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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Trueposition, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Cyril Houri, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Skyhook Holding, Inc., Wayne, PA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a technique is provided for wireless position determination wherein locations of Wi-Fi access points included in a collaborative database are both consumed to estimate the position of a wireless computing device and updated based on the position of the wireless computing device. Using the collaborative database, a geographic location of each one or more first Wi-Fi access points in signal reception range of the wireless computing device is determined based on a unique or semi-unique identification of each first Wi-Fi access point. A wireless positioning system estimates a position of the wireless computing device based on the geographic location of each of the one or more first Wi-Fi access points. It may be determined that a Wi-Fi access point of one or more second Wi-Fi access points in signal reception range of the wireless computing device is a new Wi-Fi access point whose geographic location is not contained in the collaborative database. The collaborative database is updated to include the geographic location of the new Wi-Fi access point based, at least in part, on the position of the wireless computing device.