Method and system for monitoring and controlling a video signal network
First Claim
1. A method of operating a video signal network comprising:
- providing a video signal router having a plurality of input ports for receiving input video signals and a plurality of output ports for transmitting a plurality of output video signals, wherein the video signal router has a plurality of monitorable router status conditions, and wherein the video signal router has a routing module comprising switches for routing the input video signals from the plurality of input ports to the plurality of output ports;
providing a router control system within the video signal router for controlling the configuration of the video signal router;
defining, in the router control system, a plurality of predetermined states, wherein each of the predetermined states comprises at least one condition from the group consisting of;
one or more signal conditions relating to one or more input and output video signal parameters being selected from the group consisting of a monitored bit rate of at least one of the input video signals, a monitored bit rate of at least one of the output video signals, a picture noise level, a video noise level, an audio noise level, an audio silence level, an audio silence duration, a video error duration, and a black duration; and
one or more router conditions relating to one or more of the monitorable router status conditions;
configuring the video signal router to couple at least some of the input ports to at least some of the output ports;
monitoring, by the router control system, at least some of the input and output video signal parameters to provide monitored input and output video signals;
monitoring, by the router control system, at least some of the monitorable router status conditions and the routing module to provide monitored router status conditions;
providing a monitoring device in electronic communication with the video signal router and located remotely from the video signal router;
defining, using a graphical user interface in the monitoring device, a plurality of trigger events, a first subset of the plurality of trigger events being associated with at least one of a plurality of received notification messages corresponding to the monitored input and output video signals and the monitored router status conditions, and a second subset of the plurality of trigger events being associated with a particular time;
configuring, for each trigger event using the graphical user interface, an automatic response that outlines a procedure to be executed when the corresponding trigger event is detected;
transmitting one of the plurality of notification messages from the router control system to the monitoring device when one of the monitorable router status conditions, the routing module and the at least some input and output video signal parameters reach one of a plurality of predetermined states; and
executing, at a processor at the monitoring device, the procedure outlined by the automatic response corresponding to a trigger event from any one of the first and the second subset of the plurality of trigger events when the corresponding trigger event is detected.
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Abstract
The embodiments described herein provide a method for operating a video signal network. The method comprises: providing a video signal router having a plurality of input ports for receiving input video signals and a plurality of output ports for transmitting a plurality of output video signals and wherein the router has a plurality of monitorable router status conditions; providing a router control system for controlling the configuration of the router; defining, in the router control system, a plurality of predetermined states, wherein each of the predetermined states comprises at least one condition from the group consisting of: one or more signal conditions relating to one or more of the input and output video signals; and one or more router conditions relating to one or more of the monitorable status conditions; for each of the states, defining at least one action; configuring the video signal router to couple at least some of the input ports to at least some of the output ports; monitoring at least some of the input and output video signals and at least some of the router status conditions; in response to the monitored input and output video signals and router status conditions corresponding to one of the predetermined states, transmitting a notification message to the router control system; and initiating an action corresponding to the transmitted notification message.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of operating a video signal network comprising:
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providing a video signal router having a plurality of input ports for receiving input video signals and a plurality of output ports for transmitting a plurality of output video signals, wherein the video signal router has a plurality of monitorable router status conditions, and wherein the video signal router has a routing module comprising switches for routing the input video signals from the plurality of input ports to the plurality of output ports; providing a router control system within the video signal router for controlling the configuration of the video signal router; defining, in the router control system, a plurality of predetermined states, wherein each of the predetermined states comprises at least one condition from the group consisting of; one or more signal conditions relating to one or more input and output video signal parameters being selected from the group consisting of a monitored bit rate of at least one of the input video signals, a monitored bit rate of at least one of the output video signals, a picture noise level, a video noise level, an audio noise level, an audio silence level, an audio silence duration, a video error duration, and a black duration; and one or more router conditions relating to one or more of the monitorable router status conditions; configuring the video signal router to couple at least some of the input ports to at least some of the output ports; monitoring, by the router control system, at least some of the input and output video signal parameters to provide monitored input and output video signals; monitoring, by the router control system, at least some of the monitorable router status conditions and the routing module to provide monitored