Patent ID: 6839070
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface for providing real-time visual display of bandwidth utilization for dynamic content streams routed through a broadband media router with an input port and an output port, wherein said dynamic content streams are received by the input port and routed to the output port, the content streams having plural attributes that include variable bit rate, type and name, and the graphical user interface comprising for each of a plurality of said content streams: a bandwidth utilization screen for displaying graphical objects representing real-time bandwidth utilization for each content stream of said plurality of said content streams, the bandwidth utilization screen comprising for each content stream of said plurality of content streams: an input bandwidth utilization graphical object that changes in real-time as a function of the content stream; an output bandwidth utilization graphical object that changes in real-time as a function of the content stream; wherein: