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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Huntaek Han, Yongin, KR;
Dohyoung Chung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of location information in a mobile device capable of improving position accuracy of the mobile device using a database (DB) of peripheral auxiliary data when GPS and navigation are performed in the mobile device, and an apparatus thereof is provided. The method of providing location information in a mobile device includes acquiring initial location information of the mobile device when a location based service is executed, transmitting the acquired initial location information to a server, receiving auxiliary data corresponding to the initial location information from the server, classifying satellites to be used to determine a location with reference to the auxiliary data, and determining the location based on a satellite signal of a satellite having a high weight through the classification of the satellites.