Patent ID: 8755818

Claim:
A Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) enabled terminal (SET) comprising: at least one processor configured to: receive a first message from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) to initiate a triggered location session, the first message including a trigger type; transmit a second message to the H-SLP to start the location session in response to the first message; receive a third message in response to the second message, the third message including trigger parameters and a reporting mode, wherein the trigger parameters indicate when to report the SET location and the reporting mode is selected from a group comprising batch, real time and quasi-real time; determine a plurality of position estimates for the SET at a plurality of times ascertained by the SET during the location session in response to the trigger parameters; and report at least one position estimate obtained for the SET to the H-SLP in response to the reporting mode provided in the third message and selected from the group comprising batch, real time and quasi-real time.