Network speed detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10652124-B2
Application number	US-201916352535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are various examples for facilitating network speed testing on behalf of a client device that is associated with an enterprise. In a client device that can be a managed device managed by a management service, a network testing profile can be obtained which specifies a testing schedule as well as a network testing endpoint with which network testing can be conducted. Results of the network speed test can be transmitted to the management service, which can determine if the network speed implicates a compliance rule associated with the client device or an enterprise with which the client device is associated.

First claim

Therefore, the following is claimed:

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, from a management service, a network testing profile on a client device, the network testing profile comprising a network testing schedule for execution of at least one network test;
generating, by the client device, at least one test result associated with the client device based upon exchange of at least one test packet with a network testing endpoint;
transmitting, by the client device, the at least one test result to the management service, wherein the management service determines that a network speed of a connection between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold; and
reducing an amount of network bandwidth usage by the client device in response to determining that the network speed of the connection fails to meet the threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a location of the client device to the management service in association with the at least one test result.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein reducing the amount of network bandwidth usage further comprises disabling background downloading of data when the network speed fails to meet the threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein reducing the amount of network bandwidth usage further comprises disabling a videoconferencing capability associated with the client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein reducing the amount of network bandwidth usage further comprises selecting of an updated management service with which the client device is associated, the updated management service being different from a previous management service associated with the client device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the updated management service is located at a different network address from the previous management service.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein reducing the amount of network bandwidth usage further comprises disabling automatic downloading of email attachments when the network speed fails to meet the threshold.

8. A client device comprising:
at least one processor executing at least one application causing the client device to at least:
obtain, from a management service, a network testing profile on the client device, the network testing profile comprising a network testing schedule for execution of at least one network test;
generate at least one test result associated with the client device based upon exchange of at least one test packet with a network testing endpoint;
transmit the at least one test result to the management service, wherein the management service determines that a network speed of a connection between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold; and
reduce an amount of network bandwidth usage by the client device in response to determining that the network speed of the connection fails to meet the threshold.

9. The client device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one application further causes the at least one processor to transmit a location of the client device to the management service in association with the at least one test result.

10. The client device of claim 8 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by disabling background downloading of data when the network speed fails to meet the threshold.

11. The client device of claim 8 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by disabling a videoconferencing capability associated with the client device.

12. The client device of claim 8 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by disabling automatic downloading of email attachments when the network speed fails to meet the threshold.

13. The client device of claim 8 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by selecting of an updated management service with which the client device is associated, the updated management service being different from a previous management service associated with the client device.

14. The client device of claim 13 , wherein the updated management service is located at a different network address from the previous management service.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable by a client device, wherein the program, when executed causes the client device to at least:
obtain, from a management service, a network testing profile on a client device, the network testing profile comprising a network testing schedule for execution of at least one network test;
generate at least one test result associated with the client device based upon exchange of at least one test packet with a network testing endpoint;
transmit the at least one test result to the management service, wherein the management service determines that a network speed of a connection between the client device and the network testing endpoint fails to meet a threshold; and
reduce an amount of network bandwidth usage by the client device in response to determining that the network speed of the connection fails to meet the threshold.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the program further causes the client device to transmit a location of the client device to the management service in association with the at least one test result.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by disabling background downloading of data when the network speed fails to meet the threshold.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by disabling a videoconferencing capability associated with the client device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by disabling automatic downloading of email attachments when the network speed fails to meet the threshold.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the amount of network bandwidth usage is reduced by selecting of an updated management service with which the client device is associated, the updated management service being different from a previous management service associated with the client device.

Assignees

• Airwatch Llc

Inventors

• Tse Kar Fai
• Stuntebeck Eric Peter
• Lu Chen

Classifications

• H04L41/0806

  for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play · CPC title

• H04L43/0888 Primary

  Throughput · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title

• H04L43/50

  Testing arrangements · CPC title

• H04L43/103

  with adaptive polling, i.e. dynamically adapting the polling rate · CPC title