Patent ID: 9426776
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: generating, by a mobile device, a first resolution geographic descriptor that identifies a first size geographic grid area comprising a specific location identified by mobile device location data; adjusting, by the mobile device as requested by a server, the first resolution geographic descriptor to a second resolution geographic descriptor, by increasing or decreasing the resolution to correspondingly decrease or increase, respectively, the corresponding geographic grid area to a second size geographic grid area comprising the specific location; measuring a network performance metric at the mobile device, the network performance metric including a data quality metric or a voice quality metric; geotagging the network performance metric using the second resolution geographic descriptor; and sending, to the server, an information update comprising the network performance metric and the second resolution geographic descriptor without providing the mobile device location data in order to perform data analysis to identify, by the server, a source of a network performance problem associated with the network performance metric.