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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Arunesh Mishra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying MAC addresses of a wireless access point (AP) are provided. Two MAC addresses within a spatial proximity are selected from a spatial index of MAC addresses and locations and analyzed based on a signal strength score and a similarity score. If the signal strength score is above a signal strength score threshold, a similarity score between the two MAC addresses is determined. The similarity score is based on the location and relative distance between the selected two MAC addresses, the previously determined signal strength score, and a MAC address similarity metric that determines the heterogeneity between the two MAC addresses. If the similarity score is above a similarity score threshold, the selected two MAC addresses are considered to belong to the same physical AP.