Patent ID: 7634261

Claim:
A mobile communications terminal comprising: a first control means; a second control means; a first storage means for storing a first software program and a second software program, wherein said first software program and said second software program are respectively executed by said first control means and said second control means; a reception means for receiving an updating software program for updating one of said first software program and said second software program stored in said first storage means, wherein information indicating a level of importance of the software and information indicating that the updating program is executed by the first control means or by the second control means are attached to the updating software program; a recognizing means for recognizing the level of importance of the software and recognizing the first control means or the second control means which executes the updating program; and a second storage means for storing said updating software program received by said receiving means; wherein when said updating software program is stored in said second storage means, one of the first control means or the second control means halts processing in execution and is updated by the other of the first control means or the second control means according to the information indicating that the updating program is executed by the first control means or by the second control means by storing said updating software program in said first storage means; wherein the first control means or the second control means which updates said updating software program in said first storage means also continues non-updating processing functions during said updating; wherein the first control means or the second control means performs updating software program when the other processor is halted; and wherein when the level of importance of said updating software program is recognized as high, said control means executes said software program updating without a user's operation.