Apple patents moving phone plans between devices via Bluetooth

1. A target wireless device comprising: wireless circuitry comprising one or more antennas; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless circuitry and to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the target wireless device to: broadcast a Bluetooth advertisement beacon including an action type indicating a request to transfer cellular wireless service to the target wireless device; receive, from a source wireless device, a request to initiate a secure Bluetooth connection between the source wireless device and the target wireless device; establish the secure Bluetooth connection with the source wireless device after successful verification of the source wireless device via an authentication procedure; receive, from the source wireless device, a list of cellular wireless service plans available on the source wireless device; when the list of cellular wireless service plans includes at least one cellular wireless service plan transferrable to the target wireless device: send, to the source wireless device, a plan transfer request to transfer a particular cellular wireless service plan associated with a subscriber identity module (SIM) or an electronic SIM (eSIM) of the source wireless device selected by the target wireless device from the list of cellular wireless service plans received from the source wireless device; receive, from the source wireless device, a plan transfer response that includes a transfer token associated with a new eSIM reserved for transfer of the particular cellular wireless service plan; send, to a mobile network operator (MNO) entitlement server, a cellular service transfer request including the transfer token for authentication; receive, from the MNO entitlement server, a cellular service transfer response that indicates approval to obtain the new eSIM; and download, from an MNO provisioning server, the new eSIM; and when the list of cellular wireless service plans does not include at least one cellular wireless service plan transferrable to the target wireless device: redirect to an alternate eSIM provisioning procedure.