METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION USAGE REPORTING OF NON-MANAGED SOURCES
Patent №
US 8,468,558
Granted
2013-06-18
Filed 2010
Owner
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Lab
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AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12749145
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.
AI classification
Ownership
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
assignment · 241810817
Assignors
GREVERS, THEODORE, JR.
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