US 8,509,761 B2 · Location based services quality assessment

Abstract

A technique to gather and assess the quality of a location based services provided to a mobile wireless device via a wireless network includes providing location-based service information by referring to a target location of a requested item of interest within a proximity of the present location of the mobile wireless device. Subjective quality or accuracy information can be submitted to the wireless network from the from the wireless device. The subjective quality or accuracy information is correlated with event and condition information affecting the wireless network. Reports can be generated which indicate the quality and accuracy information of the target location information. The reports are useful for troubleshooting location-based service inaccuracy.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

establishing a communication between a wireless network and a mobile device, the communication comprising target location data with respect to a present location of the mobile device;
receiving in the network, from the mobile device, subjective user feedback corresponding to an accuracy of the target location data, the subjective user feedback generated by a user of the mobile device;
correlating the subjective user feedback with event and condition information affecting the wireless network;
and
reporting a quality of a service provided via the wireless network, the service involving location information, in association with a relevant subset of the event and condition information, the quality of the service related to the accuracy of the target location data.

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Location based services quality assessment

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Abstract

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