Patent ID: 9661452
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a radio to communicate at a mobile device with a server via a communication link; and a location estimator to send via the communication link a request to the server to establish a secure assistance session for reception of location assistance information from the server, the location estimator to receive via the communication link the location assistance information from said server and to determine an estimated location of said mobile device using the location assistance information, said location estimator is to send to said server via the communication link a request for mapping assistance information during the secure assistance session, the request for mapping assistance information including one or more parameters defining a geographical region based on said estimated location, and one or more fields defining one or more attributes of the mapping assistance information, the one or more attributes including at least a type of the mapping information, wherein, during the secure assistance session, said location estimator is to receive from said server via the communication link a response including the mapping assistance information according to said one or more parameters and according to the one or more attributes, wherein said location estimator is to map the estimated location of the mobile device to the geographical region based on the mapping assistance information, said location estimator is to, based on the mapping, assistance information, correct the estimated location of the mobile device, which is determined based on the location assistance information.