Distributed architecture for monitoring mobile communication in a wireless communication network

• US 8,200,163 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility IP LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Iq
• Inventors: Hoffman, George E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zweizig, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US12/346,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20100167658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/423, 455/424, 455/425, 455/456.1, 455/456.6
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

Systems and methods for receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless network. The system comprises a data management system capable of generating a data reporting profile and communicating with a wireless device and a wireless device comprised of a first and at least one secondary processor, the first processor being monitored by a master agent and the secondary processors being monitored by a slave agent, the master agent being capable of monitoring and reporting a plurality of conditions of the first processor and sending and receiving communications from the data management system, and the slave agent being capable of monitoring and reporting plurality of conditions on the secondary processors and sending and receiving communications with the master agent. The master agent and slave agent monitor and report the conditions of the first and second processor by applying a series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile.

Claims

1. A system for receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless communication system including with a wireless device, the system comprising:

a data management system capable of generating a data reporting profile and communicating with a wireless device; and

a wireless device comprised of a first and at least one secondary processor, the first processor being monitored by a master agent and each secondary processor being monitored by a slave agent, the master agent being capable of monitoring and reporting a plurality of conditions of the first processor and sending and receiving communications from the data management system, and each slave agent being capable of monitoring and reporting plurality of conditions on the at least one secondary processor and sending and receiving communications with the master agent;

wherein the master agent and slave agents monitor and report the conditions of the first and secondary processors by applying a series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile which governs the manner in which reporting data should be created and transferred to the data management system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the conditions of the first and secondary processors comprise any combination of contextual and environmental data about the device, an application operating on the device, a service utilized by the device, and the system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile comprises triggering criteria indicating when reporting data should be created and stored.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile comprises filtering criteria indicating which reporting data should be stored and subsequently transferred to the data management system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile comprises a plurality of uploading criteria which determine when the reporting data should be sent to the system.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the logical rules found within the data reporting profile are created using a series of executable commands within the data reporting profile.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the series of executable commands comprise Forth computer programming commands.

8. A wireless device capable of receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless communication system of the wireless device, the system comprising:

a master agent capable of receiving a plurality of reporting data from a plurality of clients within a first processor, filtering the plurality of reporting data into a plurality of reporting packages according to a data reporting profile which governs the manner in which data should be created and reported, and reporting the reporting packages to the wireless communication system; and

a slave agent within each of at least one secondary processor, each slave agent capable of receiving the data reporting profile, receiving a plurality of reporting data from a plurality of clients within secondary processors, filtering the plurality of reporting data into a plurality of reporting packages according to the data reporting profile, and reporting the reporting packages to the master agent;

wherein the master agent is capable of receiving the data reporting profile from the wireless communication system and transferring the data reporting profile to the slave agent within each secondary processor, receiving reporting packages from the slave agent within each secondary processor and augmenting the received reporting packages with reporting data from the plurality of clients on the first processor, and reporting the augmented reporting packages to the wireless communication system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the reporting data includes one or more of:

data describing the conditions of the wireless communication system including signal strength, signal to noise ratio, neighbor list, or any combination thereof, and

data describing the device include current application, device settings, firmware version, user entered data, or any combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of reporting data from the plurality of clients of the first processor comprises data describing the conditions of the wireless communication system including signal strength, signal to noise ratio, neighbor list, or any combination thereof.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of reporting data from the plurality of clients of the at least one secondary processor comprises data describing the device include current application, device settings, firmware version, user entered data, or any combination thereof.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the data reporting profile comprises triggering criteria indicating when reporting data should be created and stored.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the data reporting profile comprises filtering criteria indicating which reporting data should be stored and subsequently transferred to the data management system.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the data reporting profile comprises a plurality of uploading criteria which determine when the reporting data should be sent to the system.

15. In a wireless communication system for communicating with a wireless device, a method for sending reporting data related to events that occur in the system, the method comprising:

receiving a data reporting profile which includes a series of executable commands which identify a plurality of triggering events when reporting data should be created and the manner that the reporting data should be organized and reported to the wireless system;

applying the data reporting profile to a series of data reported by a plurality of clients operating in a first processor in order to create a plurality of first reporting data;

applying the data reporting profile to a series of data reported by a plurality of clients operating in at least one secondary processor in order to create a plurality of second reporting data;

receiving the plurality of second reporting data from the plurality of clients operating in the at least one secondary processor that has been organized according and reported according to the data reporting profile;

augmenting the plurality of second reporting data from the plurality of clients operating in the second processor with the plurality of first reporting data from the plurality of clients operating in the first processor that has been created and organized according to the data reporting profile; and

sending the augmented reporting data to the wireless system.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the reporting data from the plurality of clients operating in at least one secondary processor comprises data describing the conditions of the wireless communication system including signal strength, signal to noise ratio, neighbor list, or any combination thereof.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein reporting data from the plurality of clients operating in the first processor comprises data describing the device include current application, device settings, firmware version, user entered data, or any combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the data reporting profile comprises triggering criteria indicating when reporting data should be created and stored.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the data reporting profile comprises filtering criteria indicating which reporting data should be stored and subsequently transferred to the data management system.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the data reporting profile comprises a plurality of uploading criteria which determine when the reporting data should be sent to the system.