Systems and methods for identifying merchant locations based on transaction records

A system for identifying a merchant location based on one or more transactions, the system comprising:

• a memory including a data structure, the data structure including multiple transaction records associated with a target merchant;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• access multiple router records, each router record generated by a portable communication device, each router record including a time and date at which signal strengths of the router record were recognized by the portable communication device;
• for each of the multiple router records, search for a match between the router record and at least one of the multiple transaction records associated with the target merchant, based on a consistency between the time and date of the router record and a time and date of the at least one of the multiple transaction records;
• for each matching router record:
• designate the router record with a transaction indicator, whereby the transaction indicator indicates a match between the time and date of the router record and the time and date of the transaction record;
• and
• assign to the router record an authorization intensity indicative of a number of transactions at the target merchant for a particular interval;
• and
• report one or more of the matching router records to a location provider based on the authorization intensity exceeding a predefined intensity.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• access multiple router records, each router record from a portable communication device in communication with multiple routers, each router record including signal strengths of ones of the multiple routers as recognized by the portable communication device and a temporal indicator specific to a time and date at which the signal strengths are recognized by the portable communication device;
• for each of the multiple router records:
• append a geographic location to the router record and purge at least the signal strengths of ones of the multiple routers from said router record;
• search for a match between the purged router record and at least one of multiple transactions associated with a target merchant based on the temporal indicator included in the router record;
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• reporting the geographic location from one of the purged router records as a location associated with the target merchant, when a number of the matching purged router records assigned to include said geographic location exceeds a predetermined threshold.