mobile phone 100 of the user acquires an activation code (activation code) of the eSIM card of the user, downloads a corresponding profile using the activation code, and then activates the profile on the mobile phone 100 to normally use the eSIM card. In addition, after the eSIM card in the mobile phone 100 is activated, the mobile phone 100 may further obtain a state management instruction of the eSIM card, so as to perform an eSIM operation (or management operation) such as activation, deactivation, and deletion of configuration information on the eSIM card.

The handset 100 has an LPA installed therein. The LPA may be integrated in an eSIM card, or may be run in an operating system of an eSIM device, such as a mobile phone, as a system-level application, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, the eSIM management device 200 can acquire and manage an activation code and a status management instruction of an eSIM card in the plurality of eSIM devices 100. The eSIM management device 200 can scan/manually input the activation code of each eSIM card by a user, and can acquire the activation codes of the eSIM cards of the plurality of eSIM devices 100 from the carrier server 400, and further transmit the activation codes of the respective eSIM cards to the plurality of eSIM devices 100. In addition, the eSIM management device 200 can also transmit a status management instruction of the respective eSIM cards, such as an instruction instructing an operation of activating, deactivating, or deleting configuration information, to the plurality of eSIM devices 100, respectively.

The eSIM management device 200 may be a server, and may also be an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a Computer, or a Personal Computer (PC), which is not limited in this embodiment.

The eSIM server 300 is used to generate and manage configuration information (profile) within each eSIM device 100. In particular, the eSIM server 300 may include an SM-DP + server and an SM-DS server. In some embodiments, the eSIM server 300 includes a database (referred to as a configuration information database) for generating and storing configuration information (i.e., profile) of the eSIM cards in the plurality of eSIM devices 100.

The operator server 400 is used to provide services such as billing and settlement of operators, business and accounting, customer service and decision support. Specifically, the operator server system 400 may open an account for the eSIM card of the user based on an identification (EID) of each eSIM card and instruct the eSIM server 300 to generate a corresponding proflie for each eSIM card.

For example, after the eSIM server 300 generates a profle of one eSIM card as instructed by the operator server 400, an index of the profle may be transmitted to the operator server 400. Further, the operator server 400 uses the address of the eSIM server 300 and the received index of the current profile as the download address of the configuration information. For example, the operator server 400 makes an address of the eSIM server 300 and an index of the proflie as an activation code of the eSIM card, and provides the activation code to a user or transmits to the eSIM management apparatus 200.

Further, after obtaining the activation code, the LPA in the mobile phone 100 may analyze the activation code to obtain the address of the eSIM server 300 and the index corresponding to the reflie. In this way, the LPA may establish a connection with the eSIM server 300 according to the address of the eSIM server 300, and download the reflie from the eSIM server 300 to the eSIM card of the mobile phone 100 according to the reflie index.

In addition, since the eSIM card of the mobile phone 100 can store a plurality of different profiies, only one profiie is allowed to be activated for use at a time. Therefore, one profile in the eSIM card is provided with one flag bit for indicating whether it is in an activated state. After the mobile phone 100 downloads the requested profilie to the eSIM card, if the eSIM card further includes other profilies, the LPA may set the other profilies to an inactive state. In this way, the mobile phone 100 can normally use various services provided by the operator through the uniquely activated proflie within the eSIM card.

In some embodiments, an eSIM management system, such as a remote eSIM activation code management system and/or an eSIM status management system, can be run in the eSIM management device 200 for controlling an eSIM card in an electronic device. The remote eSIM activation code management system is configured to manage and issue activation codes of the eSIM cards of the multiple eSIM devices 100, and the eSIM status management system is configured to manage and issue status management instructions of the eSIM cards of the multiple eSIM devices 100. It is understood that, when the eSIM management device 200 is a server, the remote eSIM activation code management system and the eSIM status management system are services in the form of a server; when the eSIM management apparatus 200 is a mobile phone or a PC (Personal Computer), the eSIM activation code management system and the eSIM state management system may be an APP, a web page, or a website that runs in the eSIM management apparatus 200.

As shown in fig. 4, another scenario for eSIM card management provided in this embodiment of the present application is that an eSIM management device 200 includes a remote eSIM activation code management system 41 and an eSIM status management system 42, a mobile phone 100 (only one mobile phone is shown in fig. 4, and multiple mobile phones may be actually included) interacting with these systems, and an SM-DP + server and an SM-DS server interacting with the mobile phone 100.

The mobile phone 100 includes at least one of a short message/message parsing module 431, a file parsing module 432, a voice parsing module 433, and an http/FTP network connection management module 434, which are used to support an eSIM card activation code acquired by the mobile phone 100 from the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, and acquire an eSIM card state management instruction from the eSIM state management system 42. In addition, the mobile phone 100 further includes a local eSIM profile management module (i.e., LPA) configured to obtain an activation code and/or a status management instruction of the eSIM card through parsing in at least one of the short message/message parsing module 431, the file parsing module 432, the voice parsing module 433, and the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434.

Specifically, the user can scan/manually input the activation codes of the eSIM cards in the plurality of eSIM devices 100 (such as the mobile phone 100) through the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, or obtain the activation codes of the eSIM cards by directly obtaining subscription information from a carrier server.

