Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sang-man Lee

Eun-Young Choi

Hyo-Sik Bang

Su-Hyun Lee

Ho-seok Y Yoon

A system and method capable of providing position information through a data burst message so that a user can use position information without accessing the wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal. The method including if a position information service for a user of a mobile communication terminal subscribed to the position information service is requested, searching for position information on the relevant terminal in a position information server with position information on a predetermined mobile communication terminal; transmitting the searched position information to a short message service center; and generating a data burst message using the position information received from the short message service center, and transmitting the generated data burst message to the mobile communication terminal.

System and method for providing position information

An apparatus and method for displaying a detailed map of a selected area of a displayed map received through a network are provided. If a detailed map of a particular area is requested by a user, data on the detailed map for the particular area is provided by a map provider server through a network and combined with data on the original map. A map including maps drawn to two different scales is displayed on a display device, i.e., the original map is continuously displayed while only the particular area is replaced by the detailed map. Therefore, the readability of the map is improved, and desired geographical information can be easily obtained.

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Osan-si, South Korea

Sang-man Lee