Patent ID: 8521429

Claim:
A system for assessing the accuracy of a location estimation system, said system comprising: a memory area for storing post information including a plurality of locations each having a list of wireless network beacons accessible therefrom; and a processor programmed to: receive, from a mobile computing device, location information comprising a known device location associated with the mobile computing device, said location information further identifying one or more wireless network beacons accessible by the mobile computing device at the known device location; search the post information stored in the memory area based on the identified wireless network beacons to identify one or more of the plurality of locations, the one or more of the plurality of locations being identified by comparing the received location information with the lists of wireless network beacons in the stored post information; determine a location for the mobile computing device based on the identified one or more of the plurality of locations; compare the determined location with the received known device location; determine a difference between the determined location and the received known device location based on said comparing; and modify the post information in the memory area as a function of the determined difference.