Patent ID: 8566907

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a liquid crystal display configured to display information to a user; a processor coupled to a memory; a browser application, the browser application comprising computer code which when executed by the processor: prompts the user for identification information to access a subscription service; sends the identification information to a web server of a subscription service provider using a network, wherein the web server identifies an account access counter for an account using the identification information received from the browser application, wherein the account access counter is the number of service access sessions simultaneously active for the account, and wherein the web server compares the account access counter to a maximum account access number, wherein the maximum account access number defines a maximum number of service access sessions allowed for the account, and wherein the web server provides access to the subscription service if the account access counter is less than the maximum account access number; displays media of the subscription service on the liquid crystal display transmitted to the web browser by web server once access is granted by the web server.