Method and apparatus for accessing location based services by determining current location information and virtual location information of portable terminal in a wireless communication network

摘要

A method for accessing a location-based social network service in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes determining whether virtual location information is used when the location-based social network service is requested, obtaining virtual access location information of the portable terminal when it is determined that the virtual location information used, and accessing the location-based social network service using the obtained virtual access location information.