Broadcasting server system for protecting and managing digital broadcasting contents and an operation method thereof

• US 20040111740A1
• Filed: 11/26/2003
• Published: 06/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Seok, Jong-Won, Lee, HyeJoo, Hong, Jin-Woo, Choi, Bum-Suk
• Application Number:
  US10/724,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20040111740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23608 Remultiplexing multiplex streams, e.g. involving modifying time stamps or remapping the packet identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26606 for generating or managing entitlement messages, e.g. Entitlement Control Message [ECM] or Entitlement Management Message [EMM] arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services H04H60/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26613 for generating or managing keys in general key distribution for secret or secure communication involving central third party, e.g. key distribution center [KDC] or trusted third party [TTP] H04L9/083; network support of key management H04L63/06; key management for network security in communication control or processing H04W12/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/1675 Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58

Abstract

Provided is a broadcasting server system that can have many protection and management tools applied thereto, other than conventional access control tools and supplies information on the applied protection and management tools, information on the control over the use of the contents, and information on the purchase of the contents, an operation method thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a program that implements the method. The broadcasting server system includes: a control unit for generating access control information and a control word based on subscriber information; an additional data generation unit; a watermarking unit; a media encoding unit; an encrypting unit; a multiplexing unit; a re-multiplexing unit; and a scrambling unit.

Claims

1. A broadcasting server system for protecting and managing digital broadcasting contents, comprising:

a control means for generating access control information and a control word based on subscriber information, the access control information including CAT, entitlement control message (ECM) and entitlement management message (EMM);

an additional data generation means for generating additional data including use control metadata, tool information metadata, and content purchase information metadata to protect and manage the digital broadcasting contents;

a watermarking means for receiving an identification of a broadcasting content, which is referred to as a content ID, and the use control metadata, and watermarking an audio/video (A/V) media signal by using the content ID and the use control metadata as watermarks, the use control metadata including copy control information (CCI), broadcasting flag (BF) and retention information (RI);

a media encoding means for compressing the watermarked A/V media signal;

an encrypting means for encrypting the compressed A/V media signal;

a multiplexing means for receiving and multiplexing the compressed and encrypted A/V media signal to thereby output a media transport stream;

a re-multiplexing means for receiving and re-multiplexing the media transport stream, the additional data and the access control information to thereby output a re-multiplexed signal; and

a scrambling means for scrambling the re-multiplexed signal by using the control word.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a purchase result management means for managing broadcasting content purchase result of a user; and

a monitoring result management means for managing broadcasting content monitoring result.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the content ID is abstracted and used for determining whether a content is an unlawful broadcasting content when the broadcasting content is distributed unlawfully, or the content ID is abstracted and used for determining whether a content that are broadcasted currently is authentic or not after monitoring.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the use control metadata include the CCI, the BF and the RI, determines from the CCI whether a broadcasting content can be copied, identifies from the BF whether the content is a broadcasting content, and indicates in the RI how long the broadcasting content can be retained being stored in a hard disk of the receiver.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the tool information metadata include:

protection and management tool information on the protection and management tools used for protecting and managing the broadcasting content;

decrypting information needed for decrypting the broadcasting content to which the protection and management tools are applied, the decrypting information including watermarking information and encrypted transport stream information;

location information on locations to which the protection and management tools should be applied;

replaceable tool information on kinds of tools that can be replaced; and

tools.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the content purchase information metadata include purchase conditions used when the user purchases the broadcasting content, and a list of contents that can be purchased.

7. A method for operating a broadcasting server system for protecting and managing digital broadcasting contents, the method comprising the steps of:

a) generating access control information and a control word based on subscriber information, the access control information including CAT, entitlement control message (ECM) and entitlement management message (EMM);

b) generating additional data including use control metadata, tool information metadata and content purchase information metadata to protect and manage the digital broadcasting contents;

c) receiving an identification of a broadcasting content, which is referred to as a content ID, and the use control metadata and watermarking an audio/video (A/V) media signal by using the content ID and the use control metadata as watermarks, the use control metadata including copy control information (CCI), broadcasting flag (BF) and retention information (RI);

d) compressing the watermarked A/V media signal;

e) encrypting the compressed A/V media signal;

f) receiving and multiplexing the compressed and encrypted A/V media signal to thereby output a media transport stream;

g) receiving and re-multiplexing the media transport stream, the additional data and the access control information to thereby output a re-multiplexed signal; and

h) scrambling the re-multiplexed signal by using the control word.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising a step of:

i) managing a broadcasting content purchase result of a user and managing a broadcasting content monitoring result.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the content ID is abstracted and used for determining whether a content is an unlawful broadcasting content when the broadcasting content is distributed unlawfully, or a content ID is abstracted and used for determining whether the content that are broadcasted currently is authentic or not after monitoring.

10. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the use control metadata include the CCI, the BF and the RI, determines from the CCI whether a broadcasting content can be copied, identifies from the BF whether the content is a broadcasting content, and indicates in the RI how long the broadcasting content can be retained being stored in a hard disk of the receiver.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the tool information metadata include:

protection and management tool information on the protection and management tools used for protecting and managing the broadcasting content;

decrypting information needed for decrypting the broadcasting content to which the protection and management tools are applied, the decrypting information including watermarking information and encrypted transport stream information;

location information on locations to which the protection and management tools should be applied;

replaceable tool information on kinds of tools that can be replaced; and

tools.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the content purchase information metadata include purchase conditions used when the user purchases the broadcasting content, and a list of contents that can be purchased.

13. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program that implements a method for operating a broadcasting server system that protects and manages digital broadcasting contents, comprising the steps of:

a) generating access control information and a control word based on subscriber information, the access control information including CAT, entitlement control message (ECM) and entitlement management message (EMM);

b) generating additional data including use control metadata, tool information metadata and content purchase information metadata to protect and manage the digital broadcasting contents;

c) receiving an identification of a broadcasting content, which is referred to as a content ID, and the use control metadata and watermarking an audio/video (A/V) media signal by using the content ID and the use control metadata as watermarks, the use control metadata including copy control information (CCI), broadcasting flag (BF) and retention information (RI);

d) compressing the watermarked A/V media signal;

e) encrypting the compressed A/V media signal;

f) receiving and multiplexing the compressed and encrypted A/V media signal to thereby output a media transport stream;

g) receiving and re-multiplexing the media transport stream, the additional data and the access control information to thereby output a re-multiplexed signal; and

h) scrambling the re-multiplexed signal by using the control word.