Patent ID: 9350987
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for implementing video qualification, the method comprising: initiating, by a premises-based device associated with one or more subscribers of a service provider, video quality tests of one or more telecommunications links between the premises-based device and a video distribution system associated with the service provider; sending, by the premises-based device, results of the video quality tests of the one or more telecommunications links to the service provider over a network; receiving, by a server associated with the service provider, the results of the video quality tests of the one or more telecommunications links sent by the premises-based device over the network; determining, by the server, video quality levels supportable by each of the one or more telecommunications links; comparing, by the server, the determined video quality levels supportable by each of the one or more telecommunications links with previously determined and stored video quality levels supportable by each of the one or more telecommunications links; and based on a determination that the video quality levels have decreased by a predetermined amount for at least one of the one or more telecommunications links, sending, by the server, at least one of a work order to a technician to diagnose and repair problems associated with the at least one of the one or more telecommunications links or a message to the one or more subscribers associated with the premises-based device indicating that a technician will soon arrive to diagnose and fix a problem associated with the at least one of the one or more telecommunications links.