US 11,050,654 B2
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A DOWNLOADABLE AGENT FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE, OR LINKGeneral
US 11,050,654 B2
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A DOWNLOADABLE AGENT FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE, OR LINK
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Michael J Moore, Jr.
Art Unit:
2467 Multiplex and VoIP
Inventors:
Philip Bednarz; Ardavan Maleki Tehrani; Leonardo Dagum; Marc Goldburg; Wonjong Rhee
Priority:
01/12/15
Filed:
01/12/15
Granted:
06/29/21
Expiration:
01/17/34
Abstract
Described is a method performed by a downloadable agent, the method comprising: collecting WAN performance information, wherein the downloadable agent is executable on a computing device coupled to a LAN of a broadband subscriber, wherein the LAN is coupled by another device to a WAN; and transmitting the WAN performance information to a machine; wherein the machine is operable to: store and analyze the performance information to generate an analysis result; and report the analysis result to at least one of the broadband subscriber and its service provider. Described is a corresponding system which comprises a database; and a server coupled to the database, the server operable to: receive WAN performance information from a downloadable agent; store the information in the database, analyze the information to generate an analysis result; and report the analysis result to at least one of the broadband subscriber and the broadband subscriber's service provider.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L43/0829H04LY04S40/00Y04S