System and method for monitoring whole home digital video recorder usage for internet protocol television

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a table descriptive of services provided to first equipment of a customer premises by second equipment of a video head-end office;
• detecting, by the system, from the table a conflicting event based on a determination that supplying a video stream to the first equipment would exceed a first number of video streams allocated to the first equipment and would exceed a communication bandwidth allocated between the first equipment of the customer premises and the second equipment of the video head-end office;
• reconfiguring, by the system, the communication bandwidth between the first equipment of the customer premises and the second equipment of the video head-end office to resolve the conflicting event;
• determining, by the system, a second number of video streams requested by the first equipment of the customer premises when the table was generated;
• determining, by the system, a third number of video streams to resolve the conflicting event based on a difference between the first number of video streams and the second number of video streams;
• and
• instructing, by the system, the second equipment of the video head-end office to provide the third number of video streams to the first equipment of the customer premises.

A system comprising:

• a memory to store instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising:
• identifying a table associated with a set-top box located at a customer premises that receives services from equipment of a video head-end office, wherein the table indicates that the set-top box has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams allocated to the set-top box and would exceed a bandwidth configuration allocated to a plurality of set-top boxes of the customer premises including the set-top box requesting the video stream;
• detecting a conflicting event according to information in the table;
• reconfiguring the bandwidth configuration allocated to the plurality of set-top boxes of the customer premises to resolve the conflicting event;
• determining a second number of video streams requested by the plurality of set-top boxes when the conflicting event occurred;
• determining a third number of video streams to resolve the conflicting event based on a difference between the first number of video streams and the second number of video streams;
• and
• instructing the equipment of the video head-end office to provide the third number of video streams to the set-top box.