Bounty tracking for referral

A system, comprising:

• a video content management system (VCMS) configured to aggregate, transcode and encrypt content, wherein the VCMS comprises a content delivery system and a digital rights management (DRM) device,
• wherein the DRM device is configured to:
• at least one of issue, validate or enforce DRM licenses by authenticating users or user devices;
• and
• a second device comprising:
• a memory to store a plurality of instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute instructions in the memory to:
• receive at least one referral information entry associated with a referred user device based on a referral from a referring partner application to a product in a digital and physical content system that includes digital and physical video content, wherein the referral information entry includes an identifier for the referring partner application, a product identifier for the product, a time stamp of the referral, and a unique identifier associated with the referred user device, wherein the referring partner application comprises a social networking application or a gaming application;
• store the at least one referral information entry in a database for a first period of time, wherein the first period of time corresponds to a time in which an entity associated with the social networking application or gaming application is eligible to receive a bounty payment based on the social networking application or gaming application referring a user associated with the referred user device to the physical and digital content system;
• receive sign-up information from a user device, wherein the sign-up information includes a unique identifier of the user device received at sign-up;
• map the sign-up information to the at least one referral information entry to determine whether the user device is the referred user device;
• and
• determine, in response to determining that the user device is the referred user device, whether bounty requirements are met based on at least one predetermined business rule for referral bounties,
• wherein, when determining whether the bounty requirements are met, the processor is further configured to:
• determine whether a user associated with the user device retains a service for a second period of time.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions to be executed by a processor, the instructions including one or more instructions, when executed by the processor, for causing the processor to:

• receive referral information from a user device, wherein the user device has been validated by a digital rights management (DRM) device included in a video content management system that encrypts content, and wherein the referral information indicates that the user device was referred to a physical and digital content system that includes digital and video content by a referring partner application associated with the physical and digital content system, wherein the referring partner application comprises a social networking application or a gaming application;
• store the referral information in a database for a first period of time, wherein the first period of time corresponds to a time in which an entity associated with the social networking or gaming application is eligible to receive a bounty payment based on the social networking or gaming application referring a user associated with the user device to the physical and digital content system;
• access the database to identify at least one referral information entry associated with a referred user device based on a referral from the referring partner application to a product in the digital and physical content system, wherein the referral information entry includes an identifier for the referring partner application, a product identifier for the product, a time stamp of the referral, and a unique identifier associated with the referred user device;
• receive sign-up information from a user device, wherein the sign-up information includes a unique identifier of the user device received at sign-up, and a time of sign-up;
• map the sign-up information to the at least one referral information entry to determine whether the user device is the referred user device;
• and
• determine, in response to determining that the user device is the referred user device, whether bounty requirements are met based on at least one predetermined business rule for referral bounties, wherein determining whether the bounty requirements are met comprises:
• determining whether the user associated with the referred device retains a service for a second period of time.