Patent ID: 8805279

Claim:
A method for performing a function of a mobile device by using a short-range communication, the method comprising: inputting function-related information into a short-range communication tag; recognizing proximity to or contact with the short-range communication tag; reading the function-related information from the short-range communication tag; and performing a function correlated with the function-related information, wherein the inputting of the function-related information includes: recognizing that a menu item for the registration of a short-range communication device is selected in a tag menu; determining whether the mobile device is currently connected to any short-range communication device; when there is any short-range communication device currently connected, displaying a list of the connected short-range communication devices; recognizing that at least one of the short-range communication devices is selected in the list; and when recognizing the proximity to or contact with the short-range communication tag, inputting connection information about the selected short-range communication device into the short-range communication tag.