Mobile phone, personal data managing method to be used in same, and personal data managing control program

1. A mobile phone comprising:

a mobile phone proper; and

a plurality of storage units, each detachable from and attachable to said mobile phone proper, each of said storage units storing user information specifying the user authorized to use the storage unit;

wherein said mobile phone proper holds only specified data stored in one storage unit of said plurality of said storage units, said one storage unit logged-on by attaching the same one storage unit to said mobile phone proper, and

wherein said specified data is held in said mobile phone proper even while the same one storage unit is detached from said mobile phone proper, said specified data being held until log-off operations for the same one storage unit from said mobile phone proper are performed, said log-off operation being performed with the same one storage unit being reattached to said mobile phone proper.

2. The mobile phone according to claim 1 , wherein said mobile phone proper performs log-off operations to move and save the specified data from the mobile phone proper into the same one storage unit corresponding to the log-off.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 1 ,wherein said plurality of said storage units each comprises a memory card.

4. A mobile phone for holding personal data of a user and performing a specified communicating operation comprising:

a mobile phone proper being commonly used by a plurality of users; and

a plurality of storage units each being used by each of the users and storing personal data of each of the users, each of said storage units storing user information specifying the user authorized to use the storage unit, and each of said storage units being detachable from and attachable to said mobile phone proper;

wherein said mobile phone proper holds the personal data of only a user who logged on by attaching the user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper, and the personal data of the user is held in said mobile phone proper between log-on operations for the same user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper and log-off operations for the same user's storage unit from said mobile phone proper, said specified data being held even while user's storage unit is detached from said mobile phone proper, said log-off operation being performed with the same user's storage unit being reattached to said mobile phone proper.

5. The mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein said mobile phone proper moves and saves the personal data of the user from said mobile phone proper into the same user's storage unit, when the user logs off from said mobile phone proper.

6. The mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein said mobile phone proper is configured, in log-on operations, when the user of said mobile phone has not been registered in said mobile phone proper, to register the user according to the user information being stored in the same user's storage unit connected to said mobile phone proper and to hold the personal data of the user by moving the personal data from the same user's storage unit and, in log-off operations, when the user has been registered in said mobile phone proper and when the personal data has been held in said mobile phone proper, to cancel the registration of the user and to move the personal data from said mobile phone proper to the same user's storage unit.

7. The mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein said mobile phone proper is so configured as to register authentication information of each of the users in advance, and to perform authentication on an arbitrary user who requires beginning or terminating of using said mobile phone, by checking the registered authentication information against authentication information input by the arbitrary user and, after the authentication, to perform said log-on or log-off operations.

8. The mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein said plurality of said storage units each comprises a memory card.

9. The mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein said user comprises a person or a group made up of a plurality of members.

10. A personal data managing method for managing personal data to be employed in a mobile phone comprising a mobile phone proper being commonly used by a plurality of users; and a plurality of storage units each being used by each of the users and storing personal data of each of the users, and each of said storage units being detachable from and attachable to said mobile phone proper, said method comprising:

a step of holding the personal data of only a user who logged on by attaching the user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper, said user's storage unit storing user information specifying the user authorized to use the storage unit;

a step of detaching the same user's storage unit from said mobile phone proper, said mobile phone proper holding the personal data of the user, even during disconnection between the same user's storage unit and said mobile phone proper; and

a step of moving and saving the personal data of the user from said mobile phone proper into the same user's storage unit when the user logs off from said mobile phone proper, said user logging off being performed with the same user's storage unit being reattached to said mobile phone proper.

11. The personal data managing method for managing the personal data according to claim 10 , wherein said mobile phone proper, in said log-on operations, when the user has not been registered in said mobile phone proper, registers the user according to the user information being stored in the same user's storage unit connected to said mobile phone proper and moves the personal data of the user from the same user's storage unit to hold the personal data and, in said log-off operations, when the user has been registered in said mobile phone proper and the personal data of the user has been held, cancels the registration of the user and moves the personal data from said mobile phone proper to the same user's storage unit.

12. The personal data managing method for managing the personal data according to claim 10 , wherein authentication information of each of said plurality of users is registered in advance in said mobile phone proper, and authentication is performed by checking the registered authentication information against authentication information input by the user who requires beginning or terminating of using said mobile phone and, after the authentication, said log-on or log-off operations are performed.

