Content protection system using biometric authentication
First Claim
1. A device for secured distribution of multi-media content in a content protection system, comprising:
- communication circuitry to at least transmit authentication data to, and receive multi-media content from, a multi-media content provider, wherein the multi-media content consists of video multi-media content and/or audio multi-media content;
biometric identification circuitry to sense biometric data from a user of the device;
content delivery circuitry to;
cause the biometric identification circuitry to sense the biometric data from the user in response to a request to retrieve the multi-media content from the multi-media content provider;
generate the authentication data based on the biometric data;
cause the communication circuitry to transmit the authentication data to the multi-media content provider to authenticate an account for the user with the multi-media content provider to enable receipt of the multi-media content by the device from the multi-media content provider, wherein the account for the user is created from a second device; and
receive the multi-media content from the multi-media content provider via the communication circuitry based on authentication of the account, in response to transmission and verification of the biometric data, to reduce a likelihood of unauthorized distribution of the multi-media content and to enable digital rights management of the multi-media content; and
system circuitry to provide a trusted execution environment to protect against unauthorized access to the biometric data,wherein the content delivery circuitry comprises at least one application verified as safe by the trusted execution environment in the device, the trusted execution environment including at least a secure memory space accessible to only applications verified as safe by the trusted execution environment, wherein the trusted execution environment includes a hardware-encrypted computation and storage area within memory circuitry.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a content protection system using biometric authentication. In general, a user may be authenticated using sensed biometric data prior to receiving content from a content provider. An example device may comprise a biometric identification (BI) module and a content delivery (CD) module. The CD module may cause the BI module to sense biometric data from a user of the device. Authentication data may be generated based on the biometric data. In one embodiment, the authentication data may comprise a key generated from the biometric data. The authentication data may then be sent to the content provider, and upon authentication, the content provider may deliver the content to the device. The CD module may also be able to register new users with the content provider and/or allow users to purchase content not already licensed to the user.
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23 Claims
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1. A device for secured distribution of multi-media content in a content protection system, comprising:
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communication circuitry to at least transmit authentication data to, and receive multi-media content from, a multi-media content provider, wherein the multi-media content consists of video multi-media content and/or audio multi-media content; biometric identification circuitry to sense biometric data from a user of the device; content delivery circuitry to; cause the biometric identification circuitry to sense the biometric data from the user in response to a request to retrieve the multi-media content from the multi-media content provider; generate the authentication data based on the biometric data; cause the communication circuitry to transmit the authentication data to the multi-media content provider to authenticate an account for the user with the multi-media content provider to enable receipt of the multi-media content by the device from the multi-media content provider, wherein the account for the user is created from a second device; and receive the multi-media content from the multi-media content provider via the communication circuitry based on authentication of the account, in response to transmission and verification of the biometric data, to reduce a likelihood of unauthorized distribution of the multi-media content and to enable digital rights management of the multi-media content; and system circuitry to provide a trusted execution environment to protect against unauthorized access to the biometric data, wherein the content delivery circuitry comprises at least one application verified as safe by the trusted execution environment in the device, the trusted execution environment including at least a secure memory space accessible to only applications verified as safe by the trusted execution environment, wherein the trusted execution environment includes a hardware-encrypted computation and storage area within memory circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for securing distribution of multi-media content from a multi-media content provider to a plurality of devices, comprising:
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causing biometric data to be sensed from a user by a device in response to a request to retrieve multi-media content from a multi-media content provider, wherein the multi-media content consists of video multi-media content and/or audio multi-media content; generating authentication data based on the biometric data; causing the authentication data to be transmitted from the device to the multi-media content provider to authenticate an account for the user with the multi-media content provider to enable receipt of the multi-media content by the device from the multi-media content provider, wherein the account for the user is initiated from a second device; receiving the multi-media content at the device from the multi-media content provider based on authentication of the account, in response to transmission and verification of the biometric data, to reduce a likelihood of unauthorized distribution of the multi-media content and to enable digital rights management of the multi-media content; providing a trusted execution environment to protect against unauthorized access to the biometric data; and verifying at least one application as safe by the trusted execution environment, wherein the trusted execution environment includes at least a secure memory space accessible to applications verified as safe by the trusted execution environment, wherein the trusted execution environment includes a hardware-encrypted computation and storage area within memory circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations for securing distribution of multi-media content from a multi-media content provider to a plurality of devices, comprising:
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causing biometric data to be sensed from a user by a device in response to a request to retrieve multi-media content from a multi-media content provider, wherein the multi-media content consists of video multi-media content and/or audio multi-media content; generating authentication data based on the biometric data; causing the authentication data to be transmitted from the device to the multi-media content provider to authenticate an account for the user with the multi-media content provider to enable receipt of the multi-media content by the device from the multi-media content provider, wherein the account for the user is initiated from a second device; receiving the multi-media content at the device from the multi-media content provider based on authentication of the account, in response to transmission and verification of the biometric data, to reduce a likelihood of unauthorized distribution of the multi-media content and to enable digital rights management of the multi-media content; providing a trusted execution environment to protect against unauthorized access to the biometric data; and verifying at least one application as safe by the trusted execution environment, wherein the trusted execution environment includes at least a secure memory space accessible to applications verified as safe by the trusted execution environment, wherein the trusted execution environment includes a hardware-encrypted computation and storage area within memory circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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