Apparatus and process for a universal diagnostic monitor module on a wireless device

• US 7,283,816 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2005
• Issued: 10/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Cassett, Tia Manning, Fok, Kenny, Lushin (Misha), Mikhail A.
• Primary Examiner(s): D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M
• Application Number:
  US11/175,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20060234698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• Field of Search: 455/9, 455/67.11, 455/67.13, 455/67.4, 455/418, 455/419, 455/423, 455/424, 455/425
• US Class Current: 455/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them

Abstract

A wireless device includes a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on a wireless network; a computer platform having a universal diagnostic monitor module operable to retrieve selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from the communications processing engine, and operable to control generation of a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data; and a user interface operable to present the view to a user.

Claims

1. A wireless device, comprising:

a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol;

a computer platform having a universal diagnostic monitor module operable to retrieve selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from said communications processing engine, and operable to control generation of a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable in a plurality of diagnostic modes each corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable to be selectively enabled in a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

a user interface operable to present said view;

wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module comprises a user interface configurator executable by the computer platform, said user interface configurator being operable to receive user inputs representative of at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data and said view, said user interface configurator being further operable, based on the user inputs, to control the retrieval of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data and the generation of said view; and

wherein the user interface configurator is executable by the computer platform independently of a protocol on which the wireless device and the wireless network operate.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the universal diagnostic monitor module has a first operational protocol and the communications processing engine has a second operational protocol different from the first operational protocol;

said device further comprising an application programming interface (API) resident on the computer platform and operable to translate between the first operational protocol and the second operational protocol.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module further comprises a user interface generator operable to receive a user interface configuration setting generated by said user interface configurator in response to the user inputs and the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from said communications processing engine, and further operable to initiate the generation of said view based on said user interface configuration setting and the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the user interface configurator includes configurable parameters which comprise at least one of

a plurality of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

at least a relative data orientation within said view; and

at least a data characteristic associable with one or more of the plurality of diagnostic data.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the user interface configurator further includes at least one selectable predefined set of the parameters;

said user interface configurator being operable, in response to a selection of said predefined set of the parameters, to retrieve the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data according at least to the data category or categories in said predefined set of the parameters.

6. The device of claim 5, the user interface configurator being operable to further present for selection, via said user interface, a menu option corresponding to said predefined set of the parameters.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the user interface configurator includes multiple said predefined sets of the parameters;

the user interface configurator being operable to further present for selection, via said user interface, multiple menu options corresponding to said multiple predefined sets of the parameters, respectively.

8. The device of claim 7, the user interface configurator being operable to further present, via said user interface, a user-defined menu option that for a user-defined set of the parameters.

9. The device of claim 7, the user interface configurator being operable to periodically refresh one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data, and to update said view accordingly.

10. The device of claim 9, the user interface configurator being operable to update said view only with respect to the data being refreshed.

11. The device of claim 9, the user interface configurator being operable to update said view by adding refreshed data to said view without removing previous data from said view.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the refreshed data have a first form and the previous data have a second form, wherein the first form is different from the second form.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein said data characteristic associable with one or more of the plurality of diagnostic data includes a user-defined data refresh rate.

14. The device of claim 7, wherein the wireless device comprises a cellular telephone and wherein the wireless network comprises a cellular telephone network both operating on an code division multiple access (CDMA) protocol, wherein the multiple menu options are selected from the group consisting of Temporal Analyzer, Finger Placement, Signal Information, Static Status, Dynamic Status, Application Statistics, Full Test Data Service, IS-95A Retrievable Parameters, RLP3 Statistics Logging, Service Configuration Info, and Simple Test Data Service.

15. The device of claim 7, wherein the wireless device comprises a cellular telephone and wherein the wireless network comprises a cellular telephone network both operating on an universal mobile telephone system (UMTS) protocol, wherein the multiple menu options are selected from the group consisting of Call Reselect, Temporal Analyzer, RRC Status, NAS Information, Layer 1 Status, GSM Measurement, RACH Information, Block Error Rate, HSDPA Decoding Statistics, MAC Channel Mapping, MAC Channel Parameters, and Physical channels.

16. The device of claim 7, wherein the wireless device comprises a cellular telephone and wherein the wireless network comprises a cellular telephone network both operating on a GSM/GPRS protocol, wherein the multiple menu options are selected from the group consisting of GSM Serving Cell (Idle), GSM Neighbor Cells (Idle), GSM Dedicated Mode, GSM Control Channel, GSM 3G Reject Database, GSM AMR Information, GSM Channel Parameters, GSM EGPRS Uplink/Downlink Quality, GSM GPRS Air Interface Summary, GSM GPRS TX Timing, GSM Random Access Attempts, GPRS Field Values, GPRS LLC Statistics, and GPRS SNDCP Statistics.

17. The device of claim 1, the user interface configurator being executable by the computer platform to transmit said view via the wireless network to a user manager.

