Patent ID: 7525484
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining requested location information regarding a first of a plurality of terrestrial wireless mobile stations using location information from location estimating sources, and to provide the requested location information to an application using wireless location, the location estimating sources, including a first location estimating source and a second location estimating source, the first and second location estimating sources providing information regarding locations of various of the mobile wireless stations, the method comprising the steps of: first receiving a location request regarding the first of said wireless mobile station from the application, said location request seeking said requested location information; first obtaining a first location input obtained using an instance, I second obtaining a second location input obtained using an instance, I wherein said first location estimating source employs a first location finding technology that provides I wherein said steps of first and second obtaining includes a step of providing said first and second location inputs in a common standardized format; storing data in memory relating to said first location input and said second location input; third obtaining said requested location information by selectively using portions of said data from said memory, wherein said requested location information is determined according to information indicative of a manner in which said application prefers said requested location information; and outputting said requested location information to said application.