Nokia Corporation

Nokia Technologies Oy

Arto Mattila

Matti Vilppula

Markku T Niemi

Markku Niemi

Tommi Ojala

Timo Kivinen

There is a mobile terminal including an antenna, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and at least two different applications. Each of the at least two different applications are executable on the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is configured to wirelessly transmit information to and wirelessly receive information from a mobile communication network. The mobile terminal is further configured to use positioning data from a plurality of positioning methods including at least a GPS method and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) positioning method. The mobile terminal also includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the mobile terminal to receive positioning data associated with at least two of the plurality of positioning methods. The mobile terminal centrally manages, processes a request for, combines and makes available positioning data.

Portable terminal and method for position determination

A method and device for position determination, in which one or more application requests a positioning method selection device for positioning data. The positioning method selection device provides an application with positioning data using one or more positioning method in accordance with settings defined by the application and/or the user. The positioning method selection device receives a positioning request from an application, forms a parameter or parameters indicating the quality of positioning requested by the application, compares the quality of positioning data provided by the positioning methods with the positioning quality required by the application, and sends the positioning data to the application in response to the positioning request.

Method and device for position determination

The basic concept of the method for requesting location related information of a mobile communication terminal device comprises an encoding of a location request. The location request contains information and commands for instructing a receiving location serving networked device to retrieve location related information accordingly and a transmitting of the encoded location request to the location serving networked device. The basic concept of the method for serving for serving location related information of a mobile communication terminal device comprises a receiving of a location request as defined above, a retrieving of the location related information in accordance with the location request, an encoding of a location response in accordance with the retrieval results and containing at least the retrieved location related information and transmitting of the encoded location response to the mobile communication terminal device. Devices performing these methods are shown.

Method, terminal device and system allowing for handling location services independently from a cellular communication system

A method and device for position determination, in which one or more application () requests a positioning method selection device () for positioning data. The positioning method selection device provides an application with positioning data using one or more positioning method (to) in accordance with settings defined by the application and/or the user. The positioning method selection device () receives a positioning request from an application (), forms a parameter or parameters indicating the quality of positioning requested by the application, compares the quality of positioning data provided by the positioning methods with the positioning quality required by the application, and sends positioning data to the application () in response to the positioning request.

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