JP2010119137A - Device and method for transmitting contents - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
When content is transmitted using a wired or wireless LAN, the creation of unauthorized copies is suppressed to protect copyrights, and content transmission does not deviate from the range of personal use.
[Solution]
The content transmitting device and the content receiving device authenticate each other before transmitting the content. At the time of this authentication, the time until the reception confirmation for the transmission of the authentication request or the authentication response is measured, and only when the value does not exceed a certain upper limit value, the encrypted content transmission is performed and the address information In addition, device information unique to the device is registered, and encrypted content transmission is performed without performing the above time measurement at the time of content transmission again. Further, the time measurement is periodically performed, and the registration information is dynamically managed so as to have contents suitable for the current network configuration.
[Selection] FIG.

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission device and a reception device suitable for protecting the copyright of transmitted content when transmitting and receiving content such as video and audio via a network.

  With the development of processing capacity such as the computing speed and storage capacity of personal computers (hereinafter referred to as PCs), the capacity of hard disk drives (hereinafter referred to as HDDs) built into PCs is also increasing. Under these circumstances, it has become possible to record TV broadcast programs using a HDD and view them on a PC display even on a PC with ranks that are used in general households. I came. On the other hand, due to the low price of large-capacity HDDs, HDD recording devices that have built-in HDDs and digitally record video and audio information are also appearing as home recording devices, and discs are used as recording media. Ease of use due to the use is attracting attention.

On the other hand, in order to protect the copyright of information such as content, as an example of a copy protection method incorporated in a digital AV device, for example, there is a Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) method that defines a copy protection method on the IEEE1394 bus ( Non-patent document 1).
Several techniques for realizing copy protection for copyright protection between devices or between networks are disclosed. For example, it is disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

JP 2000-287192 A JP 2001-358706 A

Hitachi, Ltd. Others, 5C Digital Transmission Content Protection White Paper

In video recorders and PCs that use HDDs such as those described above, video and audio information is recorded on HDDs that are fixed in the device, so you might want to watch programs recorded in other rooms in your house. In some cases, it was difficult to carry the video / audio information at the medium level so that it could be carried with a plurality of recording / playback apparatuses using a replaceable medium such as a VTR.
Therefore, by installing a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) interface in such a recording device, and transmitting it to other PCs or receiving devices via the network, video / audio information recorded anywhere in the house can be obtained. It is possible to make it available for viewing.

  Equipped with a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) interface on a home recording device, send the content to other PCs or receiving devices via the network, and watch the recorded video and audio information anywhere in the house Conventionally, no consideration has been given to copyright protection of video / audio information (hereinafter referred to as content) whose copyright should be protected, and video / audio information recorded on the HDD is not connected to a LAN. The video / audio information that can be further stored in the HDD in another PC received via the PC and must be handled must be “Copy free” content that can be freely copied.

  In general, when digitally recorded content is recorded by being transmitted from one device to another device via a network or the like as described above, there is little deterioration in data quality at the time of transmission, and there is in the device on the transmission side. Because the receiver can create a copy (duplicate) of the same quality as the content, the video and audio data (hereinafter referred to as “content”) that should be protected by copyright is illegal for content that deviates from the scope of personal use. Care must be taken to prevent copying. For example, when content is transmitted between digital AV devices, encryption is performed on the content transmitting device side, and information for decryption is shared with the content receiving device side, so that the transmission destination can Copy protection is implemented to prevent the creation of unlimited copies by preventing content from being correctly received and decrypted by devices other than a content receiving device.

  As an example of such a copy protection method, there is a DTCP method described in Non-Patent Document 1, for example, which is incorporated in a digital AV device. In the DTCP method, contents are classified and managed as “Copy free”, “Copy one generation”, “No more copies”, and “Copy never”, and the recording device records only the contents of “Copy free” and “Copy one generation”. Once the content of “Copy one generation” is recorded, it is handled as “No more copies”, and on the bus, except for the “Copy free” content, the content is encrypted and transmitted on the transmission side, allowing unlimited content. Is not allowed to be copied.

In content transmission by wired or wireless LAN, several techniques for realizing copy protection for copyright protection have been disclosed based on the same concept as the DTCP method. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for applying a technique similar to DTCP to a copy protection method for distributing digital contents on a network, and Patent Document 2 similarly protects the copyright of content. Therefore, a technique for configuring devices that communicate with each other after encryption is disclosed.
These do not consider whether the transmitting side and the receiving side are in the same house when transmitting content via a wired or wireless LAN. Rather, when downloading from a distribution server, the sending side is usually at the provider's site and the receiving side is usually in a general home.

Therefore, even if the above technology is applied to the case where the content is recorded by the HDD of the PC or the recording device with the built-in HDD and transmitted from here to another device in the home via the LAN, When connected to the Internet, the content can be received and displayed by a receiving device placed in another home connected via the Internet, and if the range is connected to the Internet, It will spread everywhere.
In such a situation, even if copy protection is to be performed using the above-described technology, the recording device user can make the recording device accessible from the Internet, so that the reception with the copy protection described above can be performed. The device can freely receive and display the content, and will deviate greatly from the scope of personal use, which is the original purpose of copyright protection.

  An object of the present invention is to enable copy protection to prevent unauthorized duplication of content during content transmission using a wired or wireless LAN in a home, and to make legitimate viewing and duplication of content. Is to provide a content or information transmitting device, receiving device, and content transmission method that can be limited to the range of personal use.

