METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION REGARDING A DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device;
obtaining contextual information regarding the request for location information;
formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device over a communication network, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first type of location establishment entity or from a second type of location establishment entity.
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Abstract
A method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, comprising: receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; obtaining contextual information regarding the request; and formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first or a second type of location establishment entity. Also, a method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising: receiving a request for location information pertaining to a device; determining that the device is equipped with both a built-in location establishment entity and a removable location establishment entity; consulting an information database to select one of the location establishment entities; instructing the device to retrieve location information from the selected location establishment entity.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; obtaining contextual information regarding the request for location information; formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device over a communication network, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first type of location establishment entity or from a second type of location establishment entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions being executable by at least one tangible entity in a wireless communication environment to carry out a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; obtaining contextual information regarding the request for location information; formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first type of location establishment entity or from a second type of location establishment entity.
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49. An entity in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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a processing entity for; receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; obtaining contextual information regarding the request for location information; formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first type of location establishment entity or from a second type of location establishment entity; and an output for releasing the positioning request towards the device.
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50. A method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; determining that the subscriber device is equipped with both a built-in location establishment entity and a removable location establishment entity; consulting an information database to select a location establishment entity from the built-in location establishment entity and the removable location establishment entity; instructing the device to retrieve location information from the selected location establishment entity.
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