Controlling device functions of a mobile terminal in a restricted area
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorsJay Hsu, Rodney Dale Regan
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Abstract
A method performed by a mobile terminal includes receiving a device identifier from a short-distance-communication (SDC) device located outside of the mobile terminal by using the internal SDC device disposed in the mobile terminal and determining whether the received device identifier corresponds to or includes one of one or more identifiers stored in the mobile terminal. Upon determining that the received device identifier corresponds to one of the one or more stored identifiers, the mobile terminal performs a predetermined control function corresponding to the identifiers, without further receiving any instruction signal to control the phone function or the data communication function from the external SDC device.
Claims26
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program, the program, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal that includes a wireless communication interface and an internal short-distance-communication (SDC) device, configures the mobile terminal to perform functions including functions to:
- acquire a device identifier of an external SDC device located outside of the mobile terminal, the device identifier being assigned to the external SDC;
- determine whether information of the received device identifier corresponds to an identifier or specific information stored in the mobile terminal;
- in response to determining that the information of the received device identifier corresponds to the stored identifier or specific information, ascertain a control function associated with the stored device identifier or specific information;
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- in response to ascertaining the control function, execute the control function to limit functionality of the mobile terminal, wherein the functionality of the mobile terminal is limited without receiving a control signal from the external SDC device to limit the functionality of the mobile terminal.
A method for controlling functionality of a mobile terminal that includes a wireless communication interface and an internal short-distance-communication (SDC) device, the method comprising:
- acquiring a device identifier of an external SDC device located outside of the mobile terminal, the device identifier being assigned to the external SDC;
- determining whether information of the received device identifier corresponds to an identifier or specific information stored in the mobile terminal;
- in response to determining that the information of the received device identifier corresponds to the stored identifier or specific information, ascertaining a control function associated with the stored device identifier or specific information;
- and
- in response to ascertaining the control function, executing the control function to limit functionality of the mobile terminal, wherein the functionality of the mobile terminal is limited without receiving a control signal from the external SDC device to limit the functionality of the mobile terminal.
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a non-transitory storage medium storing a program;
- a wireless interface for a phone function and a data communication function;
- and an internal short-distance-communication (SDC) device, wherein:
- the program, when executed by the one or more of the processors, configures the mobile terminal to perform functions including functions to:
- acquire a device identifier of an external SDC device located outside of the mobile terminal, the device identifier being assigned to the external SDC;
- determine whether information of the received device identifier corresponds to an identifier or specific information stored in the mobile terminal;
- in response to determining that the information of the received device identifier corresponds to the stored identifier or specific information, ascertain a control function associated with the stored device identifier or specific information;
- and
- in response to ascertaining the control function, execute the control function to limit functionality of the mobile terminal, wherein the functionality of the mobile terminal is limited without receiving a control signal from the external SDC device to limit the functionality of the mobile terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.