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

US9971732B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NETMOTION WIRELESS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Christian E. Hofstaedter · Lower Saucon Township, US
• Reyes Canales, III · Kirkland, US
• Edward Goziker · Redmond, US
• James S. Simpkins · Issaquah, US
• Fernando Garcia-Duarte · Redmond, US
• Julia Renouard · Shoreline, US
• Joseph T. Savarese · Edmonds, US
• Mark V. Kimmerly · Kirkland, US
• Zhenwu Wang · Shanghai, CN
• John Dangov · Seattle, US
• Paul Hoover · Seattle, US
• Michael L. Snyder · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2012
• Grant date: May 15, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W24/10
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Data collection agent associated with a mobile device movable within a mobile communications environment that includes at least one available network connectable to the mobile device. The data collection agent includes an acquisition device to acquire data related to at least one of: service coverage for the at least one available network; service quality for the at least one available network; usage for the at least one available network; and system data from the mobile device, and a transmitter to send the acquired data to a web server.