Public wireless network performance management system with mobile device data collection agents
First Claim
1. An advisory system coupled to a mobile communications environment comprising multiple networks that include at least one of a public and private network, the advisory system comprising:
- a receiver that receives data from mobile devices, each mobile device being coupled to a plurality of the multiple networks, the data being respective global positioning locations of the mobile devices and network operating parameters for each of the plurality of coupled multiple networks at the respective global positioning locations of the mobile devices within the mobile communications environment;
a processor that processes the received data about the network operating parameters for each of the plurality of coupled multiple networks at the respective global positioning locations for the mobile device and evaluates network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices in each of the plurality of the multiple networks,wherein the processor further evaluates whether the evaluated network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices are improvable over the evaluated network operating parameters of current networks to which each of the mobile devices are currently coupled for transmitting data and prepares advisories for certain ones of the mobile devices to alert users of the certain ones of mobile devices of at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems; and
a transmitter that transmits the advisories to the certain ones of the mobile devices in order to automatically alert the users of the at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems to improve the evaluated network operating parameters of the certain ones of the mobile devices over the evaluated network parameters of the current networks to which the certain ones of the mobile devices are currently coupled for transmitting data, wherein the advisories are based upon rules for the at least one mobile device, a current global positioning location of the at least one mobile device and the evaluated network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices in a predetermined proximity of a current global positioning location of the certain ones of the mobile devices.
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Abstract
Controller coupled to a mobile communications environment including at least one of a public and a private network and method of controlling a mobile device in the mobile communications environment. The controller includes a receiver that receives data about network operating parameters at specific locations within the at least one of a public and private network, a processor that evaluates the data about the network operating parameters at the specific locations based upon rules for the mobile device, and a transmitter that sends advisories to a mobile device located within a predetermined proximity to one of the specific locations about the network operating parameters.
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23 Claims
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1. An advisory system coupled to a mobile communications environment comprising multiple networks that include at least one of a public and private network, the advisory system comprising:
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a receiver that receives data from mobile devices, each mobile device being coupled to a plurality of the multiple networks, the data being respective global positioning locations of the mobile devices and network operating parameters for each of the plurality of coupled multiple networks at the respective global positioning locations of the mobile devices within the mobile communications environment; a processor that processes the received data about the network operating parameters for each of the plurality of coupled multiple networks at the respective global positioning locations for the mobile device and evaluates network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices in each of the plurality of the multiple networks, wherein the processor further evaluates whether the evaluated network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices are improvable over the evaluated network operating parameters of current networks to which each of the mobile devices are currently coupled for transmitting data and prepares advisories for certain ones of the mobile devices to alert users of the certain ones of mobile devices of at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems; and a transmitter that transmits the advisories to the certain ones of the mobile devices in order to automatically alert the users of the at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems to improve the evaluated network operating parameters of the certain ones of the mobile devices over the evaluated network parameters of the current networks to which the certain ones of the mobile devices are currently coupled for transmitting data, wherein the advisories are based upon rules for the at least one mobile device, a current global positioning location of the at least one mobile device and the evaluated network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices in a predetermined proximity of a current global positioning location of the certain ones of the mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for advising a mobile device coupled to a mobile communications environment comprising multiple networks that include at least one of a public and private network, the method comprising:
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receiving data from mobile devices that are each coupled to a plurality of the multiple networks, the data being respective global positioning locations of the mobile devices and network operating parameters for each of the plurality of coupled networks at respective global positioning global positioning locations of the mobile devices within the mobile communications environment; processing the received data about the network operating parameters for each of the plurality of coupled networks at the respective global positioning global positioning locations for the mobile device; evaluating network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices in each of the plurality of the multiple networks; evaluating whether the evaluated network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices are improvable over the evaluated network operating parameters of current networks to which each of the mobile devices are currently coupled for transmitting data; preparing advisories for certain ones of the mobile devices to alert users of the certain ones of mobile devices of at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems; and transmitting the advisories to the certain ones of the mobile devices in order to automatically alert the users of the at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems to improve the evaluated network operating parameters of the certain ones of the mobile devices over the evaluated network parameters of the current networks to which the certain ones of the mobile devices are currently coupled for transmitting data, wherein the advisories are based upon rules for the at least one mobile device, a current global positioning location of the at least one mobile device and the evaluated network operating parameters for each of the mobile devices in a predetermined proximity of a current global positioning location of the certain ones of the mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An advisory system coupled to a mobile communications environment that includes multiple networks with at least one public and/or private network, the advisory system comprising:
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a receiver that receives data from at least one mobile device about operating parameters for all of a plurality of multiple networks that are coupled to the at least one mobile device at several respective global positioning locations of the at least one mobile device as the at least one mobile device moves within the plurality of networks; a processor that processes the received data to evaluate the operating parameters for each of the networks coupled to the at least one mobile device at the several respective global positioning locations, to evaluate whether the evaluated operating parameters for each of the networks coupled to the at least one mobile device are improvable over the evaluated operating parameters of a current network to which the at least one mobile device is currently coupled for transmitting data and to prepare an advisory for the at least one mobile device to alert a user of the at least one mobile device of at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems; and a transmitter that transmits the advisory to at least one mobile device in order to automatically alert the user of at least one of projected problems and solutions to projected problems to improve the evaluated operating parameters of the at least one mobile device over the evaluated parameters of the current network, wherein the advisory includes at least one suggestion to the user to improve performance of the at least one mobile device at a current global positioning location, which is based upon rules for the at least one mobile device, the current global positioning location of the at least one mobile device and the evaluated operating parameters for each of the networks coupled to the at least one mobile device in a predetermined proximity of the current global positioning location of the at least one mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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