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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Steven Christenson, Campbell, CA (US);
Eric Cozzi, Hayward, CA (US);
Saad Malik, Milpitas, CA (US);
Rajesh Basawa, San Jose, CA (US);
Leonard Brzezinski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven Christenson, Campbell, CA (US);
Eric Cozzi, Hayward, CA (US);
Saad Malik, Milpitas, CA (US);
Rajesh Basawa, San Jose, CA (US);
Leonard Brzezinski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method can include: receiving rules in an interoperability server, the rules being related to access control for an endpoint coupled to a variable source content stream via a multicast network; and sending to the endpoint using in-band controls of the variable source content stream via the multicast network: a description of content streams available for selection by the endpoint; a procedure for selecting an available content stream; and permission for accessing the selected content stream, the permission being based on the rules.