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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Jaana Laiho, Veikkola, FI;
Wolfgang Steffens, Veikkola, FI;
Jaana Laiho, Veikkola, FI;
Wolfgang Steffens, Veikkola, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method of gathering location data of terminals in a communication network, the network comprising at least one location determination functionality adapted to determine data indicative of the location of a specified terminal within the network, and a control functionality adapted to control at least the location determination functionality, the method including: acquiring location data of specified terminals in response to corresponding requests from a service application, monitoring a load condition of the at least one location determination functionality resulting from the acquiring of location data of specified terminals, first detecting that the monitored load condition is below a certain threshold value, second detecting that a predetermined event concerning at least one terminal has occurred, and collecting location data of terminals in response to the second detecting.