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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter De Vriendt, Denderleeuw, BE;
Carol Iturralde, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2385 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/24 (2013.01); H04N 21/2385 (2013.01); H04N 21/23103 (2013.01); H04N 21/2405 (2013.01); H04N 21/26216 (2013.01); H04N 21/26225 (2013.01); H04N 21/64723 (2013.01); H04N 21/64738 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes assigning at a server, priority levels to channels associated with video broadcast content, transmitting the assigned priority levels to a network device transmitting the video broadcast content to receivers, and updating the assigned priority levels based on channel information received at the server. A policy is applied to the video broadcast content based on the assigned priority levels when network congestion occurs. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.