Patent ID: 8041391

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a noncontact IC communication unit having an IC chip and an antenna for transmission and reception of radio waves for a noncontact IC function, the IC chip having a plurality of memory areas each being associated with a respective one of a plurality of application software stored on the mobile communication terminal; a mount part configured to load a subscriber authentication module, the subscriber authentication module configured to store connection information used for connection between the mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication network; a memory unit for storing first identification information that identifies a subscriber authentication module; acquiring means for acquiring information that identifies the subscriber authentication module currently loaded on the mount part; comparing means for making a comparison between the first identification information stored in the memory unit, and the information that identifies the subscriber authentication module that is currently loaded on the mount part and was acquired by the acquiring means; control means for controlling access to the IC chip of at least one of the plurality of application software, based on a result of the comparison by the comparing means, and based on whether a memory area of the IC chip that is associated with the at least one of the plurality of application software has a privacy function enabled which inhibits access to the memory area; and registering means for, when an application software, among the plurality of application software, to access the IC chip is first activated or downloaded in the mobile communication terminal, acquiring the information that identifies the subscriber authentication module that is currently loaded on the mount part, and storing the acquired information in the memory unit as the first identification information.