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

A server device connected to a plurality of user terminals to provide social network service (SNS) comprising:

• a storage unit;
• a reception unit configured to receive location information of a user terminal which allows the location information to be shared in response to a friend request from other user terminal;
• a user terminal identification unit configured to identify at least one other user terminal present within a predetermined distance based on the location information of the user terminal and location information of the other user terminal that is allowed to be shared;
• a user information transmission unit configured to identify and send the user information of the 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 method performed by a server device connected to a plurality of user terminals to provide social network service (SNS), said method including the steps of:

• storing, by a storage unit of the server device, location information of the user terminal;
• receiving, by reception unit of the server device, location information of the user terminal which allows the location information to be shared in response to a friend request from other user terminal;
• identifying, by a user terminal identification unit of the server device, at least one other user terminal present within a predetermined distance based on the location information of the user terminal and location information of the other user terminal that is allowed to be shared;
• identifying and sending, by a user information transmission unit of the server device, the user information of the other user terminal to the user terminal;
• and
• setting, by a relationship setting unit of the server device, a relationship between the user 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 non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an executable program to perform a method performed by a server device connected to a plurality of user terminals to provide social network service (SNS), said method including the steps of:

• storing, by a storage unit of the server device, location information of the user terminal;
• receiving, by reception unit of the server device, location information of the user terminal which allows the location information to be shared in response to a friend request from other user terminal;
• identifying, by a user terminal identification unit of the server device, at least one other user terminal present within a predetermined distance based on the location information of the user terminal and location information of the other user terminal that is allowed to be shared;
• identifying and sending, by a user information transmission unit of the server device, the user information of the other user terminal to the user terminal;
• and
• setting, by a relationship setting unit of the server device, a relationship between the user 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.