Patent ID: 8812014

Claim:
A method of determining a position of a mobile device in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: accessing mobile device audio information from the mobile device; analyzing the mobile device audio information to determine an environmental characteristic indicating at least one of a corresponding environment type or a specific location in which the mobile device currently resides; and using the environmental characteristic indicating the at least one of the corresponding environment type or the specific location in which the mobile device currently resides to affect a determination of the position of the mobile device, wherein using the environmental characteristic comprises selecting, based on the environmental characteristic determined from the mobile device audio information and indicating the at least one of the corresponding environment type or the specific location in which the mobile device currently resides, one or more location information sensors of the mobile device to obtain information for determining the position of the mobile device, wherein using the environmental characteristic comprises setting a position determination formula parameter based on the environmental characteristic, and wherein the position of the mobile device is determined using the position determination formula parameter.