Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, including identifying recommended video clips for a user of a communication device according to a video viewing profile for the user and video subject matter information associated with a plurality of video clips, identifying an edge cloud server for facilitating network access by the communication device at a location, determining a reduced activity period for a data path between a video content server and the edge cloud server by comparing activity information for the data path and an activity threshold, directing the video content server to store the recommended video clips at the edge cloud server during the reduced activity period, and providing a listing of the recommended video clips to an application, where the communication device receives a video clip of the recommended video clips from the edge cloud server responsive to a selection of the video clip via the application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a streaming application, a listing of media content items provided by the streaming application to a first device of a first user, determining a priority set of the media content items of the listing of media content items according to relative demand profiles of a plurality of media content items, for each priority media content item of the priority set of the media content items, providing the priority media content item to an edge server of a set of edge servers accessible to the first device, updating edge server location information associated with the priority media content item, and providing the edge server location information to the streaming application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to a method and device for adjusting a bit rate during live streaming. In the method for adjusting the bit rate during live streaming includes: a parameter of a network used by an anchor terminal for transmitting live streaming data is acquired, an adjustment range of the bit rate for uploading the live streaming data is determined based on the parameter of the network used by the anchor terminal for transmitting the live streaming data, and the bit rate for uploading the live streaming data by the anchor terminal is adjusted based on a determined adjustment range.

A method is provided for displaying an immersive video content according to eye movement of a viewer includes the steps of detecting, using an eye tracking device, a field of view of at least one eye of the viewer, transmitting eye tracking coordinates from the detected field of view to an eye tracking processor, identifying a region on a video display corresponding to the transmitted eye tracking processor, adapting the immersive video content from a video storage device at a first resolution for a first portion of the immersive video content and a second resolution for a second portion of the immersive video content, the first resolution being higher than the second resolution, displaying the first portion of the immersive video content on the video display within a zone, and displaying the second portion of the immersive video content on the video display outside of the zone.

In one aspect, a method is performed by a computing system that is in communication with a content-presentation device, where the content-presentation device is scheduled to perform, at a modification start-time, a content-modification operation that comprises modifying a modifiable content-segment that the content-presentation device is scheduled to receive. The method includes determining that the content-presentation device has detected, within a predefined time period after the modification start-time and during performance of the content-modification operation, a mismatch between reference fingerprint data representing the modifiable content-segment and query fingerprint data representing content received by the content-presentation device from a tuner device connected to the content-presentation device. The method also includes determining that the mismatch is due to the tuner device having modified the modifiable content-segment before the modification start-time and, in response to determining that the mismatch is due to the tuner device having modified the modifiable content-segment before the modification start-time, performing an action.

A network test instrument is operable to conduct sweep tests with a cable modem termination system having a distributed architecture. Through signaling performed via a telemetry channel between the network test instrument and a sweep server, the network test instrument can initiate the sweep test. The sweep server communicates with the cable modem termination system to facilitate the sweep test between the network test instrument and the cable modem termination system.

There is described a method for determining a play duration estimate of an adaptive bit rate (ABR) media presentation. The method comprises receiving at a network entity a media playlist manifest file of the media presentation, wherein the manifest file is transmitted from a content server to a client and comprises a plurality of entries, each entry linking to a respective different one of a plurality of media segments of the media presentation. The method further comprises determining a data size of the manifest file; and determining a play duration estimate of the media presentation based on the determined data size of the manifest file, a first value that represents a data size of each of the plurality of entries in the manifest file and a second value that represents a play duration of each media segment of the plurality of media segments of the media presentation.

Provided are methods and systems for controlling data such as content and/or application data transmitted to one or more user devices. One method can comprise receiving a request for first content and generating, in response to the request for the first content, a first transport stream comprising the first content and application data relating to a first application. At least a portion of the first transport stream is transmitted to a recipient device. An interruption in the transmission of the first transport stream is detected and a determination is made that only a first portion of the application data has been transmitted to the recipient device. A second transport stream including second content and a second portion of the application data is generated and transmitted.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for collecting and analyzing data from customer premise equipment (CPEs) in a broadcasting network. An embodiment operates by a headend device establishing a first set of connections to a set of CPE devices, transmitting a set of CPE data collection instructions to each CPE device, and then terminating the first set of connections. Subsequently, the embodiment operates by the headend device establishing a second set of connections to the set of CPE devices and receiving, from a subset of the set of CPE devices, a set of CPE data packages generated based on set of CPE data collection instructions. The embodiment further operates by the headend device generating a CPE dataset based on the set of CPE data packages and determining a set of CPE diagnostic data for one or more CPE devices based on the CPE dataset.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for collecting and analyzing data from customer premise equipment (CPEs) in a broadcasting network. An embodiment operates by a headend device establishing a first set of connections to a set of CPE devices, transmitting a set of CPE data collection instructions to each CPE device, and then terminating the first set of connections. Subsequently, the embodiment operates by the headend device establishing a second set of connections to the set of CPE devices and receiving, from a subset of the set of CPE devices, a set of CPE data packages generated based on set of CPE data collection instructions. The embodiment further operates by the headend device generating a CPE dataset based on the set of CPE data packages and determining a set of CPE diagnostic data for one or more CPE devices based on the CPE dataset.