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System and method for SUPL roaming using a held client

  • US 8,301,160 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2010
  • Issued: 10/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assisting in the selection of a visiting secure user plane location platform (V-SLP) for a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is tasked to gather characteristics of a wireless communications network and report the characteristics to a home secure user plane location platform (H-SLP) of which the mobile device is associated, comprising:

  • accessing a network having an associated plurality of location information servers (LIS) and at least one associated secure user phone location platform (SLP);

    searching for at least one of the plurality of location information servers;

    receiving identifying information of at least one of the plurality of location information servers; and

    ,transmitting the identifying information and the characteristics of the wireless communications network to the H-SLP to thereby assist the H-SLP in the selection of a V-SLP,wherein the identifying information comprises the uniform resource identifier (URI) of at least one of the plurality of location information servers.

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