Patent ID: 6882306

Claim:
A method for determining the position of an electronic device by means of satellites in a positioning system, where satellite orbit data is determined, signal of a satellite is selected for receiving, acquisition information is determined on the basis of the signal from the selected satellite, and a default position is determined for the electronic device, wherein the method comprises at least: a determination step for determining a first time data estimate by using said satellite orbit data, said acquisition information and said default position of the electronic device, a computing step for computing an estimate of the code phase of the satellite signal on the basis of said time data estimate, the default position and the satellite orbit data, wherein said computing does not require said satellite signal to be demodulated, and a searching step, in which a code-modulated signal transmitted by satellites of a positioning system is received for searching the signal of at least one satellite and for acquiring the signal by using said estimate of the code phase.