System, method, and computer program product for providing test logic to user devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9648086-B2
Application number	US-201313930753-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2013
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

Methods and systems for the remote certification testing of user video devices. In an embodiment, test logic and any related test input data is sent from a remote source such as an application server to a user video device. The test logic is executed at the user video device, and test results are output. The test results are sent back to the application server. The operation of the application server may be facilitated by a database. In embodiments, such a database stores test logic and test input data, and/or stores tests results for subsequent analysis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of incentivizing certification testing of video devices, the method performed by an application server, the method comprising:
causing, through a network communication, a video device to present an offer of access to a video in exchange for a user's consent to allow certification testing of the video device using an application server, wherein certification test input data is incorporated into the video;
when an acceptance of the presented offer is received at the application server:
sending certification test logic to the video device, wherein the certification test logic evaluates content playback on the video device based on the certification test input data;
allowing access to the video on the video device, wherein the video device uses the certification test logic to generate certification test results based on the playback of the video; and
receiving the generated certification test results at the application server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein access to the video comprises access to a streamed version of the video.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein access to the video comprises permission to download the video.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein subsequent playback of the video at the video device causes the playback device to generate additional certification test results, and wherein the method further comprises receiving the additional certification test results generated from the subsequent playback of the video at the application server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offer is presented by a party responsible for certification testing.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
indexing the certification test results from the video device and annotating receipt of the certification test results as being from the video device.

7. A system for incentivizing certification testing of video devices, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory memory in communication with the processor, the non-transitory memory for storing a plurality of processing instructions for directing the processor to:
cause, through a network communication, a video device to present an offer of access to a video in exchange for a user's consent to allow certification testing of the video device, wherein certification test input data is incorporated into the video,
when an acceptance of the presented offer is received:
send certification test logic to the video device, wherein the certification test logic evaluates content playback on the video device based on the certification test input data;
allow access to the video on the video device, wherein the video device uses the certification test logic to generate certification test results based on the playback of the video; and
receive the generated certification test results.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein access to the video comprises access to a streamed version of the video.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein access to the video comprises permission to download the video.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor and the memory are incorporated in an application server.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein subsequent playback of the video at the video device causes the playback device to generate additional certification test results, and wherein the plurality of processing instructions further direct the processor to receive the additional certification test results generated from the subsequent playback of the video.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the offer is presented by a party responsible for certification testing.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of processing instructions further direct the processor to:
index the certification test results from the video device and annotate receipt of the certification test results as being from the video device.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable medium having control logic stored therein, the computer control logic comprising instructions for causing a processor to:
cause, through a network communication, a video device to present an offer of access to a video in exchange for a user's consent to allow certification testing of the video device, wherein certification test input data is incorporated into the video,
when an acceptance of the presented offer is received
send certification test logic to the video device, wherein the certification test logic evaluates content playback on the video device based on the certification test input data;
allow access to the video on the video device, wherein the video device uses the certification test logic to generate certification test results based on the playback of the video; and

receive the generated certification test results.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein access to the video comprises access to a streamed version of the video.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein access to the video comprises permission to download the video.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the processor and the computer useable medium are incorporated in an application server.

18. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein subsequent playback of the video at the video device causes the playback device to generate additional certification test results, and wherein the plurality of processing instructions further direct the processor to receive the additional certification test results generated from the subsequent playback of the video.

19. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the offer is presented by a party responsible for certification testing.

20. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of processing instructions further cause the processor to:
index the certification test results from the video device and annotate receipt of the certification test results as being from the video device.

Assignees

• Sonic Ip Inc

Inventors

• Amidei William
• Braness Jason
• Grab Eric
• Kiefer Michael
• Shivadas Abhishek

Classifications

• H04L67/10 Primary

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/34 Primary

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04N17/00

  Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details · CPC title