Method and apparatus for real-time multi-dimensional reporting and analyzing of data on application level activity and other user information on a mobile data network

Abstract

A method and apparatus for real-time, multi-dimensional reporting and analyzing of data on application level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A report manager communicates with a data manager to develop and test real-time reports about aggregate and user-level network usage. The data manager provides a database of non-aggregate, user-specific event data and a set of tables specifying combinations of monitored variables satisfying a set of defined reports. The report manager comprises a report generation module, which receives operator instructions for aggregate usage information. The report module determines whether the requested information can be satisfied by combinations of monitored aggregate variables, or whether it must be retrieved from a non-aggregate, user-specific, event data database. Furthermore, the report module is responsive to operator instructions to add a test report to the set of defined real-time reports.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A report manager for developing and testing real-time reports about aggregate and user-level usage of a mobile data network, said report manager being in communication with a data manager device that provides a database of non-aggregate, user-specific event data and also provides a set of tables specifying combinations of one or more aggregate variables then-presently monitored by said data manager to satisfy a set of defined real-time reports, said report manager comprising:
 a report generation module for receiving operator instructions specifying aggregate usage information to be included in a test report, said report generation module determining which of said specified aggregate usage information may be satisfied by said combinations of one or more aggregate variables then-presently monitored by said data manager and using the then-presently monitored amounts to generate corresponding results for said test report; and causing said database to be queried to search the non-aggregate, user-specific event data to generate results for said test report for said specified aggregate usage information that could not be satisfied by said combinations of one or more aggregate variables then-presently monitored by said data manager;   wherein said report generation module is responsive to operator instructions requesting that the test report be added as a new real-time report to the set of defined real-time reports, by providing the specification of said test report and causing said data manager to subsequently monitor combinations of one or more aggregate variables to satisfy said new real-time report.