Mobile terminal apparatus capable of resuming an interrupted application

A method for executing an application and performing a communication related to the application on a mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:

• a first acquisition step of acquiring resume information concerning an application which is being executed;
• a second acquisition step of acquiring identification information, which is selected by a user, related to the application which is being executed, the identification information identifying a communications device communicating with the mobile terminal apparatus;
• a communication processing step of performing a communication with the communications device by using the identification information acquired in the second acquisition step;
• a determination step of determining whether the communication in the communication processing step has been interrupted;
• a generation step of, if it is determined in the determination step that the communication in the communication processing step has been interrupted, generating interruption information including the identification information;
• a storage step of storing the interruption information and the resume information concerning the application related to the interrupted communication, such that the interruption information and the resume information are stored in association with each other;
• a displaying step of displaying a history of interrupted communications based on the stored interruption information;
• and
• a reactivation step of, if the interrupted communication is instructed to be resumed, resuming the communication based on the stored interruption information and reactivating the application based on the resume information associated with the interruption information, the resume and the reactivation being performed in conjunction with each other.

A computer program executed by a mobile terminal apparatus capable of executing an application and performing a communication related to the application, comprising:

• a first acquisition step of acquiring resume information concerning an application which is being executed;
• a second acquisition step of acquiring identification information, which is selected by a user, related to the application which is being executed, the identification information identifying a communications device communicating with the mobile terminal apparatus;
• a communication processing step of performing a communication with the communications device by using the identification information acquired in the second acquisition step;
• a determination step of determining whether the communication in the communication processing step has been interrupted;
• and
• a generation step of, if it is determined in the determination step that the communication in the communication processing step has been interrupted, generating interruption information including the identification information,
• wherein,
• the interruption information and the resume information concerning the application related to the interrupted communication are stored in a storage device comprised by the mobile terminal apparatus, such that the interruption information and the resume information are stored in association with each other, and
• based on the stored interruption information, a history of interrupted communications is displayed on a display device comprised by the mobile terminal apparatus,
• the computer program further comprising:
• a reactivation step of, if the interrupted communication is instructed to be resumed, resuming the communication based on the stored interruption information and reactivating the application based on the resume information associated with the interruption information, the resume and the reactivation being performed in conjunction with each other.

An integrated circuit mountable to a mobile terminal apparatus capable of executing an application and performing a communication related to the application, the integrated circuit comprising:

• a first acquisition section operable to acquire resume information concerning an application which is being executed;
• a second acquisition section operable to acquire identification information, which is selected by a user, related to the application which is being executed, the identification information identifying a communications device communicating with the mobile terminal apparatus;
• a communication processing section operable to perform a communication with the communications device by using the identification information acquired by the second acquisition section;
• a determination section operable to determine whether the communication by the communication processing section has been interrupted;
• and
• a generation section operable to, if the determination section determines that the communication by the communication processing section has been interrupted, generate interruption information including the identification information,
• wherein,
• the interruption information and the resume information concerning the application related to the interrupted communication are stored in a storage device comprised by the mobile terminal apparatus, such that the interruption information and the resume information are stored in association with each other, and
• based on the stored interruption information, a history of interrupted communications is displayed on a display device comprised by the mobile terminal apparatus,
• the integrated circuit further comprising:
• a reactivation section operable to, if the interrupted communication is instructed to be resumed, resume the communication based on the interruption information stored in the storage device and reactivate the application based on the resume information associated with the interruption information, the resume and the reactivation being performed in conjunction with each other.