In some embodiments, a Demo process is set in the LPA, and is configured to poll the short message/message parsing module 431, the file parsing module 432, the voice parsing module 433, and the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 (i.e., S41 in fig. 4), determine whether each module acquires an activation code and/or a status management instruction (i.e., S42 in fig. 4), and implement remote acquisition of the activation code and/or the status management instruction. In other embodiments, the LPA may also obtain an activation code or a status management instruction of the eSIM card locally, for example, the mobile phone 100 is a device installed with the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 and/or the eSIM status management system 42, that is, the mobile phone 100 and the eSIM management device 200 of the eSIM card to be activated are the same device. That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, the LPA may not only locally acquire the activation code and/or the status management instruction of the eSIM card, but also remotely acquire the activation code and/or the status management instruction of the eSIM card.

If the LPA obtains the activation code of the eSIM card, the LPA performs a downloading process of the configuration information of the eSIM card (i.e., S43 in fig. 4). And if the state management instruction of the eSIM card is obtained by the LPA, the LPA executes the operation corresponding to the instruction to the eSIM card. In addition, if the LPA does not obtain the activate code or status management command, or obtains the activate code and completes the process of downloading the eSIM firmware, the step of obtaining the activate code/status management command is repeated (i.e., S41).

In addition, in other embodiments, instead of deploying the above-described eSIM activation code management system and/or eSIM status management system in the eSIM management device 200, a third-party platform issues status management instructions or activation codes for the eSIM cards of multiple eSIM devices 100. For example, the third-party platform may be a server providing a short message service (i.e., a short message server) or a server providing a communication service of an instant messaging APP, and then the eSIM management device 200 may issue a state management instruction or an activation code of each eSIM card to the multiple eSIM devices 100 through the server.

For example, when the short message parsing module 431 is disposed in the mobile phone 100, the eSIM management device 200 may send an activation code and/or a status management instruction of a corresponding eSIM card to the mobile phone 100 through the short message server. When the mobile phone 100 is provided with the short message/message parsing module 431, the file parsing module 432, and/or the voice parsing module 433, the eSIM management device 200 may send an activation code and/or a state management instruction of a corresponding eSIM card to the mobile phone 100 through a server of an instant messaging APP such as a WeChat.

The eSIM card control method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described below by implementing the batch eSIM card activation or state management based on different modules in the short message/message parsing module 431, the file parsing module 432, the voice parsing module 433, and the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434.

Example one

eSIM card activating flow based on short message/message analysis module 431 or voice analysis module 433

Referring to the scenario shown in fig. 4, fig. 5 shows steps of a method for implementing remote management of an activation code of an eSIM card by interacting between the mobile phones 100a and 100b and the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, and between the SM-DP + server and the SM-DS server based on the SMs/message parsing module 431 and/or the voice parsing module 433.

Step A0, the user applies for the activation codes of the eSIM cards of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b through the operator. That is, the user applies for the activation codes of the eSIM cards of the mobile phones 100a and 100b by performing a procedure such as registration and contract-signing on the mobile phones 100a and 100b from the operator server 400 side.

In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, the format of the activation code of the eSIM card may be: 1$ SMDP. GSMA. COM $04386-AGYFT-A74Y8-3F815. Wherein "smdp. Gsma. Com" indicates that the download address of the profiie of the eSIM card is smdp. Gsma. Com, "1" at the first position is information that needs to be confirmed by the user, and "04386-AGYFT-a74Y8-3F815" at the later position is an identification number (ID) of SM-DP +, which is a unique identifier of SM-DP +. In the embodiment of the application, the download address of the profiie is mainly involved, and the rest is not involved, so that the attention can be omitted. In addition, the standard definition of the activate code can refer to: section 4.1 Activation Code of the "SGP.22-v2.2.2" protocol, which is not described here in detail.

Certainly, in the step A0, the user may also apply for the activation code of the eSIM card in another eSIM device 100 from the operator, which is not described herein again in this embodiment of the application.

Step A1, the user inputs the activation codes of the eSIM cards of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b into the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 in batch, so as to realize a batch activation code input flow.

It is to be understood that an eSIM management system, such as the eSIM activation code management system 41, in the eSIM management device 200 provides a user interface for enabling a user to batch-input a plurality of eSIM card activation codes.

Step A2, the eSIM management device 200 issues the activation codes of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b to corresponding devices respectively through the communication addresses of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b based on the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, so as to implement an activation code issuing process.

It is to be understood that the communication addresses of different eSIM devices 100 are different, one communication address being used to uniquely identify one eSIM device 100.

For example, the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 may send the activation code through a short message, where the short message may include a text-type message or a voice-type message, that is, the activation code may be carried by the text-type or voice-type message. Then, the communication addresses of the mobile phones 100a and 100b are preset mobile phone numbers (i.e., MDN numbers), such as a mobile phone number corresponding to activated configuration information in an eSIM card in the mobile phone 100a or 100b, or a mobile phone number corresponding to an SIM card connected through an SIM interface and installed in the mobile phone 100a or 100b. It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, one eSIM device may activate a mobile phone number corresponding to each of a plurality of pieces of configuration information, for example, a mobile phone number corresponding to the configuration information activated in an eSIM card, or a mobile phone number corresponding to the configuration information activated in an SIM card, but only a mobile phone number corresponding to one piece of configuration information is generally in a use state at the same time.

Further, in some embodiments, the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 may send the activation code via an IP (Internet Protocol) message, which may include a text-type message or a voice-type message, i.e., the activation code may be carried by the text-type or voice-type message. Then the communication addresses of the handset 100a and the handset 100b are the accounts of the instant messaging APP corresponding to the IP message.

It can be understood that in a scenario where the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 sends an activation code by short message, the eSIM management device sends the activation code to the mobile phones 100a and 100b through the short message server. The short message server may be a server of an operator corresponding to a preset mobile phone number in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b, such as the operator server 400. At this time, the short message server is a third-party platform for sending the activation code.

