System and method for providing content to an apparatus based on location of the apparatus

摘要

Provided are a system, an apparatus, and a method for providing content, based on a location of the apparatus. An apparatus for receiving content associated with a second user of an external device includes a communicator configured to receive identifier (ID) information of the external device that is located within a predetermined distance from the apparatus and transmit the received ID information of the external device to a content providing server; and a controller configured to request the content providing server for the content associated with the second user from among content of a first user of the apparatus stored in at least one from among another apparatus of the first user, the content providing server, and a social networking service (SNS) server, wherein the communicator receives the content associated with the second user from the content providing server in response to the request.