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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David McMahan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 ;
Abstract
A mobile terminal stores almanac information relating to the position of satellites within a position detection system by converting selective portions of ephemeris information to almanac information. The ephemeris information may be provided by a mobile network continuously or on demand from the mobile terminal. Alternatively, the mobile terminal may secure the ephemeris information from satellites.