METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED ELECTRONIC BUSINESS CARD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

摘要

PURPOSE: A system and apparatus for providing location based Electronic business cards are provided to restrictively transmit electronic business card information to acquaintances who locate in a specific area by enabling a user to select the specific area. CONSTITUTION: An electronic business card providing apparatus selects neighboring friend information within a set distance based on the current location information of an originating terminal(S440). The business card providing apparatus transmits selected adjacent acquaintance information to the originating terminals. The electronic business card providing apparatus transmits a push message request signal for transmitting business card information to an acquaintance terminal corresponding to specific acquaintance information(S450). A message providing apparatus transmits a push message to the acquaintance terminal based on the push message request signal(S460). [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) No; (CC) Yes; (DD) End; (S410) An originating terminal requests adjacent acquaintance information; (S420) Current location of the originating terminal is confirmed; (S430) Adjacent acquaintance information is created based on a current location; (S440) Selected specific acquaintance information?; (S450) A push message request signal is transmitted to a message providing apparatus; (S460) A push message is transmitted from a message providing apparatus to an acquaintance terminal; (S470) Information is received using a push message received from an acquaintance terminal; (S480) Electronic business card is stored in the phone book of the acquaintance terminal