| US 7,457,629 B2 | ||
| Method and system for reporting the status of non-emergency-services position-determination capability | ||
| Ke-Chi Jang, Plano, Tex. (US); Robert E. “Woody” Denman, Plano, Tex. (US); and Chung-Ching Wang, Plano (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent Quebec (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/774,672. | ||
| Application 10/774672 is a continuation of application No. 60/447391, filed on Feb. 14, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0162052 A1, Aug. 19, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—456.3 [455/456.1; 455/456.2; 455/414.2; 455/404.2; 455/433; 455/411; 455/432.3; 455/457] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a station having communication software for:
receiving a capability request from at least one non-emergency-service-provider; and
generating and transmitting a capability request response to each requesting non-emergency-service-provider,
wherein the capability request response includes a status indicator of a non-emergency-services position-determination (NESPD)
capability of the station,
wherein the status indicator comprises no more than eight data bits of the capability request response, and
wherein the NESPD capability of the station is user-selectable to enable or disable all NESPD irrespective of which non-emergency-service-provider
is associated with the capability request.
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