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, in a content transmission apparatus that transmits content via a network, network communication processing means that transmits / receives data via the network, and content connected via the network A transmission content generation unit that supplies content to be transmitted to the receiving device to the network communication unit; receives an authentication request from the content receiving device; determines authentication for the authentication request; Authentication means for issuing an authentication request, and key information is generated based on information obtained by executing authentication processing by the authentication means, and encryption processing of content to be transmitted to the content receiving device is performed using the key information Sends an encryption request and an authentication request or time confirmation request to the content receiving device The time until receiving a response to the request is measured as necessary, or the time until the reception confirmation from the content receiving device for the transmission of the response to the authentication request from the content receiving device is required. Timer means (time measuring means) for measuring and device information management means for registering, managing, and checking device information of the content receiving device,
The device information management means controls registration of the address information of the content receiving device and device specific device information stored in advance at the time of manufacturing the device according to the measurement result of the timer means.
In the timer means, when the measurement result of the timer means does not exceed a predetermined value, the address information of the content receiving device and device-specific device information are registered in the device information management means.

Further, when a content reception request is received from the content receiving device, the address information registered in the device information management means and device-specific device information are compared with the address information of the content receiving device and device-specific device information. If they match, the content is sent to the content receiving apparatus without measuring the time by the timer means.
In addition, in order to appropriately manage the registration information related to the content receiving device, the timer means measures the time periodically or at an arbitrary timing with respect to the content receiving device in which the information is registered. The registration information is updated according to the result.

Furthermore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, in a content receiving device that receives content via a network, network communication processing means for transmitting and receiving data via the network, and content transmission connected via the network Content reception processing means for receiving content received from the apparatus from the network communication means;
An authentication unit that issues and sends an authentication request to the content transmission device and determines authentication for the authentication request from the content transmission device, and key information based on information obtained by executing authentication processing by the authentication unit And decrypting means for encrypting / decrypting the content received from the content transmission device using the key information, and transmitting an authentication request to the content transmission device or a response to the authentication request from the content transmission device Timer means for measuring the time until arrival of reception confirmation from the content transmission device with respect to transmission, or requesting the content transmission device to transmit a time confirmation request, and responding to the time confirmation request transmitted from the content transmission device. And a device information management unit for registering and managing device information of the content transmission device, The device information management unit, so as to control the registration of the address information and the device device-specific device information stored in advance at the time of manufacture of the content transmitting apparatus according to the measurement result of the timer means.

Further, in order to appropriately manage the registration information related to the content transmission device, the timer means measures the time periodically or at an arbitrary timing with respect to the content transmission device that has registered the information. The registration information is updated according to the result.
In response to the time confirmation request transmitted from the content transmission device, when the time until the response is measured in the content transmission device and the measurement result does not exceed a predetermined value, its own address information and device The unique device information is registered in the content transmission device,
The content transmission device is requested to transmit a time confirmation request as necessary, and the content transmission device responds to the time confirmation request transmitted from the content transmission device, and the time until the response is measured in the content transmission device. The registered content is updated according to the measurement result.

That is, according to the present invention, the content transmission device and the content reception device authenticate each other before transmitting the content, and measure the time until the reception confirmation for the transmission of the authentication request or the authentication response at the time of this authentication. As long as this value does not exceed a certain upper limit value, the content encrypted with the shared key data is transmitted, and the address information and device-specific device information are registered and the content is transmitted again. Sometimes the encrypted content is transmitted without measuring the time. In addition, the contents of the address information and device-specific device information are reviewed periodically or at an arbitrary timing so that devices that are not connected to the network or devices that are not used frequently are not registered.
This makes it possible to implement copy protection to prevent unauthorized duplication of content when transmitting content using a wired or wireless LAN in the home, and for personal use to illegally view and copy content. The scope of use can be limited.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the reliability of a content transmission device, a reception device, and content transmission using a wired or wireless LAN in a house.

The figure which shows the structure using wired LAN of the content transmitter of this invention, and a content receiver. The block diagram of wired LAN comprised with the content transmission apparatus of this invention, and a content reception apparatus. 3 is a detailed diagram of a device information registration circuit of the content transmission apparatus of the present invention. The figure which shows the list registered into the apparatus information registration circuit of the content transmission apparatus of this invention. The figure which showed the procedure which transmits a content between the content receiver of this invention, and a content receiver. The figure which showed the procedure which performs secure and exact time authentication between the content receiver of this invention and a content receiver. The figure which showed the structure at the time of the content transmission / reception via the internet with the content transmitter of this invention, and a content receiver. The figure which shows the structure using wireless LAN of the content transmitter of this invention, and a content receiver. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless LAN composed of a content transmission device and a content reception device of the present invention. The figure which shows the structural example at the time of using PDA in this invention. An example of the detailed figure of the apparatus information registration circuit of the content transmission apparatus of this invention. An example of the figure which shows the list registered into the apparatus information registration circuit of the content transmission apparatus of this invention. An example of the procedure performed by the content transmission apparatus side when authentication is successful between the content transmission apparatus and the content reception apparatus of the present invention. An example of the procedure which the content transmission apparatus of this invention performs time authentication regularly. An example of a procedure in which the content transmission apparatus performs time authentication when the content transmission apparatus of the present invention is turned on. An example of a procedure in which a content transmission apparatus performs time authentication when performing reservation viewing or reservation recording between a content transmission apparatus and a content reception apparatus of the present invention. An example of the procedure which the content receiver of this invention requests | requires time authentication.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a content transmission device 100 and a content reception device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The content transmission device 100 and the content reception device 200 are connected to each other via a LAN. In the content transmission apparatus 100, 101 is a content transmission circuit that transmits content to the content transmission apparatus 200, 102 is an encryption circuit that encrypts content output from the content transmission circuit 101, and 103 is an output and authentication circuit 104 of the encryption circuit 102. A network communication processing circuit for exchanging input / output to / from other devices via the LAN, 104 an authentication circuit for exchanging information with other devices connected on the LAN and performing mutual authentication between the devices, 105 Is a non-volatile memory that stores information necessary for processing in the authentication circuit 104, 106 is a key generation circuit that generates key information necessary for content encryption in the encryption circuit 102 based on information in the authentication circuit 104, and 107 is authentication Acknowledgment of the authentication information generated by the circuit 104 is transmitted to another device and then received. A timer circuit 108 that measures the time to reach, and is a device information registration circuit that registers and manages device information of other devices authenticated by the authentication circuit 104. The content transmitted from the content transmission circuit 101 includes An identification code of “Copy free”, “Copy one generation”, “No more copies”, or “Copy never” indicating the handling method is attached and transmitted to the content receiving apparatus.

