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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Ali C. Begen, London, CA;
William C. Ver Steeg, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ali C. Begen, London, CA;
William C. Ver Steeg, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one system embodiment, a first receive-and-process (RP) system and a second RP system, the first and second RP systems each configured to receive a first broadcast stream corresponding to a service, the broadcast stream comprising either a raw Internet protocol (IP) stream or a non-IP stream, and each further configured to derive a first Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) stream and a second RTP stream, respectively, based on the first broadcast stream, the first and second RTP streams having stream parameters in common, the first and second RP systems each further configured to provide respective first and second RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) reports, the first and second RTCP reports based on the derived first and second RTP streams, the first and second RTCP reports each comprising information associated with a viewer experience, the respective information having a common benchmark as a basis for comparison.