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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Dale Scott Schempp, Lenexa, KS (US);
Christopher Robert Delatorre, Lenexa, KS (US);
Karl William Hammerberg, Olathe, KS (US);
Dale Scott Schempp, Lenexa, KS (US);
Christopher Robert DeLaTorre, Lenexa, KS (US);
Karl William Hammerberg, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems, products, and methods are disclosed for performing a method of selectively controlling communications through a communications port of a mobile communications device. The system-provider information is useable by the mobile communications device to communicate with a wireless telecommunications network that is designated in the system-provider information. Illustratively, the method includes presenting a user interface on the mobile communications device. The UI exposes an option to enable the communications port to be useable to modify the system-provider information. The mobile communications device can be in a first state that currently prohibits data from being passed through the communications port to the system-provider information. Input is received that is to be used to enable data to be passed through the communications port to the system-provider information. The input is authenticated to determine that it is a valid input that is authorized to transition the mobile communications device to a second state, in which the communications port is enabled to receive data that is useable to modify the system-provider information. Incident to authenticating the input, the mobile communications device is transitioned to the second state.