Patent ID: 8630193

Claim:
A method for indicating performance information, the method comprising: measuring the performance information for a connection to a wireless communications device; determining one or more trends and one or more averages associated with the performance information, wherein the one or more trends indicate whether the connection is improving or deteriorating in real-time, wherein a first time interval for determining the one or more trends is smaller than a second time interval for determining the one or more averages, and wherein a user interface enables a user to set the first time interval and the second time interval; displaying the one or more trends and the one or more averages to a user in response to the determining the one or more trends and the one or more averages; and generating recommendations for the user to implement a user action in response to the determining the one or more trends and the one or more averages, wherein the user actions are recommended to enhance the connection to the wireless communications device, and wherein the recommendations are enabled to include at least moving the wireless communications device in an indicated direction to a new location to enhance the connection and managing bandwidth available to one or more applications utilized by the wireless communications device to enhance the connection.