Method of providing location-based service using location information of mobile terminal
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1. A method of providing a location-based service using location information of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- searching for second mobile terminals within a predetermined first range of a first mobile terminal, and collecting status information of one or more second mobile terminals that are found;
providing display data to the first mobile terminal, the display data comprising relative location information together with the status information of the one or more second mobile terminals, and the status information including emotion information of a user or users of the one or more second mobile terminals and relationship types between the one or more second mobile terminals and the first mobile terminal; and
displaying the relative location information in the first mobile terminal together with the relationship types of the one or more second mobile terminals, the relationship types including at least a first type of those who are acquaintances of a user of the first mobile terminal and a second type of those who are not acquaintances of the user, the relative location information of the one or more second mobile terminals of both relationship types being displayed together on the first mobile terminal with the relationship types indicating whether the one or more second mobile terminals belongs to the first type or the second type.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a location-based service method using location information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system. In a location-based service providing method, second mobile terminals within a predetermined range of a first mobile terminal are searched for, status information and relative location information of one or more second mobile terminals found is collected, and display data comprising the relative locations and status information of the one or more second mobile terminals found is sent to the first mobile terminal.
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1. A method of providing a location-based service using location information of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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searching for second mobile terminals within a predetermined first range of a first mobile terminal, and collecting status information of one or more second mobile terminals that are found; providing display data to the first mobile terminal, the display data comprising relative location information together with the status information of the one or more second mobile terminals, and the status information including emotion information of a user or users of the one or more second mobile terminals and relationship types between the one or more second mobile terminals and the first mobile terminal; and displaying the relative location information in the first mobile terminal together with the relationship types of the one or more second mobile terminals, the relationship types including at least a first type of those who are acquaintances of a user of the first mobile terminal and a second type of those who are not acquaintances of the user, the relative location information of the one or more second mobile terminals of both relationship types being displayed together on the first mobile terminal with the relationship types indicating whether the one or more second mobile terminals belongs to the first type or the second type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of receiving a location-based service using location information of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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requesting by a first mobile terminal, the location-based service; receiving by the first mobile terminal, display data corresponding to one or more other mobile terminals, the display data comprising data to display relative location information together with status information of the one or more other mobile terminals, and the status information comprising emotion information of a user or users of the one or more other mobile terminals and relationship types between the one or more other mobile terminals and the first mobile terminal; and displaying the relative location information in the first mobile terminal together with the relationship types of the one or more other mobile terminals, the one or more other mobile terminals being within a first predetermined range of the first mobile terminal, wherein the relationship types include at least a first type of those who are acquaintances of a user of the first mobile terminal and a second type of those who are not acquaintances of the user, the relative location information of the one or more other mobile terminals of both relationship types being displayed together on the first mobile terminal with the relationship types indicating whether the one or more other mobile terminals belongs to the first type or the second type. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus configured to provide a mobile terminal a location-based service using location information of another mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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a location ascertaining unit to search other mobile terminals within a predetermined range of the mobile terminal; an information collecting unit to collect status information of one or more other mobile terminals that are found; and a service providing unit to provide display data to the mobile terminal, the display data comprising the status information together with relative location information of the one or more other mobile terminals found, the status information comprising emotion information of a user or users of the other mobile terminals and relationship types between the one or more other mobile terminals and the first mobile terminal, wherein the apparatus is configured to display the relative location information together with the relationship types of the one or more other mobile terminals, the relationship types including at least a first type of those who are acquaintances of a user of the first mobile terminal and a second type of those who are not acquaintances of the user, the relative location information of the one or more other mobile terminals of both relationship types being displayed together on the first mobile terminal with the relationship types indicating whether the one or more mobile terminals belongs to the first type or the second type.
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20. An apparatus configured to allow a mobile terminal to receive a location-based service using location information of another mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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a screen outputting unit to receive display data, the display data comprising display status information together with relative location information of one or more other mobile terminals within a first predetermined range of the mobile terminal, the status information including relationship types with respect to the one or more other mobile terminals, and to display a display corresponding to the display data including the relative location information together with the relationship types, the display including an icon corresponding to emotion information of a user of the another mobile terminal, and the relationship types including at least a first type of those who are acquaintances of a user of the first mobile terminal and a second type of those who are not acquaintances of the user, the relative location information of the one or more other mobile terminals of both relationship types being displayed together on the first mobile terminal with the relationship types indicating whether the one or more second mobile terminals belongs to the first type or the second type; and a controller to control a process of providing the display data. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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