Patent ID: 7292935

Claim:
An apparatus for guiding a location of the other party in a navigation system, comprising: a GPS receiver for receiving location data from at least one GPS satellite; storage means for storing map data; display means for displaying the stored map data and location information of the other party on a screen; voice processing means for processing a voice signal and outputting the processed voice signal; input means for inputting a variety of key signals and requesting a location information of the other party's moving object; wireless communication means for transmitting a location information request message requesting the location information of the other party's moving object to a traffic information center and receiving the requested location information; and control means for generating the location information request message pertaining to the other party's moving object to be transmitted to the wireless communication means, controlling the display means to display the received location information of the other party's moving object, receiving, from the traffic information center, the shortest distance between a location of the apparatus and a location of the other party's moving object determined according to at least traffic information of the other party's moving object, displaying the received shortest distance using the display means, receiving a selection of the other party's moving object's location information displayed on the display means, and connecting to a selected system according to the selection.