Patent ID: 7917090
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal device that is communicable with other devices, the portable terminal device comprising: a start record table that stores start records of applications of the portable terminal device; an application relation table that stores, with respect to a combination of applications that are determined to be highly likely to be started consecutively on the basis of the start records, information for specifying each of the applications and information about in which order the applications are started; a device application correspondence table that associates and stores information for identifying a communication device with which the portable terminal device communicates and information for specifying an application to be executed when the portable terminal device connects to the communication device; an acquiring unit that, upon receiving a predetermined signal from the communication device, acquires first application information as information for specifying an application that corresponds to the communication device from the device application correspondence table, and acquires, with respect to a combination of applications of which first application information is started second, second application information as information for specifying the first application of the combination from the application relation table; and a sending unit that, when the latest record that is stored in the start record table is equivalent to the second application information, sends information representing that a priority level is high as a response to the predetermined signal that is received from the communication device.