Wireless local area communication method and terminal supporting the same

A method for receiving contents by a terminal, the method comprising:

• displaying an application screen having at least one icon for executing function;
• detecting a touch input for selecting an icon associated with a content to be received from an external terminal;
• displaying at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier was broadcast by the external terminal;
• and
• receiving at least one content from the external terminal corresponding selected identifier, upon detection of a touch input for selecting at least one identifier.

A terminal comprising:

• a display unit which displays an application screen having at least one content;
• a control unit which activates an application, upon detection of an event for executing the application, detects a touch input for selecting at least one content, and detects a touch input on a transmission button displayed on the application screen;
• and
• a wireless communication unit which, under control of the control unit, transmits the selected at least one content to an external terminal.

A terminal comprising:

• a display unit which displays an application screen having at least one icon for executing function;
• a control unit which detects a touch input for selecting an icon associated with a content to be received from an external terminal, and controls to display at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier was broadcast by the external terminal;
• and
• a wireless communication unit which, under control of the control unit, receives at least one content from the external terminal corresponding selected identifier, upon detection of a touch input for selecting at least one identifier.