APPLICATION PROGRAM START SUPPORT METHOD, CONSUMER TERMINAL, APPLICATION PROGRAM START SUPPORT METHOD AND APPLICATION PROGRAM START SUPPORT PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a user burden on operation or selection of an application program in a consumer terminal or the like. SOLUTION: In this application program start support method, detection information related to a consumer terminal itself by a detection sensor 45 in a prescribed area 250 is received from a start support server 200 connected to the detection sensor 45, area information included in the detection information is collated with a start priority order database 126 storing usability information in each the application program in each the area 250, start priority order of the application program in the corresponding area is specified, the application program of the predetermined prescribed priority order or above is extracted from an application program storage database 125 on the basis of the specified start priority order, a start-selecting list 130 according to the start priority order is generated, and the start-selecting list 130 is outputted to an output interface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI