Patent ID: 8832258

Claim:
A method for collecting and processing wireless network user quality data, the method comprising: identifying a mobile computing device operating within a wireless network, the mobile computing device executing a wireless network user quality data collection software program, the mobile computing device provisioned for typical operation on a wireless communication network; forming a unique user location profile, the unique user location profile formed from a combination of: a unique identifier of the mobile computing device, a recognized geographic pattern of operation of the mobile computing device, the recognized geographic pattern repeated at least twice, and a recognized time pattern of operation of the mobile computing device, the recognized time pattern repeated at least twice; modifying the unique user location profile to change the frequency of data collection based on an age of data previously collected; choosing at least one configuration datum based on information in the user location profile, the configuration datum including a cell tower list; communicating the at least one configuration datum to the mobile computing device, the configuration datum directing the mobile computing device to perform a wireless network user quality data collection operation if the mobile computing device is associated with a cell tower listed on the cell tower list; and receiving at least one wireless network user quality data measurement from the mobile computing device.