To provide a method and apparatus for a plurality of applications
including position determination, there is provided a radio communication
device comprising a positioning member configured to determine a position
of the radio communication device, an antenna, a receiver connected to
the antenna, a controller connected to the receiver and the positioning
member, configured to receive a demand for the position by way of the
antenna and the receiver while running an application, and configured to
stop the application and to have the positioning member determine the
position in a case where the demand and the application are given a first
rank and a second rank respectively and the first rank precedes the
second rank.