Patent ID: 8989101
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying MAC addresses of a wireless access point, comprising: obtaining, via one or more processors, a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses and a respective plurality of locations associated with each of the plurality of MAC addresses; selecting, via one or more processors, a first MAC address associated with a first location and a second MAC address associated with a second location from the plurality of MAC addresses based on a proximity between the first location and the second location, wherein the first MAC address and second MAC address were detected in a single measurement; determining, via one or more processors, a signal strength score between the first MAC address and the second MAC address; determining, via one or more processors, that the signal strength score is above a signal strength score threshold; in response to determining that the signal strength score is above the signal strength score threshold, determining, via one or more processors, a similarity score between the first MAC address and the second MAC address; determining, via one or more processors, that the similarity score is above a similarity score threshold; and in response to determining that the signal strength score is above the signal strength score threshold, identifying, via one or more processors, the first MAC address and second MAC address as belonging to a single wireless access point.