Abstract: A suspend control apparatus, disposed in an electronic device having a SIM card, includes a control unit that switches the state of the SIM card between a suspended state and a resumed state. The control unit determines, based on the state of SIM card access for data communication and the state of the SIM card when the data communication occurs, whether to give priority to SIM card access or switching to the suspended state, and sets the state of the SIM card accordingly.

Abstract: A suspend control apparatus, disposed in an electronic device having a SIM card, includes a control unit that switches the state of the SIM card between a suspended state and a resumed state. The control unit determines, based on the state of SIM card access for data communication and the state of the SIM card when the data communication occurs, whether to give priority to SIM card access or switching to the suspended state, and sets the state of the SIM card accordingly.

Abstract: A communication apparatus for calling a counterpart apparatus and communicating with the counterpart apparatus, includes: a request issuing section for issuing a communication request to the counterpart apparatus; a response receiving section for receiving a communication permission response, which is sent from the counterpart apparatus, to the communication request issued from the request issuing section; an informing section for issuing information indicating that the communication apparatus uses a predetermined call rate paying system to the counterpart apparatus; and a communication permitting section for permitting a communication between a user of the communication apparatus and a user of the counterpart apparatus via the communication apparatus and the counterpart apparatus after the information is issued from the informing section.

Abstract: An Integrated Circuit (IC) card stores therein card identification. The IC card includes a verification data fetching unit that fetches verification data from a mobile communication terminal of a user; a verification process unit that verifies whether fetched verification data is authentic thereby verifying whether the user is an authorized user of the IC card; and a controller that permits exchange of the card identification data between the IC card and the transaction terminal upon the verification process unit confirming that the user is an authorized user thereby permitting execution of a transaction process at the transaction terminal.

Abstract: There are provided a mail server, a mail receiving apparatus, a mail server program storage medium, and a mail receiving program storage medium, the mail server which relays transmission and reception of electronic mail including a mail receiving section which receives electronic mail to which an attachment file is attached and which is accompanied by accompanying information which describes modes of treating the attachment file in association with plural recipient types into which recipients are categorized, an attachment file processing section which processes the attachment file of the electronic mail received at the mail receiving section in accordance with the type of recipients on the basis of the accompanying information which accompanies the electronic mail, and a mail sending section which sends the electronic mail the attachment file of which has been processed by the attachment file processing section to recipients of the electronic mail.