Content transmitting method, content transmitting apparatus, and content receiving apparatus
In a content transmitting method in a content transmitting apparatus, wherein the content transmitting apparatus adds copy control information for indicating to execute a recoding control with either one of “copy can be made only one (1) generation” or “number of times of copying is limited”, on number-limited copy target content, when distributing the number-limited copy target content, which can be copied within a region of limited number of pieces.
1. A content transmission apparatus which is configured to transmit content to a content reception apparatus, comprising:
a communication processor unit configured to transmit/receive the content and a control command as a source/destination of the content to/from the content reception apparatus;
an authentication unit configured to execute a first authentication process and a second authentication process,
the first authentication process authenticating the content reception apparatus to share a first exchange key with the content reception apparatus via the communication processor unit when the content reception apparatus sends an authentication request for use of content which is not attached with a permission to make a plural number of copies to the content transmission apparatus,
the second authentication process authenticating the content reception apparatus to share a second exchange key with the content reception apparatus via the communication processor unit when the content reception apparatus sends an authentication request for use of content
which is attached with permission to make a plural number of copies to the content transmission apparatus;
a timer configured to measure a time interval from when issuing a confirmation request for confirming that the content reception apparatus is in-house to when receiving the receipt of the request from the content reception apparatus during the first authentication process or the second authentication process;
an encoding processor unit configured to execute an encryption process on the content of the content transmission apparatus to be transmitted to the content reception apparatus with key information generated based on the first exchange key or the second exchange key; and
a controller unit configured to control the communication processor unit, the authentication unit, the timer, and the encoding processor unit,
wherein the controller unit is configured to:
control the authentication unit to execute the second authentication process when receiving the authentication request for use of the content which is attached with permission to make a plural number of copies and to execute the first authentication process when receiving the authentication request for use of the content which is not attached with permission to make a plural number of copies, and
control the encoding processor unit to generate the key information based on the second exchange key to transmit the content which is attached with permission to make a plural number of copies when the content transmission apparatus receives the request for transmitting the content from the content reception apparatus which has been authenticated by the second authentication process and which shares the second exchange key, and to generate the key information based on the first exchange key to transmit the content which is not attached with permission to make a plural number of copies when the content transmission apparatus receives the request for transmitting the content from the content reception apparatus which has been authenticated by the first authentication process and which shares the first exchange key.
2. A content reception apparatus which is configured to receive content from a content transmission apparatus, comprising:
a communication processor unit configured to transmit/receive the content and a control command as a source/destination of the content to/from the content transmission apparatus;
an authentication unit configured to execute a first authentication process and a second authentication process,
the first authentication process authenticating the content transmission apparatus to share a first exchange key with the content transmission apparatus via the communication processor unit when the content reception apparatus sends an authentication request for use of content which is not attached with permission to make a plural number of copies to the content transmission apparatus,
the second authentication process authenticating the content transmission apparatus to share a second exchange key with the content transmission apparatus via the communication processor unit when the content reception apparatus sends an authentication request for use of content which is attached with permission to make a plural number of copies to the content transmission apparatus;
a timer configured to measure a time interval from when issuing a confirmation request for confirming that the content reception apparatus is in-house to when receiving the receipt of the request from the content reception apparatus during the first authentication process or the second authentication process;
a decoding processor unit configured to execute a decryption process on the content reception apparatus to be received from the content transmission apparatus with key information generated based on the first exchange key or the second exchange key; and
a controller unit configured to control the communication processor unit, the authentication unit, and the decoding processor unit,
wherein the controller unit is configured to:
control the authentication unit to send the authentication request for use of the content which is attached with permission to make a plural number of copies to the content transmission apparatus and to execute the second authentication process, and to send the authentication request for use of the content which is not attached with permission to make a plural number of copies to the content transmission apparatus and to execute the first authentication process, and
control the decoding processor unit to generate the key information based on the second exchange key when receiving the content which is attached with permission to make plural number of copies from the content transmission apparatus, and to generate the key information based on the first exchange key when receiving the content which is not attached with permission to make a plural number of copies from the content transmission apparatus.