Patent ID: 8059662

Claim:
A system for supplying internet protocol television (IPTV) services to a subscriber comprising: a content management subsystem configured to process and execute integrated workflow functionality for content management of video data comprising at least one of news, branding and ads to be delivered from a video headend to a subscriber premises wherein said content management subsystem is configured to insert at least one of news, branding and ads, and configured to route and switch data and transport video data using subscriber requirements based on what video is to be delivered to a subscriber premises; an infrastructure subsystem coupled with the content management subsystem and operative for receiving video data from the content management subsystem and performing signal processing and routing of the video data corresponding to the video data delivered from the video headend across a network to the subscriber premises, wherein said infrastructure subsystem further comprises a super or regional video headend section comprising circuitry that is configured to convert video data and process the video data digitally without encoding, and a local or regional video headend section configured to receive converted and processed video data from the super or regional video headend section via at least one regional office switch and comprising an encoder and circuitry that is configured to convert video data that had been converted and processed at the super or regional video headend section and process the video data digitally and encode the video data within the encoder before delivery via at least one central office switch to a subscriber premises; and a network management, test and monitoring subsystem coupled with the content management and infrastructure subsystems and comprising test and measurement equipment and control and monitoring systems equipment for monitoring network performance during delivery of video data to the subscriber premises and controlling the infrastructure subsystem for optimizing network performance and delivery of video data to the subscriber premises.