Patent ID: 8655364

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal comprising: a first mobile communication unit that performs communication via a first mobile communication system by a first mobile communication method; a second mobile communication unit that performs communication via a second mobile communication system by a second mobile communication method; a terminal-status detecting unit that detects a status of a mobile communication terminal; and a communication switching unit that causes the first mobile communication unit to perform a temporary disconnection process on the first mobile communication system and thereafter causes the second mobile communication unit to start a process of acquiring the second mobile communication system to set communication via the second mobile communication system in an enabled status, when the terminal-status detecting unit detects a predetermined terminal status with communication over the first mobile communication system being enabled by the first mobile communication unit, wherein when communication by the second mobile communication unit is not carried out for a predetermined time after communication over the second mobile communication system is set in the enabled status, the communication switching unit causes the second mobile communication unit to cancel a reception standby status of the second mobile communication system, and causes the first mobile communication unit to perform a temporary disconnection process on the first mobile communication system to set communication via the first mobile communication system in an enabled status, and wherein when an application that is not associated with the communication by the second mobile communication unit is activated before the communication by the second mobile communication is carried out for the predetermined time, the communication switching unit causes the second mobile communication unit to cancel a reception standby status of the second mobile communication system, and causes the first mobile communication unit to perform a temporary disconnection process on the first mobile communication system to set communication via the first mobile communication system in an enabled status.