Patent ID: 9037162
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of utilizing WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in an area, the method comprising: a) receiving information identifying observed WiFi access points within range of a WiFi-enabled device; b) identifying one or more of the observed WiFi access points for which a reference database has no information specifying a corresponding recorded location; c) determining an estimated position of the WiFi-enabled device from one or more of the observed WiFi access points for which the reference database has information specifying the corresponding recorded location; d) determining location information for the WiFi access points identified in act (b) for which the reference database has no information specifying the corresponding recorded location, based at least in part on the estimated position determined for the WiFi-enabled device in act (c) from the one or more of the observed WiFi access points for which the reference database has information specifying the corresponding recorded location; e) inform the reference database of the WiFi access points identified in act (b) and the location information determined in act (d).