Portable terminal unit

1. A portable terminal unit having a mounted IC card including a first data area generated by a first application, a second data area generated by a second application, and a privacy function capable of concealing the existence of each data area individually, the portable terminal unit comprising:

a setting unit including an individual lock mode to inhibit the use of only the first application, by instructing the IC card to set the privacy function to the first data area corresponding to the first application on detection of an operation inhibiting the use of the first application; and

a controller inhibiting an access to the first data area in response to an access request from the first application to the first data area without transferring the access request to the IC card, and transferring the access request to the IC card in response to an access request from the second application to the second data area, thereby executing control to enable the access to the second data area, in a case where the privacy function is set to the first data area while the privacy function is not set to the second data area, and transferring an access request to the IC card and receiving, from the IC card, a response indicating that the first data area does not exist in response to the access request to the first data area from a third application which refers to the first data area.

2. The portable terminal unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein, on detecting an operation to inhibit entire accesses to the IC card, the setting unit comprises an overall lock mode which inhibits the entire applications using the IC card by shutting off power supply to the IC card, and

wherein the individual lock mode or the overall lock mode is selectable.

3. The portable terminal unit according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in response to an access request from the first application to the first data area, the controller decides whether one of the overall lock mode and the individual lock mode is set, and on deciding that the individual lock mode is set and that the first application is set at the individual lock mode, the controller inhibits the access to the first data area, and

in response to an access request from the second application to the second data area, the controller decides whether one of the overall lock mode and the individual lock mode is set and, on deciding that the individual lock mode is set and that the second application is not set at the individual lock mode, the control program transfers the access request to the IC card, so as to enable the access to the second data area.

4. The portable terminal unit according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in response to an access request to the first data area from the third application which refers to the first data area, the controller decides whether one of the overall lock mode and the individual lock mode is set, and, on deciding that the individual lock mode is set and that the third application is not set at the individual lock mode, the controller transfers the access request to the IC card, and receives from the IC card a response indicating that the first data area does not exist.

5. The portable terminal unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in response to a deletion request of the first application, the controller inquires whether the privacy function is set to the first data area and, on receiving a response indicating that the privacy function is set, the controller suspends the deletion processing of the first application.

6. The portable terminal unit according to claim 5 ,

wherein, in response to the deletion request of the first application, the controller inquires of the IC card whether the first data area exists and, in case of receiving the response indicating that the first data area does not exist, the controller further inquires whether the privacy function is set to the first data area.

7. A computer-readable medium having stored therein a computer program executed in a portable terminal unit having a mounted IC card including a first data area generated by a first application, a second data area generated by a second application, and a privacy function capable of concealing the existence of each data area by the data area, the computer program enabling the portable terminal unit to execute:

setting processing including an individual lock mode to inhibit the use of only the first application, by instructing the IC card to set the privacy function to the first data area corresponding to the first application on detection of operation for inhibiting the use of the first application; and

control processing for inhibiting an access to the first data area in response to an access request from the first application to the first data area, and for transferring the access request to the IC card in response to an access request from the second application to the second data area, thereby enabling the access to the second data area, in case that the privacy function is set to the first data area, while the privacy function is not set to the second data area.

8. The computer-readable medium according to claim 7 ,

wherein, in response to an access request to the first data area from a third application which refers to the first data area, the control processing transfers the access request to the IC card and receives from the IC card a response indicating that the first data area does not exist.

9. The computer-readable medium according to claim 7 ,

wherein, on detecting an operation for inhibiting entire accesses to the IC card, the setting processing comprises an overall lock mode which inhibits the entire applications using the IC card by shutting off power supply to the IC card, and

wherein the individual lock mode or the overall lock mode is selectable.

10. The computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein:

in response to an access request from the first application to the first data area, the control processing decides whether one of the overall lock mode and the individual lock mode is set and, on deciding that the individual lock mode is set and that the first application is set at the individual lock mode, the control processing inhibits the access to the first data area, and

in response to an access request from the second application to the second data area, the control processing decides whether one of the overall lock mode and the individual lock mode is set and, on deciding that the individual lock mode is set and that the second application is not set at the individual lock mode, the control program transfers the access request to the IC card so as to enable the access to the second data area.

11. The computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein:

in response to an access request to the first data area from the third application which refers to the first data area, the control processing decides whether one of the overall lock mode and the individual lock mode is set and, on deciding that the individual lock mode is set and that the third application is not set at the individual lock mode, the control processing transfers the access request to the IC card and receives from the IC card a response indicating that the first data area does not exist.

12. The computer-readable medium according to claim 7 ,

wherein, in response to a deletion request of the first application, the control processing inquires whether the privacy function is set to the first data area, and on receiving a response indicating that the privacy function is set, the control processing suspends the deletion processing of the first application.

13. The computer-readable medium according to claim 12 ,

wherein, in response to the deletion request of the first application, the control processing inquires of the IC card whether the first data area exists, and in case of receiving the response indicating that the first data area does not exist, the control processing further inquires whether the privacy function is set to the first data area.