Location service selection apparatus and methods

A method of selecting one or more differing types of location service in the provision of the location of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

• providing, for display to a user of a portable electronic device, location service selection criterion signalling, the location service selection criterion signalling directly providing respective location determining accuracy values available to the portable electronic device and at least one other related performance characteristic value, the location service selection criterion signalling allowing for user selection of one or more differing types of location service, from at least two available differing types of location services, by selecting a desired location determining accuracy value, each of the differing types of location service for the provision of the location of the portable electronic device to the portable electronic device according to a respective location determining accuracy;
• receiving user selection criterion signalling representative of user input indicating selection of a revised desired value of location determining accuracy provided by the location service selection criterion signalling via a user interface of the portable electronic device;
• processing the user selection criterion signalling to cause display of the user-selected revised desired value of location determining accuracy and a revised value for the at least one other related performance characteristic corresponding to the revised desired value of location determining accuracy;
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• selecting one or more of the differing types of location service, based on the user selection criterion signaling, in the determination of the location of the portable electronic device to the selected accuracy for provision of the determined location of the portable electronic device to the portable electronic device.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having a computer program recorded thereon, the computer program comprising computer executable program code, which when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, causes the apparatus to:

• provide, for display to a user of a portable electronic device, location service selection criterion signalling, the location service selection criterion signalling directly providing respective location determining accuracy values available to the portable electronic device and at least one other related performance characteristic value, the location service selection criterion signalling allowing for user selection of one or more differing types of location service, from at least two available differing types of location services, by selecting a desired location determining accuracy value, each of the differing types of location service for the provision of the location of the portable electronic device to the portable electronic device according to a respective location determining accuracy;
• receive user selection criterion signalling representative of user input indicating selection of a revised desired value of location determining accuracy provided by the location service selection criterion signalling via a user interface of the portable electronic device;
• process the user selection criterion signalling to cause display of the user-selected revised desired value of location determining accuracy and a revised value for the at least one other related performance characteristic corresponding to the revised desired value of location determining accuracy;
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• select one or more of the differing types of location service, based on the user selection criterion signaling, in the determination of the location of the portable electronic device to the selected accuracy for provision of the determined location of the portable electronic device to the portable electronic device.