Mobile communication terminal device

• US 20070268789A1
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (IP Bridge, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Takamune, Akira
• Granted Patent: US 8,068,811 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/29.20
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication terminal device comprises: an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret; a backup request memory unit configured to store a first request for backing up identification information of the first information and the first information, or a second request for deleting a second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first request or the second request based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the first request, if the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret is stored in the information memory unit.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal device connectable to a backup device backing up information through a communication network, comprising:

an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret or not;

a backup request memory unit configured to store a first request for backing up identification information of the first information stored in the information memory unit and the first information in the backup device, or a second request for deleting a second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first request or the second request based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and

a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the first request, if the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret is stored in the information memory unit.

2. The mobile communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the management unit does not store the identification information of the first information in the backup request memory unit if the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is secret is stored in the information memory unit.

3. A mobile communication terminal device connectable to a backup device backing up information through a communication network, comprising:

an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret or not;

a secret control unit configured to set a secret mode in which the first information, which is stored in the information memory unit and of which the security information indicates that the first information is secret, is treated similarly to the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret and unlocking the secret mode;

a backup request memory unit configured to store a request for backing up identification information of the first information stored in the information memory unit and the first information in the backup device, or a request for deleting second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the request for backing up or the request for deletion based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and

a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the request for backing up, if the secret mode is set by the secret control unit or the security information of which the first information indicates that the first information is not secret at the time of storing the first information in the information memory unit.

4. The mobile communication terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the management unit does not store the identification information of the first information in the backup request memory unit, if the secret mode is unlocked by the secret control unit and the security information of the first information indicates that the first information is secret.

5. The mobile communication terminal device according to claim 3, wherein, if the secret mode is unlocked by the secret control unit and the identification information of the first information, which is stored in the information memory unit and of which the security information indicates that the first information is secret, and the request for backing up are stored in the backup request memory unit, the management unit deletes the identification information from the backup request memory unit, and

wherein, if the identification information of the first information and the request for backing up are not stored in the backup request memory unit, the management unit stores a request for deleting the identification information and the backed-up information in the backup request memory unit.

6. The mobile communication terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the management unit changes the security information of the first information stored in the information memory unit from information indicating that the first information is not secret to information indicating that the first information is secret,

wherein, if the secret mode is unlocked by the secret control unit and the identification information of the first information of which the security information is changed and the first request are stored in the backup request memory unit, the management unit deletes the identification information from the backup request memory unit, and

wherein, if the identification information of the first information and the first request are not stored in the backup request memory unit, the management unit stores a request for deleting the identification information and the backed-up information in the backup request memory unit.

7. A mobile communication terminal device connectable to a backup device backing up information through a communication network, comprising:

an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret or not;

a secret control unit configured to selectively set a first mode in which the first information, which is stored in the information memory unit and of which the security information indicates that the first information is secret, is treated similarly to the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret and a second mode of unlocking the first mode;

a backup request memory unit configured to store a request for backing up identification information of the first information stored in the information memory unit and the first information in the backup device, or a request for deleting second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the request for backing up or the request for deletion based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and

a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the request for backing up, if the first mode is set by the secret control unit or the security information of which the first information indicates that the first information is not secret at the time of storing the first information in the information memory unit.