Public wireless network performance management system with mobile device data collection agents

• US 9,990,331 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2012
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Netmotion Wireless Holdings, Inc. (NetMotion Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Netmotion Wireless Incorporated
• Inventors: Hofstaedter, Christian E., Canales, III, Reyes, Goziker, Edward, Simpkins, James S., Garcia-Duarte, Fernando, Renouard, Julia, Savarese, Joseph T., Kimmerly, Mark V., Wang, Zhenwu, Dangov, John, Hoover, Paul L., Snyder, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Minh
• Application Number:
  US13/548,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20130018836A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,153 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• 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 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

Artificial intelligence engine that receives data related to at least one of at least one available network of a mobile communication environment and system data of a mobile device in the mobile communication environment. The artificial intelligence engine includes a rules engine that receives a currently configured set including at least one rule, the at least one rule includes at least one condition and at least one action. The at least one condition includes at least one predicate and at least one condition state, and the rules engine is structured to evaluate the at least one condition and the at least one predicate. Further, a triggering device triggers the at least one action in accordance with the evaluation of the at least one condition and the at least one predicate.

Claims

1. An artificial intelligence engine located in at least one of a network server and a mobile device that receives data related to at least one of:

at least one available network of a mobile communication environment and system data of a mobile device in the mobile communication environment, the artificial intelligence engine comprising;

a rules engine having a currently configured set of rules including at least one rule, the at least one rule comprising at least one condition and at least one action;

the at least one condition comprises at least one predicate, which qualifies the at least one condition, and at least one condition state, and the rules engine is structured to evaluate the at least one condition and the at least one predicate; and

a hardware processor structured and arranged to receive the data related to the at least one of the at least one available networks of a mobile communication environment and the system data from the mobile device in the mobile communication environment, to process on behalf of the rules engine the data against the at least condition and at least one predicate and to forward the processed data to the rules engine for the evaluation of the at least one rule;

wherein the rules engine is connected to a database storing historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values to evaluate conditions by applying the rules against at least one of the historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values,

wherein the at least one action is triggered when one of;

both the at least one condition and the at least one predicate evaluate to true by the rules engine;

or

the at least one action is stateful and both the at least one condition and the at least one predicate are evaluated by the rules engine to transition from true to false or from false to true, and

wherein the at least one predicate comprises data to limit a data set against which conditions are to be evaluated and includes at least one of;

identity of specific users, identity of mobile devices, identity of groups of users, identity of devices using network interfaces with specific phone numbers, identity of devices operating in a defined geographic area, identity of devices with particular attributes or using network interface devices with particular attributes, specific days of the week or times of the day, and identity of devices experiencing specific operating environments such as a signal strength above or below a particular threshold for a particular period of time.

2. The artificial intelligence engine according to claim 1 being located on the web server to monitor and evaluate information and to trigger actions based upon the evaluations.

3. The artificial intelligence engine according to claim 2, wherein when located on the mobile device, the rules engine one of:

retrieves rules over the at least one available network from a database or network service;

retrieves rules configured in a configuration file stored on the mobile device; and

retrieves rules as needed from the web server.

4. The artificial intelligence engine according to claim 1, wherein the at least one condition further comprises at least one condition parameter.

5. The artificial intelligence engine according to claim 1, wherein the at least one triggered action includes automatic system-generated notifications and alerts to enforce policy and conditional system responses based on the nature and content of collected information.

6. A method for evaluating data related to at least one of:

at least one available network of a mobile communication environment and system data of a mobile device in the mobile communication environment, the method comprising;

receiving a currently configured set of rules including at least one rule, the at least one rule comprising at least one condition and at least one action, and the at least one condition includes at least one predicate, which qualifies the at least one condition, and at least one condition state;

evaluating, via a hardware processor, the at least one condition and the at least one predicate of the at least one rule with at least the data related to at least one of the at least one available network of the mobile communication environment and the system data of the mobile device in the mobile communication environment;

connecting to a database storing historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values, wherein the evaluating of the at least one condition includes applying the rules against at least one of the historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values;

limiting a data set against which the at least one condition is to be evaluated with the at least one predicate, which includes at least one of;

identity of specific users, identity of mobile devices, identity of groups of users, identity of devices using network interfaces with specific phone numbers, identity of devices operating in a defined geographic area, identity of devices with particular attributes or using network interface devices with particular attributes, specific days of the week or times of the day, and identity of devices experiencing specific operating environments such as a signal strength above or below a particular threshold for a particular period of time; and

triggering the at least one action when at least one of;

both the at least one condition and the at least one predicate evaluate to true;

or

the at least one action is stateful and both the at least one condition and the at least one predicate are evaluated to transition from true to false or from false to true.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the retrieving of the currently configured set of rules comprises one of:

retrieving rules over the at least one available network from a database or network service;

retrieving rules configured in a configuration file stored on the mobile device; and

retrieving rules as needed from the web server.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the at least one condition further comprises at least one condition parameter.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the triggering comprises automatic generating notifications and alerts to enforce policy and responding to conditions based on the nature and content of collected information.

10. A system for monitoring data related to at least one of at least one available network of a mobile communication environment and system data of a mobile device in the mobile communication environment, the system comprising:

a mobile artificial intelligence engine located within the mobile device that includes a mobile rules engine that receives a currently configured set of rules including at least one rule related to the system data of the mobile device, the at least one rule comprising at least one mobile device condition and at least one mobile device action;

a server artificial intelligence engine located within a server that is coupled to receive data from the mobile device through the mobile communications environment and includes a server rules engine having a currently configured set of rules including at least one rule related to the at least one available network, in which the at least one rule comprises at least one server condition and at least one server action;

the at least one mobile device condition comprises at least one mobile device predicate, which qualifies the at least one mobile device condition, and the mobile device rules engine is structured to evaluate the at least one mobile device condition and the at least one mobile device predicate,

wherein the mobile rules engine is connected to a database storing historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values to evaluate conditions by applying the rules against at least one of the historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values, and

wherein the at least one mobile device action is triggerable when one of;

both the at least one mobile device condition and the at least one mobile device predicate evaluate to true by the mobile device rules engine;

or

the at least one mobile device action is stateful and both the at least one mobile device condition and the at least one mobile device predicate are evaluated by the mobile device rules engine to transition from true to false or from false to true; and

the at least one server condition comprises at least one server predicate, which qualifies the at least one server condition, and the server rules engine is structured to evaluate the at least one server condition and the at least server device predicate,

wherein the server rules engine is connected to a database storing historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values to evaluate conditions by applying the rules against at least one of the historical trend values, instant values, and environmental values, and

wherein the at least one server action is triggerable when one of;

both the at least one server condition and the at least one server predicate evaluate to true by the server rules engine;

or

the at least one server action is stateful and both the at least one server condition and the at least one server predicate are evaluated by the server rules engine to transition from true to false or from false to true.