Mobile communication terminal, application software initiating apparatus, application software initiating system, application software initiating method, and appication software initiating program

• US 20050107076A1
• Filed: 12/05/2002
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kondo, Takashi, Watanabe, Nobuyuki, Yamada, Kazuhiro, Kamiya, Dai, Naganuma, Takefumi, Maeda, Fukiko, Ol, Tatsuro, Tsuda, Masayuki, Nagasawa, Hideyuki, Oseki, Eriko
• Granted Patent: US 7,190,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

The mobile telephone 1 pertaining to the present invention comprises a memory unit 6, a short-range wireless unit 8, and a control unit 2. The memory unit 6 associates and stores an application ID, keyword, and application software. The short-range wireless unit 8 receives an application ID and keyword transmitted from outside. The control unit 2 retrieves from the application storage area 62 and starts application software that corresponds to the received application ID when there is a match between the keyword received by the short-range wireless unit 8 and the keyword stored in the ADF storage area 61.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal for communicating with an application software starting device, said mobile communication terminal characterized in comprising:

storing means for storing application software in association with identification information;

receiving means for receiving identification information transmitted from the application software starting device; and

starting means for retrieving from the storing means and starting application software that corresponds to identification information received by the receiving means.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the storing means stores authentication information used for the external startup of the application software in association with authentication information for the application software;

the receiving means receives authentication information transmitted from the application software starting device, and further comprises determining means for determining the identity between authentication information stored in the storing means and authentication information received by the receiving means; and

the starting means retrieves from the storing means and starts application software that corresponds to identification information received by the receiving means when it is determined by the determining means that there is identity between the authentication information stored in the storing means and the authentication information received by the receiving means.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, characterized in that the storing means stores the authentication information in an invisible state.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, characterized in further comprising setting means for setting the external startup of the application software, to be permitted or not permitted;

and

characterized in that the starting means retrieves from the storing means and starts application software that corresponds to identification information received by the receiving means when external startup of the application software is set to be permitted by the setting means.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 4, characterized in further comprising notifying means for notifying the user of the mobile communication terminal that external startup of the application software has been set to be not permitted in the case in which external startup of the application software is set to be not permitted, when identification information is received by the receiving means.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, characterized in further comprising application software receiving means for receiving the identification information and the application software from a server device;

and

characterized in that the storing means stores, in association with application software, the identification information received by the application software receiving means.

7. An application software starting device for communicating with the mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, said application software starting device characterized in comprising:

identification information storing means for storing identification information for application software executable by the mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting means for transmitting identification information stored in the identification information storing means to the mobile communication terminal.

8. The application software starting device according to claim 7, characterized in that the identification information storing means stores authentication information in association with the identification information;

and

the transmitting means transmits authentication information stored in the identification information storing means to the mobile communication terminal.

9. An application software starting system, characterized in comprising the mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 and an application software starting device, so that communication is carried out between the mobile communication terminal and the application software starting device.

16. The application software starting device according to claim 7, characterized in further comprising notifying means for issuing notification when it is detected that the application software has not been stored in the storing means of the mobile communication terminal.

10. An application software starting method in a mobile communication terminal for communicating with an application software starting device, said application software starting method characterized in comprising:

a storing step in which the mobile communication terminal stores application software in association with identification information in storing means;

a transmitting step in which the application software starting device transmits identification information for application software relating to the application software starting device to the mobile communication terminal;

a receiving step in which the mobile communication terminal receives the identification information transmitted in the transmitting step; and

a starting step in which the mobile communication terminal retrieves from the storing means and starts application software that corresponds to identification information received in the receiving step.

11. The application software starting method according to claim 10, characterized in that authentication information used in the startup of the application software is stored in the storing means in association with identification information for application software in the storing step;

authentication information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in the transmitting step;

authentication information transmitted in the transmitting step is received in the receiving step;

a determining step is further provided for determining the identity of authentication information stored in the storing step and authentication information received in the receiving step; and

application software that corresponds to the identification information received in the receiving step is retrieved from the storing means and started in the starting step when it is determined in the determining step that the authentication information stored in the storing step is identical to the authentication information received in the receiving step.

12. The application software starting method according to claim 11, characterized in that the authentication information is stored in the storing means in an invisible state in the storing step.

13. The application software starting method according to claim 10, characterized in further comprising a setting step in which the mobile communication terminal sets the external startup of application software to be permitted or not permitted;

and

application software that corresponds to identification information received in the receiving step is retrieved from the storing means and started in the starting step when external startup of the application software is set to be permitted in the setting step.

14. The application software starting method according to claim 13, characterized in further comprising a notifying step in which the mobile communication terminal notifies the user that external startup of the application software has been set to be not permitted in the case in which external startup of the application software is set to be not permitted, when identification information is received in the receiving step.

15. The application software starting method according to claim 10, characterized in further comprising an application software receiving step in which the mobile communication terminal receives the identification information and the application software from a server device;

and

the identification information and application software received in the application software receiving step are stored in association with each other in the storing step.

17. An application software starting program, characterized in causing a mobile communication terminal for communicating with an application software starting device to execute:

a storage routine for storing application software in association with identification information in a storing means;

a transmission routine for transmitting identification information for application software relating to the application software starting device to the mobile communication terminal;

a receiving routine for receiving identification information thus transmitted; and

a starting routine for retrieving from the storing means and starting application software that corresponds to identification information thus received.