Route navigation for optimal mobile coverage

Abstract

A utility within a mobile device or other device computes and provides an optimal mobile coverage route. The device receives a stating point / location and a destination point / location. The mobile device downloads a provider's mobile coverage information, accesses historical data stored by the mobile device, and obtains user feedback from the provider. The optimal mobile coverage route is then computed at the device, and the optimal mobile coverage route is provided via one of the following: a web site, or a text message (SMS) to, a voice operated feed, or any direct feed to the user of the mobile device. The computed optimal mobile coverage route is then used by the user of the mobile device when communicating with another mobile device while travelling from the starting point to the end point.

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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention generally relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to a method and system for searching for optimal mobile device coverage routing through the use of a provider's mobile coverage information, historical data, and consumer feedback.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Currently mobile phones and other wireless capable devices are widely used for voice, text and video communications. The users of these devices have a paid subscription with their provider of choice. The providers have established networks with coverage that enables communications between two communication devices, and / or a starting and a destination mobile device. However, users occasionally experience disruption of communications at various times due to holes in the network (e.g. dropped calls). These inconsistencies are due to many causes including, for example, building and trees blocking cell towers, adverse weather conditions, a...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]Disclosed are a method and system for enabling the search for optimal mobile device coverage routing through the use of provider's mobile coverage information, historical data and consumer feedback. A utility within a mobile device or other device computes and provides an optimal mobile coverage route. The device receives a stating point/location and a destination point/location. The mobile device downloads a provider's mobile coverage information, accesses historical data stored by the mobile

Problems solved by technology

However, users occasionally experience disruption of communications at various times due to holes in the network (e.g. dropped calls).

These inconsistencies are due to many causes including, for example, building and trees blocking cell towers, adverse weather conditions, and switching deficiencies when switching from one base station (cell tower) to another base station during an in-progress communication between two mobile devices.

Currently in the field of mobile communication systems, network coverage is improving, but issues of dropped communications still remain.

With the later problem, no methods exist to improve, and provide maximum mobile (non-satellite) phone coverage when a communication is initiated between two mobile devices.

Furthermore, the difficulty to manually attempt to augment routing to ensure mobile phone coverage is increased due to different coverage areas of different providers.

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