Patent ID: 8868098

Claim:
A method for providing service information, comprising: acquiring, by a server, location information associated with a portable terminal; determining whether a location of the portable terminal has changed based on the acquired location information; in response to determining that the location of the portable terminal has changed, acquiring, by the server, the service information corresponding to the location information from at least one service provider; transmitting, by the server, the service information to the portable terminal, wherein pieces of the transmitted service information are displayed in a form of a prioritized list for user selection, the prioritized list being provided based on weighted metrics associated with a user and the pieces of the transmitted service information, wherein the weighted metrics comprise: recentness of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user; and at least one of frequency of use of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user and frequency of selection of the pieces of the transmitted service information by the user, and wherein at least one of the weighted metrics are increased in response to selection of one of the listed pieces of service information by the user.