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System and method for determining quality of service of a mobile device

  • US 8,874,043 B2
  • Filed: 09/20/2011
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a performance metric provided by a plurality of mobile devices that communicate over a wireless data network, comprising:

  • (a) transmitting from a content server a plurality of reference content items of differing content quality to be viewed and rated;

    (b) for the plurality of reference content items transmitted, receiving by the content server a reference content item rating indicative of a quality rating provided by a mobile device user;

    (c) validating the received reference content item rating against a range of ratings considered valid for the reference content item;

    (d) transmitting a test content item via the wireless data network to be viewed and rated at the mobile device after validating the reference content item ratings;

    (e) receiving by the content server a test content item rating indicative of a quality rating for the test content item provided by the user;

    performing (a)-(e) for plurality of additional mobile devices;

    normalizing the test content item ratings received from the mobile devices based on the reference content ratings received from the respective mobile devices; and

    outputting normalized performance metrics for the plurality of mobile devices.

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