Determining eligibility for multiple client media streaming

A computer system to authorize access to a simultaneous second media stream with a second client device with a second network address on a mobile telephone network after a previously-approved media stream has been established via a wired network with a first client device operating with a first network address on the wired network, the computer system comprising:

• an interface to a network;
• a processor configured to receive a request to establish the simultaneous second media stream with the second client device via the mobile telephone network, to determine whether the second client device is located at the same geographic location as the first client device that is receiving the previously-approved media stream, and, if the second client device is located at the same geographic location as the first device, to grant the second client device access to the simultaneous second media stream via the mobile telephone network and to otherwise deny the second client device access to the simultaneous second media stream, wherein the mobile telephone network is a different network than the wired network, and wherein the first and second network addresses identify the first device on the wired network and the second client device on the mobile telephone network, respectively;
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• a geolocation database stored on a digital storage medium, wherein the geolocation database is configured to receive the first and second network addresses from the processor and to responsively provide the geographic locations of the first and second client devices to the processor based upon the first and second network addresses used by the first and second client devices, respectively;
• wherein the processor grants the second client device access to the simultaneous second media stream via the mobile telephone network if the first and second geographic locations match even though the first network address and the second network address indicate that the first and second devices are operating on different networks.

A method executable by a computer system to authorize access to simultaneous media streams by a user, the method comprising:

• receiving a first request via a wired network to establish a first media stream with a first client device associated with the user;
• obtaining a first geographic location of the first client device from a geolocation database available to the computer system based upon a first network address on the wired network that is contained in the first request and that uniquely identifies the first client device;
• authorizing the first media connection via the wired network with the first client device;
• after authorizing the first media connection, receiving a second request to establish a simultaneous second media stream via a mobile telephone network with a second client device associated with the user, wherein the wired network and the mobile telephone network are different networks;
• obtaining a second geographic location of the second client device from the geolocation database based upon a second network address on the mobile telephone network that uniquely identifies the second client device and that is contained in the second request;
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• if the first and second geographic locations indicate that the second client device is located at the same geographic location as the first client device that is receiving the previously-authorized first media connection, granting the second client device access to the simultaneous second media stream via the mobile telephone network and otherwise denying the second client device access to the simultaneous second media stream, wherein the access is granted if the first and second geographic locations match even though the first network address and the second network address indicate that the first and second devices are operating on different networks.