Apparatus and method for providing a near field communication function in a portable terminal

A method of providing a short range wireless communication function in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

• recognizing a tag and reading a message from the tag;
• storing second data in the memory when the message includes first data of a predetermined record type, the second data corresponding to other data except for the first data among all data included in the message;
• determining whether an application corresponding to the first data has been installed;
• and
• when the application has been installed, executing the application and providing the second data to the application so as to enable the application to execute a function using the second data.

An apparatus for providing a short range wireless communication function in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

• a communication unit configured to recognize a tag and read a message from the tag;
• a memory configured to store a name of at least one application;
• and
• a controller configured to, detect information associated with the at least one application from the message when a package included in data of a record type included in the message is the name of the at least one application, store the detected information, execute the at least one application, and provide the detected information to the at least one application so as to enable the at least one application to execute a function using the detected information.

A method of providing a short range wireless communication function in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

• recognizing a tag and reading a message from the tag;
• detecting information associated with at least one application from the message and storing the detected information when a package included in data of a record type included in the message is the name of the at least one application;
• and
• executing the at least one application and providing the detected information to the at least one application so as to enable the at least one application to execute a function using the detected information.