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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Bengt Bergkvist, Jarfalla, SE;
Roland Bodin, Sp.ang.nga, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of sending to an unknown switching centre that serves a given mobile station a command concerning said mobile station. The command is sent by using a previously known short message service, e.g. SMS in the GSM-system. The command may constitute a request for the switching centre to determine the position of the mobile station and is sent from a positioning node outside the mobile communications system. The invention also relates to a method of sending data from the switching centre to the positioning node. The invention also relates to a switching centre and also to a system for carrying out the method.