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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Stanley J. Benes, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
William P. Declerck, Palatine, IL (US);
Gerald J. Gutowski, Palatine, IL (US);
Lawrence Downing, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Stanley J. Benes, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
William P. Declerck, Palatine, IL (US);
Gerald J. Gutowski, Palatine, IL (US);
Lawrence Downing, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a communication network () and method for monitoring location capabilities of mobile stations () in a database () of a communication network. Initially, the network receives an identification number from a mobile station (). If the database () does not include a location capability corresponding to the identification number, then a processor () requests the location capability from the mobile station () and stores the requested location capability in the database (). The location capability includes one or more of the following capabilities: an autonomous mode capability, an assisted mode capability and a legacy mode capability. To retrieve an entry from the database (), the network reads the location capability corresponding to the identification number from the database (). The network then assembles an assistance message based on the location capability of the mobile station () and transmits the assistance message to the mobile station ().