Vodafone Group Plc.

Shinichiro Ide

Mineko Moroto

Osamu Otaka

Norioki Watanabe

Satoshi Ogawa

Naomi Nishikata

A mobile communication terminal is provided whose operability is improved by enabling a user to promptly use a function that the user requires, upon suspension of execution of an application program. A mobile communication terminal (mobile phone)includes an output unithaving a liquid crystal display (LCD)that displays an image; a main control unitthat controls the output unit; and an application program executing and managing unitthat executes an application program registered by a user. The application program executing and managing unitsends a function transition request instruction (screen transition request instruction) to make a transition to a function specified by the application program, to the main control unit, upon suspension of execution of the application program. Based on the function transition request instruction (screen transition request instruction), the main control unitcontrols the output unitto display an initial screen of the function or a menu screen for selecting the function.

Mobile communication terminal

A mobile communication terminal is provided that is capable of shooting a code image, restoring data from the code image, and using the shot code image and the restored data, in response to a request from an application program. A mobile communication terminal (mobile phone) includes an image shooting unit for shooting an image; a data memory unit for memorizing data of a code image shot by the image shooting unit; a main control unit for controlling the image shooting unit and the data memory unit; and an application program executing and managing unit for executing an application program registered by a user. The main control unit controls the image shooting unit and the data memory unit based on a control request instruction sent from the application program executing and managing unit that is executing the application program.

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Chiba, Japan

Shinichiro Ide