Clearinghouse system, method, and process for inventorying and acquiring infrastructure, monitoring and controlling network performance for enhancement, and providing localized content in communication networks
First Claim
1. A method for providing a clearinghouse for communications networks, comprising:
- providing one or more computers which interface with a database, the database including performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, for one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users, for one or more geographic locations of said one or more mobile or fixed devices, or end users, and one or more ofrecords pertaining to one or more telecommunications carriers which identify infrastructure type and/or location information for one or more locations, andpublic records which include, for a plurality of geographic locations, one or more of;
addresses, maps, location coordinates, or mapping information for said geographic locations, zoning information for said geographic locations, local ordinances for said geographic locations, contact information for government officials for said geographic locations, and information about one or more carriers serving said geographic locations;
updating in said database either automatically or manually, using one or more electronic interfaces to said one or more computers, performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, obtained for one or more mobile or fixed devices that are located in one of said one or more geographic locations;
permitting at least one of said one or more telecommunications carriers or one or more end users of said one or more telecommunications carriers, or one or more parties which are not telecommunications carriers or end users to review, catalog, store, view, use, or sort said performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, in said database;
obtaining said performance or quality of service or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, using one or more applications operable with said one or more mobile or fixed devices or said one or more computers; and
providing said performance or quality of service or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, to said one or more electronic interfaces using one or more applications operable with said one or more mobile or fixed devices or said one or more computers,wherein said performance or quality of service information or perceived communications service quality or value information includes information from one or more bands, one or more carriers, one or more mobile or fixed devices, or one or more end users from one or more bands or carriers.
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Abstract
A computerized system, method and process allows telecommunications carriers to find, evaluate and select locations for equipment through direct access to end users, while providing citizens the opportunity to offer the use of their dwelling or other assets to carriers. The system and method further provides a computerized mechanism for (a) creating an inventory and marketplace for available properties for use in telecommunications networks, (b) providing quality and/or performance monitoring and control for wireless communication systems based on data in the clearinghouse, and (c) providing localized content over wireless networks using the clearinghouse.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing a clearinghouse for communications networks, comprising:
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providing one or more computers which interface with a database, the database including performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, for one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users, for one or more geographic locations of said one or more mobile or fixed devices, or end users, and one or more of records pertaining to one or more telecommunications carriers which identify infrastructure type and/or location information for one or more locations, and public records which include, for a plurality of geographic locations, one or more of;
addresses, maps, location coordinates, or mapping information for said geographic locations, zoning information for said geographic locations, local ordinances for said geographic locations, contact information for government officials for said geographic locations, and information about one or more carriers serving said geographic locations;updating in said database either automatically or manually, using one or more electronic interfaces to said one or more computers, performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, obtained for one or more mobile or fixed devices that are located in one of said one or more geographic locations; permitting at least one of said one or more telecommunications carriers or one or more end users of said one or more telecommunications carriers, or one or more parties which are not telecommunications carriers or end users to review, catalog, store, view, use, or sort said performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, in said database; obtaining said performance or quality of service or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, using one or more applications operable with said one or more mobile or fixed devices or said one or more computers; and providing said performance or quality of service or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, to said one or more electronic interfaces using one or more applications operable with said one or more mobile or fixed devices or said one or more computers, wherein said performance or quality of service information or perceived communications service quality or value information includes information from one or more bands, one or more carriers, one or more mobile or fixed devices, or one or more end users from one or more bands or carriers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing selected content to one or more mobile or fixed devices located in specific locations, comprising the steps of:
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providing a clearinghouse system for communications networks, said clearinghouse system including one or more computers which interface with a database, said database including one or more of performance, quality of service, or perceived telecommunications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, for one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users, for one or more geographic locations of said one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users, records for one or more telecommunications carriers which identify infrastructure information for one or more locations, records for one or more end users which identify equipment, devices, telecommunications assets or property assets owned, used, or controlled by said one or more end users, and public records which include, for a plurality of geographic locations, one or more of;
addresses, maps, location coordinates, or mapping information for said geographic locations, zoning information for said geographic locations, local ordinances for said geographic locations, contact information for government officials for said geographic locations, and information about carriers serving said geographic locations;permitting at least one of (a) one or more mobile or fixed devices to be in communication with said clearinghouse system using one or more electronic interfaces to said one or more computers to perform one or more of updating, either automatically or manually, performance, quality of service, or perceived telecommunications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, obtained from said one or more mobile or fixed devices that are located in one of said one or more geographic locations into said database, and (b) at least one of said one or more telecommunications carriers or said one or more end users or one or more parties which are not telecommunications carriers or end users to review, catalog, view, store, use, or sort said performance, quality of service, or perceived telecommunications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, in said database; identifying a geographic location of one or more mobile or fixed devices using one or more of;
GPS, location sensing, position estimating techniques, or determining one or more of towers or frequencies being used, wherein said GPS, location sensing, position estimating techniques, or determining of one or more towers or frequencies being used are associated with one or more of said one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users; andproviding localized content to said one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users using said geographic location and one or more local ad servers in communication with said one or more electronic interfaces of said clearinghouse system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A clearinghouse system for communications networks, comprising:
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one or more computers which interface with a database, said database including performance, quality of service, or perceived telecommunications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, for one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users for one or more geographic locations of said one or more mobile or fixed devices or end users, and one or more of records pertaining to one or more telecommunications carriers which identify one or more of infrastructure, type, and/or location information for one or more locations, records for one or more end users which identify one or more of equipment, devices, telecommunications assets, and property assets owned, controlled or used by said one or more end users, and public records which include, for a plurality of geographic locations, one or more of;
addresses, maps, location coordinates, or mapping information for said geographic locations, zoning information for said geographic locations, local ordinances for said geographic locations, contact information for government officials for said geographic locations, and information about one or more carriers serving said geographic locations; andone or more electronic interfaces to said one or more computers which permit performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, obtained for one or more mobile or fixed devices that are located in one of said one or more geographic locations to be automatically or manually updated into said database, and which permit at least one of said one or more telecommunications carriers or one or more of said end users or one or more parties which are not telecommunications carriers or end users to review, catalog, store, view, sort, or use said performance, quality of service, or perceived communications service quality or value information, experienced or desired, in said database; and a monitoring application which permits monitoring of radio operating conditions for one or more mobile or fixed wireless devices, wherein monitored radio operating conditions are used to update performance or quality of service information or perceived communications quality or service value in said database, wherein said performance or quality of service information or perceived communications quality or service value includes information from one or more bands, one or more carriers, one or more mobile or fixed devices, or one or more end users from one or more bands or carriers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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