Patent ID: 8745206

Claim:
A method comprising: monitoring content playing activity of a media system that leverages a content delivery network in controlling content delivered to the media system, the monitoring of content playing activity comprising monitoring commands controlling playing of content by the media system and timing data associated with the commands; identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands; and performing, by a device, one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system, wherein identifying trends in the content playing activity of the media system based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands comprises detecting, based on the monitoring of the content playing activity that includes the commands controlling playing of content by the media system and the timing data associated with the commands, a place in a content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind; and wherein performing one or more operations related to at least one of the media system and the content delivery network based on the identified trends in the content playing activity of the media system comprises setting a hot index at the place in the content file to which users frequently fast-forward or rewind.