System and method for displaying mobility trails for mobile clients

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10659924-B2
Application number	US-201916351025-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Jun 29, 2014
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for displaying mobile trails for mobile client devices. Specifically, a network device obtains a plurality of performance measurements and a corresponding plurality of physical locations for a client device over a period of time. Then the network device generates a plurality of visual representations for the client device over the period of time, each visual representation representing a respective performance measurement and a respective physical location at a respective time during the period of time. Moreover, the network device can display, store, and/or transmit a map of a physical environment with the plurality of visual representations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processing resource to:
determine, based on a level of at least one performance measurement of a client device, a visual characteristic of a line on a map of a physical environment between a first physical location and a second physical location, wherein the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location; and
generate a visual representation for the client device over a period of time, the visual representation representing, at each point in time during the period of time, (i) a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device and (ii) a respective physical location of the client device along the line that is formatted with the determined visual characteristic.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least one performance measurement comprises a health of the client device, a transmission power, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a network usage, a noise floor, or a combination thereof.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to obtain a plurality of performance measurements and physical locations of the client device over the period of time, wherein the client device is associated with an access point in a network covering the physical environment.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to obtain a plurality of performance measurements of the client device when the client device is on an active call.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4 , wherein at least one performance measurement comprises a call quality measurement for the active call.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to display the map of the physical environment with the visual representation.

7. The non-transitory medium of claim 1 , wherein the visual representation corresponds to a subset of the at least one performance measurement during the period of time when the client device was on a particular type of active call.

8. The non-transitory medium of claim 7 , wherein the particular type of active call further comprises a voice call, a video call, or a voice and video call.

9. The non-transitory medium of claim 7 , wherein the visual representation further comprises at least one of a respective start time or a respective end time of the time period when the client device was on the particular type of active call.

10. The non-transitory medium of claim 1 , wherein the visual characteristic of the line comprises a thickness of the line, wherein a degree of the thickness indicates the level of the performance measurement.

11. The non-transitory medium of claim 1 , wherein the visual characteristic of the line comprises a shade of the line, wherein a degree of the shade indicates the level of the performance measurement.

12. The non-transitory medium of claim 1 , wherein the visual characteristic of the line comprises a color of the line, wherein a particular color of a set of available colors of the line indicates the level of the performance measurement.

13. A network device; and
non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processing resource to:
obtain at least one performance measurement of a client device on an active call and physical location information of the client device, wherein the client device moves from a first physical location to a second physical location in a physical environment;
determine, based on a level of at least one performance measurement of the client device, a visual characteristic of a line on a map of the physical environment between the first physical location and the second physical location; and
cause generation of a visual representation for the client device over a period of time, the visual representation representing, at each point in time during the period of time, (i) a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device and (ii) a respective physical location of the client device along the line on the map that is formatted with the determined visual characteristic.

14. The network device of claim 13 , wherein the network device further comprises an access point.

15. The network device of claim 13 , wherein the network device further comprises a data transfer device, wherein the data transfer device further comprises a network switch, a router, a controller or a combination thereof.

16. The network device of claim 13 , wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining via a receiving mechanism that is coupled to a radio to obtain at least one performance measurement of the client device, wherein the radio is included in the network device.

17. The network device of claim 13 , wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining via a receiving mechanism that is coupled to a network interface to obtain at least one performance measurement of the client device, wherein the network interface is included in the network device.

18. A method, comprising:
determining, based on a level of at least one performance measurement of a client device, a visual characteristic of a line on a map of a physical environment between a first physical location and a second physical location, wherein the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location; and
generating a visual representation for the client device over a period of time, the visual representation representing, at a point in time during the period of time, (i) a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device and (ii) a respective physical location of the client device along the line that is formatted with the determined visual characteristic.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein generating the visual representation further comprises generating a video showing a time sequence of the client device moving through the physical environment.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein generating the video further comprises showing the time sequence of the client device concurrently with a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device at each respective point in time during the period of time.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp

Inventors

• Agarwal Gopal
• Joshi Venkatesh
• Wadhawan Anupam

Classifications

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title