Patent ID: 8639301

Claim:
A portable telephone comprising: an imaging portion; a first communication portion for telephone communication; a control portion controlling said imaging portion to execute an imaging operation on the basis of a prescribed first operation of an operating-side portable telephone for operating said imaging portion while establishing a telephone call state by making a telephone call to said operating-side portable telephone with said first communication portion so that said operating-side portable telephone takes said telephone call; and a second communication portion formed to be capable of communicating with said operating-side portable telephone by a method other than telephone communication and capable of acquiring identification information belonging to said operating-side portable telephone, wherein said control portion is formed to control said first communication portion to make said telephone call to said operating-side portable telephone based on said identification information previously acquired by said second communication portion when making said telephone call to said operating-side portable telephone, said portable telephone is formed to be switchable between a first operation mode for making telephone communication with said operating-side portable telephone and a second operation mode for allowing said imaging portion to execute said imaging operation based on said prescribed first operation of said operating-side portable telephone, and said control portion is formed to control said second communication portion to acquire said identification information of said operating-side portable telephone when a user sets said portable telephone to said second operation mode.