Systematic crowdsourcing of geolocation data

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a machine to:

• in response to receiving a transaction request at a point-of-sale device, collect location data from a device associated with the transaction at the point-of-sale device, wherein the location data is collected from a plurality of devices during a plurality of transactions;
• receive, from the point-of-sale device via a first communication network, transaction data that includes an identification of the point-of-sale device and an identification of a payment vehicle;
• determine a confidence in a location of the point-of-sale device based on the location data associated with the plurality of devices;
• in response to the confidence of the location of the point-of-sale device being lower than a threshold confidence, determine a location of a device associated with an owner of the payment vehicle;
• and
• generate an updated confidence in the location of the point-of-sale device based at least in part on the location of the device associated with the owner of the payment vehicle.

A data processing system for determining a location of a point-of-sale, the data processing system comprising:

• at least one computer having a microprocessor for computing data input to the computer;
• at least one site management application including at least one of a software or firmware installation that provides computer coded instructions to the computer for managing data manipulated by the computer;
• at least one database communicating with the computer for storing data regarding a threshold confidence of a location of a point-of-sale device;
• data inputs from the point-of-sale device to the computer detailing:
• location data from a device associated with a transaction at the point-of-sale device, wherein the location data is collected from a plurality of devices during a plurality of transactions;
• transaction data that includes an identification of the point-of-sale device and an identification of a payment vehicle, and
• a location of a device associated with the owner of the payment vehicle;
• and
• outputs generated by the data processing system including:
• a confidence of the location of the point-of-sale device based on the location data associated with the plurality of devices;
• and
• an updated confidence in the location of the point-of-sale device based at least in part on the location of the device associated with the owner of the payment vehicle in response to the confidence of the location of the point-of-sale device being lower than the threshold confidence.