In addition, in a scenario where the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 sends the activation code by short message, the eSIM management device sends the activation code to the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b through a server corresponding to the instant messaging APP. The server corresponding to the instant messaging APP can be a third-party platform for sending the activation code.

Step A3, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b obtain and analyze the corresponding activation code through the message/short message analysis module 431 or the voice analysis module 433, so as to implement the activation code analysis flow.

It can be understood that, if the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 sends an activation code by short message, the activation code can be obtained and analyzed by the message/sms analysis module 431 when the mobile phones 100a and 100b poll the message/sms analysis module 431. At this time, the activation code acquired by the message/sms parsing module 431 is a text type.

If the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 sends the activation code through a voice-form IP message, the handset 100a and the handset 100b can obtain and parse the activation code from the voice-form IP message through the voice parsing module 433 when polling the voice parsing module 433. At this time, the activate code obtained by the voice parsing module 433 is a voice type.

In step A4, the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100b poll the message/short message parsing module 431 or the voice parsing module 433 to trigger the LPA to obtain the corresponding activation code, so as to implement the activation code obtaining process.

Step A5, the LPA in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b downloads the configuration information (namely, profiie) of the eSIM card from the SM-DP + server and the SM-DS server through the LPA based on the acquired activation code, that is, executes a downloading flow of the eSIM card, thereby implementing a downloading flow of the eSIM profiie.

In addition, it is understood that for clarity of description, only the main links in steps A0-A5 are shown in fig. 5, and in practice, each step is still implemented according to the complete process correspondingly shown above. For example, fig. 5 only illustrates a flow for implementing the eSIM card activation based on the message/sms parsing module 431, and fig. 5 does not illustrate the step A0.

eSIM card state management flow based on short message/message analysis module 431 or voice analysis module 433

Referring to the scenario shown in fig. 4, fig. 6 shows a step of implementing state management of an eSIM card remotely managed by the mobile phone 100 based on interaction of the short message/message parsing module 431 and/or the voice parsing module 433 with the eSIM state management system 42 and the SM-DP + server and the SM-DS server.

Step B0, the user applies for a status management instruction of the eSIM cards of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B through the operator.

Step B1, the user inputs the state management instructions of the mobile phones 100a and 100B into the eSIM state management system 42 of the eSIM management device in batch, so as to implement a batch input state management instruction flow.

Step B2, the eSIM management device 200 issues the state management instructions of the eSIM cards in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B to corresponding devices respectively through the communication addresses of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B based on the eSIM state management system 42, so as to implement a flow of issuing the state management instructions.

The eSIM state management system 42 may send the state management instruction of the eSIM card through a short message or an IP message.

And step B3, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B acquire and analyze the corresponding activation code through the message/short message analysis module 431 or the voice analysis module 433, so as to realize the flow of the analysis state management instruction.

It can be understood that the mobile phones 100a and 100b may store the activation code in the short message storage area or the storage area corresponding to the instant messaging APP.

Step B4, the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100B poll the message/short message parsing module 431 or the voice parsing module 433 to trigger the LPAs to acquire the corresponding state management instructions, thereby implementing the flow of acquiring the state management instructions.

Step B5, the LPA in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B executes a corresponding management operation of activating, deactivating, or deleting the configuration information on the eSIM card based on the acquired state management instruction, that is, implements an execution state management procedure.

For example, if the state management instruction corresponding to the mobile phone 100a is to deactivate an eSIM card, the mobile phone 100a deactivates the eSIM card according to the state management instruction. For another example, if the state management instruction corresponding to the mobile phone 100a is to delete the configuration information of the eSIM card, the mobile phone 100a deletes the configuration information of the eSIM card according to the state management instruction.

Steps B0 to B5 are different from steps A0 to A5 only in that objects handled between the mobile phones 100a and 100B and the eSIM management apparatus 200 are changed from the activation code of the eSIM card to the status management instruction of the eSIM card.

It is understood that, in steps A0 to A5 and steps B0 to B5 in the embodiment of the present application, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B are two different eSIM devices, and the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100B are different devices from the eSIM management device 200.

In this manner, regardless of whether the mobile phones 100a and 100b are at the near end or the far end of the user, the user can perform eSIM card activation and status management on the mobile phones 100a and 100b in batches through the eSIM management device 200.

In addition, it is understood that for clarity of description, only the main links in steps B0-B5 are shown in fig. 6, and the respective steps are still implemented as the complete steps correspondingly shown above. Similarly, the drawings of the respective steps in other embodiments hereinafter show only the key elements of the respective steps.

Example two

eSIM card activating process based on file parsing module 432

Referring to the scenario shown in fig. 4, fig. 7 shows steps of the mobile phones 100a and 100b interacting with the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 and the SM-DP + server and SM-DS server based on the file parsing module 432 to implement remote management of an activation code of an eSIM card.

Steps C0-C1, which are identical to steps A0-A1, are not described herein again.

And step C2, the eSIM management device 200 issues the activation codes of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b to the preset first directory file of the corresponding device respectively through the communication addresses of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b by the remote eSIM activation code management system 41.

Step C2 differs from step A2 in that the communication addresses of the cellular phone 100a and the cellular phone 100b are different. Then, when the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 issues the activation code to the preset first directory File, the communication addresses of the mobile phones 100a and 100b are IP addresses/FTP (File Transfer Protocol) addresses corresponding to the preset first directory File. At this time, the eSIM activation code management system 41 may be implemented through a website.

It is understood that the eSIM management device 200 can know and store the IP address/FTP address of the handsets 100a and 100b in advance.

