Apparatus and methods for content access, retrieval, and delivery in a content distribution network

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a processing apparatus, cause a computerized client device to:

• at a first time, read a unique data code displayed on a display device, the unique data code corresponding to a particular media content displayed on the display device;
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• utilize information included in the unique data code to request the particular media content from a storage entity of a content distribution network;
• wherein the unique data code displayed on the display device and timestamp data correlated with the unique data code are automatically changed at least once to a second unique data code correlated with second timestamp data, the automatic change occurring during rendering of the particular media content on the display device so as to enable at least the computerized client device to, at a second time subsequent to the first time, render the particular media content at a particular timestamp thereof, the particular timestamp corresponding to the timestamp data effective during the first time at which the unique data code displayed on the display device was read by the computerized client device.

A computerized method for accessing and delivering digital content in a content distribution network having a plurality of computerized client devices, the computerized method comprising:

• causing display of a plurality of unique data codes on a display device, respective ones of the plurality of unique data codes (i) associated with respective portions of the digital content displayed on the display device, and (ii) configured to automatically change, during rendering of the digital content on the display device, the automatic changing enabling a first computerized client device of the plurality of computerized client devices to, at a then-current time, read a first one of the plurality of unique data codes associated with a particular timestamp during the rendering of the digital content on the display device;
• at a time subsequent to the then-current time, receiving data representative of a request for access of the digital content for rendering thereof at the particular timestamp, the data representative of the request (i) originating from the first computerized client device and (ii) comprising data associated with the first one of the plurality of unique data codes;
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• based at least on receiving of the data representative of the request, utilizing the data associated with the first one of the plurality of unique data codes to enable the access of the digital content for the rendering thereof at the particular timestamp.