Group communication service method, mobile terminal using the same, and group communication service system thereof
First Claim
1. A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of pushto service subscribers using terminal location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- acquiring location information of each of the plurality of pushto service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers;
receiving a user selection command for generating a group member list, the user selection command comprising selection of one subscriber among the plurality of pushto service subscribers to designate a specific area with reference to a location of the selected one subscriber, the one subscriber being a subscriber other than a user of the mobile terminal;
generating the group member list based upon the specific area;
displaying the group member list comprising group members relative to the specific area and current status information of each of the group members, the current status information comprising at least on line and off line status; and
selectively communicating with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list,wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the location of the selected one subscriber.
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Abstract
A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of pushto service subscribers using mobile terminal location information is provided. The method includes acquiring location information of each of the plurality of pushto service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers with respect to a specific area; generating group member list information corresponding to the plurality of pushto service subscribers and including a member list in which the current location of the at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers is classified with respect to the specific area; and displaying the group member list information including a list of the group members within the specific area.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of pushto service subscribers using terminal location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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acquiring location information of each of the plurality of pushto service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers; receiving a user selection command for generating a group member list, the user selection command comprising selection of one subscriber among the plurality of pushto service subscribers to designate a specific area with reference to a location of the selected one subscriber, the one subscriber being a subscriber other than a user of the mobile terminal; generating the group member list based upon the specific area; displaying the group member list comprising group members relative to the specific area and current status information of each of the group members, the current status information comprising at least on line and off line status; and selectively communicating with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list, wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the location of the selected one subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 26, 27)
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14. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a transceiver for receiving location information of a plurality of pushto service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers, and for performing a selective group communication function with respect to each of the plurality of pushto service subscribers; a user input unit for receiving a user selection command for generating a group member list, the user selection command comprising selection of one subscriber among the plurality of pushto service subscribers to designate a specific area with reference to a location of the selected one subscriber, the one subscriber being a subscriber other than a user of the mobile terminal; a controller for generating and outputting the group member list based upon the specific area; and a display for displaying the group member list comprising group members relative to the specific area and current status information of each of the group members under control of the controller, wherein the current status information comprises at least on line and off line status, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to selectively communicate with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list, and wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the location of the selected one subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (15, 24)
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16. A group communication service system utilizing a location based service function, the group communication service system comprising:
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a location information provider for determining locations of each of a plurality of mobile terminals and for registering a plurality of service subscribers; and a terminal for; performing a selective group communication function according to a user selection command designating a specific area by continuously exchanging status information with a network and updating location information of at least one of the plurality of service subscribers, the user selection command comprising selection of one subscriber among the plurality of service subscribers to designate a specific area with reference to a location of the selected one subscriber, the one subscriber being a subscriber other than a user of the mobile terminal, generating a group member list based upon the specific area; and displaying the group member list including group members relative to the specific area, the user selection command designating whether the group members are inside the specific area, and current status information of each of the group members, the current status information comprising at least on line and off line status, wherein the terminal is configured to selectively communicate with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list, and wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the location of the selected one subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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25. A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of group communication service subscribers using terminal location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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acquiring location information of each of the plurality of group communication service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of group communication service subscribers; receiving a user selection command, the user selection command comprising selection of one subscriber among the plurality of group communication service subscribers to designate a specific area with reference to a location of the selected one subscriber, the one subscriber being a subscriber other than a user of the mobile terminal; generating group member list based upon the specific area; displaying the group member list comprising group members relative to the specific area and current status information of each of the group members, the current status information comprising at least on line and off line status; and selectively communicating with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list, wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the location of the selected one subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method of performing a group communication service with a plurality of service subscribers using terminal location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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displaying a contact list; receiving an input for selecting a target member in the contact list; acquiring location information of the selected target member, the location information indicating a current location of the target member; displaying the location information of the target member; defining a specific area with respect to the target member; grouping the plurality of service subscribers according to the defined specific area; generating a group member list including the grouped plurality of service subscribers as group members; displaying the group member list with a current location of each of the group members classified with respect to the specific area and current status information of each of the group members; and selectively communicating with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list, wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the current location of the target member. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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