And step C3, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b write the corresponding activation codes into a first directory file preset locally, so as to realize the process of writing the activation codes into the local file.

And step C4, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b acquire and analyze the corresponding activation code from the file of the preset directory through the file analysis module 432, so as to realize a process of analyzing the activation code.

The difference between steps C3-C4 compared to step A3 is that the storage areas where the handset 100a and the handset 100b store the activation code are different, depending on the different modules where the handset 100a and the handset 100b obtain and parse the activation code.

And step C5, polling the file parsing module 432 by the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100b, triggering the LPA to acquire the corresponding activation code from the file parsing module 432, and implementing the process of acquiring the activation code.

It can be appreciated that if the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 sends the activation code via an IP address/FTP address, the activation code is obtained and parsed by the file parsing module 432 when polled by the file parsing module 432 for the cell phones 100a and 100b.

And step C6, downloading the configuration information (namely, profiie) of the eSIM card from the SM-DP + server and the SM-DS server through the LPA based on the acquired activation code by the LPA in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b, and realizing a process of downloading the eSIM profiie.

Wherein, steps C5-C6 are similar to steps A4-A5, and are not repeated herein.

After the download process of the configuration information of the eSIM card, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively return the download result to the file parsing module 432 through the LPA, thereby implementing the process of returning the download result.

And step C8, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively store the downloading result into a first directory file preset locally through the file parsing module 432, so as to implement a process of storing the result into a local file.

Step C9, the eSIM management device 200 captures the download result in the preset first directory file from the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b through the communication addresses of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b based on the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, thereby implementing a flow of capturing the result.

Step C10, the eSIM management device 200 displays the download results corresponding to the mobile phones 100a and 100b based on the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, and implements a result display/analysis processing flow.

Steps C7-C10 are additional steps compared to A0-A5. It can be understood that, in steps C7-C10, the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 can provide a user interface, show the download results of the configuration information of the eSIM cards of the respective eSIM devices (such as 100a and the mobile phone 100 b) to the user, and facilitate the analysis processing of the download results of the configuration information of the eSIM cards of the respective eSIM devices by the user.

In addition, in the above steps C2-C10, data encryption processing, for example, data encryption processing conforming to the IP protocol or the FTP protocol, is performed on data transmitted between the mobile phones 100a and 100b and the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 of the eSIM management device 200, so that security of transmission of the activation code and configuration information download result is ensured.

eSIM card state management flow based on file analysis module 432

Referring to the scenario illustrated in fig. 4, fig. 8 illustrates steps of the handsets 100a and 100b interacting with the eSIM state management system 42 and the SM-DP + server and the SM-DS server based on the file parsing module 431 and/or the voice parsing module 433 to implement state management of the remotely managed eSIM card.

Steps D0-D1 are the same as steps B0-B1, and are not described herein again.

Step D2, the eSIM management device 200 issues the state management instructions of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b to the first directory file preset by the corresponding devices, respectively, based on the eSIM state management system 42 through the communication addresses of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b.

And D3, writing the corresponding state management instruction into a first directory file preset locally by the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b to realize a local file writing process.

And step D4, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b obtain and analyze the corresponding state management instruction from the preset first directory file through the file analysis module 432, so as to implement a process of analyzing the state management instruction.

Step D5, the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100b poll the file parsing module 432, and trigger the LPA to acquire the corresponding state management instruction from the file parsing module 432, so as to implement the process of acquiring the state management instruction.

It can be understood that, if the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 sends the status management instruction through the IP address/FTP address, when polling to the file parsing module 432, the mobile phones 100a and 100b obtain and parse the corresponding status management instruction through the file parsing module 432.

And step D6, the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100b execute corresponding management operations of activating, deactivating or deleting configuration information on the eSIM card based on the acquired state management instruction, so as to implement a state management execution flow.

After the management operation is performed on the eSIM card, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively return the management result to the file parsing module 432 through the LPA, thereby implementing a process of returning the management result.

Step D8, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively store the management result into the preset first directory file through the file parsing module 432.

For example, if the state management instruction corresponding to the mobile phone 100a is to deactivate an eSIM card, the management result of the eSIM card in the mobile phone 100a is whether the eSIM card is deactivated.

Step D9, the eSIM management device 200 captures a management result in the preset first directory file from the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b through the communication addresses of the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b based on the eSIM state management system 42, thereby implementing a flow of capturing the result.

Step D10, the eSIM management device 200 displays the management results corresponding to the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b based on the eSIM state management system 42, and implements a result display/analysis processing flow.

The steps D0 to D6 are different from those of B0 to B5 only in that the path for transmitting the state management instruction of the eSIM card between the eSIM management apparatus 200 and the mobile phones 100a and 100B is different, that is, it is changed to transmit the corresponding state management instruction to the first directory file previously set in the mobile phones 100a and 100B through the IP address/FTP address. Further, through the newly added steps D7-D10, the corresponding management result can be returned to the eSIM status management system 42 based on the preset first directory file in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b.

It can be understood that the eSIM state management system 42 in steps D7-D10 can provide a user interface to show the user the management result of the configuration information of the eSIM cards of the respective eSIM devices (e.g., 100a and the mobile phone 100 b), so as to facilitate the user to analyze and process the management result of the configuration information of the eSIM cards of the respective eSIM devices.

EXAMPLE III

eSIM card activation flow based on HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434

Referring to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 9, steps for remotely managing the activation codes of the eSIM cards are implemented for the handsets 100a and 100b to interact with the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 and the SM-DP + server and SM-DS server based on the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434.

Steps E0-F1, which are identical to steps A0-A1, are not described herein again.