  In the content receiving apparatus 200, 201 is a content receiving circuit that receives content sent via a LAN, 202 is a composite that receives content encrypted by the encryption circuit 102 of the content transmitting circuit 100 from the network communication processing circuit 203. A composite circuit 203 that outputs the content to the content reception circuit 201 and 203 is a network communication processing circuit that exchanges input to and output from the composite circuit 202 and input / output of the authentication circuit 204 with other devices via a network. An authentication circuit that exchanges information with other devices and performs mutual authentication between devices, 205 is a non-volatile memory that stores information necessary for processing in the authentication circuit 204, and 206 is based on information output from the authentication circuit 204 Key generation times for generating keys necessary for content decryption in the decryption circuit 202 207, a timer circuit that measures the time from when information such as an authentication request is transmitted from the authentication circuit 204 to another device until reception confirmation of the information arrives, and 208 is a device of the other device authenticated by the authentication circuit 204 It consists of a device information registration circuit that registers and manages information, and the received content is processed according to the identification codes of “Copy free”, “Copy one generation”, “No more copies”, and “Copy never” sent with the content. “Copy free” and “Copy one generation” can be recorded on the content recording medium, and when the content of “Copy one generation” is recorded, the content is handled as “No more copies” thereafter.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of a home LAN including the content transmission device 100 and the content reception device 200. One content transmission device 100 and two content reception devices 200a and 200b are connected to a network hub device 300 by a wired LAN cable, and the network hub device 300 is connected to a router 400. The router 400 is connected to the Internet via a modem or a photoelectric converter. The content transmitting device 100, the content receiving devices 200a and 200b, and the router 400 each have an IP address that identifies itself on the LAN.

  A 48-bit MAC (Media Access Control) address is given in advance to the interface section of each network communication processing circuit at the time of manufacture. For example, the router 400 is operated as a DHCP server by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), which has been widely used for automatic address setting in the network, and the IP address of each device is set. Should be allocated. When IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is used, each device can determine its own IP address from the upper 64 bits of the IP address of the router 400 and the MAC address by a method called stateless automatic setting.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the device information registration unit 108 held by the content transmission apparatus 100. For example, an example of a registration method of address information of the content receiving device 200 and device information unique to the device when the content receiving device 200 is connected to a network to which the content transmitting device 100 is connected will be described. 1081 is a device information acquisition unit that acquires address information and device-specific device information from the content reception device 200, and 1082 is a register of the address information and device-specific device information of the content reception device 200 acquired by the device information acquisition unit 1081. A device information registration unit 1083 is a device information management unit that authenticates the content reception device 200 from registration of the content reception device and device information registered in the device information registration unit 1082.

  In the device information acquisition unit 1081, for example, a device information registration application or a registration Web page using a browser is transmitted to the content receiving device 200. The content receiving apparatus 200 that has received the device information registration application or registration web page automatically or automatically inputs a registration item according to the instruction content of the device information registration application or registration web page. Information and device-specific device information are registered in the content transmission device 100.

  Here, the device information unique to the device is, for example, a public key generated by a specific certification authority and stored in the nonvolatile memory 205 of the content receiving device 200. Since the public key is a public key stored in advance in the nonvolatile memory 205 when the content receiving device 200 is manufactured, the public key has a unique value for each device. FIG. 4 is an example of device information registered in the device information registration unit 1082. An IP address and a MAC address are registered as address information of the content receiving device 200, and a public key stored in the nonvolatile memory 205 of the content receiving device 200 is registered as device specific information.

From the above, when the content transmission apparatus 100 authenticates the content reception apparatus 200, the content transmission apparatus 100 can identify the registered content reception apparatus 200 based on the device information registered in the device information registration unit 108. It becomes.
Here, as device-specific information, when using DTCP with a copy protection method for content transmission between a content transmission device and a content reception device connected via a network, a public information used to authenticate each other The key is described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to the public key, and unique information that can identify the device is registered.
In the first embodiment, the method in which the content transmitting apparatus 100 registers the device information of the content receiving apparatus 200 has been described. However, the method in which the content receiving apparatus 200 registers the content transmitting apparatus 100 is also as described above.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
The feature of this embodiment is that it is possible to implement copy protection that prevents unauthorized duplication of content during transmission of content using a wired or wireless LAN, and also for legitimate viewing and creation of content. However, it is possible to provide a content transmission device and a reception device that can be limited to the range of personal use.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a procedure at the time of content transmission / reception by the content transmission device 100 and the content reception device 200. The left side represents the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the right side represents the content receiving apparatus 200, and the timing and direction of information transmission / reception between the two are indicated by arrows.

  First, an authentication request is created from the content receiving device 200 side. The authentication request is sent to the content transmitting apparatus 100 with the public key unique to the apparatus and a certificate for the public key. When the authentication request is received and the reception confirmation is sent to the content receiving device 200, the content transmitting device 100 creates an authentication request from its own side, and the content transmitting device 100 issued by the authentication authority as in the case of the content receiving device. A unique public key and its certificate are attached and sent to the content receiving apparatus 200, the timer circuit 107 is started, and a time T1 until reception confirmation for the authentication request is received from the content receiving apparatus 200 is measured. When the measured value in the timer circuit 107 does not exceed the predetermined value (T), that is, when T1 <T, the content receiving device 200 authenticates that the device is within the range of personal use (hereinafter, Called time authentication).

