# US 2013/0281114 A1 · Method, system and device for positioning a mobile terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0281114 A1 - Document ID: US20130281114A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/763,275 - Filed: 2013-02-08 - Published: 2013-10-24 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-10 - Assignees: Starberry Limited - Applicants: Starberry Limited - Inventors: Wing-fung YU; Jason Felix Tsz-kiu CHIU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130281114A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method, system and device of device of terminal positioning in the field of communication technology is disclosed. The method including the following steps of a signal-receiving-end receiving a sound wave signal indicating the position of a signal-sending-end, the signal having been sent by the signal-sending-end which is within the same region. It is possible to obtain the current position information of signal-receiving-end in accordance with the signal to position the terminal in indoor environments and near the building-intensive outdoor environments. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of terminal positioning, comprising the steps of: providing a signal-sending-end; providing a signal-receiving-end; the signal-sending-end sending a signal indicating the position of the signal-sending-end; the signal-receiving-end receiving the signal; and obtaining the position information on the signal-receiving-end from the signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the signal is a sound wave. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 2, wherein the sound wave has a frequency beyond the audible range of the human ear. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the frequency is high beyond the audible range of the human ear. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the frequency is low beyond the audible range of the human ear. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the signal-receiving-end includes a monitor-end, the method further comprising the steps of: the signal-receiving-end transmitting the signal to the monitor-end; and the monitor-end obtaining the position information from the signal on the signal-receiving-end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 6, further comprising the steps of: providing a query terminal; the query terminal querying the monitor-end for position information on the signal-receiving-end. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the signal-receiving-end is a mobile communication terminal; the signal-sending-end is a fixed-device set within the same region; and the same region means a pre-determined effective range of the signal sent by the signal-sending-end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the signal is a non-audible frequency sound wave or radio signal; and the same region being in an indoor environments and/or near a building-intensive outdoor environment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 9, wherein the non-audible frequency signal is sent in a default first frequency; or the non-audible frequency signal is sent as a first set of multi-bit information corresponding to the first set frequency; and the radio signal is sent in a default second frequency. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 10, wherein the first frequency corresponds to a first-position-coding, the first-position-coding indicating a position in the region; the first set multi-bit information indicating the position in the region; the second frequency corresponding to the second-position-coding of default; and the second-position-coding indicating the position in the same region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 11, wherein the first-position-coding, the multi-bit information and the second-position-coding respectively correspond to positions as pre-determined in a query table; and the method further comprises the step of: using the first-position-coding, the first set multi-bit information or the second-position-coding to query the query table in order to obtain information on terminal positions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 12, wherein the query table is stored in the signal-receiving-end, the server side network that the signal-receiving-end belongs to, or the monitor-end of the signal-receiving-end. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 11, wherein the ranges of the first frequency or the first set of frequency is between 17000 Hz˜22000 Hz and/or 16 Hz˜25 Hz; and the range of the second frequency is 136 Hz˜174 Hz. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 10, further comprising obtaining the position information of the signal-receiving-end from the signal via decoding the first set frequency to obtain the first set of multi-bit information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A method of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the signal of position information of the signal-receiving-end is sent after encrypting at the signal-sending-end; and the decrypted signal providing information on the position of the signal-receiving-end to the signal-receiving-end. ### Claim 17 A system of terminal positioning, comprising: a signal-sending-module which is set in a signal-sending-end, capable of sending a signal indicating the position of the signal-sending-end to a signal-receiving-end within the same region; a signal-receiving-module, which is set in the signal-receiving-end, capable of receiving the signal; and a position-information-obtaining-module, which capable of obtaining position information on the signal-receiving-end using the signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 17, wherein the position-information-obtaining-module comprises: a first obtaining sub-module, which is set in the signal-receiving-end, used for obtaining the current position information of the signal-receiving-end in accordance with the signal; or the position-information-obtaining-module comprises: a signal transmitting sub-module, which is set in the signal-receiving-end, used for sending the signal to the monitor-end of the signal-receiving-end; and a second obtaining sub-module, which is set in the monitor-end, used for obtaining the current position information of the signal-receiving-end in accordance with signal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 18, wherein the system further comprises: a query module, which is set in the query terminal, capable of querying the monitor-end for position information on the signal-receiving-end. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 17, wherein the signal-sending-end is a fixed-device set within a same region; the same region meaning the effective range of the signal of the signal-sending-end; and the signal-receiving-end is a mobile communication terminal. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 17, wherein signals sent by the signal-sending-module are sound waves in a non-audible frequency, or radio signals; the region being within indoor environments and/or areas near the building-intensive outdoor environments. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 21, wherein the non-audible frequency sound wave is sent in a default first frequency; or the non-audible frequency signal is sent in accordance with the related frequency of default of the first set multi-bit information; the radio signal is sent in a default second frequency; the same region is the region in an indoor environment and/or near the building-intensive outdoor environment, such as in a suite or a room, or between many building-intensive regions. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the first frequency corresponds to a first-position-coding; the first-position-coding indicating a position in the same region; the first set multi-bit information indicating the position within the same region; the second frequency corresponds to a second-position-coding; the second-position-coding indicating the position information within the same region. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 23, wherein the first-position-coding, multi-bit information or the second-position-coding respectively correspond to one position in the query table; and the position-information-obtaining-module also comprising: a query sub-module, which is set in signal-receiving-end or the monitor-end of signal-receiving-end, capable of querying for the position of the first-position-coding, the first set multi-bit information or the second-position-coding to obtain the position information of the same region. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 24, wherein the query table of position information is stored in the signal-receiving-end; or the server side network that the signal-receiving-end belongs to; or the monitor-end of the signal-receiving-end. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 23, wherein the ranges of the first frequency and/or the first set of frequency is between 17000 Hz˜22000 Hz and/or 16 Hz˜25 Hz; and the range of the second frequency is 136 Hz˜174 Hz. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 26, wherein the signal-sending-module comprises: a control sub-module used by the first set of multi-bit information to control a sound generating sub-module producing a sound wave of the first set of frequency; a sound generating sub-module, which is used for producing a sound wave of the first set of frequency; a position-information-obtaining-module which comprises a decoding sub-module, which is used for decoding the first set of frequency to obtain the first set of multi-bit information. ### Claim 28 (depends on 17) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 17, wherein the system further comprises: an encryption module, which is set in the signal-sending-end, capable of encrypting the signal of position information of the signal-sending-end; a decryption module, which is set in the signal-receiving-end or the monitor-end of the signal-receiving-end, capable of decoding the signal encrypted by the encryption module. ### Claim 29 (depends on 17) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 17, wherein the system includes several signal-sending-modules and/or several signal-receiving-modules; several signal-sending-modules are respectively set in several signal-sending-ends; several signal-receiving-modules are respectively set in several signal-receiving-ends. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) A system of terminal positioning, as set forth in claim 29, wherein several signal-sending-ends are respectively set in several different regions; the signal-sending-modules in the signal-sending-ends are set within several different regions and send signals of different frequencies. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) A fixed-device of signal-receiving-ends of systems mentioned according to claim 30. ### Claim 32 (depends on 17) A fixed-device of signal-sending-ends of systems mentioned according to claim 17.