Patent ID: 7685318

Claim:
An electronic device having a capability of performing data communication with a server that provides date/time information provision service, comprising: a display unit adapted to display moans for displaying date/time information; a time measurement unit adapted to measure means for measuring time on the basis of first time information acquired from the date/time information provision service or on the basis of second time information set by a user; a storage unit adapted to store means for storing data indicating a time-setting status of the time measurement unit; and a process control unit adapted to means for controlling execution of data processing in accordance with the time-setting status displayed by the display control moans allow execution of a predetermined process when the data stored in the storage unit indicates the time-setting status on the basis of the first time information and to prohibit the execution of the predetermined process when the data stored in the storage unit indicates the time-setting status on the basis of the second time information.