Patent ID: 9535154
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G01S

Claim:
1. On a computing device, a method comprising: obtaining, from a remote location information service, a list of positioning signals each associated with a geographic location; locally storing the list of positioning signals to form a locally-stored list; receiving, by a wireless communication device in communication with a processor, one or more currently available positioning signals; comparing, by the processor, the one or more currently available positioning signals to the locally-stored list; after comparing the one or more currently available positioning signals to the locally-stored list, when any of the one or more currently available positioning signals matches one or more matching positioning signals stored in the locally-stored list, then after comparing the one or more currently available positioning signals to the locally-stored list, when no currently available positioning signals match any positioning signal stored in the locally-stored list, sending a request to the remote location information service for location information.