Real-time IPTV channel health monitoring
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1. A method, comprising:
- detecting a path of a channel of Internet Protocol (IP) television;
monitoring health of components in the path;
monitoring audio-visual (AV) quality along the path; and
mapping both the health and the AV quality in each part of the path that is displayed in a user interface.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring health of Internet Protocol television channels in real-time are described. In one implementation, a monitoring system discovers the distribution paths for multiple channels and proactively pings for component health and audio-visual (AV) quality at different segments of the paths. Health of components and AV quality are displayed in a collapsible tree form of user interface. A channel problem is marked on the tree in a manner that indicates how to expand the tree to trace the problem.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting a path of a channel of Internet Protocol (IP) television;
monitoring health of components in the path;
monitoring audio-visual (AV) quality along the path; and
mapping both the health and the AV quality in each part of the path that is displayed in a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a channel path engine to determine a path of a channel of Internet Protocol (IP) television;
a pinging engine to gather first health parameters at regular time intervals from components along the path, wherein the first health parameters are associated with distribution of IP data packets by the components;
an audio-visual (AV) monitor associated with the pinging engine to gather second health parameters associated with video frames being represented by the IP data packets; and
a user interface to display a collapsible and expandable representation of the path, wherein the first health parameters and the second health parameters are indicated in the collapsible and expandable representation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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means for determining paths of channels of an Internet Protocol (IP) television network;
means for displaying the paths as a collapsible tree;
means for determining health of components on the paths;
means for determining audio visual (AV) quality of video frames carried by IP data packets along different segments of the paths; and
means for displaying the health and the AV quality in the collapsible tree.
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