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Apple patents phone setting that auto-applies saved network profiles

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a method where a phone stores specific network settings, such as connection rules, in a local database. When the phone receives a signal from the carrier, it automatically applies the matching stored settings without needing to download new data.

Why it mattersThis could make switching between different mobile networks or data plans smoother by reducing the time the phone spends fetching configuration details.

In the filing’s own words

A user equipment (UE) configured to store one or more configuration profiles in a local database comprising at least a first configuration profile, wherein the first configuration profile includes a set of network configuration parameters and corresponding values and decode, based on signals received from a network, a message indicating that the UE is to apply the set of network configuration parameters and corresponding values stored in the first configuration profile to at least a portion network configuration.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: store one or more configuration profiles in a local database comprising at least a first configuration profile, wherein the first configuration profile includes a set of network configuration parameters and corresponding values; and decode, based on signals signaling received from a network, a message indicating that the UE is to apply the set of network configuration parameters and corresponding values stored in the first configuration profile to at least a portion network configuration.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Network Configuration Profile
Publication number
US20260333022A1
Application number
19113140
Filed
Sep 18, 2023
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Inventors
8
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 8/24 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/231 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/27 Electricity & electronicsH04W 88/06 Electricity & electronics
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