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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Jan Van Doorn, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Brian Field, Evergreen, CO (US);
Daniel P. Groustra, Littleton, CO (US);
Mark Torluemke, Centennial, CO (US);
James Hamilton Hall, Jr., Centennial, CO (US);
Jan Van Doorn, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Brian Field, Evergreen, CO (US);
Daniel P. Groustra, Littleton, CO (US);
Mark Torluemke, Centennial, CO (US);
James Hamilton Hall, Jr., Centennial, CO (US);
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A monitoring and analysis system is disclosed that gathers and analyzes information about distributed enhanced content delivery to end user or other equipment. The system may establish communications connections along the content delivery system, filter content received from different locations of the system, and compare the received content with an expected content characteristic. Also, a radio frequency signal from the distribution network may be converted into an Internet Protocol (IP) format by a converter so that the transformed signal may be similarly analyzed as other signals from the system. A report may be consequently generated that is indicative of the received enhanced content and any detected discrepancies with respect to expected enhancement events. Identification of the enhanced content may be based on the program association table and the program map table in order to determine the packet ID of the application signals.