Method and system for streamlined location determination with advanced communication of base station delay measurements

A method comprising:

• receiving via a user interface into a mobile station from a user of the mobile station a request for a location based service;
• responsive to the request from the user, the mobile station transmitting via a wireless communication interface a location based service request to a location based service provider (LBSP);
• the mobile station including with the transmitted location based service request base station delay measurements usable by a positioning system to compute a location of the mobile station so as to enable the LBSP to provide location based information in response to the location based service request;
• the LBSP receiving the location based service request with the base station delay measurements;
• the LBSP transmitting to the positioning system a query for the location of the mobile station via a network communication interface and including with the query the received base station delay measurements;
• the LBSP receiving from the positioning system in response to the query the location of the mobile station determined by the positioning system based on the base station delay measurements;
• the LBSP using the received location as a basis to obtain the location based information to provide in the response to the location based service request;
• and
• the mobile station receiving via the wireless communication interface the response to the location based service request, the response providing the location based information based on location of the mobile station.

A method comprising:

• receiving via a user interface into a mobile station from a user of the mobile station a request for a location based service;
• responsive to the request from the user, the mobile station transmitting via a wireless communication interface a location based service request to a location based service provider (LBSP);
• the mobile station including with the transmitted location based service request base station delay measurements usable by a positioning system to compute a location of the mobile station so as to enable the LBSP to provide location based information in response to the location based service request;
• an intermediary within a communication path between the mobile station and the LBSP receiving the location based service request, with the base station delay measurements, transmitted from the mobile station;
• the intermediary transmitting the received base station delay measurements to the positioning system via a network communication interface;
• the intermediary forwarding the location based service request along to the LBSP;
• and
• the mobile station receiving via the wireless communication interface a response to the location based service request, the response providing the location based information based on location of the mobile station, wherein the location of the mobile station was determined by the positioning system based on the base station delay measurements that were provided with the location based service request.