Patent ID: 8265652

Claim:
A method for geographically tagging a wireless network access point, the method comprising: determining a location of the wireless network access point including a latitude value and a longitude value of the access point; generating a first string by multiplying the latitude value by a first constant and converting it to base 60; generating a second string by multiplying the longitude value by the first constant and converting it to base 60; creating a geographic code by appending a first character produced by multiplying a highest order character of the second string by a second constant and adding it to a highest order character of the first string, a second to fifth characters using four lowest order characters of the first string and a sixth to ninth characters using four lowest order characters of the second string to represent the location of the wireless network access point; and broadcasting the geographic code as part of a beacon signal normally output by the wireless network access point, wherein base 60 is a number system that uses 60 digits.