Vodafone Group Plc.

Aiko Matsuda

Ryota Tamura

Masato Fukaya

If a lock request for function of an IC card function section is executed from a locking terminal via a mobile communication network, a lock request detection sectiondetects the lock request. If the lock request is detected in this manner, the function lock sectionlocks the function of the IC card function section by sending a function lock instruction via a wired communication path to the IC card function section. The function lock notification sectionthen notifies the fact that the function has been locked to a locking notification mail communication unit pre-registered in the terminal registration tableT via the mobile communication network. In this way, since function lock information of a contactless type communication device fitted in a mobile communication terminal is appropriately notified via a mobile communication network, convenience for the user is improved.

Function lock information notification method and mobile communication terminal

A user of a mobile communication terminal registers a title or test body that a lock request electronic mail should have for locking function of a contactless type communication device is a lock control information areaR of the mobile communication terminal. After that, if a lock request electronic mail having the registered title is received, and the lock request electronic mail is detected by the lock request detection section, then when the contactless type communication device is in a usable state, in the mobile communication terminal the function lock sectionwithin the control section locks the function of the contactless type communication device via the wired communication path.

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Tokyo, Japan

Aiko Matsuda