Granted Patent B2

US 7,213,156 · App. 10/400,491 · Granted May 1, 2007

Abstract

Claims (79)

1. A contents data transmission/reception system comprising a contents data transmitter for transmitting contents data, and a contents data receiver for receiving the contents data, wherein

the contents data transmitter encrypts the contents data by using key information, transmits the key information through parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver, and then, transmits the encrypted contents data through the parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver, and

the contents data receiver acquires the key information from data transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the parallel signal lines, receives the encrypted contents data transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the parallel signal lines, and decrypts the encrypted contents data by using the key information.

2. A contents data transmission/reception system according to claim 1 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

3. A contents data transmission/reception system comprising a contents data transmitter for transmitting contents data, and a contents data receiver for receiving the contents data,

wherein the contents data transmitter includes:

a contents reproduction part for reproducing the contents data;

a key information creation part for creating key information for encrypting the contents data;

a contents encryption part for encrypting the contents data reproduced by the contents data reproduction part by using the key information;

a transmitter transmission/reception part for transmitting the key information through parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver and transmitting the encrypted contents data through the parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver; and

a transmitter control part for performing a control to transmit the encrypted contents data through the parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver after the key information is transmitted by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the parallel signal lines, and

wherein the contents data receiver includes:

a receiver transmission/reception part for receiving data transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the parallel signal lines;

a key information extraction part for extracting the key information from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part;

a contents decryption part for extracting the encrypted contents data from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part and decrypting the encrypted contents data by using the key information extracted by the key information extraction part;

an output part for outputting the contents data decrypted by the contents decryption part; and

a receiver control part for performing a control to extract the key information from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part and to decrypt the encrypted contents data received by the receiver transmission/reception part.

4. A contents data transmission/reception system according to claim 3 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

5. A contents data transmission/reception system comprising a contents data transmitter for transmitting contents data, and a contents data receiver for receiving the contents data, wherein

the contents data transmitter includes:

a contents reproduction part for reproducing the contents data;

a key information creation part for creating key information for encrypting the contents data;

a contents encryption part for encrypting the contents data reproduced by the contents data reproduction part by using the key information;

a transmitter transmission/reception part for transmitting the key information through plural signal lines to the contents data receiver and transmitting the encrypted contents data through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver; and

a transmitter control part for performing a control to transmit the encrypted contents data through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver after the key information is transmitted by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines, and

the contents data receiver includes:

a receiver transmission/reception part for receiving data transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines;

a key information extraction part for extracting the key information from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part;

a contents decryption part for extracting the encrypted contents data from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part and decrypting the encrypted contents data by using the key information extracted by the key information extraction part;

an output part for outputting the contents data decrypted by the contents decryption part; and

a receiver control part for performing a control to extract the key information from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part and to decrypt the encrypted contents data received by the receiver transmission/reception part,

the contents data transmitter includes a transmitter ID authentication part which includes a transmission ID storage part for storing plural pieces of receiver ID information allocated to respective contents data receivers, and selects one piece of receiver ID information of the plural pieces of receiver ID information and confirms that information indicating coincidence of the receiver ID information is transmitted from the contents data receiver,

the transmitter control part performs a control to transmit the receiver ID information selected by the transmitter ID authentication part by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver, and performs a control, when the information indicating the coincidence of the receiver ID information is received from the contents data receiver, to transmit the key information and the encrypted contents data by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver,

the contents data receiver includes a receiver ID authentication part which includes a reception ID storage part for storing receiver ID information allocated to the contents data receiver and checks the receiver ID information transmitted from the contents data transmitter against the receiver ID information stored in the reception ID storage part, and

the receiver control part performs a control, in a case where the receiver ID information transmitted from the contents data transmitter is coincident with the receiver ID information stored in the reception ID storage part, to transmit the information indicating the coincidence of the receiver ID information to the contents data transmitter through a single signal line by the receiver transmission/reception part.

6. The contents data transmission/reception system according to claim 5 , wherein the plural signal lines are parallel signal lines.

7. The contents data transmission/reception system according to claim 6 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

8. A contents data transmitter for transmitting contents data to a contents data receiver, comprising:

a contents reproduction part for reproducing the contents data;

a key information creation part for creating key information for encrypting the contents data;

a contents encryption part for encrypting the contents data reproduced by the contents data reproduction part by using the key information created by the key information creation part;

a transmitter transmission/reception part for transmitting the key information and the encrypted contents data through parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver; and

a transmitter control part for performing a control to transmit the encrypted contents data by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the parallel signal lines to the contents data receiver after the key information is transmitted by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the parallel signal lines.

