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Method of providing location-based service using location information of mobile terminal

  • US 8,660,580 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2009
  • Issued: 02/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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