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US 2011/0239242 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for bandwidth consumption usage reporting of non-managed sources
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorTheodore Grevers, JR.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention may establish a set top box client based apparatus. The set top box client based apparatus may actively monitor content playback by the set top box. The set top box client based apparatus may subsequently report client playback state for non-managed sources to a service provider's policy or operation support systems (OSS). Embodiments of the invention may recognize that some service providers may use a policy system and OSS, while others will only utilize an OSS for resource management.
Claims20
A monitoring system comprising:
- a first set top box for receiving content;
- a client based apparatus for actively monitoring content playback at the first set top box;
- and
- the client based apparatus further configured to report the client playback state for non-managed sources to a service provider's policy or operation support system.
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A method comprising:
- creating a policy apparatus within a policy system;
- receiving formatted signals from an apparatus resident within the consumer's set top box client;
- mapping the set top box to the subscriber's account;
- and
- adding content stream rate information to existing account statistics.
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A method comprising:
- receiving linear programming content at a first set top box and a second set top box;
- receiving information at an operation support system identifying the level of resources consumed by the first set top box and the second set top box;
- receiving downloadable content at a third set top box in communication with the first set top box and the second set top box across a consumer access network;
- monitoring content playback at the first set top box and the second set top box;
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- reporting the client playback state for the third set top box to a service provider's policy or operation support system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.