Patent ID: 8896707
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
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; determining, by the server, which one or more video services of a plurality of video services are available to the one or more subscribers associated with the premises-based device, based on the determined video quality levels supportable by each of the one or more telecommunications links; sending, by the server, a notification to the one or more subscribers associated with the premises-based device indicating that the one or more video services are available to the one or more subscribers; and providing, by the server, information to the one or more subscribers indicating a process for subscribing to the one or more video services available to the one or more subscribers.