Motorola Corporation

Michelle Hao Xiong

Eric Jay Hefner

A method and apparatus for suppressing subsequent re-request of a location request, for example a MO-LR request in a GSM communication system, by a mobile station (MS) () to the network. The method in the mobile station comprises transmitting () a location request message to a network. Then, at the MS, determining () that the network can not provide the requested location information. Creating () an indicator in a memory of the device that the network is not capable of providing the requested location information and finally suspending () subsequent transmission of location request message to the network.

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Vernon Hills, IL, United States of America

Michelle Hao Xiong