Web server and method for hosting a web page for presenting location based user quality data related to a communication network

• US 9,485,152 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2015
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Root Wireless Incorporated (Ziff Davis, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Root Wireless Incorporated (Ziff Davis, Inc.)
• Inventors: Griff, Paul, Dicklin, Ron, Browne, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Sinkantarakorn, Pao
• Application Number:
  US14/796,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20150319048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0823 Errors, e.g. transmission errors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route

Abstract

A web-server communicates wireless networking performance data that reflects the true user experience of a mobile device operating in a particular location and operating on a particular wireless network.

Claims

1. A web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data, comprising:

outputting, with at least one first computing device to a second computing device, a first set of screen data, the first set of screen data including a grid overlayed on a color coded map, the grid formed as a plurality of interactively controllable elements, various colors of the color coded map representing key performance indicator information derived from at least one wireless mobile device wherein the first set of screen data provides an indication of quality of at least one wireless network;

soliciting user input selecting at least one of the interactively controllable elements, the selected at least one of the interactively controllable element associated with an identified geographic location;

receiving, at the at least one first computing device from the second computing device, user input information in response to the soliciting, the user input information identifying the at least one interactively controllable element; and

based on the user input information, generating additional key performance indicator information derived from at least one other wireless mobile device for presentation; and

outputting, with the at least one first computing device to the second computing device, an overlay pop up window that presents the additional key performance indicator information corresponding to the selected interactively controllable element.

2. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1 wherein different colors of the color coded map represent different wireless network signal strength.

3. The web-server method for interactively communicating

wireless networking performance data of claim 1 wherein the additional key performance indicator information includes information from at least one mobile device provisioned for typical operation on a wireless communication network.

4. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1 wherein the key performance indicator information includes network technology information.

5. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1 wherein the key performance indicator information includes data transfer speed information.

6. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1 wherein the key performance indicator information includes audio quality information.

7. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the at least one first computing device from the second computing device, second user input information, the second user input information including a toggle control input.

8. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 7 wherein the toggle control input is arranged to alternately display or not display the grid overlayed on the color coded map.

9. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1 wherein colors of the color coded map include red, pink, or magenta.

10. The web-server method for interactively communicating wireless networking performance data of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the at least one first computing device from the second computing device, second user input information, the second user input information including a pan control input, the pan control input arranged to add at least some new interactively controllable elements and remove at least some current interactively controllable elements to the plurality of interactively controllable elements included in the first set of screen data.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising content that configures a computing device to perform acts comprising:

retrieving wireless networking performance data associated with a wireless communication network, the retrieved wireless networking performance data further associated with an identified geographic area, the retrieved wireless networking performance data derived from at least one mobile device wherein the first set of screen data provides an indication of quality of at least one wireless network;

generating video data including a color coded map of the geographic area and a representation of the retrieved wireless networking performance data, the representation of the retrieved wireless networking performance data integrated with the map as a plurality of interactively controllable grid elements;

receiving user input information associated with a particular grid element;

based on the received user input information, generating additional key performance indicator information derived from at least one other mobile device that has collected data in the geographic area represented by the particular grid element; and

generating, upon receiving the user input information, an overlay pop up window that presents the generated key performance indicator information associated with the at least one mobile device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 comprising content that configures a computing device to perform acts, wherein the at least one key performance indicator information includes at least one of network signal strength information, network capability level information, network technology information, and data transfer speed.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 comprising content that configures a computing device to perform acts, the acts further including:

receiving second user input information, the second user input information including a toggle control input arranged to alternately display or not display the plurality of interactively controllable grid elements.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 comprising content that configures a computing device to perform acts, wherein colors of the color coded map include red, pink, or magenta.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 comprising content that configures a computing device to perform acts, wherein the at least one mobile device is provisioned for typical operation on the wireless communication network.

16. A computing server, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU);

an input/output port;

a memory associated with the computing server, the memory configured to store a software application, the software application configured to;

communicate to a computing device, a first set of screen data, the first set of screen data including a coded grid overlayed on a color coded map, the coded grid formed as a plurality of interactively controllable coded elements;

solicit user input identifying a geographic location associated with at least one of the interactively controllable coded elements;

receive user input information in response to the soliciting, the user input information including the identified geographic location associated with the at least one interactively controllable coded element, the at least one interactively controllable coded element having a first code;

generate, based on the received user input information, additional key performance indicator information derived from at least one mobile device provisioned for typical operation on a wireless communication network that has collected data in the geographic area represented by the particular grid element; and

output, based on the user input information, an overlay pop up window that presents key performance indicator information corresponding to the first code of the identified geographic location, the key performance indicator information associated with the at least one mobile device.

17. The computing server of claim 16 wherein different colors of the color coded map represent different wireless network signal strength.

18. The computing server of claim 16 wherein different colors of the color coded map represent different network capability levels.

19. The computing server of claim 16, wherein the memory associated with the computing server is configured to store a software application, and the software application is further configured to:

receive a toggle control input, the toggle control input arranged to alternately display or not display the coded grid.

20. The computing server of claim 16 wherein the key performance indicator information includes at least one of network signal strength information, network capability level information, network technology information, and data transfer speed.

21. A method to generate information usable by an Internet browser to present a web page, the method comprising:

generating web page information that conveys location based user quality data related to performance of a wireless communication network, the web page information arranged to present a map having color coding and a plurality of grid structure elements integrated therein, wherein the color coding integrated with the map indicates a quality of service level associated with a geographic area represented by the map, and wherein different ones of the plurality of grid structure elements represent at least some data collected by a mobile device provisioned for typical operation on a wireless communication network;

communicating the web page information to an Internet enabled remote computing device;

receiving geographic information represented by at least one grid structure element from the Internet enabled remote computing device;

generating additional web page information associated with the geographic information received from the Internet enabled remote computing device, the additional web page information including key performance indicator information derived from at least one other mobile device and related to performance of the wireless communication network, the additional web page information presentable as a pop up window overlayed on the map; and

communicating the additional web page information to the Internet enabled remote computing device.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the quality of service level is a type of network technology.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein the key performance indicator information is a network capability level.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the network capability level includes 3G and LTE.

25. The web server method of claim 21 wherein the key performance indicator information is an indicator of voice quality.

26. The web server method of claim 21 wherein the key performance indicator information is an indicator of data communication speed.

27. The web server method of claim 21 wherein the plurality of grid structure elements are non-overlapping, wherein each of the plurality of grid structure elements has a same size and shape, and wherein each of the plurality of grid structure elements is associated with a different geographical area.

28. The web-server method of claim 21, comprising:

receiving a toggle control input from the Internet enabled remote computing device; and

based on the toggle control input, controlling whether the plurality of grid structure elements integrated with the map are included or absent in a presentation of the web page.

29. The web-server method of claim 21, comprising:

receiving geographic location information from the Internet enabled remote computing device; and

re-generating the web page information based on the received geographic location information.

30. The web server method of claim 29 wherein the received geographic location information includes at least one of a street address, a city name, and a zip code.