Smartphone

Abstract

To provide a smartphone capable of solving the problem of the need to own two smartphones, one for private use and one for business use, which is uneconomical. The present invention provides a smartphone 1 in which multiple applications can be selected using two or more passwords.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a smartphone. [Background technology]

[0002] Smartphones equipped with multiple application software (hereinafter referred to as "applications") such as telephone functions, information exchange functions, and information search functions are widely used in today's society, both privately and publicly (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0003] Additionally, companies are developing their own applications for employees to use in their work, or adopting applications from outside, and installing them on employees' smartphones in an effort to improve the efficiency of their business activities. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2023-175230 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, if a company develops or adopts a large number of applications for employees to use in their work (for example, more than 100), the applications used for work and those used for personal purposes will be mixed on the employee's personal smartphone, making it difficult to distinguish between official and personal use. This creates a problem of inefficiency, as employees are forced to own a smartphone for work use in addition to a smartphone for personal use.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above facts, and its main technical objective is to provide a smartphone that can solve the problem of the inefficiency of having to own two smartphones, one for personal use and one for work use. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above-mentioned main technical problem, the present invention provides a smartphone in which a plurality of applications can be selected by two or more passwords.

[0008] It is preferable that two or more home screens on which the plurality of applications are arranged are set, and two or more passwords are set corresponding to the home screens. It is also preferable that the two or more passwords allow the user to select between applications used for business and applications used for personal use. Furthermore, two or more operating systems corresponding to the two or more passwords may be provided. The password may be fingerprint recognition. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] The smartphone of the present invention allows multiple applications to be selected using two or more passwords, so one smartphone can perform the same functions as owning two or more smartphones, eliminating the need to own two separate smartphones, one for personal use and one for work, which is uneconomical. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating functions of the smartphone according to the present embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a smartphone configured based on the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0012] A smartphone 1 according to this embodiment is shown on the left side of Fig. 1. The smartphone 1 shown in the figure includes a liquid crystal display screen 2 disposed on the surface, a home button 3 disposed below the liquid crystal display screen 2, a power button 4 disposed on the side of the smartphone 1, and a speaker, a microphone, etc., which are not shown.

[0013] On the liquid crystal display screen 2 of the smartphone 1 shown on the left side of the drawing, a password entry screen 20A is displayed, which is displayed after the power button 4 is operated to turn on the power.

[0014] The smartphone 1 of this embodiment can be set with, for example, a password PW1 (e.g., 12345) for selecting applications developed independently by a company or adopted by a company for use in business (hereinafter referred to as "company apps"), and a password PW2 (e.g., 54321) for selecting applications used privately by employees (hereinafter referred to as "private apps").

[0015] For example, when an employee touches the password entry screen 20A of the smartphone 1 shown on the left side of Fig. 1 to enter the password PW1 (=12345) for using the company app, a home screen 20B is displayed for displaying an application group 10 including icons of multiple company apps 10a (shown in uppercase letters for convenience), as shown on the LCD display screen 2 of the smartphone 1A shown in the upper right part of the figure. The employee can touch any of these company apps 10a to launch that application and perform their work.

[0016] It should be noted that by touching the liquid crystal display screen 2 on the home screen 20B displayed on the illustrated smartphone 1A and sliding it left or right, it is possible to display even more company applications 10a.

[0017] 1, when the employee inputs, by touch operation, a password PW2 (e.g., 54321) associated with an application used privately by the employee on password input screen 20A of smartphone 1 shown on the left side of Fig. 1, a home screen 20C is displayed for displaying an application group 12 including icons of multiple private applications 12a (shown in lowercase Greek letters for convenience), as shown on LCD display screen 2 of smartphone 1B shown in the lower right of the figure. The employee can launch an application used privately by touching one of these private applications 12a.

[0018] Even on the illustrated home screen 20C, by touching the liquid crystal display screen 2 and sliding it left or right, more private applications 12a are displayed.

