Mobile communication terminal, method for controlling execution state of application program, application program, and recording medium wherein application program has been recorded

In the mobile telephone relating to the present invention, a control section performs control for switching between a non-active state which refuses inputs to an application program, and a rest state in which the application program is temporarily halted. The control section performs control for switching the execution state of the application program from the non-active state to the rest state, in accordance with instructions from an input section . The control section further performs control for switching the execution state of the application program from the non-active state to the rest state, in accordance with a function contained in an application program.