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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Dmitry Shmidt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dmitry Shmidt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking wireless access points from a computing device. The method includes scanning in a first scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device, and scanning in one or more subsequent scans to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device. The method also includes creating a group of wireless access points that includes a combination of wireless access points that were identified in the first scan or in the one or more subsequent scans, and providing to a user of the computing device a list of wireless access points that includes members of the group of wireless access points that have been identified in a predetermined period of multiple scans for wireless access points.