Patent ID: 8228838

Claim:
A system, comprising: a first low power wireless transceiver housed in a first apparatus; a satellite positioning receiver housed in a second apparatus; a second low power wireless transceiver, housed in the second apparatus, configured to transmit a first positioning request to the first low power wireless transceiver over a low power wireless link; and a cellular radio transceiver, housed in the first apparatus and configured, in response to the first low power wireless transceiver receiving the first positioning request, to transmit a second positioning request to a base station of a cellular network, and configured to receive, as a reply to the second positioning request, first positioning data from the base station of the cellular network; wherein the first low power wireless transceiver is configured to transmit second positioning data, determined at least partially from the first positioning data, to the second low power wireless transceiver over the low power wireless link as a reply to the first positioning request; and wherein the satellite positioning receiver, housed in the second apparatus, is configured to use the second positioning data to determine a position.