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Abstract

The present invention provides a portable information terminal having installed therein an IC chip. The portable information terminal includes an internal memory disposed within the IC chip driven by using power supplied via a reader/writer, which is impossible to be accessed from outside the IC chip, an external memory driven by using power from an external power source installed outside the IC chip and a data management unit that controls data write processing or data read processing executed to write data into or read data from the internal memory or the external memory in correspondence to the power supply state pertaining to the external memory. The data management unit selects data with a high access frequency or a high priority among a plurality of sets of data recorded in the external memory and records the selected data into the internal memory.

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First Claim