Method of determining broadband content usage within a system

摘要

An end user network access point monitors and collects usage statistics associated with all content accessed by the end user devices through the access point. One or more external control servers collect the usage statistics from each access point, thereby compiling macro-level statistics related to content accessed by the end user devices. The one or more external control servers can be co-located with the network equipment of the broadband infrastructure provider, or the one or more external control servers can be independent of the broadband infrastructure.

主权项

1. An apparatus to collect usage statistics related to broadband content provided to one or more end user devices, the apparatus comprising:
a. a controller to access one or more content data streams over a transmission infrastructure having a first quality of service that is applied to all of the content streams transmitted over the infrastructure, wherein each of the content data streams is identified by a content provider, and further wherein the controller is configured to receive a request for specific content from an end user device, to apply a second quality of service to the content data stream based on the content provider and to selectively transmit one of the one or more content data streams to the end user device according to the request, wherein the first quality of service is different than the second quality of service.