Distributing digital cinema package (DCP) over internet

A client-side digital content delivery device comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by the client-side digital content delivery device, a digital cinema package (DCP) for a digital movie, the DCP received via a communications network and from a digital content delivery system that is remote to the client-side digital content delivery device, the DCP including a first persistent unique digital watermark antecedently applied to the DCP by the digital content delivery system, the first persistent unique digital watermark identifying the DCP, an exhibitor of the DCP, and a plurality of authorized client-side digital content delivery devices including the client-side digital content delivery device:
• receiving, by the client-side digital content delivery device, an input to cause playback of the digital movie;
• retrieving in response to receiving the input to cause playback of the digital movie, and prior to initiating a specific presentation of the digital movie, accessing, by the client-side digital content delivery device, an individual display device identifier from a separate individual display device physically connected to the first client-side digital content delivery device, and applying, by the client-side digital content delivery device, prior to initiating the specific presentation of the digital movie, a client-side digital watermark to the DCP, the client-side digital watermark including session data identifying the specific presentation of the digital movie, an identifier of the exhibitor, and a presentation time:
• comparing the accessed display device identifier to an authorized display device identifier listed in a set of authorized display device identifiers preloaded onto the first authorized client-side digital content delivery device;
• yielding a comparison;
• determining, based on the comparison, that the accessed display device identifier for the individual display device matches the authorized display device identifier listed in the set of authorized display device identifiers;
• and
• in response to determining that the accessed display device identifier matches the authorized display device identifier, using the DCP to cause presentation of the digital movie by the individual display device physically connected to the client-side digital content delivery device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a client-side digital content delivery device, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by the client-side digital content delivery device, a digital cinema package (DCP) for a digital movie, the DCP received via a communications network and from a digital content delivery system that is remote to the client-side digital content delivery device, the DCP including a first persistent unique digital watermark antecedently applied to the DCP by the digital content delivery system, the first persistent unique digital watermark identifying the DCP, an exhibitor of the DCP, and a plurality of authorized client-side digital content delivery devices including the client-side digital content delivery device;
• receiving, by the client-side digital content delivery device, an input to cause playback of the digital movie;
• retrieving in response to receiving the input to cause playback of the digital movie, and prior to initiating a specific presentation of the digital movie, accessing, by the client-side digital content delivery device, an individual display device identifier from a separate individual display device physically connected to the first client-side digital content delivery device, and applying, by the client-side digital content delivery device, prior to initiating the specific presentation of the digital movie, a client-side digital watermark to the DCP, the client-side digital watermark including session data identifying the specific presentation of the digital movie, an identifier of the exhibitor, and a presentation time;
• comparing the accessed display device identifier to an authorized display device identifier listed in a set of authorized display device identifiers preloaded onto the first authorized client-side digital content delivery device, yielding a comparison;
• determining, based on the comparison, that the accessed display device identifier for the individual display device matches the authorized display device identifier listed in the set of authorized display device identifiers;
• and
• in response to determining that the accessed display device identifier matches the authorized display device identifier, using the DCP to cause presentation of the digital movie by the individual display device physically connected to the client-side digital content delivery device.