Patent ID: 8761665

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling operation of a mobile terminal that comprises a baseband chip, a Near Field Communication (NFC) module and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, in which the baseband chip is configured to control operation of the mobile terminal and the NFC module is connected to the baseband chip and the SIM card, the apparatus comprising: a Radio Frequency (RF) reader that is external to the mobile terminal and installed at an entrance or exit of a facility; the RF reader further configured to provide mode-control command data for controlling at least one of a plurality of modes of the mobile terminal such that the mobile terminal can read the mode-control command data from the RF reader when the mobile terminal and the RF reader establishes an NFC channel by tagging; and wherein the mode-control command data comprise a mode-control command for at least one of the plurality of modes of the mobile terminal, and wherein the mode-control command data further comprises a release time of the at least one mode, wherein the mode-control command data further comprises compulsory release instructions for a user of the mobile terminal to use to deactivate at least one activated mode prior to the release time, and wherein the mode-control command is to activate or deactivate at least one of a silent-ringtone or manner mode, a camera-function restriction mode and a communication zone grouping mode.