The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Qiang Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
An Mei Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Qiang Gao, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for sampling usage information from a pool of terminals in a data network. In an aspect, a method is provided that includes determining a designated set of terminals, and transmitting tracking parameters to the designated set of terminals, wherein the tracking parameters identify at least one upload window. In an aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes provisioning logic configured to determine one or more tracking parameters that identify at least one upload window, and targeting logic configured to determine a designated set of terminals, and to transmit tracking parameters to the designated set of terminals. In another aspect, a method is provided for performing usage tracking. The method includes receiving tracking parameters that identify at least one upload window, performing usage tracking according to the tracking parameters to produce a tracking log, and transmitting the tracking log during the at least one upload window.