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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Jonathan M. Fitch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Carl C. Hewitt, San Jose, CA (US);
John A. Bryant, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Eric C. Hewitt, San Jose, CA (US);
Ben Robert Manuto, San Jose, CA (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An automated method for periodically evaluating media streams on a network of computers. The invention is used to determine the availability of various media streams and identify various characteristics of each stream. By repeatedly obtaining the addresses, attempting to establish communication with each media stream, and then reporting the results the system can verify that each media stream is accessible and report various characteristics of the stream.
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