Applications of Event Notification and Authorization Components

Using the NetShow Theater Server Event Notification and Authorization API, you can develop plug-in components to perform a wide range of authorization related tasks, including:

• Restricting access to protected material.
• Billing customers for viewing streaming media content.
• Analyzing usage of NetShow Theater Server presentations.
• Tracking client preferences for selectively targeted advertising.

The following diagram illustrates how the NetShow Theater Server Authorization security package and a Web site manager can be integrated: