Patent ID: 7966393
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of verifying transmission of audio content by an Internet radio station, the method comprising: connecting a monitoring server to an output of a media stream server, the media stream server having an established streaming session with a media player, wherein the output of the media stream server provides a media stream including at least one header and at least one content portion, to the media player; sampling the at least one content portion of the media stream, using the monitoring server, to obtain Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) data values for audio volume; determining whether the media stream server is streaming audio content in the at least one content portion of the media stream by comparing, at the monitoring server, the PCM data values to a predetermined threshold value; and if the PCM data values indicate that the media stream server is not streaming audio content in the at least one content portion of the media stream, sending a notification from the monitoring server to the media stream server.