Patent ID: 8886230

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying a first access point, by a mobile device having at least one processor, wherein the first access point is associated with a first basic service set identifier (BSSID) value and a first service set identifier (SSID) value, wherein the first access point is associated with a known location identifier; identifying one or more second access points, by the mobile device, wherein each of the one or more second access points are associated with a second BSSID value and a second SSID value; determining, by the mobile device, that the one or more second access points are not associated with the known location identifier; and associating, by the mobile device and based at least in part on determining that the one or more second access points are not associated with the known location identifier, a new location identifier with the first access point and the one or more second access points; wherein associating the known location identifier further comprises associating the location identifier based at least in part on determining that at least one of the one or more second SSID values and the first SSID value are similar; wherein a first time reference and a second time reference are within a predetermined range of each other, wherein the first time reference is associated with detecting the first access point, and the second time reference is associated with detecting at least one or more second access points.