Patent ID: 8931023
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a set-top box apparatus, a digital signal representing a plurality of channels transported over a media broadcast network; monitoring all of the plurality of channels and determining at the set-top box apparatus whether one or more of the plurality of channels satisfies a predetermined criterion relating to performance of the media broadcast network; and generating, at the set-top box apparatus, a network feedback signal based on the determination for transmission to a network monitoring node of the media broadcast network, wherein the received digital signal includes a video spectrum associated with a plurality of frequency ranges from 54 MHz to 1000 MHz, which encompasses an entirety of the video spectrum, wherein the plurality of channels correspond to the plurality of frequency ranges, wherein monitoring all the plurality of channels includes analyzing the entire video spectrum associated with the plurality of frequency ranges based on the predetermined criterion, and wherein monitoring all the plurality of channels further includes determining whether the channel being watched by a customer as well as other channels of the plurality of channels of the received digital signal satisfies the predetermined criterion.