Abstract: A moving picture reproducing terminal is disclosed which allows reproduction of a moving picture content to be resumed from the current scene at which the process was stopped earlier. Where reproduction of the moving picture content having a specific name is stopped halfway, the result of the decoded content currently on display is stored in association with the specific content name and together with a time position of a current frame relative to the beginning of the content. When reproduction of the same moving picture content is to be resumed, the specific content name is retrieved from storage along with the result of the decoded content associated with that name and the relative time position, so that reproduction of the content is resumed exactly from the frame at which the process was stopped previously.

Abstract: A portable electronic device receives notification from a base station showing that the amount of energy or fuel remaining in a battery is low. The portable electronic device then has a display showing the remaining amount of energy or fuel in the battery is low in accordance with the notification. Location information is received by a location information receiving section, and is transmitted to the base station. The portable electronic device receives fuel supplying device information showing the location of a device able to supply fuel or give a charge of electricity to the battery from the base station. A supplying device provides the fuel or gives the charge of electricity in accordance with information transmitted from the portable electronic device, and transmits information showing the compensation owed to the base station.

Abstract: To solve the problem of existing terminals having a memorandum function in that the terminals cannot share a memorandum, or are not suitable for assisting execution of a matter by a plurality of users, a memorandum terminal has a function of assisting a plurality of memorandum terminals to share a memorandum and to also share a completion state of the memorandum. The memorandum terminal further has a function of changing a display sequence of the memorandum of its own in accordance with the condition of other users, and assists execution of a memorandum having higher priority.

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device includes detecting a condition associated with the electronic device that affects a performance of an operation by the electronic device; and transmitting a condition report to a remote electronic device, the condition report including a request to perform the operation.

Abstract: A cellular phone which is easy to use featuring a sufficient degree of safety preventing unauthorized use by conducting a minimum degree of required authentication operation which is not perceived by the user. As the user holds the cellular phone 1 by hand, the control unit 12 issues an instruction to temperature obtaining units 15 to start detecting the temperature. The temperature obtaining units measure the temperature at regular intervals, and successively transfer the obtained temperature data to a temperature comparator unit 16. The temperature comparator unit judges whether the temperature data obtained by the temperature obtaining units are lying within a predetermined condition, and issues an instruction to biodata obtaining units 19 to obtain fingerprint data of the user depending upon the result of judgement. The biodata obtaining units obtain the fingerprint data of the user and transfer the obtained fingerprint data to a biodata authentication unit 20.

Abstract: There are provided a cellular telephone device and transmitter for setting a cellular telephone to answering mode and a telephone section to sleep status when communication forbidding information is received, and restoring telephone section operation when there is no communication forbidding information and canceling silent mode and answering mode; and automatically setting silent mode and answering mode when a communication forbidding signal is received, and maintaining the telephone section operation status when there is no communication forbidding information, and canceling silent mode and answering mode.

Abstract: An information processing system such as a portable telephone or PC is provided in which operating convenience for displaying the notification of copyright protection information is improved. The system includes an interface for receiving first information regarding a video and/or a audio and second information for restricting a processing of the first information, a memory for storing the first and second information received by the interface, and a processor for processing the video and/or the audio based on the first information stored in the memory and displaying information for restricting the processing of the first information based on the stored second information while the video and/or the audio based on the first information is being processed.