Method and apparatus in a communication network for facilitating a use of location-based applications

摘要

A communication network (200, 300) stores (502) location information for the communication network. A portable device (100) determines (504) whether the portable device is in motion. The portable device requests (510) the location information only when the portable device determines itself not to be in motion. The network sends (512) the location information to the portable device, in response to the request for the location information from the portable unit.