A positioning method of a system, the system comprise a first communications device, a second communications device and a to-be-positioned communications device, comprising: receiving, by the first communications device, a first positioning request sent by the second communications device, wherein the first positioning request comprises an identifier of the to-be-positioned communications device, and the first positioning request includes information for requesting a position of the to-be-positioned communications device; receiving, by the first communications device by using a short-range wireless communications technology, a broadcast message sent by the to-be-positioned communications device, wherein the broadcast message includes the identifier of the to-be-positioned communications device; obtaining, by the first communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device from the to-be-positioned communications device by using the short-range wireless communications technology, including determining, by the first communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device according to a signal strength of the broadcast message, wherein the position information includes at least one of longitude information and latitude information of a position of the to-be-positioned communications device, or real-world location information of the to-be-positioned communications device, or a relative position of the to-be-positioned communications device with respect to the first communication device; displaying, by the first communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device on a display of the first communications device; displaying, by the second communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device on a display of the second communications device. receiving, by the first communications device, a first positioning request sent by the second communications device, wherein the first positioning request comprises an identifier of the to-be-positioned communications device, and the first positioning request includes information for requesting a position of the to-be-positioned communications device; receiving, by the first communications device by using a short-range wireless communications technology, a broadcast message sent by the to-be-positioned communications device, wherein the broadcast message includes the identifier of the to-be-positioned communications device; obtaining, by the first communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device from the to-be-positioned communications device by using the short-range wireless communications technology, including determining, by the first communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device according to a signal strength of the broadcast message, wherein the position information includes at least one of longitude information and latitude information of a position of the to-be-positioned communications device, or real-world location information of the to-be-positioned communications device, or a relative position of the to-be-positioned communications device with respect to the first communication device; displaying, by the first communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device on a display of the first communications device; displaying, by the second communications device, the position information of the to-be-positioned communications device on a display of the second communications device. <EOS>