Patent ID: 8611922

Claim:
A method in a user terminal served by a communication network, for collecting, in addition to position information requested by the communication network, additional position related information, the method comprising: initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal independently of any instructions received from the communication network, collection of the additional position related information, wherein the additional position related information includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined, and wherein the message includes a measurement identity reserved for user terminal initiated measurement orders; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message, wherein the additional position related information is obtained as a result from the measurement of the at least one parameter; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the additional position related information, wherein one or more of said measurement reports are produced in response to the message generated by the user terminal; selecting, within the user terminal, based on the measurement identity reserved for user terminal initiated measurement orders, the one or more measurement reports that were produced in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network.