Patent ID: 11916981
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. A method comprising:
transmitting, by a first computer system, first audio data associated with an episode of a first media program over one or more networks to at least a second computer system associated with a first listener to the episode of the first media program;
receiving, by the first computer system, second audio data from the second computer system over the one or more networks, wherein the second audio data represents at least a set of words spoken by the first listener;
determining, by the first computer system, information regarding the first listener based at least in part on the second audio data;
determining, by the first computer system, at least one attribute of the second audio data;
identifying, by the first computer system, at least a portion of the set of words spoken by the first listener based at least in part on the second audio data;
determining, by the first computer system, that the first listener is authorized to participate in the episode of the first media program based at least in part on at least:
the information regarding the first listener;
the at least one attribute of the second audio data; and
the portion of the set of words spoken by the first listener; and

in response to determining that the first listener is authorized to participate in the episode of the first media program,
transmitting, by the first computer system, at least a portion of the information regarding the first listener to a third computer system associated with a creator of the first media program over the one or more networks.