Patent ID: 9723585
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communications device, comprising: electronic circuitry configured to: receive a position request message requesting determination of a position of a wireless terminal, the position request message including a position uncertainty criteria, the position uncertainty criteria indicating at least one of an accuracy required by a requesting device that communicated the position request message, a precision required by the requesting device, a certainty required by the requesting device, and a uncertainty required by the requesting device; determine whether a confidence differential exists between a confidence reporting characteristic of the wireless terminal and a confidence criteria known to the communications device; in response to determining that a confidence differential exists, scale the position uncertainty criteria to obtain a scaled position uncertainty criteria; append the scaled position uncertainty criteria to the position request message to produce a reformatted position request message; and transmit the reformatted position request message to the wireless terminal for the wireless terminal to apply the scaled position uncertainty criteria in determining a response to be provided to the communications device.