To solve the problem that it is inconvenient for a user that a PC/SC application is successively selected from a menu, activated and used at the time of turning on an IC card processor when using the IC card processor, which is predicted so that the PC/SC application functioning as a reader-writer to be linked with a PC and also application software of a balance reader or the like as a single body are mounted thereon in the next generation.
At the time of receiving a signal from a connected device recognizing means 201 for recognizing a connected device, an application software selection control means 202 activates a connected device linkage application software. Then the connected device linkage application software can automatically be activated by detecting that the application software is connected to the outside device, thereby improving the convenience for a user.
ITO SHIGEYUKI
KOMATA TAKASHI
TAKAHASHI HIROSHI
TAKAMI MINORU
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRON KK
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