Patent ID: 8838146

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: entering a schedule creation mode for creating an alarm reminder; displaying, via a display of the mobile terminal, an add option for adding a location based alarm based on the entered schedule creation mode and a list of contacts included in a contact list associated with the mobile terminal; receiving a selection signal indicting a selection of one of the displayed list of contacts; inputting, based on the add option being selected, the selected contact as a participant, a reminder name for the created alarm reminder and a physical location that the location based alarm is to be output when at least one of the participant and the mobile terminal is within a near predetermined distance from the physical location; when the selected contact is not registered to a Location Based Service (LBS), transmitting an invitation message recommending a subscription to the LBS to the participant; when the reminder creation is completed, registering the created reminder in a memory associated with the mobile terminal; and outputting, via the display, the location based alarm when at least one of the participant and the mobile terminal is within the predetermined distance of the physical location.