Abstract: In a mobile phone, even when an audio-related function is running in background processing in parallel with a function running in the main processing (foreground processing) where operations by the main operating section have been assigned to the function running in the main processing, the control section operates the audio-related function based on a user operation detected by the touch screen, the imaging section, the sound collecting section, or the housing movement detecting section.

Abstract: In a mobile phone, even when an audio-related function is running in background processing in parallel with a function running in the main processing (foreground processing) where operations by the main operating section have been assigned to the function running in the main processing, the control section operates the audio-related function based on a user operation detected by the touch screen, the imaging section, the sound collecting section, or the housing movement detecting section.

Abstract: A control device (4A) has a plurality of memory devices (1A), a first connection (92B) to be connected to a host device, and a second connection (92A) to be connected to an external memory control device (4B). The plurality of memory devices includes a memory device associated with the external memory device (4A). Provided are a first specifying unit (800) for specifying a host access external memory device, which is to be accessed by the host device, among the plurality of external memory devices; a second specifying unit (800) for specifying a mapping memory device, which is associated with the specified host access external memory device, among the plurality of memory devices; and a logical path generation unit for generating a logical path between the specified mapping memory device and the first connection.

Abstract: The invention provides a menu function able to select an application desirous to be intuitively started in conformity with the rotation of a jog dial.

Abstract: A storage management system including storage management server having storage control management means for issuing alternation of configuration information to storage system and reflecting the result of the alternation of configuration information to data base, wherein the storage management system updates corresponding configuration information in configuration information file and updated history information corresponding to the configuration information, configuration information and updated history information is updated by transferring only alternated configuration information and updated history information from the storage system into storage management server, upon request of alternation of the configuration information from the storage management server to the storage system.