US 12,093,875 B2
Systems and methods for remote evaluation of craft skills
Daniel Harvey Howard, Atlanta, GA (US); Thomas Martin Davidson, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); Dean Alan Stoneback, Harleysville, PA (US); Steven Richard Harris, Haddonfield, NJ (US); Pamela Ann Nobles, Chester Springs, PA (US); and Christopher Dale Bastian, Glenmoore, PA (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by SOCIETY OF CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERS, INC., Exton, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,065.
Application 17/558,065 is a continuation of application No. 16/888,103, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,205,149.
Application 16/888,103 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/657,126, filed on Jul. 22, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/369,052, filed on Jul. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0114531 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 50/20 (2012.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); G06Q 50/2057 (2013.01); G09B 19/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for evaluating a technician's installation of a network element utilizing proactive network maintenance (PNM) measurements, comprising:
a PNM measurement device in communication with a physical network, wherein the PNM measurement device is configured with
a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface configured to receive a signal via a network element that has been interacted with by a technician, wherein
the processor is configured to process the received signal by taking PNM measurements of the received signal, and
the communications interface configured to transmit the PNM measurements; and
a server operatively coupled to the PNM measurement device, wherein the server is configured with
a server processor and a server communication interface, wherein the server is running an assessment program, wherein
the assessment program is configured to receive the PNM measurements at the server,
the assessment program is configured to assess the received PNM measurements and generate a first report associated with an assessment of the technician's interaction with the network element, wherein the assessment program compares the first report with a base line PNM report, wherein the base line PNM report is representative of ideal PNM parameters, minimum PNM parameters, or averaged PNM parameters for a threshold number of successful installations of a plurality of network elements, and
the assessment program configured to generate a second report associated with an evaluation of the network element regarding key performance indicators for the network element relative to one or more variables of the network element, wherein the evaluation of the network element regarding key performance indicators includes an assessment of a number of micro-reflections or a depth of micro-reflections, wherein the one or more variables of the network element includes immunity to humidity or cost.