Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for controlling access to an account
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Application No.: US16743028Application Date: 2020-01-15
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Publication No.: US11188636B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: David Randolph Eyler
- Applicant: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L9/00
- IPC: H04L9/00 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F21/41 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/658

Abstract:
An account management server, a communication device and a service device are provided for managing access to an account. The account management server, for example, includes, but is not limited to, a storage device configured to store identifying information for each of a plurality of service devices and configured to store an account associated with each of the plurality of service devices, and a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor is configured to: receive identifying information from a communication device; identify at least one service device whose stored identifying information matches the received identifying information; and grant management access to the account associated with the identified at least one service device to the communication device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200175149A1 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO AN ACCOUNT Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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