Patent ID: 8825363

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: a processor configured to operate with the portable terminal that includes: a position obtaining section that uses a GPS function and that obtains a piece of position information of a current position of the portable terminal; a power control section that controls turning on and off of power before and after the piece of position information is obtained by the position obtaining section, respectively; a pedometer that detects a movement of the portable terminal; a storage section that stores a history of the pieces of position information; and a recording section that records, into the storage section, a piece of position information newly obtained by the position obtaining section activated by the power control section, only when a movement is detected by the pedometer, and wherein the pedometer determines whether a travel distance is longer than a predetermined distance and when the pedometer determines that the travel distance is longer than the predetermined distance, the recording section causes the power control section to activate the position obtaining section to record the obtained piece of position information in the storage section, and to turn off power to the position obtaining section.