Patent ID: 8639271

Claim:
A method implemented in a removable module for supporting location-based services (LBS), comprising: receiving a first message from a terminal, the first message including an indication of positioning capabilities of the terminal, the removable module being removably received by and connected to the terminal, wherein the positioning capabilities are indicative of one or more supported positioning modes of the terminal; receiving a second message from the terminal, the second message including an indication of available ones of the supported positioning modes of the terminal; selecting a positioning mode based on the available ones of the supported positioning modes of the terminal; sending, after receiving the second message, a third message to the terminal, the third message including a request for location information and an indication of the selected positioning mode; and receiving a fourth message with the requested location information from the terminal by the removable module, the fourth message being sent by the terminal in response to the third message from the removable module.