Patent ID: 7142870

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying direction and position information of a portable communication device having an RF transmission/reception unit for transmitting and receiving data between a base station and the portable communication device, comprising: a base station having a processor for: receiving GPS position information from the portable communication device and calculating geographic position information corresponding to the received GPS position information; and transmitting to the portable communication device position information including corresponding virtual azimuth angle information, the position information corresponding to the geographic position information; and the portable communication device comprising: a sensor for detecting a compass direction of the portable terminal; a GPS receiver for receiving from at least one GPS satellite the GPS position information of the portable terminal; a control unit for: transmitting the received GPS position information to the base station; receiving the position information from the base station; and correcting the orientation of the position information using the virtual azimuth angle information and the compass direction; and a display unit for displaying corrected position information and the compass direction.