Patent ID: 8660033

Claim:
A method for providing a service in a service zone in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: entering the service zone in which a zone casting service is provided; receiving, from an access point, a service set identifier or a basic service set identifier; when the service set identifier or the basic service set identifier has been received for a preset time, transmitting, to a server, a message requesting for service identification information corresponding to the received service set identifier or basic service set identifier; receiving, from the server, the service identification information, which includes at least one of a service name, a service uniform resource locator and a service icon corresponding to the service zone; creating a short-cut icon for receiving service information corresponding to the service zone based on the received service identification information by using a zone casting application pre-stored therein without downloading or installing an application corresponding to the service zone; adding the short-cut icon, which includes the service uniform resource locator for connecting to the server, into an idle screen which contains application icons configured to execute applications; and deleting by the mobile terminal automatically the short-cut icon on the idle screen when the service set identifier or the basic service set identifier corresponding to the short-cut icon has not been received for a preset time.