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US 9,794,226 B2Granted
Methods, apparatuses and articles for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services using a proxy location server
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsStephen William Edge, Andreas Klaus Wachter, Philip Michael Hawkes
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Abstract
Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to allow a mobile device to obtain certain location service(s) and/or the like from one or more computing devices that have been authorized for use. For example, in certain implementations, a location server may comprise a proxy location server for an authorizing location server and may indicate one or more other location servers as being authorized for location service related access by a mobile device.
Claims118
A method for use by a proxy server for an authorizing location server, the method comprising:
- obtaining, at said proxy location server, a first message from a mobile device, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- determining, at said proxy location server, a second set of location servers based, at least in part, on said first set of location servers;
- and
- transmitting, from said proxy location server, a second message to said mobile device, said second message identifying said second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device.
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A method for use by a mobile device, the method comprising:
- obtaining authorization from an authorizing location server to use a location server as a proxy location server for said authorizing location server;
- transmitting a first message to said proxy location server, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- obtaining a second message from said proxy location server, said second message identifying a second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device;
- and
- accessing one or more location servers from said second set of location servers for one or more location services.
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An apparatus for use in a proxy location server for an authorizing location server, the apparatus comprising:
- means for obtaining, at said proxy location server, a first message from a mobile device, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- means for determining, at said proxy location server, a second set of location servers based, at least in part, on said first set of location servers;
- and
- means for transmitting, from said proxy location server, a second message to said mobile device, said second message identifying said second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device.
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An apparatus for use in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
- means for obtaining authorization from an authorizing location server to use a location server as a proxy location server to said authorizing location server;
- means for transmitting a first message to said proxy location server, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- means for obtaining a second message from said proxy location server, said second message identifying a second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device;
- and
- means for accessing one or more location servers from said second set of location servers for one or more location services.
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A proxy location server for an authorizing location server, said proxy location server comprising:
- a network interface;
- and
- one or more processing units to:
- obtain, via said network interface, a first message from a mobile device for which the location server comprises a proxy location server for an authorizing location server, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- determine a second set of location servers based, at least in part, on said first set of location servers;
- and
- initiate transmission of a second message to said mobile device via said network interface, said second message identifying said second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device.
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A mobile device comprising:
- one or more interfaces;
- and
- one or more processing units to:
- obtain authorization from an authorizing location server to use a location server as a proxy location server;
- initiate transmission of a first message to said proxy location server via said one or more interfaces, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- obtain a second message from said proxy location server via said one or more interfaces, said second message identifying a second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device;
- and
- access, via said one or more interfaces, one or more location servers from said second set of location servers for one or more location services.
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An article comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions that are executable by one or more processing units of a proxy location server for an authorizing location server to:
- process an obtained first message, at said proxy location server, from a mobile device for which the location server comprises a proxy location server for an authorizing location server, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- determine, at said proxy location server, a second set of location servers based, at least in part, on said first set of location servers;
- and
- initiate transmission of a second message from said proxy location server to said mobile device, said second message identifying said second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device.
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An article comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer implementable instructions stored therein that are executable by one or more processing units in a mobile device to:
- obtain authorization from an authorizing location server to use a location server as a proxy location server to said authorizing location server;
- initiate transmission of a first message to said proxy location server, said first message identifying a first set of location servers;
- obtain a second message from said proxy location server, said second message identifying a second set of location servers as being authorized for location service related access by said mobile device;
- and
- access one or more location servers from said second set of location servers for one or more location services.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.