Patent ID: 8331952

Claim:
A method comprising: enabling a first wireless information device to access absolute geographic data, in which the first wireless information device does not possess its own absolute location finding system but is instead able to receive, over a wireless network, absolute geographic data from a second wireless information device that includes one or more absolute location finding systems, wherein enabling comprises: selecting an absolute location finding system from the one or more absolute location finding systems running on the second wireless information device that meets quality of position (QoP) parameters defined by one of an authorized component running on the second wireless information device or an authorized component running on the first wireless information device; and in response to the selectin of the absolute location finding system that meets the defined quality of position parameters, causing location data from the selected absolute location finding system to be sent, wherein the location data is sent to the authorized component running on the second wireless information device in an instance in which the quality of position parameters are defined by an authorized component running on the second wireless information device, and wherein the location data is sent to the authorized component running on the first wireless information device in an instance in which the quality of position parameters are defined by an authorized component running on the first wireless information device; wherein the QoP parameters are selected from at least one of: horizontal accuracy; vertical accuracy; time to fix; cost; and power consumption.