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Managing requests in a wireless system

  • US 8,644,173 B1
  • Filed: 05/04/2009
  • Issued: 02/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing location-based requests, the system comprising:

  • a position-determining entity that receives the location-based requests from mobile devices that are wirelessly connected to the position determining entity via a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the position determining entity includes;

    (1) at least one designated port that receives the location-based requests based on a source identifier associated with the location-based request;

    (2) a counting component that counts the location-based requests received at the designated port;

    (3) a timer that times a predetermined unit of time for the designated port and resets at the end of the predetermined unit of time, wherein the predetermined unit of time allows the position determining entity to throttle a reception rate for location-based requests received from each mobile device during the predetermined unit of time; and

    (4) a database that stores usage policies, counts received from the counting component, and elapsed time received from the timer.

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