Systems and methods for measurement and/or control using mobile probes
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1. A system for utilizing a pool of mobile devices in probing operations, said system comprising:
- a probing host system including probe management and data management operative aspects; and
a pool of mobile devices one or more of which are operative under control of said probe management and operative under control of at least one other mobile device to provide probing data to said data management, wherein said one or more mobile devices comprise mobile devices for which location and movement is not under control of said probing host system.
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Disclosed are systems and methods for utilizing a pool of mobile devices in probing operations comprising a probing host system including probe management and data management operative aspects, and a pool of mobile devices, one or more of which are operative under control of the probe management to provide probing data to the data management, wherein the one or more mobile devices comprise mobile devices for which location and movement is not under control of the probing host system.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for utilizing a pool of mobile devices in probing operations, said system comprising:
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a probing host system including probe management and data management operative aspects; and a pool of mobile devices one or more of which are operative under control of said probe management and operative under control of at least one other mobile device to provide probing data to said data management, wherein said one or more mobile devices comprise mobile devices for which location and movement is not under control of said probing host system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for probing using a pool of mobile devices, said method comprising:
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determining spatial aspects with respect to a desired probing activity; statistically predicting which of said mobile devices are expected to experience desired coverage with respect to said spatial aspects; configuring selected ones of said mobile devices for said desired probing activity, said configuring being under control of a probing system and said selected ones of said mobile devices being selected by said probing system as a function of the statistical prediction; communicating probing data between said ones of mobile devices and said probing system; and processing said probing data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for utilizing a pool of mobile devices in probing operations, said computer program product comprising:
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code operable at a probing host system for providing probe management; code operable at said probing host system for providing management of probing data; code operable at said probing host system for determining spatial aspects with respect to a desired probing operation and statistically predicting which mobile devices of said pool of mobile devices are expected to experience desired coverage with respect to said spatial aspects; code operable at said probing host system for downloading probing software to one or more selected mobile devices of said pool of mobile devices for configuring said one or more selected mobile devices for said probing operation as a function of the statistical prediction; code, operable upon one or more mobile devices of said pool of mobile devices and under control of said code providing probe management, for providing probing data to said probing data management code, wherein said one or more mobile devices comprise mobile devices for which location and movement is under control of a user thereof independent of said probing operations, and wherein said code for providing probing data comprises said probing software downloaded to said one or more mobile devices by said probing host system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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