Information processor

1. A user information processor comprising:

an acquisition section adapted to acquire encrypted media data from a content source using an application program executed at a user level;

a decoding section adapted to decode the encrypted media data to generate raw data using a kernel level program whose internal processing is hidden from the application program, and perform scrambling to encrypt the raw data so as to generate scrambled data that is referenced by the application program; and

a playing section adapted to perform descrambling to descramble the scrambled data and generate the raw data using the kernel level program, and output the raw data to a player,

wherein the user level application program and the kernel level program are executed on the same user information processor.

2. The information processor of claim 1 , wherein

the decoding section inputs a random seed to a predetermined random number generation function to generate a random number and performs the scrambling using the generated random number, and

the playing section inputs the random seed used for the scrambling to the predetermined random number generation function to generate a random number and performs the descrambling using the generated random number.

3. The information processor of claim 2 , wherein

the raw data is movie data made up of a plurality of frame images, and

the decoding section scrambles each of the plurality of frame images as an image to be processed using a random seed that includes a value appropriate to attribute information of the frame image.

4. The information processor of claim 3 , wherein the random seed is a combination of a value appropriate to the frame image attribute information to be processed and a fixed value stored in advance in the information processor.

5. A user information processing method, comprising:

acquiring encrypted media data from a content source using an application program executed at a user level on a user information processor;

decoding the encrypted media data to generate raw data using a kernel level program whose internal processing is hidden from the application program, performing scrambling to encrypt the raw data so as to generate scrambled data that is referenced by the application program, and outputting the scrambled data; and

descrambling the scrambled data to generate the raw data using the kernel level program and outputting the raw data to a player,

wherein the user level application program and the kernel level program are executed on the same user information processor.

6. An apparatus, comprising a computer and a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a kernel level program whose internal processing is hidden from an application program executed at a user level, the kernel level program including instructions for the computer, which when executed causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising:

decoding encrypted media data to generate raw data, scrambling the raw data to generate scrambled data that is referenced by the application program, and outputting the scrambled data; and

descrambling the scrambled data to generate the raw data and output the raw data to a player,

wherein the user level application program and the kernel level program are executed on the same user information processor.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable information storage medium storing a kernel level program whose internal processing is hidden from an application program executed at a user level, the kernel level program including instructions for a computer, which when executed causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising:

decoding encrypted media data to generate raw data, scrambling the raw data to generate scrambled data that is referenced by the application program, and outputting the scrambled data; and

descrambling the scrambled data to generate the raw data and outputting the raw data to a player,

wherein the user level application program and the kernel level program are executed on the same user information processor.