Patent ID: 9482734
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a first mobile communications device to communicate device information, the method comprising: transmitting, by the first mobile communications device, a peer discovery signal including a first predetermined bit, of a plurality of predetermined bits of a header of the peer discovery signal, designated for use in signaling a willingness to perform, by the first mobile communication device, a first device location determination related operation and a second predetermined bit, of the plurality of predetermined bits of the header of the peer discovery signal, designated for use in signaling a willingness to perform, by the first mobile communication device, a second device location determination related operation, said first predetermined bit being set to a first value when said first mobile communications device is willing to perform said first device location determination related operation and being set to a second value when said first mobile communications device is not willing to perform said first device location determination related operation; monitoring, by the first mobile communications device, for a signal from a second mobile communications device, responsive to the peer discovery signal transmitted by the first mobile communication device and received by the second mobile communication device, corresponding to said first device location determination related operation; during the monitoring for the signal from the second mobile communications device, receiving, by the first mobile communications device, the signal from the second mobile communications device corresponding to the first device location determination related operation; in response to the received signal, performing, by the first mobile communications device, the first device location determination related operation; and providing, by the first mobile communications device, information related to the performance of the first device location determination related operation to the second mobile communications device, wherein said first device location determination related operation is a map parameter determination operation.