Patent ID: 8577536

Claim:
A method for providing an exhibition guide using an electronic device, the method comprising: obtaining exhibit information of a plurality of exhibits in a preselected exhibition from a storage device of the electronic device; obtaining location coordinates of the electronic device detected by a global position system (GPS) of the electronic device, and calculating a distance between each exhibit and the electronic device according to the location coordinates of the electronic device and preset location coordinates of each exhibit; determining one or more adjacent exhibits of the electronic device, wherein a distance between each of the adjacent exhibits and the electronic device is less than or equal to a preset value; obtaining an indicating direction of the electronic device detected by an electronic compass chip of the electronic device; comparing the indicating direction of the electronic device with a display direction of each adjacent exhibit to obtain a matched exhibit; and obtaining commentary of the matched exhibit from the storage device, and playing the commentary on a display screen of the electronic device.