[0019] In the smartphone 1 of this embodiment, when using private app 12a after inputting password PW1 on the password input screen 20A and displaying home screen 20B for company apps to use any company app 10a, password input screen 20A can be displayed by, for example, briefly pressing power button 4. By inputting password PW2 for selecting private app 12a on this password input screen 20A, home screen 20C for using private app 12a can be displayed.

[0020] In the smartphone 1 of this embodiment, multiple applications are linked so that they can be selected by two or more passwords, and by entering the password, home screen 20B or home screen 20C selected by the password can be displayed. This allows a single smartphone to selectively use applications (company apps or personal apps) linked to each password by two or more passwords, so that a single smartphone can provide the same functionality as owning two or more smartphones, eliminating the need to own two separate smartphones, one for private use and one for work use, which is uneconomical.

[0021] In the above-described embodiment, passwords PW1 and PW2 consisting of multiple numbers are input by touching the password input screen 20A, but the passwords input in the present invention are not limited to the above-described passwords. For example, if the home button 3 has a fingerprint authentication function, two or more types of fingerprints corresponding to the above-described passwords PW1 and PW2 may be registered as passwords using the home button 3. For example, the fingerprint of the index finger of the right hand may be registered as the password PW1 for using company apps, and the fingerprint of the ring finger of the right hand may be registered as the password PW2 for using private apps.

[0022] As a result, when the password entry screen 20A is displayed, instead of entering the numeric password PW1 (=12345) described above, by pressing the fingerprint of the index finger of the right hand against the home button 3, the home screen 20B containing icons of multiple company applications 10a can be displayed, and the company applications 10a can be executed as appropriate to carry out business operations.

[0023] Furthermore, when the password entry screen 20A is displayed, instead of entering the numeric password PW2 (=54321) described above, by pressing the fingerprint of the ring finger of the right hand against the home button 3, a home screen 20C including icons of multiple private applications 12a can be displayed, allowing the private applications 10a to be executed as appropriate.

[0024] Furthermore, the smartphone 1 configured according to the present invention may include two or more operating systems corresponding to the two or more passwords described above. For example, when a password PW1 for using the company application 10a is entered, an operating system OS1 for executing the company application 10a may be started, and when a password PW2 for using the private application 12a is entered, an operating system OS2 for executing the private application 12a may be started. By switching between the operating system OS1 for executing the company application 10a and the operating system OS2 for using the private application 12a in accordance with the password, it is possible to more reliably prevent the leakage of information used in the company application 10a.

[0025] In the smartphone 1 of this embodiment, for example, while a certain company application 10a is being executed and the execution screen of the company application 10a is displayed on the LCD screen 2, the home button 3 can be touched to switch to the home screen 20B, allowing another company application 10a to be launched. In other words, it is also possible to leave a previously launched application running in the background. Furthermore, because applications running in the background are also linked to their respective passwords, even if, for example, a password change causes a transition from a state in which the company application 10a is being used to a state in which the private application 12a is being used, the company application 10a that was running in the background will not be displayed in a state in which the private application 12a is being used. [Explanation of symbols]

[0026] 1, 1A, 1B: Smartphone 2:LCD display screen 3: Home button 4: Power button 10: Applications 10a: Company app 12: Applications 12a: Personal Apps 20A: Password entry screen 20B: Application display screen 20C: Application display screen

Claims

1. A smartphone, A smartphone that allows multiple applications to be selected using two or more passwords.

2. 2. The smartphone according to claim 1, wherein two or more home screens on which a plurality of applications are arranged are set, and two or more passwords are set corresponding to the home screens.

3. The smartphone according to claim 1 , wherein an application for business use and an application for private use can be selected by using two or more passwords.

4. The smartphone according to claim 1 , comprising two or more operating systems corresponding to the two or more passwords.

5. The smartphone of claim 1 , wherein the password is fingerprint recognition.

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