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, 7, 8, 11, 23, 25, 26, 27, 31, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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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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