Patent ID: 7197300

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal which is used for making a telephone call to a telephone number or sending an email to an e-mail address, the telephone number and the email address each being selected by a user as a destination for a desired communication counterpart from a storage area storing at least one of the telephone number and the e-mail address, the mobile communication terminal comprising: input means allowing the user to input: identification information representing a communication counterpart that can be at least one of a destination of communication and a source of communication, attribute information allowing the user to specify the communication counterpart, and at least one of the telephone number and the e-mail address as the destination for the communication counterpart; storage means for storing the identification information, the attribute information, and at least one of the telephone number and the e-mail address, which are inputted through said input means, in the storage area in association with one another; and communication control means for, by searching the storage area based on one of the attribute information inputted by the user, retrieving the identification information associated with the inputted attribute information, and setting one of the telephone number and the e-mail address, which is associated with the retrieved identification information, as the destination of communication, wherein: said storage means capable of storing, as profile information of the user who uses the mobile communication terminal, the identification information representing the user and at least one of the telephone number and the e-mail address as the destination for the user in association with each other; the mobile communication terminal further comprises profile exchanging means for exchanging profile information with an external device; and in response to obtaining the profile information of another party from the external device, said storage means further stores, in the storage area, the profile information of the other party in association with a predetermined piece of the attribute information indicating that the profile information has been obtained by said profile exchanging means.