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Patent No.:

US 8660021 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2008
Applicants:

Zhiqiang Qian, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, NJ (US);

Michael John Zinnikas, North Brunswick, NJ (US);

Jackson Liu, Middletown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Zhiqiang Qian, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, NJ (US);

Michael John Zinnikas, North Brunswick, NJ (US);

Jackson Liu, Middletown, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0869 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to automatically check lower level layer test results of an IPTV or iTV network, automatically retrieve inventory data from an inventory system, automatically retrieve a Layer 4 data from a live router by executing a show Class of Service (COS) interface command, automatically compare a COS value with a value from the inventory system to determine a mismatch, and automatically create an alert if the mismatch exists. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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