Mobile terminal, encrypted contents reproduction method and plaintext data generation method employed for the same

• US 20080034222A1
• Filed: 12/05/2006
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Torisaki, Yuishi, Fujiwara, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US11/633,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20080034222A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/193
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

A mobile terminal adapted to reproduce an encrypted contents file stored in a predetermined storage area as an alert of an incoming call includes: a storage section for holding first plaintext data corresponding to a head portion of the encrypted contents file; decryption means for decrypting the encrypted contents file to generate second plaintext data; reproduction means for reproducing the first and second plaintext data; and authentication means for performing authentication processing related to use of the encrypted contents file. The reproduction means reproduces the first plaintext data and in succession to reproduction of the first plaintext data reproduces the second plaintext data when the mobile terminal receives a call. The authentication means performs the authentication processing simultaneously and in parallel with the reproduction of the first plaintext data by the reproduction means.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal adapted to reproduce an encrypted contents file stored in a predetermined storage area as an alert of an incoming call, the mobile terminal comprising:

a storage section for holding first plaintext data corresponding to a head portion of the encrypted contents file;

decryption means for decrypting the encrypted contents file to generate second plaintext data;

reproduction means for reproducing the first and second plaintext data; and

authentication means for performing authentication processing related to use of the encrypted contents file,

wherein the reproduction means reproduces the first plaintext data and in succession to reproduction of the first plaintext data reproduces the second plaintext data when the mobile terminal receives a call, and

the authentication means performs the authentication processing simultaneously and in parallel with the reproduction of the first plaintext data by the reproduction means.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a control section for instructing the decryption means to decrypt the encrypted contents file if the authentication processing by the authentication means succeeds, and instructing the reproduction means to stop the reproduction of the first plaintext data if the authentication processing fails.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the storage section is a secure memory.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a remaining portion of the encrypted contents file excluding the head portion is stored in the predetermined storage area as the encrypted contents file.

5. A method for reproducing an encrypted contents file as an alert of an incoming call in a mobile terminal, first plaintext data corresponding to part of the encrypted contents file including a head portion thereof being held in a predetermined storage area, the encrypted contents reproduction method comprising the steps of:

(1) reproducing the first plaintext data when the mobile terminal receives a call;

(2) performing authentication processing related to use of the encrypted contents file simultaneously and in parallel with the step (1);

(3) decrypting the encrypted contents file to generate second plaintext data if the authentication processing in the step (2) succeeds; and

(4) reproducing the second plaintext data in succession to the step (1).

6. The encrypted contents reproduction method of claim 5, wherein the first plaintext data is data corresponding to a predetermined reproduction time.

7. The encrypted contents reproduction method of claim 5, wherein the first plaintext data is data having a predetermined data size.

8. The encrypted contents reproduction method of claim 5, wherein the first plaintext data is data corresponding to a predetermined number of frames.

12. A method for generating the first plaintext data, employed in the encryption contents reproduction method of claim 5, the plaintext data generation method comprising the steps of:

(1) decrypting part of the encrypted contents file including a head portion thereof; and

(2) storing data decrypted in the step (1) in the predetermined storage area as the first plaintext data.

13. The plaintext data generation method of claim 12, wherein in the step (1), in a first case that a frame break of the encrypted contents file exists within a predetermined range of reproduction time, encrypted data from the head of the encrypted contents file until the frame break is decrypted, and in a second case other than the first case, encrypted data from the head of the encrypted contents file until an upper limit of the range is decrypted, and

in the step (2), in the second case, data corresponding to a reproduction time within the range is stored in the predetermined storage area.

14. The plaintext data generation method of claim 12, wherein in the step (1), in a first case that a frame break of the encrypted contents file exists within a predetermined range of data size, encrypted data from the head of the encrypted contents file until the frame break is decrypted, and in a second case other than the first case, encrypted data from the head of the encrypted contents file until an upper limit of the range is decrypted, and

in the step (2), in the second case, data corresponding to a data size within the range is stored in the predetermined storage area.

15. The plaintext data generation method of claim 12, wherein the step (1) is executed when the encrypted contents file is determined as an alert of an incoming call.

16. The plaintext data generation method of claim 12, wherein the step (1) is executed when the encrypted contents file is stored in a predetermined storage area.

9. A method for reproducing an encrypted contents file as an alert of an incoming call in a mobile terminal, plaintext data corresponding to the encrypted contents file being stored in a secure memory, the encrypted contents reproduction method comprising the steps of:

(1) reproducing the plaintext data when the mobile terminal receives a call; and

(2) performing authentication processing related to use of the encrypted contents file simultaneously and in parallel with the step (1).

10. The encrypted contents reproduction method of claim 9, further comprising the step (3) of stopping the reproduction of the plaintext data if the authentication processing in the step (2) fails.

11. The encrypted contents reproduction method of claim 10, further comprising the step (4) of deleting the plaintext data if the authentication processing in the step (2) fails.