CPC G06F 21/10 (2013.01) [G06F 21/105 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 50/184 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G06F 21/1078 (2023.08); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
initiating presentation of a digital movie to an in-theatre digital projector or in-home movie accessing system in response to receiving, from a client-side device, a first request to initiate the presentation;
querying the in-theatre digital projector or in-home movie accessing system for a unique identifier of the in-theatre digital projector or the in-home movie accessing system;
receiving the unique identifier from the in-theatre digital projector or the in-home movie accessing system;
comparing the unique identifier to a stored unique identifier, yielding a comparison;
in response to determining, based on the comparison, that the received unique identifier matches the stored unique identifier:
initiating distribution of a stream of the digital movie for delivery from a remote content delivery system or via a distribution server;
providing the stream of the digital movie to the in-theatre digital projector or the in-home movie accessing system;
receiving from a client-side computing device, a second request to initiate presentation of the digital movie, the client-side computing device being connected to a second in-theatre digital projector or second in-home movie accessing system;
in response to receiving the second request, querying the second in-theatre digital projector connected to the client-side computing device for a unique identifier of the second in-theatre digital projector or the second in-home movie accessing system; and
in response to determining that the unique identifier received from the second in-theatre digital projector or the second in-home movie accessing system does not match the stored unique identifier, denying the second request to initiate presentation of the digital movie.
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