Step E2, the eSIM management device 200 writes the activation codes of the mobile phones 100a and 100b into a second directory file or database preset in the local area based on the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, and provides an interface corresponding to the second directory file or database preset in the local area to the mobile phones 100a and 100b, thereby implementing a process of writing the activation codes into the local file/providing a request interface.

It is to be understood that, in step E2, the eSIM management apparatus 200 can be a server, and the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 is implemented in the form of a server. The address of the interface corresponding to the preset second directory file or database may be a universal address, such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), of the server indicated by the eSIM management device 200.

Then, by setting the address of the eSIM management device 200 in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b, it is possible to provide the interface corresponding to the preset second directory file or database to the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b, so that the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b access the interface subsequently.

Step E3, the mobile phones 100a and 100b connect to the management module 434 through the HTTP/FTP network, and obtain/request the corresponding activation code from the interface corresponding to the preset second directory file or database of the eSIM management device 200, so as to implement a process of requesting the activation code by using the remote file reading/requesting interface.

Steps E2-E3 differ from steps A2-A3 in that the cell phone 100a and the cell phone 100b do not necessarily have communication addresses, and as long as the address of the eSIM management device 200 is built in, the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 in the eSIM management device 200 can be accessed and the corresponding activation code obtained subsequently. That is, the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 in the eSIM management device 200 does not need to make a tracking connection with the cell phone 100a and the cell phone 100b, and can interactively acquire the corresponding activation code with the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 as long as the cell phone 100a and the cell phone 100b are networked.

And step E4, the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b analyzes the corresponding activation code, so as to implement a process of analyzing the activation code.

And E5, polling the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 by the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100b, triggering the LPAs to acquire the corresponding activation codes from the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, and implementing a process of acquiring the activation codes.

And step E6, downloading the configuration information (namely, the profiie) of the eSIM card from the SM-DP + server and the SM-DS server through the LPA based on the obtained activation code by the LPA in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b, and realizing the flow of downloading the eSIM profiie.

After the download process of the configuration information of the eSIM card is completed, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively return the download result to the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 through the LPA, so as to implement a process of returning the download result.

And step E8, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b feed the download result back to the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 in the eSIM management device 200 through the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, so as to implement a process of performing POST on a remote file write/request interface and reporting the download result.

The POST operation is a file modification operation under the HTTP protocol, and is used for the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b to report the download result to the eSIM management device 200.

Step E9, the eSIM management device 200 displays the download results corresponding to the mobile phones 100a and 100b based on the remote eSIM activation code management system 41, and implements a result display/analysis processing flow.

The difference between steps E2-E9 compared to steps A2-A5 is that the modules of the cell phones 100a and 100b that acquire and parse the activation codes are changed to the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, and the cell phones 100a and 100b can feed back the corresponding download results to the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 in the eSIM management device 200 through the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434. Meanwhile, in step E2, the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 may provide a user interface to show the user the download result of the configuration information of the eSIM cards of the respective eSIM devices (e.g., 100a and the mobile phone 100 b).

In addition, in the above steps E2 to E9, data transmitted between the mobile phones 100a and 100b and the remote eSIM activation code management system 41 of the eSIM management device 200 are encrypted, for example, data encrypted according to the HTTP Protocol (HyperText Transfer Protocol) or the FTP Protocol, so as to ensure security of transmission of the activation code and the configuration information download result.

eSIM card state management flow based on HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434

Referring to the scenario illustrated in fig. 4, fig. 10 illustrates steps of the mobile phones 100a and 100b for remotely managing the state management of the eSIM card by interacting with the eSIM state management system 42 and the SM-DP + server and SM-DS server based on the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434.

Steps F0-F1 are identical to steps A0-A1 and will not be described herein.

Step F2, the eSIM management device 200 writes the state management instructions of the mobile phones 100a and 100b into the second directory file or database preset locally based on the eSIM state management system 42, and provides an interface corresponding to the second directory file or database preset locally to the mobile phones 100a and 100b, thereby implementing a process of writing the state management instructions into the local file/providing a request interface.

Step F3, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b connect to the management module 434 through the HTTP/FTP network, and obtain/request a corresponding status management instruction from an interface corresponding to a preset second directory file or database of the eSIM management device 200, so as to implement a process of requesting a remote file reading/requesting interface to request a status management instruction.

Step F4, the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b analyzes the corresponding state management instruction, and implements a flow of analyzing the state management instruction.

Step F5, polling the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 by the LPAs in the mobile phones 100a and 100b, triggering the LPA to obtain the corresponding state management instruction from the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, so as to implement a process of obtaining the state management instruction.

Step F6, the LPA in the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b executes corresponding management operations of activating, deactivating, or deleting configuration information on the eSIM card based on the acquired state management instruction.

After the management operation is performed on the eSIM card in step F6, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively feed back the management result to the eSIM state management system 42 in the eSIM management device 200 through the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, thereby implementing a flow of performing state management.

After the state management process of the eSIM card is completed, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b return the management result to the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434 through the LPA, respectively, so as to implement the process of returning the management result.

Step F8, the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b respectively feed back the management result to the eSIM state management system 42 in the eSIM management device 200 through the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, so as to implement a flow of performing POST on the remote file write/request interface and reporting the management result.

Step F9, the eSIM management device 200 displays the management results corresponding to the mobile phone 100a and the mobile phone 100b based on the eSIM state management system 42, and implements a result display/analysis processing flow.

The steps F0 to F9 are different from the steps E0 to E8 only in that objects handled between the cellular phones 100a and 100b and the eSIM management apparatus 200 are changed from the activation codes of the eSIM cards to the state management instructions of the eSIM cards.

