System and method for determining geolocation of wireless access point or wireless device

摘要

In order to determine the location of wireless network devices without inherent location capabilities, a wireless network device such as an access point can receive geolocation information from transient data sources such as mobile devices requiring network access from the access point. The access point stores geolocation records including location coordinates received from the transient data sources. The geolocation records can be processed to determine the position and movement of the access point. The geolocation records and/or location information can be passed to other transient clients that do not have inherent location capability.

主权项

1. A method for determining location comprising:
accessing a wireless network access point with a web browser; receiving at least one URL comprising a geolocation coordinate and a timestamp from one or more location aware first wireless devices into the wireless network access point that provides wireless network service to the one or more first wireless devices; using the web browser to store the URL in one or more geolocation records in a location history manager of the web browser; providing at least one of the URLs from the location history manager to the one or more first wireless devices; and processing the one or more geolocation records by the one or more first wireless devices to determine a geolocation for the access point.