Patent ID: 7912483
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a mobile station for facilitating the determination of Global Positioning System (GPS) location information, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, via a wireless communication network through a wireless transceiver of the mobile station, GPS navigational-type data; storing the GPS navigational-type data in memory of the mobile station; receiving, through a user interface of the mobile station, a voice call request for establishing a voice call; comparing a telephone number of the voice call request with predetermined telephone numbers of a prestored list in the memory; in response to the receiving of the voice call request and determining that the telephone number of the voice call request is in the prestored list of predetermined telephone numbers from the act of comparing, performing a GPS procedure which includes the acts of: in response to the receiving of the voice call request and determining that the telephone number of the voice call request is not in the prestored list of predetermined telephone numbers from the act of comparing: refraining from performing the GPS procedure prior to establishing the voice call.