Patent ID: 7039426

Claim:
A portable information apparatus having communications tools, said portable information apparatus including: a wireless transmission/reception section for transmitting to and receiving from an external wireless transmitter/receiver electromagnetic signals; an operation section for performing various operations; a display section for displaying status of the operations made by said operation section, and status and the results of transmission/reception operations made by said wireless transmission/reception section; and a control section connected with said wireless transmission/reception section, operation section, and display section, for controlling overall actions of said portable information apparatus, said portable information apparatus further comprising reception means, within or outside said wireless transmission/reception section, for receiving a communication prohibition signal and/or a communication permission signal transmitted by the electromagnetic waves from an external facility, and for enabling/disenabling said transmission functions of said wireless transmission/reception section upon receipt of said communication prohibition signal and/or said communication permission signal, wherein said communication prohibition signal and/or said communication permission signal are/is weaker than the electromagnetic waves transmitted from said wireless transmission/reception section of said portable information apparatus.