Patent ID: 7522927

Claim:
A method of providing location information regarding a mobile unit in a mobile communications system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for location information for a mobile unit, the request identifying the mobile unit and including a specification indicating a characteristic of the requested location information; selecting at least one location information source from a plurality of location information sources, the selected at least one location information source being operable to provide the location information for the mobile unit that at least meets the specification and at least one of the plurality of location information sources employing a location finding technology that is different than a location finding technology employed by another one of the plurality of location information sources; obtaining the location information from the at least one selected location information source; and providing the location information at least meeting the specification for the identified mobile unit in response to the request; wherein selecting at least one location information source includes utilizing a default specification to select between multiple acceptable location sources, each of the multiple acceptable location sources being operable to obtain location information at least substantially conforming to the included specification.