router status conditions; providing a monitoring device in electronic communication with the video signal router and located remotely from the video signal router; defining, using a graphical user interface in the monitoring device, a plurality of trigger events, a first subset of the plurality of trigger events being associated with at least one of a plurality of received notification messages corresponding to the monitored input and output video signals and the monitored router status conditions, and a second subset of the plurality of trigger events being associated with a particular time; configuring, for each trigger event using the graphical user interface, an automatic response that outlines a procedure to be executed when the corresponding trigger event is detected; transmitting one of the plurality of notification messages from the router control system to the monitoring device when one of the monitorable router status conditions, the routing module and the at least some input and output video signal parameters reach one of a plurality of predetermined states; and executing, at a processor at the monitoring device, the procedure outlined by the automatic response corresponding to a trigger event from any one of the first and the second subset of the plurality of trigger events when the corresponding trigger event is detected. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28)
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2. A system for monitoring a video signal network, the system comprising:
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a video signal router comprising; a routing module comprising switches for routing a plurality of video signals from a plurality of input ports to a plurality of output ports; and a monitor for controlling the configuration of the routing module of the video signal router and monitoring the routing module, the video signal router and at least some input and output video signal parameters, wherein the at least some input and output video signal parameters are selected from the group consisting of a monitored bit rate of at least one of the input video signals, a monitored bit rate of at least one of the output video signals, a picture noise level, a video noise level, an audio noise level, an audio silence level, an audio silence duration, a video error duration, and a black duration, and transmitting one of a plurality of notification messages when one or more of the video signal router, the routing module and the at least some of the input and output video signal parameters reach one of a plurality of predetermined states; and a monitoring device in electronic communication with the video signal router and located remotely from the video signal router, the monitoring device comprising; a graphical user interface for defining a plurality of trigger events, a first subset of the plurality of trigger events being associated with at least one of the plurality of notification messages corresponding to the one or more of the video signal router, the routing module and the at least some input and output video signal parameters, and a second subset of the plurality of trigger events being associated with a particular time; the graphical user interface for configuring, for each trigger event, an automatic response that outlines a procedure to be executed when the corresponding trigger event is detected; and a processor for receiving the transmitted notification message, determining whether one of the plurality of trigger events from the first subset corresponds to the transmitted notification message, and if one of the plurality of trigger events from the first subset corresponds to the transmitted notification message, executing a corresponding automatic response corresponding to the trigger event, the processor being further configured to detect one or more of the plurality of trigger events from the second subset and executing a corresponding automatic response corresponding to each detected trigger event from the second subset. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29)
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11. A method of monitoring a video signal network, the method comprising:
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defining a plurality of trigger events using a graphical user interface at a monitoring system, wherein a first subset of the plurality of trigger events is associated with at least one of a plurality of notification messages, and a second subset of the plurality of trigger events is associated with a particular time; configuring, for the plurality of trigger events, a plurality of automatic responses using the graphical user interface at the monitoring system, wherein each automatic response outlines a procedure to be executed when a corresponding trigger event is detected; monitoring a video signal router, a routing module comprising switches within the video signal router and a plurality of input and output video signal parameters using a monitor of the video signal router, at least some of the plurality of input and output video signal parameters being selected from the group consisting of a monitored bit rate of at least one of the input video signals, a monitored bit rate of at least one of the output video signals, a picture noise level, a video noise level, an audio noise level, an audio silence level, an audio silence duration, a video error duration, and a black duration; transmitting one of the plurality of notification messages from the video signal router to the monitoring system, when one of the router and the plurality of input and output video signal parameters reach one of a plurality of predetermined states; receiving each transmitted notification message at the monitoring system; determining, at the monitoring system, whether one of the plurality of trigger events from the first subset corresponds to the transmitted notification messages and if one of the plurality of trigger events from the first subset corresponds to the transmitted notification message, executing the corresponding automatic response corresponding to the trigger event; and further determining, at the monitoring system, the occurrence of one or more of the plurality of trigger events from the second subset and executing a corresponding automatic response corresponding to each detected trigger event from the second subset. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 30)
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