  At this time, when the authentication request is transmitted from the content receiving apparatus 200 to the content transmitting apparatus 100, the timer circuit 207 is started and the time T2 until the reception confirmation from the content transmitting apparatus 100 is received is measured. It is also possible to perform time authentication. When authentication is successful as described above, a common authentication key is generated and shared. A well-known key exchange algorithm may be used for generating the authentication key. When the sharing of the authentication key is completed, the content transmitting apparatus 100 generates an exchange key and a random number, encrypts the exchange key and the random number with the authentication key, and sends the encrypted key and the random number to the content receiving apparatus 200.

  In FIG. 5, the exchange key and the random number are separately transmitted from the content transmitting apparatus 100 to the content receiving apparatus 200, but they may be transmitted together. The content receiving device 200 decrypts the exchange key transmitted from the content transmitting device 100 using the authentication key, and holds it together with the random number received and decrypted. Subsequently, a common key is generated according to a predetermined calculation algorithm using an exchange key and a random number on each side of the content transmission device 100 and the content reception device 200. The content transmitting apparatus 100 encrypts and transmits the content using the common key thus obtained, and the content receiving apparatus 200 can receive the decrypted content.

  When the authentication between the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the content receiving apparatus 200 is successful, the content receiving apparatus 200 transmits a content transmission request to the content transmitting apparatus 100, and transmits the encrypted content as a trigger. To. When the transmission of the necessary content is completed, the content transmission apparatus 100 discards the authentication key, the exchange key, and the common key necessary for content encryption and decryption. In the content receiving apparatus 200 as well, when the authentication key, exchange key, and common key are discarded as described above and the content is received again, a new authentication request may be made. When the receiving device 200 is time-authenticated, the address information of the content receiving device 200 and device-specific device information are registered in the device information registration circuit 108 of the content transmitting device 100 as described above. As a result, the content transmission apparatus 100 and the content reception apparatus 200 hold the common key without discarding the content reception apparatus 200 registered in the device information registration circuit 108 of the content transmission apparatus 100, so that the content is received again. It is not necessary to perform a new authentication request when receiving the message.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which time can be measured more securely and accurately in the time authentication described above. As shown in FIG. 6, the authentication is successful between the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the content receiving apparatus 200, and the common content transmitting apparatuses 100 start the timer circuit 107 at the same time as transmitting a home confirmation request to the content receiving apparatus 200. . The content receiving apparatus 200 transmits a reception confirmation for the in-home confirmation request from the content transmission apparatus 100 to the content transmission apparatus 100 and then transmits an in-home confirmation response. The content transmitting apparatus 100 measures a time T3 until the home confirmation response is received from the content receiving apparatus 200, and authenticates the case where T3 does not exceed a predetermined value as a receiving apparatus existing in the home. In this way, the content transmission apparatus 100 and the content reception apparatus 200 authenticate between devices, authenticate each other, and then perform the above time authentication, thereby enabling more secure and accurate time authentication. become able to.

  The protocol used to transmit content from the content transmission device 100 to the content reception device 200 is not limited to a specific protocol, and is not limited to RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol), HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), FTP ( File Transfer Protocol) can be used. When transmitting content, the content encrypted by a predetermined algorithm using a common key in the payload portion of each transfer protocol may be accommodated and transmitted. As an encryption algorithm, for example, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) which is a well-known encryption technique may be used.

  From the above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the content transmission apparatus registers the address information of the content reception apparatus once authenticated and the device information specific to the apparatus, and receives the content again. At this time, the encrypted content can be transmitted without performing the time authentication of the content receiving apparatus, and the time authentication performed every time the content is received can be omitted.

Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described below.
Further, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to view content from the content transmission device 100 via the Internet, for example, using a mobile terminal.
FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram when viewing content via the Internet. Reference numeral 200c denotes a portable content receiving device once authenticated by the content transmitting device. Originally, the portable content receiving device 200c connected to the Internet is not authenticated as T1> T in time authentication with the content transmitting device 100, and cannot receive the content transmitted from the content transmitting device 100, but according to the present invention. The content transmitting apparatus 100 authenticates the portable content receiving apparatus 200c once with time, and registers the address information of the portable content receiving apparatus 200c and the public key unique to the apparatus in the device information registration unit 108. As a result, the portable content receiver 200c registered in the device information registration unit 108 can receive the content transmitted from the content transmitter 100 without performing the time authentication even when T1> T in the time authentication. Can do.

Further, since only the devices registered in the device information registration means 108 can receive and view the content transmitted from the content transmitting device 100, copy protection that prevents unauthorized duplication of the content can be performed. In addition, legitimate viewing and copying of content can be limited to the range of personal use.
Furthermore, the time to live TTL (Time To Live) of the IP packet transmitted when the TCP packet for transmitting the authentication request and the authentication response to the result is transmitted or the TCP packet or UDP datagram for transmitting the content is stored. ) Can be transmitted at a low value such as 1 so that the authentication request does not pass through the router 400, so that the transmission of content does not exceed the range of personal use.

Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described below.
In the fourth embodiment, the content transmission device 500 and the content reception device 600 transmit content using a wireless LAN.
FIG. 8 shows a content transmission / reception apparatus via a wireless LAN. Wireless network communication processing circuits 503 and 603 are used for connection to the LAN, and WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption processing circuits 509 and 609 are provided. WEP is a known encryption method that is used as a standard for the purpose of security protection in a wireless LAN, and communication with security protection between a transmission device and a reception device can be realized under user management.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the configuration of a home network using the content transmission device 500 and the content reception device 600. In FIG. 9, a data transmission device 500 and two data reception devices 600 a and 600 b are connected by a wireless access point 700 via a wireless LAN. The wireless LAN access point 700 is further connected to the router 400, and the router 400 is connected to the Internet in the same manner as the router 400 shown in FIG.

