Patent ID: 8811969

Claim:
A method for provisioning a mobile device, comprising: storing provisioning data for a plurality of service contracts in at least one remote database; sending, via a communication network, a list of service contract options to the mobile device; receiving, via the communication network, a request from the mobile device to download provisioning data for at least two of the plurality of service contracts; downloading the provisioning data for the at least two of the plurality of service contracts to a Virtual Subscriber Identity Module (VSIM) internal memory unit comprising a portion of an internal memory of the mobile device using the communication network; receiving, via the communication network, codes identifying the mobile device; uploading the received code identifying the mobile device into a service account data file associated with the at least two of the plurality of service contracts; associating a single telephone number with the at least two of the plurality of service contracts; storing personal data for a user of the mobile device in a remote personal data database; receiving, via the communication network, an account name and an authentication credential from the user of the mobile device; authenticating the user based on the received account name and authentication credential; and downloading the personal data for the user stored in the remote personal data database to the VSIM internal memory unit using the communication network if the user is authenticated.