Patent ID: 11947609
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method for a portable information terminal configured to communicate with an external terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a condition set in advance;
transmitting, by a communication circuitry, first information indicating a status of the portable information terminal to a server;
receiving, by the communication circuitry, as second information, recommended options which are determined as satisfying a first condition based on the first information;
determining firstly-selected one or more recommended options that satisfy a second condition set in advance from the second information via the communication circuitry;
transmitting, by the communication circuitry, third information related to the firstly-selected one or more recommended options to the external terminal;
receiving a secondly-selected one or more recommended options selected by the external terminal based on the third information as fourth information;
determining whether an application relating to the fourth information has been downloaded to the portable information terminal;
in response to a determination that the application has not been downloaded, connecting to the server to make the application downloadable via the communication circuitry;
controlling the communication circuitry to transmit status information to the external terminal; and
when receiving instruction information from the external terminal after the communication circuitry transmits the status information to the external terminal, downloading the application from the server and display the application on the display according to the received instruction information.