  When mutual authentication and subsequent content transmission are to be performed between the content transmitting apparatus 500 and the content receiving apparatus 600 shown in FIG. 8, the WEP encryption processing circuits 509 and 609 perform WEP processing by the authentication circuits 504 and 604. Check whether it has been applied. If the WEP process is not used, mutual authentication and subsequent content transmission are not performed, or a necessary process such as a display prompting the user to start the WEP process is performed. To do. As described above, when content is transmitted using a wireless LAN, the WEP process is always performed. As a result, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of content by connecting another data receiving device via a wireless LAN without the user of the content transmitting device 500 and the content receiving device 600 being conscious.

  With respect to points other than those described above, creation of an illegal copy of content is performed in exactly the same manner as the content transmission method implemented by the content transmission device and content reception device described in the first to third embodiments. The copyright can be protected by preventing the content from being transmitted outside the range of personal use.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example using PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) in the embodiment of the present invention. (A) shows the connection at the time of authentication between the PDA (800) and the content transmission devices 100 and 500, and (b) shows the content transmission from outside the home using the authenticated PDA (800). The figure when viewing the contents of the devices 100 and 500 is shown. Reference numeral 800 denotes a PDA capable of viewing content distributed from the content transmission devices 100 and 500, and 900 denotes a display capable of viewing content distributed by the content transmission devices 100 and 500 in a home. For example, a plasma display or a liquid crystal display It is.

  For example, when a purchased PDA (800) is connected at home, time authentication is performed between the content transmission device 100 and the content transmission device 500, and the content transmission device 100, 500 authenticates the content transmission device. 100 and 500 register the address information of the PDA (800) and a common key, which is device-specific information used at the time authentication, and manage the devices. Although reception of content distributed from the receiving devices 100 and 500 is not permitted, since the device information is registered after receiving time authentication in the content transmitting devices 100 and 500 according to the present invention, distribution from the content transmitting devices 100 and 500 in the home is performed. You will be able to view the content that is played.

Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described below.
In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, a method for checking the contents of address information and apparatus information registered in the apparatus information registration circuit 108 of the content transmitting apparatus 100 and constantly updating the contents to the contents suitable for the latest network configuration will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of the device information registration unit 108 held by the content transmission apparatus 100.
The device information acquisition unit 1081, the device information registration unit 1082, and the device information management unit 1083 are the same as described above.
The device information check unit 1084 performs time authentication using the timer circuit 107 in order to check the information registered in the device information registration unit 1082, and registers the information in the device information management unit 1083 according to the measurement result. Instruct to update the contents of the information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of management data for the device information check unit 1084 to update the information registered in the device information registration unit 1082.
In addition to the registered address information and device-specific device information regarding the content receiving device 200 described above, management information 1200 such as a counter setting value 1201 and a current counter value 1202 is held for each content receiving device 200.

Next, a method for checking information registered in the device information registration unit 1082 by the device information check unit 1084 will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.
FIG. 13 shows an example of a procedure executed on the content transmitting apparatus 100 side when authentication between the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the content receiving apparatus 200 is successful.
When the authentication with the content receiving device 200 is successful, the content transmitting device 100 includes the address information of the content receiving device 200 in the address information registered in the device information registration circuit 108 and the device information unique to the device. A search is made for a match with the device information unique to the device (step 1300). As a result, if there is no match, it is determined whether or not the above-described time authentication is performed during the authentication (step 1301). If the time authentication is not performed, the time authentication is performed using the timer circuit 107. (Step 1302). Then, the result of time authentication is determined (step 1303), and if successful, the address information of the content receiving device 200 and device-specific device information are registered in the device information registration circuit 108 (step 1304).

Thereafter, the device information check unit 1084 in the device information registration circuit 108 creates management information 1200 relating to the registered information, and sets a predetermined value (a counter setting value 1201 (CountMax) and a current counter value 1202 (Count)). P1) is set (step 1305). Then, the timer circuit 107 is started, and an event notification is set every time a predetermined time (T4) elapses (step 1306), and a waiting state for communication or an authentication request from a device on the network is set (step 1306). 1307).
Here, if the time authentication fails in step 1303, the time authentication is retried if necessary, and if it still fails, the content is not transmitted to the content receiving device 200 and the process is terminated. .

If the content receiving device 200 has already been registered in step 1300, the process proceeds to step 1305. Alternatively, the counter setting value 1201 (CountMax) and the current counter value 1202 (Count) in the management information 1200 are referred to, and if the timer circuit 107 is already operating with Count <CountMax, the process proceeds to step 1307. good.
Further, the predetermined value (P1) set in the counter setting value 1201 (CountMax) in step 1305 may be a value common to all content receiving apparatuses or may be different for each content receiving apparatus.

Next, FIG. 14 shows an example of a procedure executed on the content transmitting apparatus 100 side when an event notification is generated by the timer circuit 107 after a predetermined time (T4) has elapsed in the notification waiting state in step 1307. It is a thing.
First, when the time T4 elapses, the timer circuit 107 generates a timer event and notifies the content transmitting apparatus 100 (step 1400). In response to this, the device information check unit 1084 decrements the current counter value 1202 (Count) (step 1401), and determines whether Count = 0 (step 1402).

