System and method for movie transaction processing

A system for processing transactions, including authorization transactions and access transactions comprising:

• a user device having an interface and an associated service access device which services only the associated user device, said associated service access device being contained within said user device;
• a remote transaction processing system for receiving and processing transactions from the user device and for generating transactions and billing records;
• wherein
• the user device and remote transaction processing system are electronically linked, and
• the remote transaction processing system comprises a journal receiver, a journal distributor, a disc database update processor, a security processor, and interfaces to a fraud detection subsystem and to a billing records subsystem.

A system for processing transactions, including authorization transactions and access transactions comprising:

• a user device having an interface and an associated service access device which services only the associated user device, said associated service access device being contained within said user device;
• a remote transaction processing system for receiving and processing transactions from the user device and for generating transactions and billing records;
• wherein
• the user device and remote transaction processing system are electronically linked, and
• the remote transaction processing system comprises a disc database update processor for matching authorization transactions and access transactions based on timestamp information and duration information and for creating billing records based on the matched transactions.

A plurality of memory devices for storing computer-readable instructions and for processing transactions, comprising:

• instructions for creating and storing authorization transactions and access transactions on a user device, each of said authorization transactions and said access transactions having corresponding timestamp information and duration information;
• instructions for transmitting the authorization transactions and the access transactions from a user device to a remote host processing device;
• instructions for analyzing the authorization transactions and the access transactions on the host processing device to match a specific authorization transaction with a specific access transaction based on said timestamp information and duration information;
• and
• instructions for creating a billing record on the host processing device based on the matched authorization transactions and access transactions.