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US 8,351,923 B2Granted
Mobile device and method for collecting location based user quality data
AssigneeRoot Wireless, Inc.
InventorsPaul Griff, Ron Dicklin, Jason Browne
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Abstract
A mobile device executes software. The software collects realistic and accurate user quality information without degrading the user experience of the mobile device during the data collection process. The software operates as a background application, and may have a user interface, and the software is remotely controllable and updatable by an external server.
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A multi-unit performance quality data collection device, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of mobile devices mounted in the chassis, each of the plurality of mobile devices configured for typical operation with an associated wireless network, each of the plurality of mobile devices configured to access contracted wireless network services via the associated wireless network, and each respective mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices including:
- a central processing unit (CPU);
- an onboard global positioning system (GPS);
- and
- a memory to store performance measurement data, command information, and software executable by the CPU, the software configured to instruct the respective mobile device to receive the command information, the command information configured to direct each respective mobile device to collect the performance measurement data if information provided by the onboard GPS indicates the respective mobile device is within a particular geographic area, the particular geographical area of one of the plurality of mobile devices being different from the particular geographical area of another one of the plurality of mobile devices, the performance measurement data representative of the respective mobile device performance within the associated wireless network;
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- an internal interface fixedly mounted in the chassis and having a power input configured to receive power, the internal interface coupled to each of the plurality of mobile devices and configured to supply power and control signals to each of the plurality of mobile devices, the internal interface having a user interface coupled thereto to direct the operations of the internal interface.
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A method to operate a multi-unit performance quality data collection device, comprising:
- applying power to a power input of an internal interface, the internal interface mounted in a chassis;
- distributing power from the internal interface to a plurality of mobile devices mounted in the chassis, each of the plurality of mobile devices configured for typical operation with an associated wireless network, each of the plurality of mobile devices configured to access contracted wireless network services via the associated wireless network, each of the plurality of mobile devices configured to receive geographic positional information from a global positioning system (GPS) onboard the respective mobile device;
- passing control signals through the internal interface to direct each respective mobile device to receive command information;
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- executing software instructions in each respective mobile device, based on the command information, to collect performance measurement data if information provided by the onboard GPS indicates the respective mobile device is within a particular geographic area, the particular geographical area of one of the plurality of mobile devices being different from the particular geographical area of another one of the plurality of mobile devices, the performance measurement data representative of the respective mobile device performance within the associated wireless network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.