Patent ID: 8160607

Claim:
A mobile terminal apparatus for sharing contents, the mobile terminal apparatus comprising: a storage unit which stores location information on an area; a location determination unit which determines a location of the mobile terminal apparatus; a network unit which forms a network with one or more other mobile terminal apparatuses in the area; a control unit which checks whether the mobile terminal apparatus has entered the area, based on the location information on the area and the determined location; and a screen configuration unit which configures a screen for providing information indicating locations of the one or more other mobile terminal apparatuses; wherein the control unit controls the network unit whereby the network unit obtains contents contained in one of the one or more other mobile terminal apparatuses, wherein the one mobile terminal apparatus is selected based on the information displayed on the screen, and wherein the control unit controls the network unit whereby the network unit obtains contents from the one or more other mobile terminal apparatuses via a server connected with the one or more other mobile terminal apparatuses existing in the area.