Location-based information service method and mobile terminal therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung Min Choi, Sang Yoon Lee, Dae Gyu Kim, Jin Il Kim, Min Sook Park
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Abstract
A location-based information service method for improving utilization of location-based information services and a mobile terminal for implementing the location-based information service method are provided. A method for providing an information service using a mobile terminal includes acquiring, at a mobile terminal, location information, determining an Internet Protocol (IP) address based on the location information, and receiving service information from a cyber space associated with a service provider that corresponds to the IP address.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- acquiring location information of an electronic device;
- obtaining link information to be used in presenting service information to a user, based at least in part on determining whether the link information corresponds to the location information and is stored in the electronic device;
- and
- displaying the service information, the service information being obtained from another electronic device based at least in part on the link information,
- wherein the obtaining comprises:
- extracting the link information corresponding to the location information if the link information is stored, and
- receiving the link information corresponding to the location information from the user or the another electronic device if the link information is not stored.
An apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to present service information;
- a memory configured to store link information corresponding to location information of the apparatus;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled with the display and the memory, the controller configured to:
- acquire the location information,
- obtain link information to be used in presenting service information to a user, based at least in part on determining whether the link information corresponds to the location information and is stored in the apparatus,
- extract the link information corresponding to the location information if the link information is stored,
- receive the link information corresponding to the location information from the user or another apparatus if the link information is not stored, and
- display the service information, the service information being obtained from the another apparatus based at least in part on the link information, via the display.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- acquiring location information of an electronic device;
- obtaining link information to be used in presenting service information to a user, based at least in part on determining whether the link information corresponds to the location information and is stored in the electronic device;
- and
- displaying the service information, the service information being obtained from another electronic device based at least in part on the link information,
- wherein the obtaining comprises:
- extracting the link information corresponding to the location information if the link information is stored, and
- receiving the link information corresponding to the location information from the user or the another electronic device if the link information is not stored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.