Patent ID: 8867992

Claim:
A mobile terminal, comprising: a display unit; an NFC (Near Field Communication) module configured to recognize at least one NFC tag disposed external to the mobile terminal, and to read information stored in the external NFC tag; a memory configured to store a specific situation associated with the external NFC tag, a 1 st operation to be performed if the external NFC tag is recognized in a non-specific situation, and a 2 nd operation to be performed if the external NFC tag is recognized in the specific situation; and a controller configured to determine whether the specific situation associated with the external NFC tag has occurred or is occurring when the NFC module recognizes the external NFC tag, and to perform the 1 st operation if the external NFC tag is recognized in the non-specific situation and the 2 nd operation if the external NFC tag is recognized in the specific situation based on the determination result, wherein the specific situation corresponds to a preset time, a preset location, the mobile terminal activating a preset function, and a preset event occurring on the mobile terminal, wherein the controller performs the 2 nd operation if the external NFC tag is recognized at the preset time, the mobile terminal is located at the preset location, the mobile terminal is activating the preset function and the preset event is occurring on the mobile terminal, and wherein the 2 nd operation comprises an operation of activating a function set up by a user among a plurality of functions provided to the mobile terminal.