Patent ID: 8335507

Claim:
A method of provisioning a wireless communication device (WCD), the method comprising: making a determination of whether the WCD is being provisioned under an existing subscriber account or rather under a new subscriber account, wherein, if provisioning the WCD comprises performing an ESN-swap, then making the determination that the WCD is being provisioned under an existing subscriber account, and if provisioning the WCD comprises initially activating a subscriber account, then making the determination that the WCD is being provisioned under a new subscriber account; selecting a preferred roaming list (PRL) based at least in part on the determination, wherein if the determination is that the WCD is being provisioned under an existing subscriber account, then selecting as the PRL a first PRL, and if the determination is that the WCD is being provisioned under a new subscriber account, then selecting as the PRL a second PRL different than the first PRL, wherein the first PRL defines a preference for a first type of communication service over a second type of communication service, and wherein the second PRL defines a preference for the second type of communication service over the first type of communication service; and provisioning the WCD with the selected PRL.