Patent ID: 8787188

Claim:
A method for tracking wireless access points from a computing device, the method comprising: scanning in a first scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device; scanning in a subsequent scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device; creating a group of wireless access points that includes a combination of (i) one or more first wireless access points that were each identified in the first scan and not in the subsequent scan, and (ii) one or more second wireless access points that were each identified in the subsequent scan; and displaying a list of user-selectable items that correspond to particular wireless access points from the group of wireless access points that have been identified in a period of multiple scans for wireless access points, the displayed list indicating that one or more of the particular wireless access points were identified in a prior scan and not identified in a most recent scan for wireless access points, wherein a time between the first scan and the subsequent scan is lengthened or shortened according to a distance traveled by the computing device.