Patent ID: 8670785

Claim:
A method for determining position information of a first terminal, the method comprising: transmitting an inquiry message to at least one terminal to inquire whether the at least one terminal can determine a location of the at least one terminal; selecting, by the first terminal, a second terminal from the at least one terminal based on at least one reply received in response to the inquiry message; requesting the selected second terminal for position information of the second terminal, the second terminal being within a determined distance of the first terminal and having an ability to determine the position information of the second terminal, and the first terminal being unable to acquire the position information of the first terminal; receiving the position information of the second terminal from the second terminal; transmitting, by the first terminal, the position information of the second terminal; and determining a position of the first terminal based on the position information of the second terminal, wherein receiving the position information of the second terminal comprises receiving the position information of the second terminal using an application in the second terminal.