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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2007
Norman Beamish, Cork, IE;
Wayne Edwards, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Aidan Murphy, Cork, IE;
Hugh O Brien, Cork, IE;
Conor O'keeffe, Cork, IE;
Patrick Pratt, Mallow, IE;
David Redmond, Cork, IE;
Daniel B Schwartz, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keith Tilley, Tempe, AZ (US);
Norman Beamish, Cork, IE;
Wayne Edwards, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Aidan Murphy, Cork, IE;
Hugh O Brien, Cork, IE;
Conor O'Keeffe, Cork, IE;
Patrick Pratt, Mallow, IE;
David Redmond, Cork, IE;
Daniel B Schwartz, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keith Tilley, Tempe, AZ (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of processing location information on a mobile device which includes a primary receiver for receiving a primary signal; a diversity receiver for receiving a diversity signal or location information; a diversity combiner which can combine primary and diversity signals to form a combined signal; and a first processing unit for processing the combined signal; the method comprising the steps of: identifying whether the device is in a location mode or a diversity mode; if the device is in location mode, disabling the diversity combiner; passing the output from the primary receiver directly to the first processing unit; and passing location information from the diversity receiver to a location processing unit.