Technique for usage forecasting in a switched digital video system
US9847844B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H60/66
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of digital video recorders are polled to extract data indicative of recordings scheduled thereon. The polling is carried out over a video content network by a component at a node in the video content network that is remote from the plurality of digital video recorders. At least a portion of the data is used to obtain a prediction of future switched digital video channel usage for the video content network. At least one network management activity is carried out on the video content network in response to the prediction of future switched digital video channel usage for the video content network.
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