In addition, compared with steps D0 to D8, the differences in steps F0 to F9 are that the module in steps F0 to F9 that does not require the mobile phones 100a and 100b to acquire and parse the status management instruction is changed to the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434, and the mobile phones 100a and 100b can feed back the corresponding management result to the eSIM status management system 42 in the eSIM management device 200 through the HTTP/FTP network connection management module 434. Meanwhile, the eSIM status management system 42 may provide a user interface showing the user the download results of the configuration information of the eSIM cards of the respective eSIM devices (e.g., 100a and the mobile phone 100 b).

It is understood that for clarity of description, only the main links in steps F0-F7 are shown in fig. 10, and that the various steps are still implemented as complete steps as correspondingly shown above.

To sum up, the eSIM control method provided by the embodiment of the application can remotely issue the activation code in batch through the short message/remote URL/voice/local file, and the like, remotely download and activate the profile of the eSIM card, and also remotely manage the state of the eSIM card in batch.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The mobile phone 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, a sensor module 180, a key 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display screen 194, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card interface 195, an eSIM card 196, and the like. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyroscope sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity light sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It is to be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the mobile phone 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the handset 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or split certain components, or a different arrangement of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an Application Processor (AP), a modem processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Image Signal Processor (ISP), a controller, a video codec, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU), etc. The different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated into one or more processors.

The controller can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal to complete the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by the processor 110. If the processor 110 needs to reuse the instruction or data, it can be called directly from the memory. Avoiding repeated accesses reduces the latency of the processor 110, thereby increasing the efficiency of the system. For example, the processor 110 may use instructions or data in the memory to obtain an activation code or a state management instruction of the eSIM card provided by the eSIM management device through modules such as an LPA polling short message/message parsing module and a file parsing module, thereby implementing activation or state management of the eSIM card.

The wireless communication function of the mobile phone 100 can be realized by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, the modem processor, the baseband processor, and the like. For example, through interaction of these modules with an eSIM management device, an activation code or a status management instruction of an eSIM card in the mobile phone 100 is acquired.

The mobile phone 100 implements the display function through the GPU, the display screen 194, and the application processor. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display screen 194 and an application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or alter display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, video, and the like. The display screen 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may adopt a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), a miniature, a Micro-oeld, a quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), and the like. In some embodiments, the cell phone 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The mobile phone 100 may implement a shooting function through the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to extend the storage capability of the mobile phone 100. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120 to implement a data storage function. For example, files such as music, video, etc. are saved in the external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer-executable program code, which includes instructions. The internal memory 121 may include a program storage area and a data storage area. The storage program area may store an operating system, an application program (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required by at least one function, and the like. The data storage area may store data (e.g., audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created during use of the handset 100, and the like. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a Universal Flash Storage (UFS), and the like. The processor 110 executes various functional applications of the cellular phone 100 and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or instructions stored in a memory provided in the processor. The method can also be used for storing an activation code or a state management instruction of the eSIM card acquired from the eSIM management device, and a download result and a management result corresponding to the eSIM card, such as the first directory file preset as described above.

The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect a SIM card. The SIM card can be attached to and detached from the mobile phone 100 by being inserted into the SIM card interface 195 or being pulled out of the SIM card interface 195. The handset 100 can support 1 or N SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The SIM card interface 195 may support a Nano SIM card, a Micro SIM card, a SIM card, etc. The same SIM card interface 195 can be inserted with multiple cards at the same time. The types of the plurality of cards may be the same or different. The SIM card interface 195 may also be compatible with different types of SIM cards. The SIM card interface 195 may also be compatible with external memory cards. The mobile phone 100 interacts with the network through the SIM card to implement functions such as communication and data communication.

In some embodiments, the handset 100 also includes an eSIM card 196, namely: an embedded SIM card. The eSIM card 196 can be embedded in the handset 100 and cannot be separated from the handset 100. The eSIM card 196 may be integrated in an SOC (system on chip) chip, a modem (modem) chip, or a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip of the mobile phone, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The software system of the mobile phone 100 may adopt a layered architecture, an event-driven architecture, a micro-core architecture, a micro-service architecture, or a cloud architecture. The embodiment of the present invention uses an Android system with a layered architecture as an example to exemplarily illustrate a software structure of the mobile phone 100.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram of a software configuration of the cellular phone 100 according to the embodiment of the present application.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each layer having a clear role and division of labor. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, an application layer, an application framework layer, an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library, and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 12, the application package may include camera, gallery, calendar, phone call, map, navigation, WLAN, bluetooth, music, LPA, video, short message, etc. applications.

The LPA may be integrated in the eSIM card, or may be run in the operating system of the mobile phone 100 as a system-level application, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The application framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 12, the application framework layers may include a window manager, content provider, view system, phone manager, resource manager, notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is used for managing window programs. The window manager can obtain the size of the display screen, judge whether a status bar exists, lock the screen, intercept the screen and the like.

The content provider is used to store and retrieve data and make it accessible to applications. The data may include video, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phone books, etc.

The view system includes visual controls such as controls to display text, controls to display pictures, and the like. The view system may be used to build applications. The display interface may be composed of one or more views. For example, the display interface including the short message notification icon may include a view for displaying text and a view for displaying pictures.

The phone manager is used to provide the communication functions of the handset 100. Such as management of call status (including on, off, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application, such as localized strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, and the like.

