	US 12,113,841 B2
	Linear media channel quality of experience evaluation systems and methods
Vijay A. Suryavanshi, San Diego, CA (US); Carl R. Erhard, Reminderville, OH (US); Joshua G. Slater, Rancho Mission Viejo, CA (US); and Stuart H. Floyd, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Assigned to VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,745.
Application 18/110,745 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/047049, filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0275943 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 65/611 (2022.05)

39 Claims

21. A method comprising:

receiving, at an onboard server situated onboard a mobile platform, one or more media requests from a plurality of user media clients onboard the mobile platform, the one or more media requests specifying one or more real-time broadcast channels;

receiving, at the onboard server, the one or more real-time broadcast channels from a remote server situated outside the mobile platform, the remote server configured to generate one or more real-time broadcast channels for use by the onboard server;

providing the one or more real-time broadcast channels from the onboard server to the plurality of user media clients according to the received one or more media requests;

providing at least a first real-time broadcast channel of the one or more real-time broadcast channels from the onboard server to a virtual media client onboard the mobile platform, wherein the virtual media client is configured to store a first operating system and a second operating system;

simultaneously streaming, at the virtual media client, the first real-time broadcast channel using the first operating system and the second operating system; and

receiving, at the onboard server, a first set of performance data associated with the first real-time broadcast channel from the virtual media client.