System and method for providing social network service and for setting relationship between users

A system to provide social network service (SNS), comprising:

• a storage unit;
• a reception unit stored at least in part on the storage unit and configured to receive location information of a user terminal in response to a friend request from the user terminal;
• a user terminal identification unit configured to identify at least one other user terminal which is present within a preset distance, based on the location information on the user terminal and send a friend request;
• a user information transmission unit configured to identify and send user information on the at least one other user terminal to the user terminal;
• and
• a relationship setting unit configured to set a relationship between users of the user terminal and the at least one other user terminal when the user information of the at least one other user terminal is selected in the user terminal.

A system to provide social network service (SNS), comprising:

• a storage unit;
• a reception unit stored at least in part on the storage unit and configured to receive a friend request from each of a first user terminal and a second user terminal;
• and
• a relationship setting unit configured to set a relationship between users of the first user terminal and the second user terminal,
• wherein the friend request is made by bumping the first user terminal and the second user terminal.

A relationship setting method performed by a user terminal operated by an installed application, the relation setting method comprising:

• sending, by the user terminal, a friend request and location information to a server;
• receiving user information on other user terminal from the server;
• displaying the user information on a display;
• sending user information on at least one other user terminal selected by a user among the displayed user information to the server;
• and
• setting a relationship between the user terminal and the at least one user terminal,
• wherein the at least one other user terminal allows location information to be shared among the other user terminals present within a predetermined distance from a location based on the location information.

A relationship setting method performed by a user terminal operated by an installed application, the relationship setting method comprising:

• sending, by the user terminal, a friend request and location information to a server;
• receiving user information on other user terminals from the server;
• displaying the user information on a display;
• sending user information on at least one other user terminal selected by a user among the displayed user information to the server;
• and
• setting a relationship between the user terminal and the at least one user terminal,
• wherein the at least one other user terminal sends a friend request to other user terminals present within a preset distance from location based on the location information.

A relationship setting method performed by a user terminal operated by an installed application, the relation setting method comprising:

• sensing, by the user terminal, a motion of bumping the user terminal and at least one other user terminal;
• and
• sending a friend request to a server based on a sensing result,
• wherein the server sets a relationship between the user and the at least one other user based on the friend request from the user terminal and a friend request from the at least other user terminal.