Patent ID: 9681287
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B44C,C04B,G06F,G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing information in an information providing system including an electronic device and an information providing server, comprising: transmitting location information of a region to search and a local information request to the information providing server, by the electronic device; searching local information of the region using a social network service, by the information providing server, based on the location information and the local information request; transmitting the searched local information to the electronic device, by the information providing server; and displaying a local information user interface (UI), on a map of the region, based on the local information received from the information providing server, by the electronic device, wherein the searched local information from the information providing server includes local information of the region provided to the social network service by at least one user of the social network service currently located in the region; wherein the local information UI is displayed on the map of the region at a position corresponding to a current location of the at least one user of the social network service, wherein the searching local information of the region comprises: searching the local information by searching whether there is a text or image related to the local information in response to text information in the social network service of the at least one user, wherein the local information UI displays an item corresponding to the local information on the map, and wherein the displaying comprises displaying a timeline UI with the local information of a selected region which corresponds to the item.