Patent ID: 8805281

Claim:
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; 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.