System and method for determining quality of service of a mobile device
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system and method for determining the quality of service in wireless data network by a plurality of mobile devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes presenting to a user a plurality of reference content items, for each content item, receiving a reference content item rating indicative of a quality rating provided by the user, wirelessly transmitting a test content item to the mobile device, presenting the transmitted test content item to the user; receiving a test content item rating provided by the user, wherein at least some of the plurality of reference content items comprise content items of known and differing quality, normalizing the test content item rating based on the reference content rating received to provide a normalized test content item rating; and outputting a quality of service performance metric based on the normalized test content item rating.
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20 Claims
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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:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product stored in one or more non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having executable instructions to determine a performance metric of a mobile device that communicates over a wireless data network, comprising:
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a code segment to transmit a plurality of reference content items of differing content quality to be viewed and rated to a plurality of mobile devices via a communication path that includes the wireless data network; a code segment to receive reference content ratings from the plurality of mobile devices; a code segment to validate each of the plurality of reference content items against a range of ratings considered valid for the reference content item; a code segment to transmit a test content item after the reference content item is validated; a code segment to receive a test content rating indicative of a quality rating of the test content item; a code segment to normalize the test content ratings received from the mobile devices based on the plurality of reference content ratings from the respective mobile devices; and a code segment to output normalized performance metrics for the plurality of mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of determining the quality of service provided by a plurality of mobile devices communicating over a wireless data network, comprising:
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transmitting a plurality of reference content items to a plurality of mobile devices; receiving a plurality of reference content ratings from the plurality of mobile devices; wherein each of the plurality of reference content ratings corresponds to a different reference content item; wherein at least some of the plurality of reference content items comprise content items of differing and predetermined quality; validating the received reference content item ratings against a range of ratings considered valid for the reference content item; transmitting a test content item to each of the plurality of mobile devices via the wireless data network after validating the reference content item ratings; receiving a test content rating indicative of a quality rating for the test content item from each of the plurality of mobile devices; normalizing the test content rating based on the plurality of reference content ratings for each of the plurality of mobile devices; and outputting one or more performance metrics based on the normalized test content rating of each of the plurality of mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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