18. A wireless device, comprising:

a user interface;

a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol; and

a computer platform having a universal diagnostic monitor module operable to retrieve selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from said communications processing engine, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable in a plurality of diagnostic modes each corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable to be selectively enabled in a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module comprises a user interface configurator executable by the computer platform to present the respective protocol-specific diagnostic menu via said user interface, said user interface configurator being operable to control the retrieval of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data based on a received input responsive to the respective protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

wherein the user interface configurator includes configurable parameters which comprise at least one of

a plurality of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

at least a relative data orientation within said view;

at least a data characteristic associable with one or more of the plurality of diagnostic data;

wherein the respective protocol-specific diagnostic menu comprises a plurality of menu options each corresponding to a predefined set of the parameters; and

wherein the respective protocol-specific diagnostic menu further comprises a user-defined menu option that allows for a user-defined set of the parameters.

19. The device of claim 18, said user interface configurator being further operable to transmit the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data via the wireless network to a user manager.

20. The device of claim 19, said user interface configurator being further operable to generate a user interface configuration setting in response to the received input, and to transmit the user interface configuration setting together with the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data via the wireless network to the user manager;

wherein said user interface configuration setting and the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data are sufficient for generation of a view of said selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data at the user manager.

21. A user manager in a wireless network connecting a plurality of wireless devices each comprising a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, said user manager comprising:

a communication module operable to connect said user manager with at least one of the wireless devices on the wireless network in a first communication protocol;

a user interface;

a server side monitor module operable to retrieve selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from the communications processing engine of said at least one wireless device, wherein said server side monitor module is further operable in a plurality of diagnostic modes each corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu, wherein said server side monitor module is further operable to be selectively enabled in a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

wherein said server side monitor module comprises a user interface configurator operable to present the respective protocol-specific diagnostic menu via said user interface, said user interface configurator being further operable to control the retrieval of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data based on a received input responsive to the respective protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

wherein said analysis engine comprises a debug module operable to control optimization or troubleshooting of the operation of said at least one wireless device on the wireless network, based on the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data received from said at least one wireless device; and

wherein said analysis engine is further operable to present a debug menu, via said user interface, to allow customized settings of said debug module.

22. The user manager of claim 21, wherein said server side monitor module further comprises an analysis engine operable to receive the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from said at least one wireless device, and to generate and present a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data via said user interface.

23. The user manager of claim 22, wherein said analysis engine comprises a user interface generator operable to receive a user interface configuration setting generated by said user interface configurator based on the operator inputs, and to generate said view based on said user interface configuration setting and the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data.

24. The user manager of claim 21, further comprising a client-side monitor module, said server side monitor module being operable to push said client-side monitor module to said at least one wireless device where said client-side monitor module is executed to retrieve the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from the communications processing engine of said at least one wireless device;

said client-side monitor module operable in the plurality of diagnostic modes each corresponding to one of the plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein said client-side monitor module is further operable to be selectively enabled in the selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes so as to match the first communication protocol.

25. A process of monitoring the operation of a wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol, comprising:

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data; and

updating the view with the refreshed data.

26. The process of claim 25, wherein retrieving further comprises executing the diagnostic monitor module on a computer platform of the wireless device to retrieve the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from the communications processing engine, the diagnostic monitor module having a first operational protocol and being communicable with the communications processing engine, which has a second operational protocol different from the first operational protocol, via an application programming interface (API) operable to translate between the first operational protocol and the second operational protocol.

27. The process of claim 25, further comprising

associating at least a relative data orientation to each of the predefined sets;

and

generating the view using the relative data orientation associated with the selected predefined set to arrange the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data within the view.

28. The process of claim 25, further comprising

presenting, on the user interface, a user-defined option;

and

when the user-defined option is selected, allowing for a user-defined set of the data categories for which the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data are to be retrieved.

29. The process of claim 25, indicating a difference between the refreshed data and the ones of the plurality of diagnostic data that have not been refreshed.

30. The process of claim 25, further comprising

presenting, on the user interface, an option to customize a refresh rate to be used in refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data.

31. The process of claim 25, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone having a display;

the process being carried out completely at said cellular telephone; and

the view being presented on the display of the cellular telephone.

32. The process of claim 25, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone communicable with a user manager, having the user interface comprising a display, via the wireless network;

the retrieving being carried out at the cellular telephone;

the view being presented on the display of the server; and

the receiving and generating being both carried out at either of said cellular telephone and the server.

33. The process of claim 25, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone, further comprising generating the plurality of diagnostic data comprising at least one of Random Access Channel (RACH) information and Temporal Analyzer information.

34. A computer program resident in a computer readable medium and comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a wireless device to perform the steps of:

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes a first communication protocol used by the wireless device in communication with a wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data; and

updating the view with the refreshed data.

35. A wireless communications device, comprising:

means for presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes a first communication protocol used by the wireless device in communication with a wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

means for receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

means for receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

means for retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

means for generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data;

means for presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

means for accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

means for periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data; and

means for updating the view with the refreshed data.

36. A computer program resident in a computer readable medium and comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, directs a wireless device to perform the steps of:

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes a first communication protocol used by the wireless device in communication with a wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data;

updating the view with the refreshed data; and

transmitting the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data via the wireless network to a user manager server.

