Patent ID: 8682296
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G07C,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a first communication unit for performing communication; a key operation unit including a plurality of first keys, to which numeric characters are assigned, respectively; a display unit for displaying a numeric character when at least one of the plurality of first keys is operated, the numeric character being assigned to the first key thus operated; and a control unit for controlling the display unit to display a character when any of the first keys is operated in a state where a standard screen is displayed on the display unit, the character corresponding to the first key thus operated, wherein, in a case in which the first communication unit receives a passcode request signal in a state where the numeric character corresponding to the first key thus operated is displayed, the control unit controls the first communication unit to transmit a character string displayed on the display unit to a unit that transmitted the passcode request signal.