Patent ID: 8878661

Claim:
An information communication system comprising: a vehicle portable device that conducts wireless communication with a vehicle; and a mobile terminal that includes a display part and conducts near-field wireless communication with the vehicle portable device, wherein the vehicle portable device includes: a vehicle information acquisition part that acquires vehicle information on the vehicle, wherein the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle by wireless communication; and a transmission controller that controls the transmission of the vehicle information to the mobile terminal by near-field wireless communication, wherein the mobile terminal includes an execution controller that acquires the vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle portable device and controls execution of a predetermined program for displaying the vehicle information on the display part, and wherein, when the near-field wireless communication is established between vehicle portable device and the mobile terminal: the vehicle information acquisition part acquires the vehicle information from the vehicle, the transmission controller transmits the vehicle information acquired from the vehicle to the mobile terminal, and the execution controller starts up the program, acquires the vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle portable device, and displays the vehicle information on the display part, wherein the vehicle portable device is used to lock and unlock a door of the vehicle by wireless communication and further includes a storage in which the vehicle information is stored, wherein, when the door of the vehicle is locked: the vehicle information acquisition part acquires the vehicle information from the vehicle and stores the acquired vehicle information in the storage, wherein, when the vehicle and the vehicle portable device can conduct the wireless communication with each other while the near-field wireless communication is established between the vehicle portable device and the mobile terminal: the vehicle information acquisition part acquires the vehicle information from the vehicle and updates the vehicle information stored in the storage, and the transmission controller transmits the vehicle information acquired from the vehicle to the mobile terminal, and wherein, when the vehicle and the vehicle portable device cannot conduct the wireless communication with each other while the near-field wireless communication is established between the vehicle portable device and the mobile terminal: the transmission controller transmits the vehicle information stored in the storage to the mobile terminal.