Device state derivation

A state derivation server comprising:

• a communication interface configured to enable communication via a mobile network;
• a physical processor coupled with the communication interface;
• a storage device accessible to the processor;
• and
• an executable program in the storage device, wherein execution of the program by the processor configures the server to perform functions, including functions to:
• collect, from a plurality of mobile stations remote from the state derivation server, current connectivity characteristics of the plurality of mobile stations with respect to one or more radio access technologies (RATs) that are supported by each of the mobile stations, the current connectivity characteristics including data representative of a particular type of network to which each mobile station in the plurality of mobile stations is currently connected;
• analyze the current connectivity characteristics of a mobile station in the plurality of mobile stations to determine whether the mobile station is tuning away from a particular RAT to access another RAT;
• determine, based on the analysis and based on the data representative of the particular type of network to which the mobile station is currently connected, a current connectivity state of the mobile station, the current connectivity state indicating at least one RAT of the one or more RATs that the mobile station is using to connect to a wireless network;
• receive, based on the determination of the current connectivity state, one or more geographic locations of the mobile station at one or more times when the current connectivity state indicates that the mobile station is connected to the wireless network using the other RAT;
• and
• display, at a user interface of a computing device associated with the state derivation server, the current connectivity state and the one or more geographic locations, the one or more geographic locations displayed at the user interface on a digital map.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:

• collect, at a state derivation server from a plurality of mobile stations remote from the state derivation server, current connectivity characteristics of the plurality of mobile stations with respect to one or more radio access technologies (RATs) that are supported by each of the plurality of mobile stations, the current connectivity characteristics including data representative of a particular type of network to which each mobile station in the plurality of mobile stations is currently connected;
• analyze, at the state derivation server, the current connectivity characteristics of a mobile station in the plurality of mobile stations to determine whether the mobile station is tuning away from a particular RAT to access another RAT;
• determine, at the state derivation server based on the analysis and based on the data representative of the particular type of network to which the mobile station is currently connected, a current connectivity state of the mobile station, the current connectivity state indicating at least one RAT of the one or more RATs that the mobile station is using to connect to a wireless network;
• receive, at the state derivations server based on the determination of the current connectivity state, one or more geographic locations of the mobile station at one or more times when the current connectivity state indicates that the mobile station is connected to the wireless network using the other RAT;
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• display, at a user interface of a computing device associated with the state derivation server, the current connectivity state and the one or more geographic locations, the one or more geographic locations displayed at the user interface on a digital map.