Mobile communication terminal equipped with location-based short message service system, location-based message generation method and location-based message display method

A location-based message generation method comprising the steps of:

• a) inputting a message content and a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal of a designated message recipient through a UI (user interface) offered to a message sender;
• b) selecting a message mode according to the message sender's selection through the UI offered to the message sender to select a general message mode or a location-based message mode;
• c) inputting location information through a UI offered to the message sender to input the location information upon selection of the location-based message mode by the message sender, the location information being information regarding a location in which an SMS message is to be displayed on a message recipient's mobile communication terminal when the message recipient's mobile communication terminal having received the SMS message enters into the location;
• d) generating an SMS message containing the message content and mode identification information indicating a general message mode if a mode selected in the step b) is a general message mode;
• e) generating an SMS message containing the message content, mode identification information indicating a location-based message mode, and location information if a mode selected in the step b) is a location-based message mode;
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• f) sending the SMS message generated in the step d) or e), which is set to be forwarded to the telephone number of the message recipient's mobile communication terminal as a destination.

A location-based message display method comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving an SMS message from an SMS server in a mobile communication system;
• b) storing the received SMS message in a memory of a mobile communication terminal of a message recipient;
• c) determining from mode identification information contained in the received SMS message whether the SMS message is a general message or a location-based message;
• d) displaying the received SMS message on the message recipient's mobile communication terminal so that the message recipient can view the message content if the received SMS message is determined to be a general message;
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• e) monitoring periodically whether the message recipient's mobile communication terminal has entered into a location corresponding to location information contained in the received SMS message if the SMS message is determined to be a location-based message, reading and outputting the SMS message stored in the memory of the message recipient's mobile communication terminal so that the message recipient can view the message content when the recipient's mobile communication terminal has entered into the location corresponding to the location information contained in the SMS message.