Patent ID: 7945272

Claim:
A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of pushto service subscribers using terminal location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: acquiring location information of each of the plurality of pushto service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers; receiving a user selection command for generating a group member list, the user selection command comprising selection of one subscriber among the plurality of pushto service subscribers to designate a specific area with reference to a location of the selected one subscriber, the one subscriber being a subscriber other than a user of the mobile terminal; generating the group member list based upon the specific area; displaying the group member list comprising group members relative to the specific area and current status information of each of the group members, the current status information comprising at least on line and off line status; and selectively communicating with at least one of the group members in the displayed group member list, wherein the specific area is defined by a predetermined distance from the location of the selected one subscriber.