公开(公告)号：US11188636B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16743028

申请日：2020-01-15

Applicant: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.

Inventor： David Randolph Eyler

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200175149A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16743028

申请日：2020-01-15

Applicant: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.

Inventor： David Randolph Eyler

IPC: G06F21/44 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/41

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