Patent ID: 7917697

Claim:
A removable media card, comprising: a flash memory array comprising a public partition, the public partition comprising a first group of one or more configuration files comprising device configuration parameters that control the behavior of a portable device; and the flash memory array further comprising a secure partition, the secure partition limiting access by the portable device to the configuration parameters stored in the secure partition, the secure partition comprising a second group of one or more configuration files comprising device configuration parameters that control the behavior of the portable device; the media card configured to sense insertion of the removable media card in a media card receptacle of the portable device, to cause the portable device to read the device configuration parameters of the first and second groups of the removable media card, to determine whether to launch an application based on the existence of a relationship between the configuration parameters of the first group and the configuration parameters of the second group, and, in response to a determination to launch the application, to cause the application to be launched by the portable device.