Patent ID: 8706142

Claim:
A method of estimating a location of a wireless access point, comprising: storing a first sample received from a first mobile device, the first sample including a first mobile device location, an access point identifier from the wireless access point, and a first value corresponding to a signal strength of a signal from the wireless access point; selecting a first platform profile based on characteristics of the first mobile device; populating cells of a matrix with probabilities based on the first mobile device location, the first platform profile and the first value; storing a second sample received from a second mobile device, the second sample including a second mobile device location, an access point identifier from the wireless access point, and a second value corresponding to a signal strength of a signal from the wireless access point; selecting a second platform profile based on characteristics of the second mobile device; updating the probabilities in the matrix based on the second mobile device location, the second platform profile and the second value; and estimating the location of the wireless access point based on the matrix.