Extending trigger positioning method and device

The present invention discloses an extended triggered positioning method, comprising: a third-party terminal requires notification at a specified trigger position of the initial stage of positioning; after obtaining the location information of the target terminal in the positioning phase, by the location server to the location information periodically be sent to a third terminal or only the terminal region sent to a third trigger condition is satisfied. The present invention also discloses a trigger extended positioning means, comprising: positioning policy negotiation unit, the position calculation unit, the positioning result notifying means notifies a third party location means. With the present invention, in the case of periodical location trigger based on the area or location, so that the third party terminal can obtain the location result of the target terminal to obtain a target terminal periodically or enter, leave notification of a target area, location service application rich , users in different locations to meet the needs of business applications.