  As a result, when Count = 0, at this time, information on the content receiving device 200 registered in the device information registration circuit 108, and if necessary, an authentication key, an exchange key, and a common key are discarded. Although there is a method, in the embodiment of the present invention, time authentication is performed again with the content receiving apparatus 200 using the timer circuit 107 (step 1403). Then, the result of time authentication is determined (step 1404), and if successful, the value of the counter setting value 1201 is set to the current counter value 1202 in the management information 1200 (Count = CountMax) (step 1407). Similarly, the timer circuit 107 is started (step 1408) and a request waiting state is entered (step 1307).

  On the other hand, if time authentication fails in step 1404, the time authentication is retried if necessary, and if it still fails, the device information check unit 1084 receives the content reception from the device information management unit 1083. A request is made to delete information related to the device 200, and if necessary, the authentication key, exchange key, and common key are also discarded (step 1405). Finally, the request is waited (step 1307).

On the other hand, if Count> 0 at step 1402, the timer circuit 107 is started again and an event notification is set every time a predetermined time (T4) elapses (step 1408). Return to (step 1307).
Here, in the above description, after registering information related to the content receiving device 200 in the device information registration circuit 108, a certain time (T4) is set as a timing when the device information check unit 1084 decrements the current counter setting value 1202. The time authentication is performed every time a predetermined time (T4 × CountMax) elapses, but the time during which the content is not transmitted (or the time during which the content is transmitted) is measured, and the accumulated value is a constant time. It can also be performed when (T5) is reached.

In the above description, the time (T4 / T5) is used as the timing for updating the counter setting value. However, a predetermined number of packets of content transmitted to the content receiving apparatus 200 or a predetermined common key performed at the time of content transmission is used. It is also possible to use the number of updates.
Further, after registering information about the content receiving device 200 in the device information registration circuit 108, it is always monitored whether or not the content receiving device 200 exists on the network, and when it is detected that it does not exist. The counter setting value 1201 and the current counter setting value 1202 are set, the timer circuit 107 is started, the time is periodically measured to update the current counter setting value 1202, and the time that does not exist on the network Can be deleted from the device information registration circuit 108 and the authentication key, exchange key, and common key can be discarded if necessary. The method for monitoring whether or not a device exists on the network is not limited to a specific method, and a keep-alive function provided by TCP can be used.

  Furthermore, the device information check unit 1084 can have a plurality of counters (CountMax1, Count1, CountMax2, Count2), and a plurality of timings for performing time authentication can be combined. For example, the current counter setting value Count1 is decremented every time (T4), and the current counter setting value Count2 is decremented every transmission packet number (P1), one of which reaches a predetermined value (CountMax1, CountMax2). In such a case, it is assumed that time authentication is performed.

Here, the content transmission device 100 has been described above, but the present invention can be similarly applied to the content transmission device 500 and the content reception devices 200 and 600.
From the above, the device information check unit 1804 of the content transmission device and the content reception device periodically performs time authentication on the information related to the content reception device 200 registered in the device information registration circuit 108, so that an unconnected device or It is possible to prevent registration information relating to a device that is used less frequently from being registered in the device information registration circuit 108 and to manage registration information appropriately according to the network configuration.

Embodiment 6 of the present invention will be described below.
In the above-described fifth embodiment, a method has been described in which the device information check unit 1804 of the content transmission device 100 periodically performs time authentication on the content reception device 200 registered in the device information registration circuit 108. In the sixth embodiment, a method in which the content transmission apparatus 100 performs time authentication at an arbitrary timing when necessary will be described.
Here, when necessary, for example, the case where the power supply or network of the content transmission apparatus 100 is disconnected or is in a standby state, and the power supply is turned on again or connected to the network. In addition, there may be a case in which processing such as scheduled viewing or scheduled recording between the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the content receiving apparatus 200 that would be problematic if the content transfer is interrupted during execution is performed.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a series of processing procedures executed on the content transmission apparatus 100 side when the power of the content transmission apparatus 100 is turned off or is turned on again after being put into a standby state. .
First, the content transmission apparatus 100 performs system setting and initialization processing required when the power is turned on (step 1500), and detects apparatuses existing on the network (step 1501). The device detection method is not limited to a specific one, and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), Jini, and the like can be used.

  Next, it is determined whether address information and device-specific device information are registered in the device information registration circuit 108 (step 1502). If one or more content receiving devices 200 are registered, the content information Time authentication is performed on the receiving apparatus 200 using the timer circuit 107 (step 1503). Then, the result of time authentication is determined (step 1504), and if successful, the value of the counter setting value 1201 is set to the current counter value 1202 in the management information 1200 managed by the device information check unit 1804 (Count = CountMax) (step 1505), and the timer circuit 107 is started as described above (step 1507).

On the other hand, if it fails in step 1504, the time authentication is retried if necessary, and if it still fails, the registration information regarding the content receiving device 200 in the device information registration circuit 108 is deleted (step 1506).
Then, when the time authentication has been completed for all the registered content receiving apparatuses 200 (step 1508), the apparatus waits for communication from the apparatus on the network and an authentication request (step 1308).

Here, in steps 1501 and 1502, the address information registered in the device information registration circuit 108 is compared with the device information unique to the device present on the network, and the address information and the device information unique to the device exist. However, for a device that does not exist on the network, the address information and device-specific device information can be deleted at that time.
In steps 1505 and 1506, the timer circuit 107 is started after successful time authentication, but may be performed after step 1508.

  From the above, when the power or network of the content transmission device 100 is disconnected or is in a standby state, and when the power is turned on again or connected to the network, time authentication is performed on the registered content reception device 200. Therefore, it is possible to update the registration information to the contents considering the latest network configuration.

