Granted Patent B2

US 10,659,323 · App. 15/315,348 · Granted May 19, 2020

Abstract

Claims (70)

1. A method performed by a computing device for controlling home network system associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the method comprising:

analyzing operational data associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the operational data collected from the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, wherein the operational data comprises current operational data and historical operational data;

providing individual recommendations for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices for improving performance of the home network system according to the analyzed operational data;

defining hierarchies for the individual recommendations for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communication devices;

correlating the individual recommendations into groups; and

aggregating the individual recommendations from the groups to generate unified recommendations for improving the home network system.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the unified recommendations for a user of the home network system.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the unified recommendations to one or more of:

a LAN device,

a performance optimization system, or

a home network controller.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

filtering the unified recommendations according to filtering instructions; and

providing the filtered unified recommendations to a user of the home network system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the correlating is performed according to similarities in the individual recommendations for improving performance of the home network system associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collected operational data is collected by an agent in an AP or mobile application.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the home network system is one of:

a broadband service; or

a Wi-Fi service.

8. A method performed by a computing device for providing recommendations to improve home network system associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the method comprising:

collecting, by the computing device, current operational data associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices;

collecting, by the computing device, historical operational data associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices;

analyzing the collected current and historical operational data associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices;

providing individual recommendations for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices for improving performance of the home network system according to the analyzed collected current and historical operational data;

defining one or more hierarchies for the individual recommendations for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices;

correlating the individual recommendations for improving home network system into groups; and

consolidating the individual correlated recommendations from the groups—to generate unified recommendations for improving the home network system.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more hierarchies for the individual recommendations are targeted to a specific Wi-Fi communication device and are defined based on a level of inclusiveness of a corresponding communication element in a broadband network and the home network system.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

providing the unified recommendations to a user of the home network system.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

filtering the unified recommendations according to filtering instructions; and

providing the filtered unified recommendations to a user of the home network system.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the correlating is performed according to similarities in the individual recommendations for improving the performance of the home network system associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the collected current operational data is collected by an agent in an AP or mobile application.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the home network system is one of:

a broadband service; or

a Wi-Fi service.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code, when executed by one or more processors implemented on a computing system, causes the computing system to perform a method comprising:

analyzing operational data associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the operational data collected from the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, wherein the operational data comprises current operational data and historical operational data;

providing individual recommendations for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices for improving performance of a home network system according to the analyzed operational data;

defining hierarchies for the individual recommendation for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communication devices;

correlating the individual recommendations into groups; and

aggregating the individual recommendations from the groups to generate unified recommendations for improving the home network system.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising:

providing the unified recommendations to a user of the home network system.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 further comprising:

filtering the unified recommendations according to filtering instructions; and

providing the filtered unified recommendations to a user of the home network system.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the collected operational data is collected by an agent in an AP or mobile application.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the home network system is one of:

a broadband service; or

a Wi-Fi service.

20. A system comprising:

a database to store historical data;

a server coupled to the database, the server operable to:

analyze operational data associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the operational data collected from plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices;

analyze the historical data from the database;

provide individual recommendations based on hierarchical recommendation functions for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices for improving performance of a home network system according to the analyzed operational data and historical data;

correlate the individual recommendations into groups; and

aggregate the individual recommendations from the groups to generate unified recommendations for improving the home network system; and

a wireless interface for allowing the server to communicate with one or more of the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the server is further operable to:

provide the unified recommendations to a user of the home network system via the wireless interface.

22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the server comprises a cloud recommended engine that comprises:

one or more individual diagnostic functions that provide individual diagnostics based on recent data associated with one or more corresponding WAN Gateway, LAN/Wi-Fi Gateway, and other devices;

and

an aggregation function that aggregates the individual recommendations for specific Wi-Fi communicating devices into the groups based on priority, action-levels, and correlations between the individual recommendations.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein each one or more corresponding WAN Gateway, LAN/Wi-Fi Gateway, and other devices comprise an agent that is operable to send data to a data cloud.

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