SOCIAL DELIVERY OF IPTV STREAMS
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Abstract
Delivery of internet protocol television (IPTV) content, in one aspect, may comprise monitoring social media streams. Trends may be identified from the social media streams, the trends describing interests in IPTV content by location, time and subscriber types. Information may be received associated with a schedule for delivering the IPTV content. The trends may be compared with the received information to predict an expected demand of the IPTV content at the time at different locations and by different subscriber types. Resources may be reallocated to meet the expected demand in delivering the IPTV content to the different subscriber types at the different locations and the time.
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11. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of delivery of internet protocol television (IPTV) content, the method comprising:
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monitoring social media streams; identifying trends from the social media streams, the trends describing interests in IPTV content by location, time and subscriber types; receiving information associated with a schedule for delivering the IPTV content; comparing the trends with the received information to predict an expected demand of the IPTV content at the time at different locations and by different subscriber types; and reallocating resources to meet the expected demand in delivering the IPTV content to the different subscriber types at the different locations and the time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for delivery of internet protocol television (IPTV) content, comprising:
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a hardware processor; and a storage device, the hardware processor operable to monitor social media streams, the hardware processor further operable to identify trends from the social media streams, the trends describing interests in IPTV content by location, time and subscriber types, the hardware processor further operable to store the trends in the storage device, the hardware processor further operable to receive information associated with a schedule for delivering the IPTV content, the hardware processor further operable to compare the trends with the received information to predict an expected demand of the IPTV content at the time at different locations and by different subscriber types, and the hardware processor further operable to reallocate resources to meet the expected demand in delivering the IPTV content to the different subscriber types at the different locations and the time. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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