Patent ID: 9002348
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a communications performance status in relation to a device on a communications network, comprising the steps of: identifying a device on the communications network to evaluate, wherein the step of identifying a device further includes searching the communications network for one or more devices having one or more failed communications events; identifying a location associated with the identified device, wherein the step of identifying a location associated with the identified device further comprises determining location data to determine the location for the identified device, wherein the step of determining location data includes identifying location data from one or more of the identified device, a location database, a location reference characteristic, and data input from a source external to the communications network; identifying one or more reference devices on the communications network, wherein the step of identifying one or more reference devices further includes searching the communications network for one or more devices having no failed communications events; generating a performance event identifier identifying the communications performance status; and identifying the one or more reference devices, having no failed communications events, which are within a predetermined location range associated with the identified device.