Continuous data optimization of moved access points in positioning systems United States Patent 08244272

08244272 is referenced by 51 patents and cites 164 patents.

Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to indicate whether a WiFi access point has moved relative to its previously recorded location. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points within range of the WiFi-enabled device so that observed WiFi access points identify themselves; A reference database is accessed to obtain information specifying a recorded location for each observed WiFi access point in the target area. The recorded location information is used for each of the observed WiFi access points in conjunction with predefined rules to infer whether an observed WiFi access point has moved relative to its recorded location. The reference database is informed of the identity of any observed WiFi access point that is inferred to have moved.

Title
Continuous data optimization of moved access points in positioning systems
Application Number
11/359154
Publication Number
8244272 (B2)
Application Date
February 22, 2006
Publication Date
August 14, 2012
Inventor
Russel K Jones
Roswell
GA, US
Farshid Alizadeh Shabdiz
Wayland
MA, US
Michael G Shean
Boston
MA, US
Edward J Morgan
Needham
MA, US
Agent
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Assignee
Skyhook Wireless
MA, US
IPC
H04W 24/00
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Citations: 51 (view full list)

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