9. A contents data transmitter according to claim 8 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

10. A contents data transmitter for transmitting contents data to a contents data receiver, comprising:

a contents reproduction part for reproducing the contents data;

a key information creation part for creating key information for encrypting the contents data;

a contents encryption part for encrypting the contents data reproduced by the contents data reproduction part by using the key information created by the key information creation part;

a transmitter transmission/reception part for transmitting the key information and the encrypted contents data through plural signal lines to the contents data receiver;

a transmitter control part for performing a control to transmit the encrypted contents data by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver after the key information is transmitted by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines; and

a transmitter ID authentication part which includes a transmission ID storage part for storing plural pieces of receiver ID information allocated to respective contents data receivers, and selects any one piece of receiver ID information of the plural pieces of receiver ID information and confirms that information indicating coincidence of the receiver ID information is transmitted from the contents data receiver,

wherein the transmitter control part performs a control to transmit the receiver ID information by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver and performs a control, after the information indicating the coincidence of the receiver ID information is received from the contents data receiver, to transmit the key information and the encrypted contents data by the transmitter transmission/reception part through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver.

11. The contents data transmitter according to claim 10 , wherein the plural signal lines are parallel signal lines.

12. The contents data transmitter according to claim 11 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

13. A contents data receiver for receiving contents data transmitted by a contents data transmitter, comprising:

a receiver transmission/reception part for receiving data transmitted by the contents data transmitter through parallel signal lines;

key information extraction part for extracting key information from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part;

a contents decryption part for extracting encrypted contents data from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part and decrypting the encrypted contents data by using the key information extracted by the key information extraction part;

an output part for outputting the contents data decrypted by the contents decryption part; and

a receiver control part for performing a control to extract the key information from the data transmitted by the contents data transmitter through the parallel signal lines and to decrypt the encrypted contents data transmitted by the contents data transmitter through the parallel signal lines by using the key information.

14. A contents data receiver according to claim 13 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

15. A contents data receiver for receiving contents data transmitted by a contents data transmitter, comprising:

a receiver transmission/reception part for receiving data transmitted by the contents data transmitter through plural signal lines;

key information extraction part for extracting key information from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part;

a contents decryption part for extracting encrypted contents data from the data received by the receiver transmission/reception part and decrypting the encrypted contents data by using the key information extracted by the key information extraction part;

an output part for outputting the contents data decrypted by the contents decryption part; and

a receiver control part for performing a control to extract the key information from the data transmitted by the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines and to decrypt the encrypted contents data transmitted by the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines by using the key information; and

a receiver ID authentication part which includes a reception ID storage part for storing receiver ID information allocated to the contents data receiver, and checks the receiver ID information transmitted by the contents data transmitter against the receiver ID information stored in the reception ID storage part,

wherein the receiver control part performs a control, when the receiver ID information transmitted by the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines is coincident with the receiver ID information stored in the reception ID storage part, to transmit the information indicating the coincidence of the receiver ID information to the contents data transmitter through a single signal line by the receiver transmission/reception part.

16. The contents data receiver according to claim 15 , wherein the plural signal lines are parallel signal lines.

17. The contents data receiver according to claim 16 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

18. A contents data transmission/reception method for transmitting and receiving contents data between a contents data transmitter and a contents data receiver, comprising:

a first step of transmitting receiver ID information allocated to the contents data receiver from the contents data transmitter through plural signal lines to the contents data receiver;

a second step of checking the receiver ID information transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines against receiver ID information included in the contents data receiver and transmitting, in a case where these pieces of receiver ID information are coincident with each other, information indicating coincidence of the receiver ID information from the contents data receiver through a single signal line to the contents data transmitter;

a third step of, in a case where the information indicating the coincidence of the receiver ID information is received from the contents data receiver, transmitting key information encrypting the contents data from the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver;

a fourth step of, when the key information is extracted from data transmitted from the contents data transmitter, transmitting information indicating reception of the key information from the contents data receiver through the single signal line to the contents data transmitter; and

a fifth step of, when the information indicating the reception of the key information is received from the contents data receiver, transmitting encrypted contents data from the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver.

19. The contents data transmission/reception method according to claim 18 , wherein the plural signal lines are parallel signal lines.

20. The contents data transmission/reception method according to claim 19 , wherein the parallel signal lines comprise channels of an audio data transmission path and the contents data comprises multi-channel audio data.

Assignments (10)