| US 7,576,692 B2 | ||
| Method for positioning, a positioning system, and an electronic device | ||
| Hanna Sairo, Tampere (Finland); Paula Syrjarinne, Tampere (Finland); Harri Valio, Kammenniemi (Finland); Kimmo Alanen, Lempaala (Finland); Ilkka Kontola, Julkujarvi (Finland); and Jari Syrjarinne, Tampere (Finland) | ||
| Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/953,737. | ||
| Application 10/953737 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/081294, filed on Feb. 21, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 20010365 (FI), filed on Feb. 23, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0122259 A1, Jun. 09, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01S 1/08 (2006.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 342—386 [342/357.15] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
determining the direction of movement of a wireless communication device;
receiving more than one location area codes from a mobile communication network;
retrieving position data associated with each of the one or more location area codes;
selecting one of the location area codes to be used in determining the default position of the wireless communication device
on the basis of the direction of movement of the wireless communication device;
determining a position of the wireless communication device utilizing the position data associated with the selected location
area code as the default position of the wireless communication device, where only a portion of a global cell identity is
received by the wireless communication device, and
transmitting the determined position of the wireless communication device and the selected location area code to the mobile
communication network.
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