Patent ID: 8321563

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a client information of a request header sent from a media client, the client information of the request header being associated with a request for a media file and the contents of the client information comprising a first address; initiating a download of the media file to the media client from a media server; evaluating the client information of the request header to identify the first address associated with the media client; generating a notification comprising a second address of the media server, the first address, and an override indicator for selectively designating the first address as a source of the notification in place of the second address associated with the media server; 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, and associated with a verification service that stores data representative of traffic and/or performance analysis associated with media downloads from the media server; completing the download of the media file to the media client; and sending another notification, the another notification comprising an indication that the another notification is for the first address.