Patent 10298743 was granted and assigned to LG on May, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an artificial intelligence device, an artificial intelligence unit configured to recognize a loss state of the mobile terminal if information included in a signal received from the artificial intelligence device indicates the loss state of the mobile terminal and to generate a control signal for switching an operation mode of the mobile terminal according to the recognized loss state, and a controller configured to set the operation mode of the mobile terminal to a loss mode for restricting use of the mobile terminal according to the generated control signal.