Patent ID: 8411164

Claim:
A mobile terminal configured for geotagging image data, the mobile terminal comprising: a display configured to display information; a memory configured to store information; a camera configured to capture an image and generate the image data; a location information module configured to determine location information of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to: control the location information module to continuously determine the location information of the mobile terminal when the camera is activated; control the display to display an indicator icon that indicates whether the location information is determined by the location information module; control the display to display the indicator icon in a first state in which the indicator icon flashes when geotagging of the generated image data is being performed and the location information is being determined; control the display to display the indicator icon in a second state in which the indicator icon does not flash when the location information has been determined; control the display to reset the indicator icon to from the second state to the first state when the mobile terminal is moved to a different location; control the camera to capture the image and generate the image data in response to a user input when the displayed indicator icon is in the second state; control the memory to store the generated image data and the determined location information when the location information is determined; control the display to display a notification message when the location information cannot be determined in order to inform a user that the generated image data is stored without the determined location information; and control the memory to automatically store previously-determined location information with the generated image data when the location information cannot be determined.