Patent ID: 8582578
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor within a global resource manager server, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving first signaling information from a local resource manager server located remotely from the global resource manager server, wherein the first signaling information identifies a recipient media processor and describes a media characteristic of media content; determining a location of the recipient media processor and a media capability of the recipient media processor based on the first signaling information; comparing the media capability of the recipient media processor to the media characteristic of the media content; determining a media configuration of a network element in an interactive television network based on the comparing of the media capability of the recipient media processor to the media characteristic of the media content; facilitating establishment of a virtual private network to support communications between an initiating media processor and the recipient media processor based on the first signaling information received from the local resource manager server; configuring a network element of the virtual private network, resulting in a configured virtual private network, based on the media configuration; and transmitting second signaling information associated with the configured virtual private network to the local resource manager server to cause the initiating media processor to present the media content at the recipient media processor over the configured virtual private network.