Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Hugh O Brien

Patrick Joseph Pratt

Daniel B Schwartz

Conor O'Keeffe

Norman Beamish

David Redmond

Aidan Murphy

Keith A Tilley

Wayne Edwards

A method of processing location information on a mobile device which includes a primary receiver for receiving a primary signal; a diversity receiver for receiving a diversity signal or location information; a diversity combiner which can combine primary and diversity signals to form a combined signal; and a first processing unit for processing the combined signal; the method comprising the steps of: identifying whether the device is in a location mode or a diversity mode; if the device is in location mode, disabling the diversity combiner; passing the output from the primary receiver directly to the first processing unit; and passing location information from the diversity receiver to a location processing unit.

Method and apparatus to receive location information in a diversity enabled receiver

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Cork, Ireland

Hugh O Brien