The notification manager enables the application to display notification information in the status bar, can be used to convey notification-type messages, can disappear automatically after a short dwell, and does not require user interaction. Such as a notification manager used to inform download completion, message alerts, etc. The notification manager may also be a notification that appears in the form of a chart or scrollbar text in a status bar at the top of the system, such as a notification of a running application in the background, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, prompting text information in the status bar, sounding a prompt tone, vibrating the electronic device, flashing an indicator light, etc.

The Android Runtime comprises a core library and a virtual machine. The Android runtime is responsible for scheduling and managing an Android system.

The core library comprises two parts: one part is a function which needs to be called by java language, and the other part is a core library of android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. And executing java files of the application program layer and the application program framework layer into a binary file by the virtual machine. The virtual machine is used for performing the functions of object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, safety and exception management, garbage collection and the like.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface managers (surface managers), media Libraries (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing Libraries (e.g., openGL ES), 2D graphics engines (e.g., SGL), and the like.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provide fusion of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

The media library supports a variety of commonly used audio, video format playback and recording, and still image files, among others. The media library may support a variety of audio-video encoding formats, such as: MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

The three-dimensional graphic processing library is used for realizing three-dimensional graphic drawing, image rendering, synthesis, layer processing and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The inner core layer at least comprises a display driver, a camera driver, an audio driver and a sensor driver.

Embodiments of the mechanisms disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination of these implementations. Embodiments of the application may be implemented as computer programs or program code executing on programmable systems comprising at least one processor, a storage system (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device.

Program code may be applied to input instructions to perform the functions described herein and generate output information. The output information may be applied to one or more output devices in a known manner. For purposes of this application, a processing system includes any system having a processor such as, for example, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microcontroller, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or a microprocessor.

The program code may be implemented in a high level procedural or object oriented programming language to communicate with a processing system. The program code can also be implemented in assembly or machine language, if desired. Indeed, the mechanisms described in this application are not limited in scope to any particular programming language. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language.

In some cases, the disclosed embodiments may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosed embodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried by or stored on one or more transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g., computer-readable) storage media, which may be read and executed by one or more processors. For example, the instructions may be distributed via a network or via other computer readable media. Thus, a machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), including, but not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, read-only memories (CD-ROMs), magneto-optical disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random Access Memories (RAMs), erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or a tangible machine-readable memory for transmitting information (e.g., carrier waves, infrared digital signals, etc.) using the internet in an electrical, optical, acoustical or other form of propagated signal. Thus, a machine-readable medium includes any type of machine-readable medium suitable for storing or transmitting electronic instructions or information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer).

In the drawings, some features of the structures or methods may be shown in a particular arrangement and/or order. However, it is to be understood that such specific arrangement and/or ordering may not be required. Rather, in some embodiments, the features may be arranged in a manner and/or order different from that shown in the illustrative figures. In addition, the inclusion of a structural or methodical feature in a particular figure is not meant to imply that such feature is required in all embodiments, and in some embodiments, may not be included or may be combined with other features.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the apparatuses in the present application, each unit/module is a logical unit/module, and physically, one logical unit/module may be one physical unit/module, or may be a part of one physical unit/module, and may also be implemented by a combination of multiple physical units/modules, where the physical implementation manner of the logical unit/module itself is not the most important, and the combination of the functions implemented by the logical unit/module is the key to solve the technical problem provided by the present application. Furthermore, in order to highlight the innovative part of the present application, the above-mentioned device embodiments of the present application do not introduce units/modules which are not so closely related to solve the technical problems presented in the present application, which does not indicate that no other units/modules exist in the above-mentioned device embodiments.

It is noted that, in the examples and descriptions of this patent, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, the use of the verb "comprise a" to define an element does not exclude the presence of another, same element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

While the present application has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An eSIM card control method applied to a first electronic device, comprising:

receiving control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from an eSIM management system, wherein the eSIM management system further includes at least control information of an eSIM card in a second electronic device;

performing control operation on an SIM card in the first electronic equipment based on the acquired control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment;

the control information of the eSIM card includes at least one of: an activation code of the eSIM card, and a state management instruction of the eSIM card; the state management instruction is used for managing an eSIM card with configuration information;

wherein the control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic device is transmitted by a short message or an internet protocol IP message;

or,

the control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment is issued by the eSIM management system to a first directory file preset in the first electronic equipment;

or,

the control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic device is acquired by the first electronic device from a second directory file preset in the eSIM management system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing a control operation on a SIM card in the first electronic device based on obtaining control information of an eSIM card of the first electronic device comprises:

when the acquired control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic equipment comprises an activation code of the eSIM card, downloading configuration information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment based on the acquired activation code;

when the acquired control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic equipment comprises a state management instruction of the eSIM card, managing the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment based on the acquired state management instruction.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the eSIM management system runs in a third electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving control information for an eSIM card in the first electronic device from an eSIM management system comprises:

establishing communication with the eSIM management system based on a target address, receiving control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from the eSIM management system;

wherein the target address comprises at least one of:

the first electronic equipment is used for receiving the MDN number or the account number of the instant messaging application program preset in the first electronic equipment;

an internet protocol, IP, address or a file transfer protocol, FTP, address of the first electronic device;

a communication address of a third electronic device running the eSIM management system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the establishing communication with the eSIM management system based on the target address, receiving control information for an eSIM card in the first electronic device from the eSIM management system, comprises:

receiving a first message from the eSIM management system based on the MDN number or the account of the instant messaging application program, wherein the first message carries control information of an eSIM card of the first electronic device;

wherein the message type of the first message comprises a text type and a voice type.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein after performing the control operation on the SIM card in the first electronic device based on the acquired control information of the SIM card in the first electronic device, the method further comprises:

