Patent ID: 7080154
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal device, comprising: a user interface for enabling user input into the portable terminal device; a network connection unit configured to establish a connection to a computer network; a local network connection unit configured to establish a connection to a local network different from the computer network, the local network being a network locally defined among the portable terminal device and at least one other computer device; and a processing unit configured to upload a prescribed information regarding the computer network that is necessary or utilizable in operating an application program by being connected to the computer network and that is setup data or input data for the application program stored in said at least one other computer device, from said at least one other computer device connected to the portable terminal device via the local network through the local network connection unit, carry out a prescribed processing for automatically setting the setup data or the input data into the portable terminal device without requiring any user operation using the user interface, in a form utilizable by the application program on the portable terminal device, according to at least a part of the prescribed information, and execute the application program by using a result of the prescribed processing and being connected to the computer network through the network connection unit, wherein the processing unit makes a prescribed setup by storing said at least a part of the prescribed information into a prescribed memory region for the application program, either as obtained from said at least one other computer device or by converting said at least a part of the prescribed information into a format matching with the application program and/or a user interface of the portable terminal device.