Dynamic configuration of mobile station location services

• US 20090070445A1
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Xia, Ge, Tsurutome, Kevin Masao, Gill, Regan
• Granted Patent: US 8,862,710 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/11 wherein the cooperating elements are pseudolites or satellite radio beacon positioning system signal repeaters
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/258 relating to the satellite constellation, e.g. almanac, ephemeris data, lists of satellites in view
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

On startup, a mobile station application will determine the current carrier network and submit a query to an application server that will return the correct location server configuration for the specified network. This information will be used on the mobile station to dynamically configure the device through the available GPS chipset API.

Claims

1. A method of configuring a mobile device, comprising:

transmitting a request for location configuration data;

receiving a location configuration data in response to said request for location configuration data; and

initializing navigation hardware with said location configuration data.

2. The method of configuring a mobile device according to claim 1, wherein said request for location configuration data comprises:

a carrier network identification; and

at least one application identification.

3. The method of configuring a mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining if a current network identification matches a received network identification associated with said received location configuration data;

if said current network identification matches a received network identification associated with said received location configuration data, initializing said navigation hardware with said received location configuration data; and

if said current network identification does not match a received network identification associated with said received location configuration data, re-transmit a request for location configuration data.

4. The method of configuring a mobile device according to claim 1, wherein said location configuration data comprises:

an Internet Protocol (IP) address;

a port number;

a protocol type; and

a carrier network identification.

5. The method of configuring a mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving said request for location configuration data at a location configuration server.

6. The method of configuring a mobile device according to claim 1, wherein:

said mobile device is a cellular telephone.

7. The method of configuring a mobile device according to claim 1, wherein:

said navigation hardware is a Global Positioning System (GPS) chipset.

8. Apparatus for configuring a mobile device, comprising:

means for transmitting a request for location configuration data;

means for receiving location configuration data in response to said request for location configuration data; and

means for initializing navigation hardware with said location configuration data.

9. The apparatus for configuring a mobile device according to claim 8, wherein said request for location configuration data comprises:

a carrier network identification; and

at least one application identification.

10. The apparatus for configuring a mobile device according to claim 8, further comprising:

means for determining if a current network identification matches a received network identification associated with said received location configuration data;

means for initializing said navigation hardware with said received location configuration data, if said current network identification matches a received network identification associated with said received location configuration data; and

means for re-transmitting a request for location configuration data, if said current network identification does not match a received network identification associated with said received location configuration data.

11. The apparatus for configuring a mobile device according to claim 8, wherein said location configuration data comprises:

an Internet Protocol (IP) address;

a port number;

a protocol type; and

a carrier network identification.

12. The apparatus for configuring a mobile device according to claim 8, further comprising:

means for receiving said request for location configuration data at a location configuration server.

13. The apparatus for configuring a mobile device according to claim 8, wherein:

said mobile device is a cellular telephone.

14. The apparatus for configuring a mobile device according to claim 8, wherein:

said navigation hardware is a Global Positioning System (GPS) chipset.

15. A system for configuring a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device to transmit a request for location configuration data;

a location configuration server to receive said request for location configuration data and to formulate a database query;

a database to store said location configuration data; and

a wireless network to communicate said request for location configuration data and said location configuration data between said mobile device and said location configuration server.

16. The system for configuring a mobile device according to claim 15, wherein said request for location configuration data comprises:

a carrier network identification; and

at least one application identification.

17. The system for configuring a mobile device according to claim 15, wherein said location configuration data comprises:

an Internet Protocol (IP) address;

a port number;

a protocol type; and

a carrier network identification.

18. The system for configuring a mobile device according to claim 15, wherein:

said mobile device is a cellular telephone.

19. The system for configuring a mobile device according to claim 15, wherein:

said navigation hardware is a Global Positioning System (GPS) chipset.