Patent ID: 8285264

Claim:
A mobile communication device having a plurality of functions, comprising: a function limitation setting section for setting a limitation on a specified function according to function limitation setting information which is determined by a predetermined communication device through a server; and a control section for determining whether to enable the specified function depending on a relationship of location with the predetermined communication device when the function limitation setting section places a limitation on the specified function, wherein the function limitation setting information sets a time range and a geographic area in which the specified function is unusable by the mobile communication device unless the mobile communication device is located within a predetermined distance away from the predetermined communication device, such that where a current time falls within the time range, the mobile communication device is within the geographic area, and the mobile communication device is located away from the predetermined communication device more than the predetermined distance, the specification function is not usable by the mobile communication device, and such that where the current time falls within the time range, the mobile communication device is within the geographic area, and the mobile communication device is located away from the predetermined communication device less than the predetermined distance, the specification function is usable by the mobile communication device.