Patent ID: 8360886

Claim:
A method, with a server system, for managing interaction between one or more remote gaming systems comprising protected media, the method comprising: receiving at least a first unique identifier from a first remote gaming system, wherein the first unique identifier is associated with a first remote software package that is store on the first remote processing system; comparing, with a processor in response to the receiving, the first unique identifier and a second unique identifier, wherein the second unique identifier is associated with a second remote software package that is stored on a second remote processing system, the second remote software package corresponding to the first remote software package, wherein the first unique identifier indicates that the first remote software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of a software package executable and the second unique identifier indicates that the second remote software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of the software package executable; and authorizing an operation of at least one of the first remote software package and the second remote software package based upon the comparing.