Patent ID: 8738037

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing an indication that an access point is a candidate mobile access point, the method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of observations, each observation comprising an identifier of an access point accessible to the computing device and an indication of geographic location of the computing device; determining, at the computing device, that a stored geographic location associated with the access point is inconsistent with the indications of the geographic location of the computing device in the plurality of observations and that at least two of the indications of the geographic location correspond to distinct geographic locations; and providing, from the computing device to a server, an indication that the access point is a candidate mobile access point that traveled at least a threshold distance during a plurality of time periods of a predetermined length based on the determination that the stored geographic location of the access point is inconsistent with the indication of the geographic location of the computing device in the plurality observations and the determination that the at least two of the indications of the geographic location correspond to distinct geographic locations.