Patent ID: 7710937
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A portable communication terminal, comprising: an external interface to be connected to an external apparatus; a storage section which stores an address of a server in which a modem driver for applying a communication function to the external apparatus is stored; a wireless communication section which wirelessly communicates with the server via a communication network; a selecting section; and a control section which downloads the modem driver from the server through the wireless communication section, stores the downloaded modem driver in the storage section and transmits the downloaded modem driver to the external apparatus through the external interface when the external apparatus is connected to the external interface, wherein the control section is operable in a storage mode in which the control section controls the storage section of the portable communication terminal to serve as a removable memory for the external apparatus and a modem mode in which the control section controls the portable communication terminal to serve as a communication modem for the external apparatus using the modem driver, and wherein the selection section selects one of the storage mode and the modem mode in which the control section operates, and wherein the control section is configured to download the modem driver from the server in response to the selection section selecting the modem mode.