Method for a secure system of content distribution for DVD applications
AssigneeSecureMedia International
InventorsGregory Gagnon, Ronald Cocchi, Dennis Flaharty
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for increasing the security of video content in a limited distribution environment. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an encrypted media carrier, encrypted using a first encryption key, and a media player, designed to receive the encrypted media carrier, the media player comprising a first decryption key stored in an decryption chip, wherein the first encryption key and the first decryption key are serialized, and the decryption key is entered into the media player at a component level, and the first encryption key is stored at a secure storage facility.
Claims18
A system for increasing the security of video content in a limited distribution environment, comprising:
- an encrypted media carrier, encrypted using a first encryption key;
- and
- a media player, designed to receive the encrypted media carrier, the media player comprising a first decryption key stored in an decryption chip;
- wherein the first encryption key and the first decryption key are serialized, and the decryption key is entered into the media player at a component level, and the first encryption key is stored at a secure storage facility.
A method for distributing video programming, comprising:
- generating a plurality of pairs of mated serialized encryption keys and mated serialized decryption keys;
- embedding the mated serialized decryption keys into decryption chips on the component level;
- encrypting the video programming onto media carriers using the mated serialized encryption keys;
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- distributing the encrypted media carriers to users of the decryption chips, wherein the media carrier is sent to the user of the mated serialized decryption chip corresponding to the mated encryption chip used to encrypt the media carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.