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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Marc Stogaitis, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zhentao Sun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method for determining a wireless access point location. The method includes a step for receiving session data from at least one mobile device, wherein each instance of the received session data includes one or more global positioning system (GPS) data points, one or more sensor data points, and one or more WiFi scan data points, wherein the one or more WiFi scan data points are associated with one or more wireless access points (WAPs). The method also includes a step for calculating a location of at least one of the one or more WAPs using at least a portion from each of the received one or more global positioning system (GPS) data points, the one or more sensor data points, and the one or more WiFi scan data points.