Patent ID: 7646737

Claim:
A method of activating an operating mode of a wireless communication device having a plurality of operating modes, the method comprising: determining whether each of a plurality of storage devices is functional; initializing a status table, the status table storing status information for the system provision information stored on each of the plurality of functional storage devices; for each functional storage device, determining whether the system provision information stored on the functional storage device is valid; prior to attempting to acquire a system mode, updating the status table to indicate the validity of each system provision information by storing indicia of whether the system provision information is valid or invalid; retrieving a list of system mode preferences which indicates the priority order in which a system mode acquisition should occur; determining whether system provision information associated with a preferred system mode is valid by referring to the status table; and upon determining that system provision information associated with the preferred system mode is valid, acquiring a system corresponding to the preferred system mode.