System, method and apparatus for secure data transmissions within an information handling system
First Claim
1. A method for securely communicating protected content signals within an information handling system, comprising:
- authenticating, by a signal source, a content receiver operable to process a protected content signal;
communicating a protected content signal from the signal source to the authenticated content receiver;
removing protection from the protected content signal;
authenticating a rendering system operable to perform at least one rendering processing operation on a received unprotected content signal;
transferring the unprotected content signal from the content receiver to the authenticated rendering system over a peer-to-peer enabled peripheral component interconnect-express (PCI-E) data channel;
encrypting a content signal processed for rendering for transmission to a display; and
transmitting the encrypted content signal to the display.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus are provided for creating a secure data path using a peer-to-peer enabled Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express (PCI-E) data communications path. In an exemplary implementation, a content receiver and rendering subsystem are provided, each aware of the other. The content receiver is operable to receive protected content from a source such as a set-top box. After authenticating the rendering subsystem as an approved content recipient, the content receiver preferably communicates decrypted content signals to the rendering subsystem via a peer-to-peer enabled PCI-E communications channel between the device systems. Once desired rendering processing operations have been performed on the decrypted content, the rendering subsystem may encrypt the rendered content before transmission to an associated display device for presentation.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for securely communicating protected content signals within an information handling system, comprising:
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authenticating, by a signal source, a content receiver operable to process a protected content signal;
communicating a protected content signal from the signal source to the authenticated content receiver;
removing protection from the protected content signal;
authenticating a rendering system operable to perform at least one rendering processing operation on a received unprotected content signal;
transferring the unprotected content signal from the content receiver to the authenticated rendering system over a peer-to-peer enabled peripheral component interconnect-express (PCI-E) data channel;
encrypting a content signal processed for rendering for transmission to a display; and
transmitting the encrypted content signal to the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information handling system, comprising:
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a peer-to-peer enabled peripheral component interconnect-express (PCI-E) data path coupling a content receiver and a rendering system; and
the content receiver operable to decrypt an encrypted content signal received from at least one content source and securely communicate the decrypted content signal to the rendering system via the peer-to-peer enabled peripheral component interconnect-express data path. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A content viewing system including at least one display and an information handling system, comprising:
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a content receiver associated with the information handling system and operable to receive a content signal from at least one content signal source;
a rendering system associated with the information handling system and operable to perform at least one rendering processing operation on a content signal received from the content receiver; and
a secure peer-to-peer enabled data path coupling the content receiver to the rendering system, the secure data path operable to communicate an unencrypted content signal from the content receiver to the rendering system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A content receiver for use in an entertainment enabled information handling system, comprising:
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a communications port operable to receive a protected content signal from at least one signal source;
a communications port operable to communicate a received content signal to a rendering system; and
the content receiver operable to perform at least one form of decryption on the protected content signal, access a peer-to-peer enabled peripheral component interconnect-express (PCI-E) data path between the content receiver and the rendering system, and communicate the decrypted content signal to the rendering system over the peer-to-peer enabled PCI-E data path. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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