Next, FIG. 16 shows an example of a procedure executed on the content transmission device 100 side when the content transmission device 100 performs scheduled recording on the content transmission device 200.
First, before starting the scheduled recording, the content transmission device 100 identifies the content reception device 200 that is the content transmission destination (step 1600), and the address information of the content reception device 200 and device-specific device information are the device information. It is determined whether or not it is registered in the registration circuit 108 (step 1601). As a result, if it has already been registered, time authentication is performed on the content receiving apparatus 200 using the timer circuit 107 (step 1602), and the result is determined (step 1603).

  If the time authentication is successful, the counter setting value 1201 is set to the current counter value 1202 in the management information 1200 managed by the device information check unit 1804 (Count = CountMax) (step 1604), and the same as described above. The timer circuit 107 is started (step 1605). Thereafter, when a content request is received from the content receiving device 200, transmission of the content is started (step 1606).

  Here, if the content receiving device 200 is not registered in step 1601, an authentication request from the content receiving device 200 is awaited (step 1307). Here, the series of procedures described above is performed when the type of content being transmitted by the content transmitting apparatus 100 changes in addition to reserved viewing and reservation execution (for example, when switching broadcast programs, selecting channels, changing stored programs) It is possible to carry out the same procedure at the same time. In addition, the operation state of the content receiving device 200 is constantly monitored, and the same procedure is performed when the presence of the content receiving device 200 whose power source or network has been disconnected is detected again or when the recording state is detected. It is possible.

  From the above, by performing time authentication with the content receiving apparatus 200 in advance before executing reservation viewing or reservation recording, and returning the current counter value 1202 (Count) to the counter setting value (CountMax), It is possible to avoid time authentication from being performed as much as possible during reserved viewing or reserved recording, and it is possible to avoid a situation in which registration information related to the content receiving apparatus 200 is deleted or content transmission is interrupted.

Embodiment 7 of the present invention will be described below.
In the seventh embodiment of the present invention, a method of updating the counter value (Count) managed by the device information check unit 1804 of the content transmitting apparatus 100 from the content receiving apparatus 200 side at an arbitrary timing will be described.
FIG. 17 shows an example of a procedure for performing time authentication between the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the content receiving apparatus 200. The left side represents the content transmitting apparatus 100 and the right side represents the content receiving apparatus 200, and the time (T3) shown in FIG. 6 is used for a predetermined value in the time authentication.

As described above, when an authentication request is issued from the content reception device 200 to the content transmission device 100, a series of authentication processes starts. If the time authentication is successful and the content transmission apparatus 100 succeeds, the content transmission apparatus 100 registers the address information related to the content reception apparatus 200 and the apparatus information unique to the apparatus in the apparatus information registration circuit 108, and the apparatus information check unit 1804 Similarly, the counter setting value (CountMax) is set to the current counter value (Count), the timer circuit 107 is started, and a request reception waiting state from the content receiving device 200 or another device on the network is set. Become.
Here, in this embodiment, when the content transmission device 100 reaches the current counter value Count = 0, the information related to the content reception device 200 registered in the device information registration circuit 108 is deleted.

  Under such circumstances, when the content receiving apparatus 200 creates a transmission request for content 1 and transmits it to the content transmitting apparatus 100, the content transmitting apparatus 100 encrypts and transmits the content 1 . After the reception of the content 1 is completed, if the content reception device 200 further wants to receive the content 2, it creates a time authentication execution request and transmits it to the content transmission device 100. The content transmitting apparatus 100 that has received the request performs time authentication using the timer circuit 107, and if successful, sets the current counter value (Count) to the counter setting value (CountMax) again. Thereafter, the content receiving apparatus 200 creates a transmission request for the content 2 and transmits it to the content transmitting apparatus 100.

In the above, the content receiving apparatus 200 transmits a request for execution of time authentication between the reception of the content 1 and the reception of the content 2. However, the content reception device 200 periodically or / at any arbitrary timing (for example, reserved viewing / reserved recording) It is also possible to do this before, when the power is turned on.
There is also a method in which the content receiving apparatus 200 inquires the content transmitting apparatus 100 about the current counter value (Count), and transmits a time authentication execution request when the counter value falls below a predetermined threshold value.

  From the above, when the content receiving device 200 transmits a time authentication execution request to the content transmitting device 100 and executes the time authentication, the registration information regarding the receiving device 200 on the content transmitting device 100 side is not deleted. It becomes possible to control.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the content transmission apparatus authenticates the content reception apparatus in response to the authentication request, and registers the address information of the content reception apparatus and the unique information of the device, thereby using a wired or wireless LAN. A content transmission device capable of performing copy protection to prevent unauthorized duplication of content during content transmission, and restricting the legitimate viewing and creation of content to a range of personal use; Although it has been explained that a receiving device can be provided, the content receiving device authenticates the content transmitting device and registers the address information of the content transmitting device and the unique information of the device, so that the same effect as described above can be obtained. Needless to say.

Further, in the above description, the target to be transmitted via the network is the content such as video information, and the content transmitting device and the receiving device for transmitting and receiving the content have been described, but the same applies to other types of information other than the video information, It goes without saying that the present invention can also be implemented for an information processing apparatus that inputs and outputs such information.
Furthermore, registration contents such as the address information and device specific information can be dynamically managed by performing time authentication between the content transmitting device and the content receiving device periodically or appropriately.

