Patent ID: 8437324

Claim:
A method in a mobile communication device for use in communicating in a wireless network, the wireless network having a primary network which provides one or more communication services and a provisioning network which provides a provisioning service but disallows the one or more communication services, the method comprising: sending, to an access point of the wireless network, a request for associating with the access point for accessing and operating in the provisioning network, the request including a first set service identifier (SSID); while being associated with the access point using the first SSID, sending authentication information to the wireless network in an authentication procedure; if the authentication procedure is successful, then: receiving, via the access point, a second SSID in a provisioning procedure with the provisioning network; programming the second SSID in a network list maintained in memory of the mobile device; and for each one of a plurality of subsequent associations with an access point of the wireless network: sending a request for associating with the access point for accessing and operating in the primary network, the request including the second SSID instead of the first SSID.