and when the destination address is an IP address or an FTP address of the first electronic device, or a setup communication address of the third electronic device, sending a control result of an eSIM card of the first electronic device to the eSIM management system based on the destination address.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the establishing communication with the eSIM management system based on the target address, receiving control information for an eSIM card in the first electronic device from the eSIM management system comprises:

and if the destination address includes an IP address or an FTP address of the first electronic device and a predefined address of the first directory file in the first electronic device, the first electronic device receives control information of an eSIM card of the first electronic device from the eSIM management system based on the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic device, and stores the received control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic device in the first directory file.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the sending, to the eSIM management system, the control result for the eSIM card of the first electronic device based on the target address comprises:

and if the target address is the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment and the address of a first directory file in the first electronic equipment which is defined in advance, establishing communication with the eSIM management system based on the IP address or the FTP address, and supporting the eSIM management system to grab a control result of an eSIM card of the first electronic equipment from the first directory file.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving control information for an eSIM card in the first electronic device from an eSIM management system comprises:

and if the target address comprises a communication address of the third electronic equipment and a predefined address of the second directory file in the third electronic equipment, the first electronic equipment establishes communication with the eSIM management system based on the communication address of the third electronic equipment, and acquires control information of the eSIM card of the first electronic equipment from the second directory file based on the address of the second directory file.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the sending a control result of an eSIM card of the first electronic device to the eSIM management system based on the target address comprises:

and when the target address comprises a communication address of the third electronic equipment and a predefined address of a second directory file in the third electronic equipment, establishing communication with the third electronic equipment based on the communication address of the third electronic equipment, and sending a control result of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment to the second directory file based on the address of the second directory file.

11. An eSIM card control method is applied to an eSIM management system, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

acquiring control information of eSIM cards of at least two electronic devices;

respectively sending control information of a corresponding eSIM card to each electronic device of the at least two electronic devices;

the control information of the eSIM card is used for triggering the corresponding electronic equipment to manage the eSIM card;

the control information of the eSIM card includes at least one of: an activation code of the eSIM card, and a state management instruction of the eSIM card;

the activation code of the eSIM card is used for indicating the corresponding electronic equipment to download the configuration information of the eSIM card; the state management instruction of the eSIM card is used for instructing a corresponding electronic device to manage the eSIM card, and the state management instruction is used for managing the eSIM card with configuration information;

wherein, the control information of the eSIM card in the electronic equipment is transmitted by short message or Internet Protocol (IP) message;

or,

the control information of the eSIM card in the electronic equipment is issued by the eSIM management system to a first directory file preset in the electronic equipment;

or,

the control information of the eSIM card in the electronic device is acquired by the electronic device from a second directory file preset in the eSIM management system.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the eSIM management system runs in a third electronic device.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the transmitting control information of the corresponding eSIM card to each of the at least two electronic devices, respectively, comprises:

for a first electronic device of the at least two electronic devices, sending control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device to the first electronic device based on a target address corresponding to the first electronic device;

wherein the target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises at least one of:

a communication address of the third electronic device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein after the transmitting control information of the corresponding eSIM card to each of the at least two electronic devices, respectively, the method further comprises:

and when the destination address of the first electronic device comprises an IP address or an FTP address of the first electronic device, or a communication address of the third electronic device, acquiring a control result of an eSIM card of the first electronic device from the first electronic device based on the corresponding destination address of the first electronic device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the sending control information for the corresponding eSIM card to the first electronic device based on the target address for the first electronic device comprises:

sending a first message to the first electronic device based on the MDN number of the first electronic device or the account of the instant messaging application program, wherein the first message carries control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device;

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the sending control information of an eSIM card in a first electronic device to the first electronic device based on a target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises:

and under the condition that the target address corresponding to the first electronic equipment comprises the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment and the address of a first directory file in the first electronic equipment which is defined in advance, establishing communication with the first electronic equipment based on the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic equipment, and sending the control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment to the first directory file based on the address of the first directory file.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the obtaining, from the first electronic device, the control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device based on the corresponding target address of the first electronic device comprises:

and if the target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic device and the address of a first directory file in the first electronic device, establishing communication with the first electronic device based on the IP address or the FTP address of the first electronic device, and grabbing a control result of an eSIM card of the first electronic device from the first directory file based on the address of the first directory file.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the sending control information of an eSIM card in a first electronic device to the first electronic device based on a target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises:

and if the target address corresponding to the first electronic device comprises the communication address of the third electronic device and the address of a second directory file in the third electronic device, establishing communication with the first electronic device based on the communication address of the third electronic device, and enabling the first electronic device to acquire control information of an eSIM card in the first electronic device from the second directory file.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the obtaining, from the first electronic device, the control result of the eSIM card of the first electronic device based on the corresponding target address of the first electronic device comprises:

and if the target address corresponding to the first electronic equipment comprises an established communication address of the third electronic equipment and a predefined address of a second directory file in the third electronic equipment, establishing communication with the first electronic equipment based on the communication address of the third electronic equipment, and receiving control information of the eSIM card in the first electronic equipment, which is sent to the second directory file, from the first electronic equipment based on the address of the second directory file.

20. A readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the eSIM card control method of any one of claims 1 to 10 or the eSIM card control method of any one of claims 11 to 19.

21. An electronic device, comprising: a memory for storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors of the electronic device, and a processor, which is one of the processors of the electronic device, for performing the eSIM card control method of any one of claims 1 to 10, or the eSIM card control method of any one of claims 11 to 19.