Patent ID: 7734290

Claim:
A method for updating an acquisition list in a wireless communication device having a first transceiver associated with a wireless area network and a second transceiver associated with a wireless local area network, the acquisition list associated with the second transceiver, the method comprising: updating a first category of entries of the acquisition list over the wide area network via the first transceiver, wherein the first category of entries includes, a carrier category managed by a service provider that provisions the wireless communication device to include a plurality of carrier access points, a carrier authentication profile associated with the carrier category that is stored in an authentication profile table; updating a second category of entries of the acquisition list by a user through input means on the wireless communication device, wherein the second category of entries includes, a user category that enables the user to connect to a user access point that is not associated with the carrier access points, a user authentication profile associated with the user category that is stored in the authentication profile table; and enabling the updating in the carrier category while not modifying the user; and encrypting the authentication profile table, each entry of the authentication profile table identifying: an encryption type; an authentication type; a key value; and login data.