US 11,706,118 B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting internet connection problems
John M. Cioffi, Atherton, CA (US); Christopher Fisher, San Ramon, CA (US); Philip Bednarz, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ardavan M. Tehrani, Atherton, CA (US); Tuncay Cil, San Francisco, CA (US); Lan Ke, Fremont, CA (US); and Chan-Soo Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to ASSIA SPE, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by ASSIA SPE, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,875.
Application 17/157,875 is a continuation of application No. 16/747,270, filed on Jan. 20, 2020, granted, now 10,904,129.
Application 16/747,270 is a continuation of application No. 15/753,159, granted, now 10,567,266, issued on Feb. 18, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2015/052044, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0152458 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 43/50 (2022.01); H04L 43/0894 (2022.01); H04L 41/0677 (2022.01); H04L 12/54 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/50 (2013.01) [H04L 12/5692 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2013.01); H04L 43/0894 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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13. A network management entity for managing a broadband and mobile network, the network management entity comprising:
a broadband segment measurement agent that receives at least one broadband measurement across at least one broadband segment coupled to a user device;
a mobile segment measurement agent that receives at least one mobile segment measurement across at least one mobile segment coupled to the user device; and
a diagnostic engine coupled to the broadband segment measurement agent and the mobile segment measurement agent, the diagnostic engine receives the at least one broadband segment measurement and the at least one mobile segment measurement and generates a preferred network path for the user device between a mobile network path and a broadband network path.