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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2005
Kenji Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a mobile communication terminal for starting and simultaneously using a plurality of applications, one desired application starts fast to improve the operability when the number of started applications reaches a present limiting number of applications. An application start determining unit searches a list of started applications in response to the instruction of the start of application to obtain the number of started applications, and determines that the application cannot start when the number of started applications reaches a preset limiting number of applications. An ending-application selecting unit selects, as an ending application to be ended, the application with the low priority from the start applications based on the preset priority of application when the application start determining unit determines that the application cannot start. An application ending unit performs the ending processing of the ending application selected by the ending-application selecting unit and deletes the selected ending application from the list of started applications.