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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Skyhook Wireless, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Wayland, MA (US);
Nicolas Brachet, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Gerald Cavanaugh, Providence, RI (US);
Andrei Dancus, Nashua, NH (US);
Russel K. Jones, Medfield, MA (US);
Christopher Steger, Boston, MA (US);
Skyhook Wireless, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods of and systems for measuring beacon stability of wireless access points are provided. A method of determining a measure of likelihood that a designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic includes determining a set of reference points associated with a designated wireless device, and retrieving attributes of the reference points, attributes associated with other wireless devices related to the designated wireless device, and/or statistical information. The statistical information includes a temporal distribution of detection of signals of reference points, a spatial distribution of the reference points, and/or a cardinality of the set or a subset of the reference points. The method further includes determining a measure of likelihood that the designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic based on attributes of the reference points, attributes associated with the reception of signals, and/or the statistical information.