Patent ID: 7246010

Claim:
A method in positioning, in which assistance information of a satellite positioning system is determined, and the assistance information is transmitted to an electronic device, wherein at least one server of the communication system is used for determining the assistance information, the determined assistance information is converted to a meta data format, and the assistance information converted to the meta data format is transmitted to the electronic device, wherein said assistance information is used in the electronic device for positioning, when necessary, wherein for the transmission of the assistance information in the communication network, at least two servers are used, that said at least two servers are divided into a first set of servers and a second set of servers, wherein the servers of the first set are used for receiving satellite signals, generating assistance information on the basis of the received satellite signals, and transmitting the assistance information to at least one server of said second set, and that the assistance information is transmitted to the electronic device from a server of said second set.