Streaming media authorization based on call signs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10257556
APP PUB NO 20180035146A1
SERIAL NO

15782113

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Disclosed are various embodiments for determining whether a client device is authorized to receive media content based at least in part on the call signs of broadcast stations that the client device is able to receive. A computing device receives a broadcast station identifier and a program identifier from a client computing device. The computing device determines that the client computing device is authorized to access media content identified by the program identifier based at least in part on the broadcast station identifier. Finally, the computing device streams the media content to the client computing device in response to determining that the client computing device is authorized to access the media content.

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AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INCPO BOX 81226 SEATTLE WA 98108-1226

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Goetz, Jeromey Russell Seattle, US 21 476
Gopalakrishnan, Varadarajan Cupertino, US 52 1165
Park, Christopher Shingee Issaquah, US 9 49

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