Method and system for improved monitoring, measurment and analysis of communication networks utilizing dynamically and remotely configurable probes
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4-1. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
- transmitting the user interaction data to the communication network in response to at least one of the functional definition of the probe element and a request from the communication network.
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Abstract
In a method and system, one or more communication devices within a communication network are provided with a dynamically and remotely configurable probe element, implemented at least partially in software and controllable by the network operator via one or more communication links, capable of monitoring, measuring and capturing user interaction data flowing from voice and/or data transactions occurring in the network. User interaction data reflects a user'"'"'s experience on the network and thus provides valuable raw data usable by the network operator for improving network quality from the user'"'"'s perspective, especially when received from a statistically significant number of network user devices. Collected user interaction data can include network engineering metric data and/or user profile data.
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4-1. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting the user interaction data to the communication network in response to at least one of the functional definition of the probe element and a request from the communication network.
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33. A method for improving communications of a communication network having a plurality of communication devices by which a plurality of corresponding user communicate in the communications network, said method comprising:
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for each communication device of the plurality of communication devices;
monitoring a plurality of transactions occurring between a user of a communication device operating in a communication network and the communication network in accordance with a functional definition of a probe element of the communication device, wherein the plurality of transactions are at least a portion of the user'"'"'s interaction with the communication network via the communication device and wherein the functional definition of the probe element is operable to be dynamically and remotely configured by the communication network via a communication link between the communication device and the communication network;
capturing the plurality of transactions in accordance with the functional definition of the probe element;
measuring one or more characteristics of the plurality of transactions to generate user interaction data in accordance with the functional definition of the probe element;
transmitting the user interaction data to the communication network in response to at least one of the functional definition of the probe element and a request from the communication network;
the communication network aggregating the user interaction data received from one or more communication devices of the plurality of communication devices to generate statistical information about the communication network; and
the communication network analyzing the statistic information to identify one or more network performance problems of the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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