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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Masanori Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Vodafone Group PLC, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A mobile communication terminalA, in a process of acquiring assistance information in advance for using for a GPS position measuring at step Smakes a judgment of whether or not the assistance information is to be acquired, prior to the GPS position measuring command by a user. When a result of this judgment is affirmative, the terminalA transmits an assistance information request to a position measuring assistance serverWhen the assistance information is returned from the position measuring assistance serverin response to this the assistance information request, in the cellular phoneA, the assistance information is received and stored, and then prepared for a command for position measuring by the user, for which possibility of being made is higher in a short period. As a result, it is possible to perform quickly the position measuring of a current location of the mobile communication terminal.