Patent ID: 8571572

Claim:
A system for providing friend location information, the system comprising: a friend information receiving unit configured to receive from a user a mobile phone number of a friend; a region selection unit configured to receive from the user a selection of a region to verify a travel route of the friend; a location information receiving unit configured to receive the friend location information based on the mobile phone number of the friend; a location information storage unit configured to store in a database the travel route of the friend in the region when a location of the friend is included in the region; and a location information provider configured to provide the user with a map of the region by referring to the database, wherein the map of the region includes the travel route of the friend, wherein the location information storage unit stores in the database the travel route of the friend in the region when the location of the friend is included in the region by verifying the location of the friend for each predetermined period, wherein the location information storage unit stores the travel route of the friend in the database only when the friend is in close proximity to the user or when the friend is becoming separated from the user.