US 11,750,862 B2
Video quality monitoring in a network environment
Ajit Kumar Patro, Parker, CO (US); and Puneet Singh, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,664.
Application 17/375,664 is a continuation of application No. 16/683,546, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,109,082.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360303 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2402 (2013.01) [H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
monitoring conveyance of first video content streaming over a communication link, the first video content retrieved via a first manifest file;
monitoring conveyance of second video content streaming over the communication link, the second video content retrieved via a second manifest file;
analyzing bandwidth usage associated with conveying the first video content and the second video content over the communication link;
generating a report associated with the bandwidth usage, the report indicating user experience quality level rating of viewing playback of the first video content and the second video content; and
wherein analyzing bandwidth usage includes: comparing adaptive bit rates at which segments of the first video content and segments of the second video content are requested for retrieval to a threshold value, the adaptive bit rates determined based on analyzing requests for the segments of the first video content and requests for the segments of the second video content.