Electronic device, server, and control method and location information providing method for the electronic device
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a communication unit communicating with a social network service server and location information service server; and
a controller periodically transmitting location information to the location information service server through the communication unit when executing a grouping application, producing a group including at least one member and a user,wherein the at least one member is selected by the user from address list information received from the location information service server, requesting a group participation request to the at least one member included in the group through the social network service server, and periodically receiving the location information from the at least one member who accepts the group participation request and the user,wherein group members comprise the at least one member and the user,wherein the controller sets a first destination of the group and displays first location indicators of the group members on a map and second location indicators of the group members on a first straight-line visual representation based on the location information respectively when the first destination of the group is set,wherein the map and the first straight-line visual representation are displayed on a screen,wherein the first destination is a common destination that each of the group members heads for,wherein the second location indicators of the group members are displayed in proportion to distances from each of the group members to the first destination on the first straight-line visual representation,wherein positions of the second location indicators on the first straight-line visual representation are changed according to the distances between the first destination and each of the group members, andwherein the controller sets one end of the first straight-line visual representation as the common destination, and displays a location indicator, among the second location indicators of the group members, corresponding to a group member located farthest away from the common destination at the other end of the first straight-line visual representation.
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Abstract
An electronic device of the present invention is enclosed. An electronic device in one embodiment of the present invention periodically transmits current location information to the location information service providing server in case of executing grouping applications, produces group including at least one member, selected by a user, of address list information received from the location information service providing server, requests messages requesting group participation to the member included in the group through the social network service providing server in case of generating predetermined events, and periodically receives the location information from the member accepting the group participation and displays the received location information on a map.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a communication unit communicating with a social network service server and location information service server; and a controller periodically transmitting location information to the location information service server through the communication unit when executing a grouping application, producing a group including at least one member and a user, wherein the at least one member is selected by the user from address list information received from the location information service server, requesting a group participation request to the at least one member included in the group through the social network service server, and periodically receiving the location information from the at least one member who accepts the group participation request and the user, wherein group members comprise the at least one member and the user, wherein the controller sets a first destination of the group and displays first location indicators of the group members on a map and second location indicators of the group members on a first straight-line visual representation based on the location information respectively when the first destination of the group is set, wherein the map and the first straight-line visual representation are displayed on a screen, wherein the first destination is a common destination that each of the group members heads for, wherein the second location indicators of the group members are displayed in proportion to distances from each of the group members to the first destination on the first straight-line visual representation, wherein positions of the second location indicators on the first straight-line visual representation are changed according to the distances between the first destination and each of the group members, and wherein the controller sets one end of the first straight-line visual representation as the common destination, and displays a location indicator, among the second location indicators of the group members, corresponding to a group member located farthest away from the common destination at the other end of the first straight-line visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A location information service server comprising:
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a communication unit communicating with at least one electronic device and a social network service server; and a controller producing address list information for location information services using the address list information for the at least one electronic device received from the social network service server upon receipt of requests of location information services interworked with the social network service from a first electronic device through the communication unit, transmitting the address list information to the first electronic device, selecting at least one member from the address list information by a user, requesting a group participation request and location information to a second electronic device through the social network service server upon receipt of a request of group production, and transmitting the location information of the second electronic device to the first electronic device upon receipt of the location information from the second electronic device, wherein group members comprise the at least one member and the user, wherein the controller sets a first destination of the group and displays first location indicators of the group members on a map and second location indicators of the group members on a first straight-line visual representation based on the location information respectively when the first destination of the group is set, wherein the map and the first straight-line visual representation are displayed on a screen, wherein the first destination is a common destination that each of the group members heads for, wherein the second location indicators of the group members are displayed in proportion to distances from each of the group members to the first destination on the first straight-line visual representation, wherein positions of the second location indicators on the first straight-line visual representation are changed according to the distances between the first destination and each of the group members, and wherein the controller sets one end of the first straight-line visual representation as the common destination, and displays a location indicator, among the second location indicators of the group members, corresponding to a group member located farthest away from the common destination at the other end of the first straight-line visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
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executing grouping applications; producing a group including at least one member, selected by a user, from address list information received from a location information service server; transmitting a group participation request to the at least one member included in the group through the social network service server; receiving location information from group members accepting the group participation request and the user, wherein the group members comprise the at least one member and the user; setting a first destination of the group and displaying first location indicators of the group members on a map and second location indicators of the group members on a first straight-line visual representation based on the location information respectively in response to the first destination of the group being set; and setting one end of the first straight-line visual representation as the first destination, and displaying a location indicator, among the second location indicators of the group members, corresponding to a group member located farthest away from the first destination at the other end of the first straight-line visual representation, wherein the map and the first straight-line visual representation are displayed on a screen, wherein and the first destination is a common destination that each of the group members heads for, wherein the second location indicators of the group members are displayed in proportion to distances from each of the group members to the first destination on the first straight-line visual representation, and wherein positions of the second location indicators on the first straight-line visual representation are changed according to the distances between the first destination and each of the group members. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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