Lg Electronics Inc.

Baekju Lee

Yongsuk Lee

Yoonkyum Kim

Jinhoon Kim

Sungzoon Yang

Yoonseok Choi

Yongock Cho

Taebong Kim

Eungjoo Lee

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same, the mobile terminal including a location information module configured to acquire location information related to the mobile terminal based on one of a first positioning method that is configured to detect access points (APs) adjacent to the mobile terminal, receive location information related to the detected APs, and acquire the location information on the mobile terminal based on the received location information related to the APs, and a second positioning method that is configured to receive location information related to the detected APs and other APs located within a predetermined area where the detected APs are located, and acquire the location information on the mobile terminal based on the received location information related to the APs, a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a first positioning server providing first AP information including the location information related to the detected APs or a second positioning server providing second AP information including the location information related to the detected APs and the other APs located within the predetermined area where the detected APs are located, a memory configured to store the first AP information or the second AP information, and a controller configured to perform a process of acquiring the location information on the mobile terminal according to the second positioning method for a preset time when the APs located adjacent to the mobile terminal are detected, and acquire the location information on the mobile terminal according to the first positioning method when the location information on the mobile terminal is not acquired for the preset time.

Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes receiving, via a wireless communication unit, a wireless signal from an external wireless access point (AP); configuring, via a controller, a frequency band for searching a frequency transmitted from a mobile communication network based on information contained in the wireless signal; and searching a frequency transmitted from the mobile communication network on the configured frequency band. Further, the configured frequency band is a partial search frequency band of a full search frequency band.

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Seoul, South Korea

Baekju Lee