System and method for determining quality of service of a mobile device

摘要

A system and method for determining the quality of service in wireless data network by a plurality of mobile devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes presenting to a user a plurality of reference content items, for each content item, receiving a reference content item rating indicative of a quality rating provided by the user, wirelessly transmitting a test content item to the mobile device, presenting the transmitted test content item to the user; receiving a test content item rating provided by the user, wherein at least some of the plurality of reference content items comprise content items of known and differing quality, normalizing the test content item rating based on the reference content rating received to provide a normalized test content item rating; and outputting a quality of service performance metric based on the normalized test content item rating.

主权项

1. A method of determining a performance metric provided by a plurality of mobile devices that communicate over a wireless data network, comprising:
(a) transmitting from a content server a plurality of reference content items of differing content quality to be viewed and rated; (b) for the plurality of reference content items transmitted, receiving by the content server a reference content item rating indicative of a quality rating provided by a mobile device user; (c) validating the received reference content item rating against a range of ratings considered valid for the reference content item; (d) transmitting a test content item via the wireless data network to be viewed and rated at the mobile device after validating the reference content item ratings; (e) receiving by the content server a test content item rating indicative of a quality rating for the test content item provided by the user;
performing (a)-(e) for plurality of additional mobile devices;normalizing the test content item ratings received from the mobile devices based on the reference content ratings received from the respective mobile devices; andoutputting normalized performance metrics for the plurality of mobile devices.