Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a short-cut icon for an application in a portable device is disclosed. The short-cut icon provides information related to the application as well as an application launching icon. The information related to the application may include other applications which can execute the content of the application, a browser to search for information about the application, a location of the content of the application, etc.

Abstract: Provided are a user terminal, a remote terminal, and a method for sharing an augmented reality (AR) service. The method for sharing an AR service by a user terminal includes displaying an image received from a remote terminal; recognizing an object included in the displayed image; generating first AR result information using first AR data of the object stored in a first database; and displaying the generated first AR result information and the recognized object.

Abstract: A first terminal shares a digital marker edited in a digital marker editing mode and an object corresponding to the edited digital marker with a second terminal using a wireless communication technology. If a digital marker is displayed on an image display unit of the first terminal, the second terminal photographs the digital marker using a camera, and synthesizes an object corresponding to the photographed digital marker with a real-time video image obtained through the camera to display a merged image as augmented reality. Then, the second terminal receives input information for changing the digital marker from a user, and transmits the received input information to the first terminal. The first terminal changes a digital marker using the input information received from the second terminal. The second terminal photographs the changed digital marker, and displays an object corresponding to the changed digital marker.