Device-based access point association and tracking of physical addresses

A method for association and use of a communication session with a communication destination, depending on a geographic network location of a wireless network tracked by a communications service, the method comprising operations performed by a client device using at least one hardware processor, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from the wireless network, access point identification information that identifies an access point of the wireless network to which the client device is connected;
• comparing the access point identification information with a white list, to identify an unvalidated status of the access point of the wireless network, wherein the white list includes identification information of at least one validated access point;
• responsive to the identified unvalidated status of the access point, communicating, from the client device to the communications service, the access point identification information;
• responsive to communicating the access point identification information to the communications service, receiving, at the client device from the communications service, an indication of a validated status for the access point and geographic location information for the wireless network, wherein the geographic location information identifies a specific geolocation of the access point and is associated with the access point identification information at the communications service;
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• performing a communication action with the communications service, via the communication session established between the client device and the communication destination using the wireless network, in response to communicating the access point identification information to the communications service, if the client device receives the indication of the validated status and the geographic location information,
• wherein the communication action includes transmitting the geographic location information for the wireless network from the client device to the communication destination via the communications service, and wherein the specific geolocation of the access point identified in the geographic location information is used to enable and conduct the communication session between the client device and the communication destination, and
• wherein communications between the client device and the communication destination are blocked, if the client device does not receive the indication of the validated status and the geographical location information.

A client device for adapted for association and use of a communication session with a communication destination, depending on a geographic network location of a wireless network tracked by a communications service, the client device comprising:

• means for receiving, from the wireless network, access point identification information that identifies an access point of the wireless network;
• means for comparing the access point identification information with a white list, to identify an unvalidated status of the access point of the wireless network, wherein the white list includes identification information of at least one validated access point;
• means for communicating, to a network communications service, the access point identification information, based on the identified unvalidated status of the access point;
• means for receiving, from the network communications service, an indication of a validated status for the access point and geographic location information for the wireless network, based on communicating the access point identification information to the communications service, wherein the geographic location information identifies a specific geolocation of the access point and is associated with the access point identification information at the network communications service;
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• means for performing a communication action in the network communications service, via the communication session established between the client device and the communication destination using the wireless network, in response to communicating the access point identification information to the communications service, if the client device receives the indication of the validated status and the geographic location information,
• wherein the communication action includes transmitting the geographic location information for the wireless network from the client device to the communication destination via the network communications service, and wherein the specific geolocation of the access point identified in the geographic location information is used to enable and conduct the communication session between the client device and the communication destination, and
• wherein communications between the client device and the communication destination are blocked, if the client device does not receive the indication of the validated status and the geographical location information.