Patent ID: 9304208
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving, via a wireless communication unit, location data from a global positioning system (GPS); turning on, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a GPS engine of the mobile terminal to measure a position of the mobile terminal using the location data from the GPS; providing, via the controller of the mobile terminal, position-related service using the position measured by the GPS engine; sensing, via a sensor of the mobile terminal, a movement characteristic of the mobile terminal; temporarily turning off the GPS engine when the sensed movement characteristic of the mobile terminal is below a predetermined threshold; and turning back on the GPS engine when then sense movement characteristic is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, wherein the providing the position-related service comprises: executing position measurement using the GPS engine according to a preset trigger type; checking whether or not the measured position satisfies a trigger condition; and executing a position report to a network server according to a preset report period when the measured position satisfies the trigger condition.