Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

Cox Communications, Inc.

Stephen Kent Necessary

Yousef Wasef Nijim

James Alan Strothmann

Jay Paul Langa

Altan John Stalker

Video streaming is delivered through a communication network to one or more client computing devices/systems. A number of video display or bandwidth control profiles are used in part to control an amount of bandwidth used by each client to stream video at various quality levels or audio-only. Video display profiles can be configured according to a particular device/system being used to stream video.

Correlating video quality with video playback view

A set-top terminal and related methods is provided that, in one embodiment, comprises a memory with proactive reboot logic and a processor configured with the proactive reboot logic to detect an indication of a critical condition associated with the set-top terminal, determine based on a current status of resources in the set-top terminal if a current time provides an opportunity for a reboot of the set-top terminal in a manner that reduces user intrusiveness, and effect a rebooting of the set-top terminal if the current time provides the opportunity, otherwise postponing the reboot.

Proactive rebooting in a set-top terminal and corresponding methods

A system is provided that can generally be described as a system for rebooting that detects an indication that is triggered in response to a condition that is predictive of a critical problem in a client device, wherein the processor is further configured with the logic to, responsive to detecting the indication, determine an opportune time to reboot the client device in a manner that reduces user intrusiveness.

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Alpharetta, GA, United States of America

Stephen Kent Necessary