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System and Method for Monitoring Whole Home Digital Video Recorder Usage for Internet Protocol Television

  • US 20110093907A1
  • Filed: 10/16/2009
  • Published: 04/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a bandwidth configuration for each of a plurality of customer premises connected to a video head-end office in an Internet Protocol television network;

    storing the bandwidth configuration for each of the plurality of customer premises in a memory of a first server in the Internet Protocol television network;

    receiving a data file from the video head-end office of the Internet Protocol television network, wherein the data file indicates that a set-top box device located at one of the customer premises has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams available to the one of the customer premises and that would exceed a first bandwidth currently available between the video head-end office and the one of the customer premises; and

    storing the data file in the memory of the first server.

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