Patent ID: 7233785
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal having detachably mounted thereon a recording medium in which user-specific information is written, and besides the recording medium, having terminal-specific information recorded on the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal performing radio communication with the recording medium mounted thereon, comprising: a locking instruction determination section which determines whether or not announcement information which is transmitted from a serving base station to the mobile terminals by radio communication is locking instruction information containing terminal-specific information to instruct locking of a mobile terminal specified by the terminal-specific information; a coincidence determination section which determines, when the locking instruction determination section determines that this transmitted announcement information is the locking instruction information, whether or not terminal-specific information contained in the locking instruction information coincides with that recorded on the mobile terminal; a locking section which locks the mobile terminal to disable at least part of functions of the mobile terminal, in response to the determination by the coincidence determination section that there exists a coincidence therebetween; and a locking completion reporting section which reports the completion of locking by radio communication in response to completion of locking by the locking section, wherein the locking completion reporting section also notifies the user-specific information written in the recording medium mounted on the mobile terminal, when reporting the completion of locking.