Patent ID: 7583285

Claim:
A mobile communication terminals comprising: image shooting means for shooting an image; image data memory means for storing data of a code image shot by said image shooting means; image data analyzing means for analyzing the data of the code image to obtain code data from the code image; control means for controlling at least one of: said image shooting means, said image data analyzing means and said image data memory means; and application program executing means for executing an application program using the code data, wherein said control means controls the at least one of: said image shooting means, said image data analyzing means and said image data memory means based on a control request instruction sent from said application program executing means that is executing the application program, wherein the control request instruction corresponds to the code data, and wherein execution of the application program by the application program executing means is placed in a blocked state upon the sending of the control request instruction, the blocked state being cancelled and execution of the application program resumed upon receipt of a notification from the control means.