Patent ID: 7748635
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal having a noncontact IC card function automatically executing a given processing operation between the mobile communication terminal and an external device by noncontact communication when the mobile communication terminal approaches the external device, the mobile communication terminal comprising: a memory means storing identification information that identifies a particular external device; a state setting means for setting the given processing operation to one of an invalid state incapable of automatic execution and a valid state capable of the automatic execution; a state determination means for determining whether the given processing operation state set by the state setting means is the invalid state or the valid state when the mobile communication terminal approaches the particular external device; an obtaining means for obtaining identification information of the particular external device approached by the mobile communication terminal; a usability determination means for determining whether the given processing operation should be set as the valid state without requiring user input of a password based on whether the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means is included in the memory means when the given processing operation is determined as the invalid state by the state determination means; a control means for controlling setting the given processing operation to the valid state by the state setting means without requiring user input of a password when the usability determination means determines that the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means is in the memory means; an execution means for automatically executing the given processing operation between the mobile communication terminal and the particular external device approached by the mobile communication terminal when the given processing operation state set by the state setting means is the valid state; a registration means for registering the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means in the memory means when the usability determination means determines that the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means is not included in the memory means; and a usage history memory means for storing the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means and an execution state of the given processing operation in association with each other when the given processing operation is executed between the mobile communication terminal and the particular external device approached by the mobile communication terminal by the execution means, wherein the registration means registers the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means in the memory means when the execution state stored in the usage history memory means in association with the identification information of the particular external device obtained by the obtaining means satisfies given registration conditions.