Mcafee, Inc.

Purushothaman B

Dattatraya Kulkarni

Srikanth Nalluri

Tirumaleswar Reddy Konda

Harsha Ramamurthy Joshi

Raja Sinha

Susmita Nayak

Anjan Kumar Nayak

A technique for collecting and using signal reputation data, comprising obtaining a plurality of signal reputation data corresponding to a plurality of locations, categorizing the signal reputation data into groups, calculating signal circles for at least some of the groups based on a representative signal value for the corresponding group, calculating a signal reputation score for each signal circle, determining a best signal circle for a user mobile device within a predetermined distance of dead zones, and sending the best signal circle to the user mobile device based at least in part on the signal reputation score and a location of the user mobile device. In some embodiments, the technique may include some but not all of these actions and additional actions, such as suspending obtaining signal reputation data based on battery status.

Mechanism to determine cellular signal reputation of a location and intelligently manage lack of connectivity

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Bengaluru, India

Purushothaman B