Patent ID: 8565748

Claim:
In a system for providing demand-based provisioning to a mobile communication device including a provisioning server operable to receive a provisioning update request from the mobile communication device and, in response, to transmit a service update packet to the mobile communication device, the service update packet including service information for the mobile communication device that is received by the provisioning server from at least one of a plurality of service providers, the mobile communication device comprising: a receiver operable to receive the service update packet from the provisioning server; a transmitter operable to transmit the provisioning update request to the provisioning server; and a processing device configured to generate the provisioning update request in response to detecting a triggering event, the triggering event including either (i) a wireless communication failure between the mobile communication device and the provisioning server or (ii) a communication failure between the mobile communication device and a service provider, wherein the wireless communication failure and the communication failure are disruptions in communication other than the mobile communication device roaming between base stations.