SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING THE NUMBER AND/OR DURATION OF POSITIONING REQUESTS FOR TERMINAL-BASED LOCATION CALCULATION
First Claim
1. A mobile station for reporting positioning information associated with location information calculated by said mobile station to a network in wireless communication with said mobile station, comprising:
- a transceiver unit for receiving a positioning request for said mobile station and sending a reporting message to said network;
a positioning measurement module connected to said transceiver unit for obtaining at least one positioning measurement for said mobile station;
a location calculation module for receiving said at least one positioning measurement from said positioning measurement module and calculating said location information associated with the location of said mobile station within said network, using said at least one positioning measurement; and
a reporting module for receiving said location information from said location calculation module and initiating said reporting message, including at least said positioning information, towards said transceiver unit, said positioning information including information related to the gathering of said at least one positioning measurement and said location information.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for requiring a mobile station (MS) to notify the network of the number and/or duration of positionings performed by the MS. A service program or API (Application Program Interface), e.g., JAVA program, which is responsible for collecting information regarding the requests for location information, is either included in a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, or other memory, of the MS, or downloaded to the SIM card in the MS. As a result of performing a location calculation, the API within the MS initiates a mobile originated reporting Short Message Service (SMS) or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) message to the serving network, which includes a time stamp of the time and date the positioning request was received, the number and/or duration of the positioning(s) and the final location of MS.
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21 Claims
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1. A mobile station for reporting positioning information associated with location information calculated by said mobile station to a network in wireless communication with said mobile station, comprising:
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a transceiver unit for receiving a positioning request for said mobile station and sending a reporting message to said network;
a positioning measurement module connected to said transceiver unit for obtaining at least one positioning measurement for said mobile station;
a location calculation module for receiving said at least one positioning measurement from said positioning measurement module and calculating said location information associated with the location of said mobile station within said network, using said at least one positioning measurement; and
a reporting module for receiving said location information from said location calculation module and initiating said reporting message, including at least said positioning information, towards said transceiver unit, said positioning information including information related to the gathering of said at least one positioning measurement and said location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. A method for reporting positioning information associated with location information calculated by said mobile station to a network in wireless communication with said mobile station, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by said mobile station, a positioning request for said mobile station;
obtaining at least one positioning measurement by said mobile station;
calculating, by said mobile station, location information associated with the location of said mobile station within said network, using said at least one positioning measurement; and
sending, by said mobile station, a reporting message, including at least said positioning information, to said network, said positioning information including information related to the gathering of said at least one positioning measurement and said location information.
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