Systems and Methods for Enabling Playback of Digital Content Using Status Associable Electronic Tickets and Ticket Tokens Representing Grant of Access Rights

Abstract

Systems and methods for accessing digital content using electronic tickets and ticket tokens in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user device includes a processor, a network interface, and memory configured to store an electronic ticket, and a ticket token, and the processor is configured by an application to send a request for digital content, receive a ticket token from a merchant server, wherein the ticket token is generated by a DRM server and associated with an electronic ticket that enables playback of the requested digital content, send the ticket token to a DRM server, receive an electronic ticket that enables playback of requested digital content, request the digital content associated with the electronic ticket, and play back the requested digital content using the electronic ticket.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A playback device for playing back video content, the playback device comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory connected with the processor and storing an application, wherein the application directs the processor to:
 request an authorization token from the merchant service; 
 receive the authorization token from the merchant service, wherein the authorization token is generated by a Digital Rights Management (DRM) license server; 
 request a license by providing the authorization token to the DRM license server; 
 receive the license from the DRM license server; 
 request video content from a content server; 
 receive the video content from the content server; 
 decrypt the video content using the license; and 
 play back the decrypted video content.