Patent ID: 7882208

Claim:
An information management apparatus for generating a command in response to a request from a server, the command corresponding to a type of integrated circuit chip, the information management apparatus comprising: means for managing a type of integrated circuit chip contained in a cellular phone, the type of integrated circuit chip corresponding to the generated command; means for obtaining information indicating the type of the integrated circuit chip, contained in the cellular phone, corresponding to the request from the server; means for generating a command corresponding to the type of the integrated circuit chip and for transmitting the generated command to the server, wherein the generated command is encrypted by the means for generating a command prior to transmitting the generated command to the server, using encryption corresponding to the integrated circuit chip, wherein the generated command is one command from a plurality of commands, wherein the command corresponds to the type of the integrated circuit chip, and wherein the plurality of commands correspond to different types of integrated circuit chips; and means for transmitting the generated command to the cellular phone via a mobile communication network.