Patent ID: 9215492
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from an advertisement monitoring device, notification of a video stream that includes at least one advertisement insertion event, wherein each advertisement insertion event includes a scheduled transition between a video program and at least one targeted advertisement associated with a corresponding target group of set top boxes and the advertisement monitoring device is to monitor the video stream for each advertisement insertion event; preparing resources to receive and record the video stream, wherein the resources are different than the corresponding target group of set top boxes; sending notification to the advertisement monitoring device to begin transmitting the video stream; recording, at the resources, the video stream; storing the recorded video stream with a unique identifier (ID) for the recorded video stream and associated metadata for the recorded video stream; analyzing the recorded video stream to identify at least one error in association with a particular advertisement insertion event; correlating the at least one error with at least one recorded advertisement insertion event; and generating a report that includes the identified at least one error, the unique ID, and the associated metadata for the recorded video stream.