Patent ID: 8638305

Claim:
An information device comprising: a storage module operable to store: a first fingerprint corresponding to a first finger of a user, the first finger being any one of the five fingers of a hand of the user; a second fingerprint corresponding to a second finger of the user, the second finger being any one of the five fingers other than the first finger of the hand of the user; a first designated information associated with the first fingerprint; and a second designated information associated with the second fingerprint, the second designated information different from the first designated information; a touch panel operable to: display one or more icons; detect fingerprint information from a finger touching the touch panel to obtain a detected fingerprint information; detect an action of the finger touching a selected icon; and a control module operable to: execute an application program corresponding to the selected icon with using the first designated information to obtain a designated execution, if the detected fingerprint is associated with the first designated information and if the detection of action is an information-designated start operation, which is separate from detection of fingerprint information, execute an application program corresponding to the selected icon with using the second designated information to obtain a designated execution, if the detected fingerprint is associated with the second designated information and if the detection of action is an information-designated start operation, which is separate from detection of fingerprint information.