37. A wireless communications device, comprising:

means for presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes a first communication protocol used by the wireless device in communication with a wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

means for receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

means for receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

means for retrieving, based on the second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

means for generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

means for presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

means for accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

means for periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data;

means for updating the view with the refreshed data; and

means for transmitting the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data via the wireless network to a user manager server.

38. A computer program resident in a computer readable medium and comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a user manager server for a wireless network to perform the steps of:

connecting the user manager server with at least one among a plurality of wireless devices operating on the wireless network in a first communication protocol;

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol used by the wireless device in communication with a wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

based on the second input, retrieving selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data; and

updating the view with the refreshed data.

39. A user manager server for a wireless network, comprising:

means for connecting the user manager server with at least one among a plurality of wireless devices operating on the wireless network in a first communication protocol;

means for presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol used by the wireless device in communication with a wireless network, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

means for receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

means for receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

means for retrieving, based on the second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

means for generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data;

means for presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

means for accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

means for periodically refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data; and

means for updating the view with the refreshed data.

40. A wireless device, comprising:

a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol;

a computer platform having a universal diagnostic monitor module operable to retrieve selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from said communications processing engine, and operable to control generation of a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable in a plurality of diagnostic modes each corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable to be selectively enabled in a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

a user interface operable to present said view;

wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module comprises a user interface configurator executable by the computer platform, said user interface configurator being operable to receive user inputs representative of at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data and said view, said user interface configurator being further operable, based on the user inputs, to control the retrieval of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data and the generation of said view;

wherein the user interface configurator includes configurable parameters which comprise at least one of

a plurality of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

at least a relative data orientation within said view; and

at least a data characteristic associable with one or more of the plurality of diagnostic data; and

wherein the user interface configurator further includes at least one selectable predefined set of the parameters;

said user interface configurator being operable, in response to a selection of said predefined set of the parameters, to retrieve the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data according at least to the data category or categories in said predefined set of the parameters.

41. A wireless device, comprising:

a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol;

a computer platform having a universal diagnostic monitor module operable to retrieve selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data from said communications processing engine, and operable to control generation of a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable in a plurality of diagnostic modes each corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu, wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module is further operable to be selectively enabled in a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

a user interface operable to present said view;

wherein said universal diagnostic monitor module comprises a user interface configurator executable by the computer platform, said user interface configurator being operable to receive user inputs representative of at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data and said view, said user interface configurator being further operable, based on the user inputs, to control the retrieval of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data and the generation of said view;

wherein the user interface configurator includes configurable parameters which comprise at least one of

a plurality of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

at least a relative data orientation within said view; and

at least a data characteristic associable with one or more of the plurality of diagnostic data;

wherein the user interface configurator further includes at least one selectable predefined set of the parameters, said user interface configurator being operable, in response to a selection of said predefined set of the parameters, to retrieve the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data according at least to the data category or categories in said predefined set of the parameters; and

wherein the user interface configurator is operable to further present for selection, via said user interface, a menu option corresponding to said predefined set of the parameters;

wherein the user interface configurator further includes multiple said predefined sets of the parameters, the user interface configurator being operable to further present for selection, via said user interface, multiple menu options corresponding to said multiple predefined sets of the parameters, respectively;

wherein the user interface configurator is operable to periodically refresh one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data, and to update said view accordingly;

wherein the user interface configurator is operable to update said view by adding refreshed data to said view without removing previous data from said view; and

wherein the refreshed data have a first form and the previous data have a second form, wherein the first form is different from the second form.

42. A process of monitoring the operation of a wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol, comprising:

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

associating at least a relative data orientation to each of the predefined sets; and

generating the view using the relative data orientation associated with the selected predefined set to arrange the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data within the view.

43. A process of monitoring the operation of a wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol, comprising:

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options;

presenting, on the user interface, a user-defined option; and

when the user-defined option is selected, allowing for a user-defined set of the data categories for which the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data are to be retrieved.

44. A process of monitoring the operation of a wireless device on a wireless network in a first communication protocol, comprising:

presenting, on a user interface, a menu comprising a plurality of diagnostic modes of a diagnostic monitor module operable on the wireless device, each of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to one of a plurality of communication protocols used by wireless devices to communicate on wireless networks, wherein the plurality of communication protocols includes the first communication protocol, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic modes comprises a protocol-specific diagnostic menu;

receiving a first input operable to selectively enable a selected one of the plurality of diagnostic modes corresponding to the first communication protocol;

receiving a second input regarding at least one operational aspect of the wireless device;

retrieving, based on the received second input, selected ones of a plurality of diagnostic data which relate to the operation of the wireless device on the wireless network, the plurality of diagnostic data being available from a communications processing engine of the wireless device;

generating and presenting a view of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data on the user interface;

presenting, on the user interface, a plurality of options each corresponding to one of a plurality of predefined sets of data categories under which the plurality of diagnostic data are grouped;

accepting a selection of at least one of the plurality of options; and

presenting, on the user interface, an option to customize a refresh rate to be used in refreshing one or more of the selected ones of the plurality of diagnostic data.