Patent ID: 7869804

Claim:
In a method for searching a wireless LAN AP (access point) in a terminal having a wireless LAN module, a mobile communication module, and a GPS receiving module installed therein, a method for automatically searching a wireless LAN AP comprising: (a) acquiring location information of the wireless LAN AP provided in a service area of a base station from the base station connected through the mobile communication module; (b) consecutively tracking a current location of the terminal through the GPS receiving module; (c) determining a driving start time of the wireless LAN module through the location information of the wireless LAN AP acquired in (a) and the current location information of the terminal tracked in (b), wherein the driving start time is activated when the current location information of the terminal tracked in (b) is within a predetermined radius of service information of the location information of the wireless LAN AP acquired in (a); (d) driving the wireless LAN module to detect a beacon signal periodically output by the wireless LAN AP, and wherein the location information of the wireless LAN AP comprises geographical location Information of the wireless LAN AP and the radius of service information on the wireless LAN AP.