METHOD FOR POSITIONING TARGET TERMINAL WHILE PROTECTING PRIVACY OF USER THEREOF

摘要

A method of providing location information of a target Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Enabled Terminal (target SET) while protecting privacy of a user of the target SET in a Home-SUPL Location Center (H-SLC) providing the location information of the target SET, and the H-SLC, are provided. The method includes receiving a location request message from a requester, transmitting an SUPL INITiation (SUPL INIT) message by using a first session IDentifier (ID) to the target SET, the first session ID including a real ID of the target SET, transmitting a Positioning DATA (PDATA) message by using a second session ID to the Home-SUPL Positioning Center (H-SPC), the second session ID including a pseudo-ID for secure connection between the H-SLC and the H-SPC, receiving a positioning result of the target SET from the H-SPC, and transmitting the positioning result to the requester.

主权项

1. A method performed by a mobile terminal for receiving location information of the mobile terminal, the method comprising:
transmitting a location request message including an IDentifier (ID) of the mobile terminal to a location server; and receiving a first message including a first session ID from the location server, the first session ID includes the ID of the mobile terminal, wherein the location request message is transformed to a second message including a second session ID for an interface with a positioning center for calculating the location information, the second session ID is different from the first session ID.