Patent ID: 8060060
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of selectively controlling the communications through a hard-wired communications port of a mobile communications device, wherein the mobile communications device stores system-provider information that is useable by the mobile communications device to communicate with a wireless telecommunications network that is designated in the system-provider information, the method comprising: presenting a user interface on the mobile communications device that exposes an option to enable the hard-wired communications port (“communications port”) to be useable to modify the system-provider information, wherein the mobile communications device is in a first state that currently prohibits data from being passed through the communications port to the system-provider information, wherein the first state is characterized by an enabled subset of features of the communications port, and wherein the subset of features includes permitting the communications port to be used to retrieve data from the mobile communications device while preventing data from being communicated to the mobile communications device; receiving input to be used to enable data to be passed through the communications port to the system-provider information; authenticating the input 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; and incident to authenticating the input, transitioning the mobile communications device to the second state.