Patent ID: 8427977

Claim:
A method to collect and update data on client devices connected to WiFi access points, comprising: periodically collecting an inventory of WiFi cable modems and WiFi access points coupled to the WiFi cable modems within a specific network; periodically updating Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of WiFi cable modems and WiFi access points coupled to the WiFi cabled modems; receiving traps from the WiFi access points; parsing at least one trap to collect an inventory of at least one client device wirelessly connected to at least one of the WiFi access points and a time at which the at least one client device is connected to at least one of the WiFi access points; and periodically polling the WiFi access points, based on the IP addresses of the WiFi cable modems and the WiFi access points, to collect data on the client devices, the data including a period of time that the at least one client device has been connected to the at least one WiFi access point and a physical location of the at least one client device.