Patent ID: 7933329
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, executed by a processor, for quantifying an end user experience of a video session, comprising: designating a figure of merit to the video session, wherein the figure of merit is determined from a group of factors including lost video content, wherein determining the lost video content includes: accessing data in a portion of a header of a first video packet included in a sequence of video packets that is associated with the video session, wherein the header is separate from video content stored in the first video packet, and determining from the accessed data, an inter-packet relationship between a portion of a picture included in the first video packet and at least a portion of a picture included in a second video packet that is included in the sequence of video packets based on picture types of a compression technique associated with the video session, wherein the inter-packet relationship indicates whether to designate a portion of the video content as lost.