Patent ID: 9058573
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising, by one or more computer servers: by the computer servers, aggregating local area network (LAN) traffic data received from one or more listening nodes, the LAN traffic data comprising a plurality of entries, each entry comprising at least a date and time, a MAC address for a networked device, and a network identifier for a LAN associated with a geographic location; by the computer servers, associating a social networking user identifier with each unique MAC address in the aggregated LAN traffic data; by the computer servers, processing the aggregated LAN traffic data to identify a pattern in relation to a subset of the entries, wherein the pattern comprises two or more distinct social networking user identifiers that appear amongst the entries in the subset, and wherein a single network identifier for a LAN appears in every entry in the subset; by the computer servers, qualifying the identified pattern; by the computer servers, generating a set of suggestions; and by the computer servers, publishing the suggestions.