Patent ID: 7207482

Claim:
A method for providing services to a holder of a first portable electronic device via a terminal device that handles the first portable electronic device, based on the first portable electronic device having a memory storing application data relative to a service provision and pre-storing individual data of the holder by a prescribed organization, the method comprising: checking justifiability of the first portable electronic device based on the individual data stored in the first portable electronic device when a directive data for downloading an application is received from the terminal device; demanding a setting of a portable electronic device to download the application data when the first portable electronic device is confirmed to be justifiable; reading out application data desired by the holder from the memory when receiving data showing a completion of setting of the first portable electronic device or a second portable electronic device of the holder differing from the first portable electronic device as the portable electronic device, in which an application is downloaded, is received from the terminal device; and transmitting the read application data to the terminal device by directing download of the application to the portable electronic device, wherein the reading includes judging whether the set portable electronic device is the first portable electronic device or the second portable electronic device differing from the first portable electronic device when the data showing the completion of the setting of the portable electronic device to which an application is downloaded is received, wherein the reading includes creating data relative to the individual data stored in the first portable electronic device and directing to store said data relative to the individual data in the second portable electronic device when the set portable electronic device is judged to be the second portable electronic device in said judging; and wherein, when the set portable electronic device is judged to be the first portable electronic device in said judging or when the data showing the completion of storage of relative data in the second portable electronic device is received, reading out application data desired by the holder from the memory.