Deterministic ranking of a property requiring satellite service without actually visiting the property

摘要

A service-ability system determines a probability of a proper installation of satellite broadcast reception equipment at a given location. A method for determining service-ability comprises accessing data related to a given location via a computer, assigning a weight and a value to each accessed data point with the computer, compiling the values of each accessed data point, and comparing the compiled values to a predetermined probability threshold.

主权项

1. A method for determining a serviceability of a location for installation of equipment for receiving one or more signals broadcast by one or more satellites of a satellite broadcast system in response to a user-provided service request, comprising:
accessing, via a computer data points describing a plurality of parameters of the location affecting reception of the one or more signals; compiling, with the computer, the accessed data points; assigning, with the computer, a weight and a value to each parameter according to the compiled data points; compiling, with the computer, the weighted values of the parameters; and comparing, with the computer, the compiled weighted values to a predetermined probability threshold; and determining, with the computer, the serviceability of the location for installation of the equipment; wherein the satellite broadcast system provides a plurality of services, the user-provided service request is a request for a selected service of the plurality of services provided by the satellite broadcast system, and the weights assigned to each parameter vary according to the selected service.