Patent ID: 7305244
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a mobile device to provide a location-based function, comprising: monitoring at least one property of a wireless communication network, determining whether to conduct a positioning of the device based on the at least one property of the wireless communication network, conducting the positioning to determine the position of the device, and determining whether to activate the location based on at least one item of position data of the device, wherein the at least one property comprises a signal strength of a base station of said wireless communication network, said signal strength is measured at intervals, and at least information on changes in the signal strength is utilized in determining whether to conduct the positioning, and wherein whether the device is in an area of a cell to which the location based function is connected is determined by a cell identifier, and information on the base station signal strength is used for determining whether to conduct the positioning only when the device is in the area of the cell identified by said cell identifier.