Patent ID: 8656439
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A test method, comprising: requesting, from a test monitor controller, access to a multimedia handling device as an active unit under test; controlling power supplied to the active unit under test by sending a first network command to a network-based power controller; selecting a video signal including a plurality of video elements, each of the plurality of video elements associated with a corresponding region of a video frame, by sending a second network command to generate a remote control signal instructing the active unit under test to output a multimedia content channel; configuring a video matrix switch to route the video signal from the active unit under test; accessing a first image mask defining a first video frame region; performing a masked video check point for a first video element of the plurality of video elements, wherein the masked video check point compares the first video frame region of a first frame to the first video frame region of a second frame; and based on a result of the masked video check point: