Patent ID: 7650630

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a nonvolatile memory storage means; an IC card interface for communicating with any one or more IC cards, each of said one or more IC cards storing access qualification information used to verify a user requesting access to the communication device; communication means for receiving content from a mobile packet communication network; accessing means for accessing the qualification information that is stored on an IC card in communication with the IC card interface at a time of receiving the content; storing means for storing in said nonvolatile memory storage means the received content from the mobile packet communication network in association with the accessed qualification information accessed from the IC card in communication with the IC card interface at the time of receiving the content; input means for receiving input identifying received content in the nonvolatile memory storage means for access; the accessing means for accessing the qualification information that is stored on an IC card in communication with the IC card interface at a time of receiving the input identifying the received content for access; retrieving means for retrieving, from the nonvolatile memory storage means, the accessed qualification information stored in association with the identified received content; comparing means for comparing the accessed qualification information from the IC card in communication with the IC card interface at the time of accessing the received content with the retrieved accessed qualification information; and determination means for determining, based on the comparison, whether to permit access to the stored received content.