13. A personal data managing control program to make a computer mounted in a mobile phone execute a personal data managing method for managing personal data, the mobile phone comprising a mobile phone proper being commonly used by a plurality of users; and a plurality of storage units each being used by each of the users and storing personal data of each of the users, and each of said storage units being detachable from and attachable to said mobile phone proper, the method comprising:

a step of holding the personal data of only a user who logged on by attaching the user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper, said user's storage unit storing user information specifying the user authorized to use the storage unit;

a step of detaching the same user's storage unit from said mobile phone proper, said mobile phone proper holding the personal data of the user, even during disconnection between the same user's storage unit and said mobile phone proper; and

a step of moving and saving the personal data of the user from said mobile phone proper into the same user's storage unit when the user logs off from said mobile phone proper, said user logging off being performed with the same user's storage unit being reattached to said mobile phone proper.

14. The personal data managing control program according to claim 13 , wherein said mobile phone proper, in said log-on operations, when the user has not been registered in said mobile phone proper, registers the user according to the user information being stored in the same user's storage unit connected to said mobile phone proper and moves the personal data of the user from the same user's storage unit to hold the personal data and, in said log-off operations, when the user has been registered in said mobile phone proper and the personal data of the user has been held, cancels the registration of the user and moves the personal data from said mobile phone proper to the same user's storage unit.

15. The personal data managing control program according to claim 13 , wherein authentication information of each of said plurality of users is registered in advance in said mobile phone proper, and authentication is performed by checking the registered authentication information against authentication information input by the user beginning or terminating use of said mobile phone and, after the authentication, said log-on or log-off operations are performed.

16. A mobile phone comprising:

a mobile phone proper; and

a plurality of storage units, each detachable from and attachable to said mobile phone proper, each of said plurality of said storage units storing user information specifying a user authorized to use the storage unit;

wherein when a user's storage unit of said plurality of said storage units is attached and logged-on to said mobile phone proper, said mobile phone proper holds only specified data stored in said user's storage unit, and upon completion of log-on operations to said mobile phone proper, a connection between said mobile phone proper and said user's storage unit is released, and said specified data is held in said mobile phone proper even while said user's storage unit is detached from said mobile phone proper, and upon completion of a log-off operation to said mobile phone proper, the connection between said mobile phone proper and said user's storage unit is released and said specified data held in said mobile phone proper is released, said log-off operation being performed with said user's storage unit being reattached to said mobile phone proper.

17. The mobile phone according to claim 16 , wherein when the user's storage unit is attached to said mobile phone proper, said mobile phone proper performs log-off operations to move and save the specified data from the mobile phone proper into the user's storage unit, and

wherein, upon completion of the log-off operations from said mobile phone proper, the connection between said mobile phone proper and the user's storage unit is released.

18. The mobile phone according to claim 16 , wherein the connection between said mobile phone proper and the user's storage unit is an electric disconnection.

19. A mobile phone for holding personal data of a user and performing a specified communicating operation comprising:

a mobile phone proper being commonly used by a plurality of users; and

a plurality of storage units each being used by each of the users and storing personal data of each of the users, each of said plurality of said storage units storing user information specifying the user authorized to use the storage unit, and each of the storage units being detachable from and attachable to said mobile phone proper;

wherein said mobile phone proper holds the personal data of only a user who logged on to said mobile phone proper, the log-on operations being performed by attaching the user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper and by moving the personal data of the user from the user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper, and

wherein upon completion of log-off operations to said mobile phone proper, a connection between said mobile phone proper and the user's storage unit is released, and said personal data of the user held in said mobile phone proper is released, said log-off operations being performed with the user's storage unit being reattached to said mobile phone proper.

20. The mobile phone according to claim 19 , wherein said mobile phone proper moves and saves the personal data of the user from said mobile phone proper into the user's storage unit when the user logs off from said mobile phone proper, said moving and saving occurring by attaching the user's storage unit to said mobile phone proper, and

wherein, upon completion of log-off operations from said mobile phone proper, the connection between said mobile phone proper and the user's storage unit is released.