Patent ID: 8643466

Claim:
A method for setting security of a portable terminal including a USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card having an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) function, the method comprising: registering, in an access control server, USIM card information stored in the USIM card of the portable terminal, with the registration used to disable at least one function of the portable terminal, wherein the registered USIM card information uniquely identifies the portable terminal; sensing the USIM card information by a RFID reader when the portable terminal approaches the RFID reader; requesting confirmation of the prior registration of the sensed USIM card information to the access control server by the RFID reader; transmitting the confirmation of the prior registration of the USIM card information to the RFID reader by the access control server; transmitting a security setting signal to the portable terminal by the RFID reader when the USIM card information is determined to be previously registered in the access control server; establishing a security setting in such a manner that the portable terminal receiving the security setting signal is unable to execute the at least one function of the portable terminal; and responsive to the registration of the USIM card information, disabling the at least one function of the portable terminal.