US 12,149,496 B2
Electronic device, server, and control method and location information providing method for the electronic device
Hyun Joong Yu, Seongnam-si (KR); Jun Sik Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Won Jun Heo, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to THINKWARE CORPORATION, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by THINKWARE CORPORATION, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,332.
Application 18/133,332 is a continuation of application No. 17/035,079, filed on Sep. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,652,777.
Application 17/035,079 is a continuation of application No. 16/274,400, filed on Feb. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,812,440, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 16/274,400 is a continuation of application No. 14/283,579, filed on May 21, 2014, granted, now 10,243,909, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0057416 (KR), filed on May 21, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246991 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/52 (2022.05) [H04L 51/222 (2022.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for providing navigating service using a first device of a first user, the method comprising:
executing an application for the navigating service;
receiving a destination from the first user;
displaying a first screen interface that provides a first route between a first current location of the first device and the destination;
transmitting a message for sharing route information to a second device of a second user;
wherein the second user is selected by the first user using the first device,
displaying a second screen interface that provides a second route between a second current location of the second device and the destination, based on a specific input inputted by the first user;
wherein the specific input is generated by touching operation of an icon in the first screen interface identifying the second user performed by the first user,
wherein based on the specific input, the first screen interface is converted to the second screen interface which displays both the second route and the second current location,
wherein the icon is generated in the first screen interface based on a response for the message for sharing route information of the second user,
periodically receiving location information of the first user and the second user; and
displaying a text chatting menu for transmitting a message to the second user.