Patent ID: 8661486
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: predicting, at a service provider server, a channel change request based on viewing pattern data associated with a set-top box device, wherein the predicted channel change request indicates a predicted stream of video content to be sent to the set-top box device, and wherein the viewing pattern data includes a day of a week associated with the channel change request and a category of the video content associated with the channel change request; identifying, at the service provider server, a first network device from a plurality of network devices of an internet protocol television network, wherein the first network device is nearest to the set-top box device and has a first data capacity; in response to determining that the first data capacity satisfies a threshold, sending, from the service provider server, a first command to the first network device, wherein the first command instructs the first network device to: in response to determining that the first data capacity fails to satisfy the threshold: