Priority handling of location services in a mobile communications network

Patent 6385458 Issued on May 7, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 10, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Ericsson Inc.

Application

No. 458594 filed on 12/10/1999

US Classes:

455/456.2, Based on request signal455/432.2, System format conversion455/435.3, Based on priority455/436, Handoff455/440, Based upon unit location455/512, Based on priority455/527Break-in or priority override

Examiners

Primary: Urban, Edward F.
Assistant: Milord, Marceau

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Navarro; Arthur I.

International Class

H04Q 007/20

Abstract

Provided is a method, computer program, and system that implements a location service in a mobile communications network to generate a location estimate for a terminal device associated with a user. The method takes a location request, and, with a precision that is dependent on an assigned priority level, estimates the location of a mobile phone. The computer program implements the method in software with modular programming. The system achieves the present invention by applying a location services algorithm to a mobile communications network.