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Investigations of the quantum interference in laser-assisted photoionization by an attosecond extreme ultraviolet (xuv) pulse shows an approximately constant value for the total photoionizations for different laser intensities. The square of the full width at half maximum of a photoelectron energy spectrum (PES) linearly depends on the laser intensity. By determining the laser-related phase of each streaked electron and using a transfer equation with linear corrections, an analytically quick method is proposed for precisely reconstructing the xuv pulse intensity (chirp) from one (two) measured PES(s) with a theoretical root-mean-square temporal (energy) difference of less than 1 attosecond (0.1 eV). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]