Patent ID: 9332398
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising, at a mobile device: transmitting one or more request messages for positioning parameters, the one or more request messages indicating whether the mobile device includes an enhanced processing platform capability, the indicated capability including an enhanced capability of one or more processors of the mobile device, an enhanced battery capability, an enhanced memory capability, or any combination thereof; and in response to at least one of the one or more request messages, receiving one or more response messages comprising positioning parameters selected based, at least in part, on a tier of assistance parameters, from among a plurality of tiers of assistance parameters, matching the indicated capability, wherein a first tier of the plurality of tiers of assistance parameters corresponds to a first set of assistance parameters being provided to a mobile device comprising relatively robust processing resources, and wherein a second tier of the plurality of tiers corresponds to a second set of assistance parameters being provided to a mobile device comprising less-robust processing resources.