Methods and apparatuses for using assistance data relating to satellite position systems
First Claim
1. A method for providing information to a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver, said method comprising:
- determining an ordered set of SPS satellites in view of a mobile SPS receiver having an approximate location, the ordered set based on the approximate location which is determined from at least one of a location within a cellular service area which includes a cellular transmission site in cellular communication with a communication system coupled to the mobile SPS receiver or a representative location associated with the cellular transmission site, wherein an order of SPS satellites in the ordered set is based on a location of at least some of the SPS satellites.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to obtain an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites, in view of a mobile SPS receiver, via one or two-way communication with the mobile SPS receiver. The mobile SPS receiver receives, in one embodiment, an ordered set of SPS satellites from a cellular transmission site. The ordered set of satellites are those in view of the mobile SPS receiver at a given time; such that the mobile SPS receiver may search for the SPS satellites according to an order of the ordered set of SPS satellites. The order of the ordered set may be obtained by various methods one of which is by minimizing the geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) Satellite; health data may be included in the transmission.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for providing information to a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver, said method comprising:
determining an ordered set of SPS satellites in view of a mobile SPS receiver having an approximate location, the ordered set based on the approximate location which is determined from at least one of a location within a cellular service area which includes a cellular transmission site in cellular communication with a communication system coupled to the mobile SPS receiver or a representative location associated with the cellular transmission site, wherein an order of SPS satellites in the ordered set is based on a location of at least some of the SPS satellites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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determining an ordered set of SPS satellites in view of a location of a cell of a cellular communication system at a given time; and
transmitting the ordered set of SPS satellites. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a transmission from a mobile satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver within a cell of a cellular communication system, the mobile SPS receiver being configured to transmit and receive cellular signals;
determining an ordered set of SPS satellites in view of the mobile SPS receiver, at a given time, based in part on said receiving; and
transmitting the ordered set of SPS satellites;
such that the mobile SPS receiver may receive the ordered set of SPS satellites. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising receiving an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites the ordered set being determined by a mobile SPS receiver.
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17. A method comprising using a history of stored global positioning system (GPS) satellite signal quality information for a location to determine an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites.
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18. A method comprising using mobile SPS receiver information to determine an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites.
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a server to determine an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites in view of a location of a cell of a cellular communication system at a given time; and
a transmitter, coupled to said server, to transmit the ordered set of SPS satellites. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 39)
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25. A computer readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:
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determining an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites in view of a location of a cell of a cellular communication system at a given time; and
transmitting the ordered set of SPS satellites. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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receiving an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites, via a cellular transmission from a cellular transmission site, by a mobile SPS receiver configured to receive both SPS signals and signals transmitted from the cellular transmission site;
such that the mobile SPS receiver searches for the SPS satellites according to an order of the ordered set of SPS satellites obtained from said receiving. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method comprising:
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determining an ordered set of SPS satellites in view of a mobile SPS receiver at a given time; and
transmitting the ordered set of SPS satellites;
such that a server may receive the ordered set of SPS satellites in view of the mobile SPS receiver. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. An apparatus comprising:
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a mobile satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver to receive SPS signals; and
a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from a cellular transmission site, said receiver coupled to said SPS receiver, said receiver to receive an ordered set of SPS satellites transmitted from the cellular transmission site to said receiver and said mobile SPS receiver searching for SPS satellites according to an order of the ordered set of SPS satellites. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A computer readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform steps comprising:
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receiving an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites, via a cellular transmission from a cellular transmission site, by a mobile SPS receiver configured to receive both SPS signals and signals transmitted from the cellular transmission site, SPS and cellular signals are capable of being coupled to the data processing system;
such that the mobile SPS receiver searches for the SPS satellites according to an order of the ordered set of SPS satellites obtained from said receiving. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A computer readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform steps comprising:
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determining an ordered set of SPS satellites in view of a SPS receiver at a given time; and
transmitting the ordered set of SPS satellites to a cellular transmission site, said transmitting is capable of being coupled to the data processing system;
such that a server may receive the ordered set of SPS satellites in view of the SPS receiver.
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40. A method comprising:
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receiving an ordered set of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites by a mobile SPS receiver;
such that the mobile SPS receiver searches for the SPS satellites according to an order of the ordered set of SPS satellites obtained from said receiving.
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41. An apparatus comprising:
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a mobile satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver to receive SPS signals; and
a receiver coupled to said mobile SPS receiver, said receiver to receive an ordered set of SPS satellites and said mobile SPS receiver searching for SPS satellites according to an order of the ordered set of SPS satellites.
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