Patent ID: 7526766
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A terminal device comprising: a storage unit that stores an indicator representative of a priority of an application; a detector that detects a request for use of a resource by a first application, the resource being used by a second application; a determination unit that determines a relative priority of the first and second applications upon detection of a conflict, by comparing indicators of the first and second applications; a controller that rejects the request of said first application when a priority of the first application is lower than a priority of the second application; a notifying unit that notifies a user of the terminal device of the rejection of the request of the first application; a user input that enables the user to input an instruction; and a display that displays a message to prompt the user to input an instruction, when the determination unit fails to determine that the priority of the first application is higher than the second application, wherein the controller determines whether to accept the request of the first application according to the instruction input via the user input, and wherein when the instruction represents acceptance of the request of the first application, at least one of the indicators stored in the storage unit is updated.