Patent ID: 7308256

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit data to an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being configured to detect whether a computer virus is contained in the data; a receiving unit configured to receive a detection result indicating whether the data transmitted by the transmitting unit includes a computer virus or not according to virus management information from the information processing apparatus; a storage unit configured to store data transmitted by the transmitting unit, in association with virus control information which indicates when the computer virus is “Outstanding” or detection process results received by the receiving unit; and a control unit configured to permit retrieval of the data when the virus management information is “OK,” thereby indicating that the data does not include a virus, and for disallowing retrieval of the data when the virus management information is “NG,” thereby indicating that the data is infected with a virus or when the virus management information is “Outstanding,” indicating that the computer virus detection process has not been performed for the data, wherein when a detection result is received by the receiving unit, corresponding virus management information is automatically updated in the storage unit.