Method and apparatus for bandwidth consumption usage reporting of non-managed sources
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1. A monitoring system comprising:
- a first set top box for receiving content;
a media player within the set top box capable of determining content criteria;
a client based apparatus for actively monitoring content playback at the first set top box;
the client based apparatus further configured to report the client playback state for non-managed sources to a service provider'"'"'s policy or operation support system;
the client based apparatus further configured to determine if it should notify the service provider'"'"'s policy system or operation support system that the consumer is streaming content from a non-managed source; and
the client based apparatus further configured to publish a formatted signal, wherein the formatted signal comprises;
the identity of the set top box, the rate at which the content is received by the set top box, and a unique content identifier which identifies the source of the content; and
the policy system or operation support system further configured to receive the formatted signal from the client based apparatus and to make bandwidth provisioning decisions based on the formatted signal.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention may establish a set top box client based apparatus. The set top box client based apparatus may actively monitor content playback by the set top box. The set top box client based apparatus may subsequently report client playback state for non-managed sources to a service provider'"'"'s policy or operation support systems (OSS). Embodiments of the invention may recognize that some service providers may use a policy system and OSS, while others will only utilize an OSS for resource management.
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1. A monitoring system comprising:
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a first set top box for receiving content; a media player within the set top box capable of determining content criteria; a client based apparatus for actively monitoring content playback at the first set top box; the client based apparatus further configured to report the client playback state for non-managed sources to a service provider'"'"'s policy or operation support system; the client based apparatus further configured to determine if it should notify the service provider'"'"'s policy system or operation support system that the consumer is streaming content from a non-managed source; and the client based apparatus further configured to publish a formatted signal, wherein the formatted signal comprises;
the identity of the set top box, the rate at which the content is received by the set top box, and a unique content identifier which identifies the source of the content; andthe policy system or operation support system further configured to receive the formatted signal from the client based apparatus and to make bandwidth provisioning decisions based on the formatted signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving content at a set-top box comprising a media player capable of determining content criteria; creating a policy apparatus within a policy system for actively monitoring content playback at the set-top box; reporting the content playback state for non-managed sources to an operation support system; determining whether to notify the operation support system that the set-top box is streaming content from a non-managed source receiving formatted signals from an apparatus resident within the set top box, wherein the formatted signals comprise;
an identifier associated with the set-top box, the rate at which the content is received by the set-top box, and a unique content identifier which identifies the source of the content; andmaking bandwidth provisioning decisions based on the formatted signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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