Systems and methods for efficient and secure temporary anonymous access to media content

An electronic device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving, from a client device, a request for access to a media item;
• in response to the request for access to the media item, initiating an analysis to determine whether the client device is authorized to access the requested media item based on detection of multiple requests from different self-describing user identifiers, wherein each respective self-describing user identifier is generated by the media content provider for a respective client device of a respective user that is not logged in to the media content provider, the multiple requests including a same local-application universally unique identifier (UUID), wherein a local-application UUID is assigned to each instance of an application from which at least one request of the multiple requests originates, the application provided by the media content provider;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the client device is not authorized to access the requested media item based on detection of the multiple requests from different self-describing user identifiers including the same local-application UUID, preventing access to the requested media item by the client device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs executable by an electronic device with one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

• receiving, from a client device, a request for access to a media item;
• in response to the request for access to the media item, initiating an analysis to determine whether the client device is authorized to access the requested media item based on detection of multiple requests from different self-describing user identifiers, wherein each respective self-describing user identifier is generated by the media content provider for a respective client device of a respective user that is not logged in to the media content provider, the multiple requests including a same local-application universally unique identifier (UUID), wherein a local-application UUID is assigned to each instance of an application from which at least one request of the multiple requests originates, the application provided by the media content provider;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the client device is not authorized to access the requested media item based on detection of the multiple requests from different self-describing user identifiers including the same local-application UUID, preventing access to the requested media item by the client device.