Patent ID: 7784048

Claim:
An application control method for controlling an application program inside a mobile communication terminal from a remote control device, the application control method comprising: securing a data region in the mobile communication terminal in which, when downloading an application program from the remote control device, the mobile communication terminal secures the data region for reference parameters to which the application program refers at the time of execution of the application program; securing a reference parameter region dedicated to the application program; judging whether or not the reference parameter region dedicated to the application program is successfully secured; if the reference parameter region is not successfully secured, repeating securing the reference parameter region dedicated to the application program; if the reference parameter region dedicated to the application program is successfully secured, downloading the application program; transmitting a control signal from the remote control device to the mobile communication terminal, the control signal controlling operational states of the downloaded application program, including stopping and restarting the downloaded application program, the control signal including the reference parameters to which the downloaded application program refers; saving the reference parameters included in the control signal to the secured data region in the mobile communication terminal; and the mobile communication terminal simultaneously executing the downloaded application program and referring to the saved reference parameters in the secured data region during execution as needed.