LOCATION SPECIFIC SEARCH FOR REGIONAL SATELLITE VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A position location method for a wireless device comprising:
- receiving a first signal;
obtaining an identifier indicative of a first location from the first signal;
retrieving information associated with at least one satellite vehicle using the identifier, the at least one satellite vehicle belonging to a regional satellite system;
receiving a second signal;
processing the second signal to obtain first satellite signal information for the at least one satellite vehicle; and
determining a position of the wireless device at least partially based on the first satellite signal information.
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Abstract
A position location system, method, and apparatus are disclosed. A wireless device receives a first signal and obtains an identifier indicative of a first location from the first signal. The first signal can be received from a cellular base station and the first identifier can be a mobile country code. The wireless device uses the identifier to determine the availability of signals from a regional satellite system at the first location. If signals from the regional satellite system are available at the first location, the wireless device retrieves information associated with one or more satellite vehicles in the regional satellite system. The information can include pseudo-random number codes and a Doppler search range corresponding to the first location. The wireless device receives a second signal and processes the second signal to obtain first satellite signal information. The wireless device determines its position at least partially based on the first satellite signal information.
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41 Claims
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1. A position location method for a wireless device comprising:
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receiving a first signal; obtaining an identifier indicative of a first location from the first signal; retrieving information associated with at least one satellite vehicle using the identifier, the at least one satellite vehicle belonging to a regional satellite system; receiving a second signal; processing the second signal to obtain first satellite signal information for the at least one satellite vehicle; and determining a position of the wireless device at least partially based on the first satellite signal information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless device comprising:
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a first receiver configured to receive an information bearing signal having a first identifier indicative of a first location; a second receiver configured to receive a plurality of satellite signals and to determine a position of the wireless device using information from the plurality of satellite signals, wherein the second receiver receives at least one of the plurality of satellite signals using second identifiers for satellite vehicles that are part of a regional satellite system; and a processor configured to obtain the first identifier from the information bearing signal and to use the first identifier to retrieve the second identifiers from a memory of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A position location method for a mobile device comprising:
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maintaining information associated with satellite vehicles of regional satellite systems in a memory of the mobile device; receiving a terrestrial signal from a cellular base station; obtaining an identifier indicative of a first location from the terrestrial signal; determining the availability of a first regional satellite system at the first location using the identifier; retrieving from the memory a pseudo-random number code corresponding to a first satellite vehicle of the first regional satellite system if the first regional satellite system is available at the first location; receiving a second signal; processing the second signal using the pseudo-random number code to obtain first satellite signal information; and determining a position of the mobile device at least partially based on the first satellite signal information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer-readable medium encoded with one or more instructions for locating the position of a wireless device, the one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:
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receiving a first signal; obtaining an identifier indicative of a first location from the first signal; retrieving information associated with at least one satellite vehicle using the identifier, the at least one satellite vehicle belonging to a regional satellite system; receiving a second signal; processing the second signal to obtain first satellite signal information for the at least one satellite vehicle; and determining a position of the wireless device at least partially based on the first satellite signal information.
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41. A wireless device comprising:
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means for receiving an information bearing signal having a first identifier indicative of a first location; means for receiving a plurality of satellite signals and determining a position of the wireless device using information from the satellite signals, wherein at least one of the plurality of satellite signals is received using second identifiers for satellite vehicles that are part of a regional satellite system; and means for obtaining the first identifier from the information bearing signal and using the first identifier to retrieve the second identifiers from a storage means of the wireless device.
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