Patent ID: 8458740

Claim:
Content server assembly comprising: at least one processor; at least one network interface communicating with the processor to establish communication between the processor and a wide area network; at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing logic causing the processor to: provide a respective client-unique service user identification token (SUIT) to a management server for each of plural user accounts identified by the management server; receive from a client device accessing the content server assembly over a network path obtained by the client device from the management server at least a request for a content list and the SUIT; determine whether the SUIT is valid; and at least in part responsive to a determination that the SUIT is valid and only if the SUIT is valid, providing a content list to the client device, wherein the content list presents pay per view (PPV) entries, each entry representing a respective service available for purchase by the client device, wherein the content server assembly receives a request for a content list and information pertaining thereto and transmits the content list to the client device only if both the SUIT and a user token received from the client device are valid, wherein the user token is originated by a management server to indicate that the client device is properly enrolled with the management server, wherein in response to the request for a content list and a determination that the user token indicates that the client device is properly enrolled, the content server assembly uses the SUIT to ascertain an account of the client device.