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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Bryan Sokolik, O Fallon, MO (US);

Brian Dean Freeman, Farmingdale, NJ (US);

Robert Velazquez, Antioch, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0847 (2013.01); G06F 11/0709 (2013.01); G06F 11/079 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device receiving diagnostic information from a plurality of client devices delivering media content, wherein the diagnostic information relates to a media delivery service quality and wherein the diagnostic information is sent automatically by the client devices; performing a data compression procedure for the diagnostic information; transmitting compressed data comprising the diagnostic information to an aggregator device; and sending to the client devices a message to delay or prevent transmission of additional diagnostic information in accordance with an instruction received from the aggregator device. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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