Patent ID: 6993345

Claim:
A positioning system, comprising: a position data server which sends data of a search time for the search of GPS satellites to a wireless terminal via a communication station and points the location of the wireless terminal based on at least GPS satellite data received from the wireless terminal; and the wireless terminal which searches for GPS satellites during the search time received in data from the position data server, and sends the fetched GPS satellite data to the position data server via the communication station, wherein the position data server setting a search time which is longer than usual if a prescribed condition is met and sending data of the longer search time to the wireless terminal via the communication station; and the prescribed condition, based on which the position data server sets a longer search time, is derived from at least one of determining that station data pertinent to surrounding communication stations is below a prescribed level, determining that the distance between the wireless terminal and the communication station is beyond a prescribed distance, and determining that the wireless terminal is in a specific area.