Method and apparatus for setting destination in navigation terminal

1. A method of setting a destination in a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, a message including location information from an external device;

obtaining, by the mobile terminal, the location information from the message; and

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the location information to a navigation terminal through a short distance wireless communication, the location information being used to set a destination address for the navigation terminal;

wherein the location information includes address information input by a user of the external device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information includes current Global Positioning System (GPS) information of the external device.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising creating, by the mobile terminal, a message including certain location information in response to a user input and transmitting the created message to another mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the certain location information is current position coordinates of the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the certain location information is address information directly input by the user.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising providing, by the mobile terminal, a route between the destination and a pre-set start position.

7. The method of claim 2 , a further comprising:

requesting, by the mobile terminal, a navigation server to calculate a route between the destination and a pre-set start position; and

receiving, by the at mobile terminal, the calculated route from the navigation server.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a multimedia message.

9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the message is a multimedia message.

10. A mobile terminal apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication unit for receiving a message including location information from an external device; and

a controller for obtaining the location information from the message, and transmitting the location information to a navigation terminal through a short distance wireless communication, the location information being used to set a destination address for the navigation terminal;

wherein the location information includes address information input by a user of the external device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the location information includes current Global Positioning System (GPS) information of the external device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller creates a message including certain location information in response to a user input and transmits the created location information message to another mobile terminal through the wireless communication unit.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the certain location information is current position coordinates of the mobile terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the certain location information is address information directly input by the user.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller provides a route between the destination and a pre-set start position.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller requests a navigation server to calculate a route between the destination and the pre-set start position; and

the wireless communication unit receives the calculated route from the navigation server.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the message is a multimedia message.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the message is a multimedia message.

19. An apparatus for setting a destination in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a mobile communication terminal for receiving a message including location information from an external device, obtaining the location information included in the received message and transmitting the location information to a navigation terminal through short distance communication, the location information being used to set a destination address for the navigation terminal; and

the navigation terminal for setting position coordinates corresponding to the location information received from the mobile communication terminal through short distance communication as position coordinates of a destination related to a route.