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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Mark Titus, Arnold, MD (US);
Gordon John Hines, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul Thompson, Bothell, WA (US);
Joseph P. Hannan, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Mark Titus, Arnold, MD (US);
Gordon John Hines, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul Thompson, Bothell, WA (US);
Joseph P. Hannan, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for steering location requests to a serving one of a plurality of possible location positioning devices. A location request may be steered base on an emergency status of the location request, whether or not the subscriber device has a valid data plan established, based on the device type of the wireless device, or based on the type of application running on the wireless device. A location request may also be steered to a fallback location device if a steering to a primary selected location device fails and sufficient time remains to locate via the fallback location device.