Patent ID: 7232061

Claim:
An IC module for being used with a portable device, the IC module comprising: a first memory capable of storing an application program that executes a process relating to a service provided by a service terminal via contactless communication with the service terminal, the service terminal being located at a certain place; a second memory capable of storing a state data related to the service; and a judgment unit, separately from the application program that executes the process relating to the service, that monitors a change in a state data stored in the memory, the change having been made by the process with a user's check eliminated, and judges whether the change satisfies a condition set as requiring an attraction of a user's attention; and a control unit, separately from the application program that executes the process relating to the service, that instructs, responsive to a judgment that the condition is satisfied by the judgment unit, a user interface of the portable device to notify a user of the change.