Communication System and Method for Monitoring and Remote Debugging

• US 20100180160A1
• Filed: 12/31/2009
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BandRich, Inc.
• Original Assignee: BandRich, Inc.
• Inventors: LIN, Chih-Ming, LEONG, Un Pio, KUO, Wen-Yi, YU, Jui-Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/651,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20100180160A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/46
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0742 in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0775 Content or structure details of the error report, e.g. specific table structure, specific error fields
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software

Abstract

A communication system and a method adapted in the communication system for monitoring and remote debugging are provided. The communication system comprises a server, at least one terminal device and a customer service team end. The terminal device is to generate a terminal device data, wherein the terminal device further sends the terminal device data either unsolicitedly or on demand to the server, wherein the data processor further generates report files according to the terminal device data. The customer service team end is to retrieve the terminal device data and the report file from the server for to monitoring and remote debugging.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a server;

at least one terminal device to generate a terminal device data, wherein the terminal device further sends the terminal device data either unsolicitedly or on demand to the server, wherein the server further generates a report file according to the terminal device data; and

a customer service team end to retrieve the terminal device data and the report file from the server for monitoring and remote debugging.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the customer service team end is able to login to the server to control the terminal device by sending a command to the terminal device.

3. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the command is to request the terminal device to send the terminal device data to the server and to command the terminal device when start or stop generating terminal device data.

4. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the server sends the command to the terminal device through a dedicated signaling channel, a paging channel, a forward access channel or a shared access channel.

5. The communication system of claim 2, further comprising an SMS modem, wherein the server sends the command to the terminal device using SMS through the SMS modem.

6. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising an SMS modem, wherein the server further sends an SMS through the SMS modem to notify the customer service team end after the terminal device sends the terminal device data to the server.

7. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device data comprises a device information, a radio environment data, a plurality of user usage events, a measurement data, or a combination thereof, and the report file comprises a network performance analysis, a user behavior analysis, a usage analysis, a capacity analysis, or a combination thereof.

8. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising a data processor to generate a plurality of report files according to the terminal device data.

9. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is to send the terminal device data to the server through a wireless network or a cable network.

10. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device supports WiFi, GSM, GPRS, WCDMA, HSPA, LTE, WiMax, CDMA2000, GPS, Ethernet network, or a combination thereof.

11. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device starts or stops to generate the terminal device data with an event-triggered mechanism.

12. The communication system of claim 11, wherein the terminal device sends to the server the terminal device data comprising data only within a period right before service events happen.

13. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a data modem, a handset, a mobile internet device, a notebook computer embedded with cellular function, a router embedded with cellular function or an M2M device.

14. A method adapted in a communication system for monitoring and remote debugging, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

generating a terminal device data from at least one terminal device of the communication system;

sending the terminal device data either unsolicitedly or on demand to a server of the communication system;

generating a report file according to the terminal device data; and

retrieving the terminal device data and the report file from the server to a customer service team end for monitoring and remote debugging.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising a step of generating a plurality of report files according to the terminal device data.

16. The method of claim 14, after sending the terminal device data to the server further comprising a step of sending an SMS to notify the customer service team.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

logging in to the server from the customer service team end;

sending a command to the terminal device; and

requesting the terminal device to send the terminal device data to the server.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the command is sent to the terminal device using SMS or through a dedicated signaling channel, a paging channel, a forward access channel or a shared access channel.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the terminal device data starts or stops to be generated with an event-triggered mechanism.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the terminal device data starts or stops to be generated before an event happens.