Patent ID: 8615251
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving position signals from a global positioning system; receiving communication signals from a local positioning system; receiving a position query at a communication device; determining a position of the communication device in response to the communication device being handed off between cells of a wireless communication network without the communication device receiving a request from a remote communication device to determine the position, wherein the position of the communication device is determined based on both the position signals and the communication signals; determining whether the position query is received from a position query button of the communication device or from the remote communication device, wherein the position query button includes a hardware button or a user selectable option of a menu and wherein the position query button is dedicated to sending position queries in response to user selections of the position query button; in response to determining that the position query is received from the remote communication device: in response to determining that the position query is received from the position query button: