Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for electronic indoor/outdoor mapping and localization. The system may include a map and a mapper to detect conditions of an indoor space. The disclosed system may utilize data collected from a location detecting device, such as a global positioning systems (GPS) sensor and/or an accelerometer, a network detecting device, a compass, and/or other sources. The other sources may include wireless providers, user live sketches, and/or WLAN monitors to create a best effort optimized indoor/outdoor map. The system may determine a position of walls, wireless networking devices, and other objects within the indoor space. A method is provided for mapping an indoor space.

Abstract: A method is provided for associating a networking device with a profile by analyzing a usage pattern of communicating over one or more network and comparing the usage pattern with a benchmark pattern of the profile. The method may authenticate the networking device that correlates with a profile within a threshold level of confidence. The method may identify the networking device using an address, such as a MAC address. The method may detect and analyze application usage for authentication. A system is provided for authenticating a networking device in accordance with the method.