Patent ID: 8565832

Claim:
A charging system for a mobile communication device comprising a mobile communication device and a charging device to charge said mobile communication device, said mobile communication device comprising: a first power receiving portion to receive supply of electric power from said charging device; a first operation accepting portion to accept a first operation by a user; a function execution portion to execute at least one of a plurality of functions; a first display portion to display information; a first display control portion to display at said first display portion: i) an output image outputted when said function execution portion executes a function, or ii) an operation accepting image for accepting an operation in order to execute the function; and a first communication portion to communicate with said charging device, said charging device comprising: a second power receiving portion to accept electric power from an external power source; a second communication portion to communicate with said mobile communication device; a second display portion to display an image; and a second display control portion to control display of the image by said second display portion, wherein said first display control portion: i) displays at said first display portion a first image predetermined in correspondence to an executed function when said first communication portion is incapable of communicating with said charging device, ii) displays at said first display portion a second image predetermined in correspondence to said executed function being executed by said function execution portion among said plurality of functions, and iii) controls said second display control portion via said first communication portion to display at said second display portion a third image predetermined in correspondence to said executed function when said first communication portion is capable of communicating with said charging device; and said mobile communication device is capable of connecting with said charging device in a plurality of forms of connection and further comprising a connection form detecting portion to detect a form of connection established with said charging device from among said plurality of forms of connection, wherein said first display control portion selects from a plurality of operation accepting images an operation accepting image predetermined in correspondence to said form of connection detected and transmits the selected operation accepting image as said third image to said second display control portion via said first communication portion.