Subscriber data analysis and graphical rendering

• US 10,091,678 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hicks, Patrick, Johnson, Peter Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Chu, David H
• Application Number:
  US15/235,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20160353304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42297 with number portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

Analysis and graphical rendering of subscriber data is provided. A data analysis component is provided that obtains a set of subscriber data, correlates various subsets of the subscriber data to determine a plurality of data relationships, and graphical renders the subscriber data as a heat map, a fractal map, a tree map, a three dimensional plot, a three dimensional map, a graph, a chart, etc. based on a scale associated with the data relationships. In addition, the data analysis component can obtain a set of line number portability data that can be correlated with the various subsets of the subscriber data to determine the data relationships.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

generating, by a device comprising a processor, a data relationship by correlating first subscriber data of subscriber data and second subscriber data of the subscriber data; and

determining, by the device, a scale having a first index value associated with the subscriber data, wherein the first index value is representative of a number of disconnection events determined to be expected at a defined location based on a percentage of a number of subscriber devices represented by the subscriber data at the defined location;

adjusting, by the device, the first index value to a second index value;

determining, by the device, that the second index value reflects an over-indexing condition representative of an over-indexing of the network indicating that the number of disconnection events is above an expected number of disconnection events;

determining, by the device, the degree of over-indexing based on the second index value;

translating, by the device, the degree of over-indexing to a degree of texture to be displayed graphically; and

based on the degree of texture, displaying, by the device, complex data showing region over-indexing graphically to clarify regions at which the over-indexing is occurring and facilitate a reduction of the number of disconnection events.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the device, the data relationship associated with the correlating of the first subscriber data and the second subscriber data based on the first index value.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining, by the device, line number portability data between provider entities, wherein an entity of the entities is associated with the subscriber data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generating the data relationship comprises correlating third subscriber data of the subscriber data with some of the line number portability data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the scale comprises:

determining a first quantity of the subscriber devices, comprising a first characteristic, according to a first defined geographic granularity;

determining a second quantity of the subscriber devices, comprising the first characteristic, according to a second geographic granularity; and

determining the first index value based on the percentage of the second quantity of subscriber devices represented in the first quantity of subscriber devices.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selecting, by the device, for the first defined geographic granularity, a value for the first defined geographic granularity that is a higher granularity of a geographic granularity hierarchy than the second defined geographic granularity.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying the data relationship comprises displaying the data relationship as a heat map that emphasizes first correlations between the first and second subsets that have higher correlations than second correlations between the first and second subsets, wherein the first correlations are determined to satisfy a defined correlation function, and wherein the second correlations are determined not to satisfy the defined correlation function.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying the data relationship comprises:

determining that a value of the data relationship is within a defined range of the first index value; and

displaying a graphical representation associated with the defined range, wherein the displaying the graphical representation is in response to the value of the data relationship being determined to be within the defined range.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by the device, a display criterion; and

displaying, by the device, first information indicative of the data relationship based on the display criterion.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

generating analysis data based on evaluating a first group of subscriber data;

setting an index value based on a comparison of a first number of subscriber identities determined to comprise a characteristic at a first defined geographic granularity level to a second number of subscriber identities determined to comprise the characteristic at a second defined geographic granularity level;

determining a scale based on the index value, wherein disconnects of subscribers in a cluster are a function of the scale, and wherein the scale has the index value based on a first percentage of disconnected subscribers in the cluster compared to a second percentage of total subscribers; and

graphically rendering first information at a resolution based on the scale and indicative of the analysis data to display gradations of the disconnects graphically and facilitate a reduction of the disconnects.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise receiving portability data indicative of line number portability between entities associated with the subscriber data.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the evaluating comprises evaluating a group of the portability data, and wherein the generating comprises generating the analysis data based on the evaluating of the group of the portability data.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise determining the index value corresponding to the analysis data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining the first number of subscriber identities at the first defined geographic granularity level; and

determining the second number of subscriber identities at the second defined geographic granularity level.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first defined geographic granularity level is a higher granularity than the second geographic granularity level according to a hierarchical representation of geographic granularity level.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise graphically rendering second information indicative of the analysis data as a three-dimensional plot that emphasizes some of the first information indicative of the analysis data.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the system comprises an electronic device, and wherein the subscriber data is obtained by the electronic device via a network connection to a network device.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

generating analysis data based on subscriber data;

determining a first index value for the analysis data, wherein the determining comprises controlling the first index value based on a ratio of a first number of subscribers to a second number of subscribers;

displaying information indicative of the analysis data based on the index value; and

determining a scale having a second index value associated with the subscriber data, wherein the second index value is associated with disconnection events predicted to occur at a defined location based on a percentage of a number of subscriber devices represented by the subscriber data and determined to be at the defined location, and wherein the second index value reflects an overindexing of a network;

determining the degree of the overindexing based on the second index value;

translating the degree of the overindexing to a pattern to be displayed graphically; and

using the pattern, graphically displaying, by the device, complex data showing region overindexing to clarify regions at which the overindexing is occurring and facilitate reduction of a number of the disconnection events.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the determining the index value comprises:

quantifying, prior to the controlling, the second number of subscribers associated with the subscriber data, having a characteristic, at a first location, and

quantifying, prior to the controlling, the first number of subscribers associated with the subscriber data, having the characteristic, at a second location that comprises the first location.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the displaying the information indicative of the analysis data based on the index value comprises:

determining that the value of the analysis data is within a defined range of the index value; and

initiating display of a graphical representation associated with the defined range in response to the value of the analysis data being determined to be within the defined range.