Assessing wireless network quality
First Claim
1. A method of providing information indicative of network performance by one or more wireless service providers in a geographic area, comprising:
- at an information provider a) receiving, via one or more wireless service provider networks, a plurality of requests for information from a corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;
b) obtaining information that is responsive to the plurality of requests; and
c) providing the information that is responsive to the plurality of requests to the one or more wireless service provider networks for delivery to the corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;
determining, at the information provider, based on two or more of the plurality of requests, performance indicators associated with the one or more wireless service provider networks from which the two or more of the plurality of requests were received;
correlating the performance indicators with one or more network service areas, and aggregating related performance indicators to produce one or more aggregated performance indicators; and
producing from the one or more aggregated performance indicators a human-discernible representation of network performance for the one or more network service areas.
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Abstract
A method of providing information indicative of network coverage by one or more wireless service providers in a geographic area may include obtaining, at an information provider, performance indicators for a plurality of accesses to the information provider by a plurality of wireless devices. The performance indicators may be correlated with one or more network service areas. Related performance indicators may be aggregated to produce one or more aggregated performance indicators. A human-discernible representation of network performance for one or more network service areas may be produced.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of providing information indicative of network performance by one or more wireless service providers in a geographic area, comprising:
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at an information provider a) receiving, via one or more wireless service provider networks, a plurality of requests for information from a corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;
b) obtaining information that is responsive to the plurality of requests; and
c) providing the information that is responsive to the plurality of requests to the one or more wireless service provider networks for delivery to the corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;determining, at the information provider, based on two or more of the plurality of requests, performance indicators associated with the one or more wireless service provider networks from which the two or more of the plurality of requests were received; correlating the performance indicators with one or more network service areas, and aggregating related performance indicators to produce one or more aggregated performance indicators; and producing from the one or more aggregated performance indicators a human-discernible representation of network performance for the one or more network service areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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18. A system for providing information indicative of network performance by one or more wireless service providers over a geographic area, the system comprising:
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a service performance monitor coupled to an information provider, wherein the information provider a) receives, via one or more wireless service provider networks, a plurality of requests for information from a corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;
b) obtains information that is responsive to the plurality of requests; and
c) provides the information that is responsive to the plurality of requests to the one or more wireless service provider networks for delivery to the corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices; and
wherein the service performance monitor obtains performance indicators associated with the plurality of requests for information received by the information provider from the plurality of end-user wireless devices or with the obtained information that is responsive to the plurality of requests;a performance correlator that correlates the performance indicators with one or more network service areas, and aggregates related performance indicators to produce one or more aggregated performance indicators; and a report generator that produces from the one or more aggregated performance indicators a representation of network performance for the one or more network service areas.
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19. A system for providing information indicative of network performance by one or more wireless service providers over a geographic area, the system comprising:
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an information provider that a) receives, via one or more wireless service provider networks, a plurality of requests for information from a corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;
b) obtains information that is responsive to the plurality of requests; and
c) provides the information that is responsive to the plurality of requests to the one or more wireless service provider networks for delivery to the corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;a means for obtaining performance indicators associated with the plurality of requests for information received by the information provider; a performance correlator that correlates the performance indicators with one or more network service areas, and aggregates related performance indicators to produce one or more aggregated performance indicators; and a report generator that produces from the one or more aggregated performance indicators a text or pictorial representation of network performance for the one or more network service areas.
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20. A method of providing information indicative of network performance by one or more wireless service providers in a geographic area, comprising:
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at an information provider, a) receiving, via one or more wireless service provider networks, a plurality of requests for information from a corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;
b) obtaining information that is responsive to the plurality of requests;
c) providing the information that is responsive to the plurality of requests to the one or more wireless service provider networks for delivery to the corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices; and
d) receiving confirmations that the information that is responsive to the plurality of requests has been delivered to the corresponding plurality of end-user wireless devices;determining, at the information provider, based on whether confirmations have been received that information that is responsive to requests in the plurality of requests has been delivered to corresponding end-user wireless devices in the plurality of end-user wireless devices, performance indicators associated with the one or more wireless service provider networks; correlating the performance indicators with one or more network service areas, and aggregating related performance indicators to produce one or more aggregated performance indicators; and producing from the one or more aggregated performance indicators a human-discernible representation of network performance for the one or more network service areas.
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