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Proprietary extensions in user plane location protocols

  • US 9,615,198 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2009
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing location services by a location server, comprising:

  • receiving, by the location server, from a mobile device a request for location assistance information, wherein the request for location assistance information uses a payload structure in a standardized user plane location protocol, wherein the payload structure has at least one structure for at least one of requests, assistance data, measurements, positioning instructions, or combinations thereof, wherein the payload structure comprises at least one proprietary extension structure, wherein the at least one proprietary extension structure allows for transmitting of proprietary assistance data and is added such that all location information in the payload structure, including the proprietary assistance data, is within a single framework in the user-plane location protocol, and wherein the proprietary extension structure is configured to accommodate transmitting of proprietary assistance data originating from one or more of a plurality of vendors, wherein accommodating transmitting of proprietary assistance data from one or more of a plurality of vendors comprises accommodating assistance data from different vendors, wherein the proprietary assistance data is vendor-specific assistance or location information; and

    in response to the request for assistance information from the mobile device transmitting the assistance information to the mobile device using the payload structure comprising the proprietary extension structure.

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