Patent ID: 8671193
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring a parameter characterizing a provision of a media file to end users, the method comprising: accessing a request, having originated at an end user system, for a media file; identifying a first address based on the request, wherein the first address is associated with the end user system; responding, by a media server, to the request by initiating a provisioning of the media file, wherein: generating a notification indicative of the request, the notification including the first address associated with the end user system, the second address associated with the media server, and an override indicator, wherein the override indicator selectively designates the first address as a source of the notification in place of the second address; and sending the notification with the override indicator in one or more data packets from the media server to a verification server, the verification server being separate from the media server.