PERSONAL WIRELESS COVERAGE MAP
First Claim
1. A method to provide a map to a wireless device, the method comprising:
- processing wireless session records with a processor to determine a first route from an origination point to a destination point along which a first wireless service is expected to be available to the wireless device for at least a target percentage of the first route, the origination point and the destination point being specified in a request received from the wireless device;
generating, using the processor, map data identifying the origination point, the destination point and the first route, the map data also identifying a first geographic region in which the first wireless service is experiencing, at a time associated with the request, usage above a threshold, the geographic region being determined based on processing the wireless session records; and
communicating the map data to the wireless device in response to the request.
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Abstract
Methods and systems respectively provide for receiving a wireless signal coverage map request from a wireless device. A map is generated in accordance with the request and provided to the wireless device. The map includes symbology keyed to wireless signal services within a particular geographic area. Such symbology can be indicative of recommended areas and travel routes having particular types of wireless signal coverage, regions of poor or non-existent wireless signal service, areas presently experiencing heavy wireless signal usage, and so on. In this way, a wireless device user can seek to access specific wireless services and/or avoid suspect trouble regions within a geographic area.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to provide a map to a wireless device, the method comprising:
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processing wireless session records with a processor to determine a first route from an origination point to a destination point along which a first wireless service is expected to be available to the wireless device for at least a target percentage of the first route, the origination point and the destination point being specified in a request received from the wireless device; generating, using the processor, map data identifying the origination point, the destination point and the first route, the map data also identifying a first geographic region in which the first wireless service is experiencing, at a time associated with the request, usage above a threshold, the geographic region being determined based on processing the wireless session records; and communicating the map data to the wireless device in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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processing wireless session records to determine a first route from an origination point to a destination point along which a first wireless service is expected to be available to a wireless device for at least a target percentage of the first route, the origination point and the destination point being specified in a request received from the wireless device; generating map data identifying the origination point, the destination point and the first route, the map data also identifying a first geographic region in which the first wireless service is experiencing, at a time associated with the request, usage above a threshold, the geographic region being determined based on processing the wireless session records; and communicating the map data to the wireless device in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus to provide a map to a wireless device, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory having machine readable instructions stored thereon; and a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising; processing wireless session records to determine a first route from an origination point to a destination point along which a first wireless service is expected to be available to the wireless device for at least a target percentage of the first route, the origination point and the destination point being specified in a request received from the wireless device; generating map data identifying the origination point, the destination point and the first route, the map data also identifying a first geographic region in which the first wireless service is experiencing, at a time associated with the request, usage above a threshold, the geographic region being determined based on processing the wireless session records; and communicating the map data to the wireless device in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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