Patent ID: 9432815
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of using device-related information for positioning of a first mobile device, the method comprising: obtaining, from the first mobile device, non-unique device-related information regarding the first mobile device in a message, using a positioning protocol, the non-unique device-related information comprising: an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) vendor, an OEM model, an OEM model version, a chip vendor, a chip model, or a chip model version ID, or any combination thereof; determining, with a processing unit, a positioning characteristic for the first mobile device, wherein the positioning characteristic for the first mobile device is determined based at least in part on the non-unique device-related information; and using the positioning characteristic for the first mobile device to provide location support to the first mobile device.