Patent ID: 8494565

Claim:
A location-based service, comprising: receiving a data and an indicator through a first communication equipment, wherein the data is related to the indicator and the indicator is configured to indicate if the data is related to a location of a provider of the data; transmitting the data and the indicator to a location-based service provider; receiving a query through the first communication equipment or a second communication equipment located closely to the first communication equipment; transmitting the query to the location-based service provider; and transmitting a search result related to the query to a user through the first communication equipment or the second communication equipment, wherein the search result is formed by searching a plurality of data received by the first equipment to find data related to the location of the provider and also related to the query, wherein the plurality of data is searched based on an indicator related to each of the plurality of data in a location-based service server of the location-based service provider.