US 12,284,628 B2
Evaluating IP location on a client device
Antonio Trapanese, Zurich (CH); Ankit Gupta, Zurich (CH); and Pawel Walczak, Pfaffikon (CH)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/604,595.
Application 18/604,595 is a continuation of application No. 16/617,301, granted, now 11,963,128, previously published as PCT/US2017/060172, filed on Nov. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0224223 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/003 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors for performing a method for determining location of a mobile device, comprising:
identifying one or more candidate wireless stations associated with a current estimated location of the mobile device, the current estimated location being based on IP address information of the mobile device;
determining, by the mobile device, an identifier for a connected wireless station to which the mobile device is connected;
determining, at the mobile device, whether the current estimated location of the mobile device that is based on the IP address information of the mobile device corresponds to an identifier for the connected wireless station;
generating, by the mobile device, selected log data based on the determination of whether the identifier for the connected wireless station corresponds to at least one of said candidate wireless stations, the selected log data indicating an accuracy of the one or more estimated current locations based on the IP address information;
anonymizing the selected log data; and
transmitting the anonymized selected log data.