Patent ID: 9161155
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a first portable terminal for sharing and using location information, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a list including a plurality of applications that use location information from among a plurality of applications stored in the first portable terminal, on a screen of the first portable terminal; receiving, for each of the plurality of applications, which use location information, included in the list, a corresponding setting indicating whether location-information sharing is activated through the screen; storing each of the settings in set information corresponding to each of the plurality of applications; transmitting identification information corresponding to each of the plurality of applications and the set information corresponding to each of the plurality of applications to a server; executing an application for which the location-information sharing is activated; transmitting, to the server, identification information of the executed application and a request for sharing of location information with respect to the executed application; receiving, from the server, location information of a second portable terminal in which the location-information sharing is activated for the executed application; and processing the received location information of the second portable terminal through the executed application.