  The above embodiment discloses the following.
(1)
  When content is transmitted to a content receiving device connected via a network, the authentication request from the content receiving device is received and authentication for the authentication request is determined, and the content receiving device is authenticated itself An authentication means issuing the request;
  Timer means for measuring the time until an authentication request or a time confirmation request is transmitted to the content receiving device and a response to the request is received;
  Device information management means for registering and managing device information of the content receiving device;
  When the measurement result of the timer means does not exceed a predetermined value, the device information management unit registers address information of the content receiving device and device specific device information, and registers the content receiving device with respect to the registered content receiving device. A content transmission apparatus characterized in that time measurement is performed by the timer means as necessary, and the registered content is controlled according to the measurement result.
(2)
  Network communication processing means for transmitting and receiving data via a network;
  Transmission content generation means for supplying the network communication means with content to be transmitted to a content reception device connected via the network;
  An authentication unit that receives an authentication request from the content receiving device and determines authentication for the authentication request, and issues an authentication request to the content receiving device;
  Encryption means for generating key information based on information obtained by executing authentication processing by the authentication means, and performing encryption processing of content to be transmitted to the content receiving device using the key information;
  Timer means for transmitting an authentication request or a time confirmation request to the content receiving device and measuring a time until receiving a response to the request;
  Device information management means for registering and managing device information of the content receiving device;
  The device information management means registers the address information of the content receiving device and device-specific device information stored in advance when the device is manufactured when the measurement result of the measurement result of the timer means does not exceed a predetermined value. Then, the content transmitting apparatus is characterized in that time measurement is performed by the timer unit as necessary for the registered content receiving apparatus, and the registered content is controlled according to the measurement result.
(3)
  When a content reception request is received from the content receiving device, the address information registered in the device information management means and device-specific device information match the address information of the content receiving device and the device-specific device information. The content transmitting device according to any one of (1) and (2), wherein content is transmitted to the content receiving device without measuring time by the timer means.
(4)
  Time measurement by the timer unit is performed on the content receiving device registered in the device information management unit, and when the measurement result of the timer unit exceeds a predetermined value, the registered in the device information management unit The content transmission device according to any one of (1) and (2), wherein address information relating to the content reception device and device-specific device information are deleted.
(5)
  For the content receiving device registered in the device information management means, the timer means is used to measure the time every predetermined time or every predetermined number of content packets, and according to the measurement result of the timer means The content transmitting apparatus according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the content registered in the device information management means is updated.
(6)
  The content receiving device registered in the device information management unit measures time using the timer unit when the power is turned on, when the system is started up, or when connected to the network, and the device is set according to the measurement result of the timer unit. The content transmitting apparatus according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the content registered in the information management means is updated.
(7)
  For the content receiving device registered in the device information management means, the time is measured using the timer means when the content reservation is executed or when the content changes, and the timer means measures the time. The content transmitting apparatus according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the content registered in the device information management means is updated according to the result.
(8)
  Network communication processing means for transmitting and receiving data via a network;
  Content reception processing means for receiving content received from the content transmission apparatus connected via the network from the network communication means;
  An authentication unit that issues and sends an authentication request to the content transmission device, and performs authentication determination for the authentication request from the content transmission device;
  Decryption means for generating key information based on information obtained by executing authentication processing by the authentication means, and performing decryption processing of content received from the content transmission device using the key information;
  Responding to the time confirmation request transmitted from the content transmission device, the time until the response is measured in the content transmission device, and the time from the content transmission device to the content transmission device as necessary A content receiving apparatus comprising: requesting transmission of a confirmation request.
(9)
  In response to the time confirmation request transmitted from the content transmission device, when the time until the response is measured in the content transmission device, and the measurement result does not exceed a predetermined value, its own address information and device specific Device information is registered in the content transmission device,
  Requesting the content transmission device to transmit a time confirmation request, responding to the time confirmation request transmitted from the content transmission device, measuring the time until the response in the content transmission device, and the measurement result The content receiving apparatus according to (8), wherein the registered content is updated in accordance with.
(10)
  A content transmission method in a content transmission device for transmitting content to a content reception device connected via a network,
  When transmitting content to the content receiving device, receiving an authentication request from the content receiving device, determining authentication for the authentication request, and issuing an authentication request to the content receiving device; ,
  A step of transmitting an authentication request or a time confirmation request to the content receiving device and measuring a time until receiving a response to the request;
  Registering and managing device information of the content receiving device;
  When registering and managing the device information, when the measurement result in the step of measuring the time does not exceed a predetermined value, registering the address information of the content receiving device and device-specific device information;
  A content transmission method comprising: a step of measuring the time as necessary for the registered content receiving device, and a step of controlling the registered content according to the measured result of measurement. .

  When content is transmitted using a wired or wireless LAN in the house, copy protection can be implemented to prevent unauthorized duplication of the content. It is possible to provide a content transmission device and a reception device that can be limited to a range.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100, 500 ... Content transmission apparatus 101, 501 ... Content transmission circuit 102, 502 ... Encryption circuit 103, 503 ... Network communication processing circuit 104, 504 ... Authentication circuit 105, 505 ... Non-volatile memory 106, 506 ... Key generation circuit 107, 507 ... Timer circuits 108 and 508 ... Device information registration circuits 200 and 600 ... Content reception devices 201 and 601 ... Content reception circuits 202 and 602 ... Encryption circuits 203 and 603 ... Network communication processing circuits 204 and 604 ... Authentication circuits 205 and 605 ... Non-volatile memories 206 and 606 ... Key generation circuits 207 and 607 ... Timer circuits 208 and 608 ... Device information registration circuit 300 ... Hub 400 ... Router 700 ... Wireless access point 800 ... PDA
900 ... Display

Claims (1)

When content is transmitted to a content receiving device connected via a network, the authentication request from the content receiving device is received and authentication for the authentication request is determined, and the content receiving device is authenticated itself An authentication means issuing the request;
Timer means for measuring the time until an authentication request or a time confirmation request is transmitted to the content receiving device and a response to the request is received;
Device information management means for registering and managing device information of the content receiving device;
When the measurement result of the timer means does not exceed a predetermined value, the device information management unit registers address information of the content receiving device and device specific device information, and registers the content receiving device with respect to the registered content receiving device. A content transmission apparatus characterized in that time measurement is performed by the timer means as necessary, and the registered content is controlled according to the measurement result.

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