METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCRYPTING OR DECRYPTING WMV STREAMING MEDIA

• US 20080063195A1
• Filed: 09/19/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Yaohui
• Application Number:
  US11/857,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20080063195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 1/00 Secret communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/20 Manipulating the length of blocks of bits, e.g. padding or block truncation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/603 Digital right managament [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0457 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply dynamic encryption, e.g. stream encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for stream encryption H04L9/065
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/00 Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols

Abstract

Methods for encrypting or decrypting WMV streaming media are disclosed. The encrypting includes: acquiring WMV streaming media, generating a content key; and encrypting the WMV streaming media using the content key; the decrypting includes: acquiring WMV streaming media encrypted, encryption information and a content key; and decrypting the WMV streaming media encrypted according to the encryption information and the content key. Devices for encrypting or decrypting WMV streaming media are also disclosed. The scheme of encrypting or decrypting the WMV streaming media is enabled in a DRM system based on Open Mobile Alliance specifications and Internet Stream Media Alliance specifications, thus richly diversifying the content providers'"'"' choices on the media formats of on-demand streaming media.

Claims

1. A method for encrypting Window Media Video (WMV) streaming media, comprising:

acquiring WMV streaming media;

generating a content key; and

encrypting the WMV streaming media using the content key.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the WMV streaming media is WMV on-demand streaming media and is carried in an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the acquiring the WMV on-demand streaming media comprises:

receiving, from a content management system, a name and location of the ASF file with the WMV on-demand streaming media; and

acquiring the ASF file with the WMV on-demand streaming media from a program source according to the name and location of the ASF file.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the encrypting the WMV on-demand streaming media comprises:

parsing each Packet in a Data Object of the ASF file respectively, and

encrypting Payload data with WMV on-demand streaming media in each Packet using the content key respectively according to the parsing result.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the encrypting the WMV on-demand streaming media comprises:

selecting a Packet with Payload data not encrypted from Packets in the Data Object of the ASF file;

parsing a Multiple Payloads Present segment within Payload Parsing Information of the Packet selected;

generating an initial vector (IV), and encrypting the one data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media in the Payload Data of the Packet selected using the IV and the content key, if the value of the Multiple Payloads Present segment parsed is Single Payload data;

generating a plurality of IVs according to the number of data packets with WMV on-demand streaming media in the Payload Data of the Packet selected, and encrypting each of a plurality of data packets with WMV on-demand streaming media respectively using one of the plurality of IVs and the content key, if the value of the Multiple Payloads Present segment parsed is Multiple Payload data.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

carrying encryption information for the one data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media in the Padding Data segment in the Packet selected, if the value of the Multiple Payloads Present segment parsed is Single Payload data;

carrying encryption information for each of the plurality of data packets with WMV on-demand streaming media respectively in each Padding Data segment following each of the plurality of data packets, if the value of the Multiple Payloads Present segment parsed is Multiple Payload data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the encryption information comprises:

the IV for encrypting the data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the encryption information further comprises:

an encryption identifier and key indication information.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the carrying the encryption information in the Padding Data segment comprises:

carrying the encryption information at the end of the Padding Data segment.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending the content key to a rights issuer;

carrying a rights issuer identifier in Header Object of the ASF file, and sending the ASF file to a media server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein multiple content keys are generated and sent to the rights issuer;

the method further comprises;

carrying key indication information in the Header Object of the ASF file.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring the WMV streaming media comprises:

acquiring an NSC file from a program source according to information for the NSC file; and

acquiring WMV live streaming media according to the IP address and port information of the WMV live streaming media in the NSC file; and

the encrypting the WMV streaming media comprises;

encrypting the WMV live streaming media.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending the NSC file carrying encryption information to a media server.

14. A method for decrypting Window Media Video (WMV) streaming media, comprising:

acquiring WMV streaming media encrypted, encryption information and a content key; and

decrypting the WMV streaming media encrypted according to the encryption information and the content key.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the acquiring the WMV streaming media encrypted, the encryption information and the content key comprises:

acquiring a rights issuer identifier carried in an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file from a media server;

acquiring the content key from a rights issuer according to the rights issuer identifier;

receiving from the media server a plurality of Real Time Protocol (RTP) messages, each of the plurality of RTP messages carrying an encrypted data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media in the ASF file and the encryption information; and

the decrypting the WMV streaming media encrypted according to the encryption information and the content key comprises;

decrypting the encrypted data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media in each of the plurality of RTP messages according to the encryption information included in each of the plurality of RTP messages and the content key.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending a media content request for the WMV on-demand streaming media to the media server before acquiring the rights issuer identifier carried in the ASF file.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the acquiring the rights issuer identifier carried in the ASF file comprises:

receiving a Header Object including rights issuer identifier in the ASF file; and

parsing the Header Object received to acquire the rights issuer identifier.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the decrypting the encrypted data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media comprises:

parsing Padding Data in each of the plurality of RTP messages to acquire the IV;

decrypting Payload data in each of the plurality of RTP messages according to the content key received and the IV acquired.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the ASF further carries key indication information;

the method further comprising;

selecting the content key from the multiple content keys according to the key indication information, if multiple content keys are acquired from the rights issuer.

20. The method of claim 14, the acquiring the WMV streaming media encrypted, the encryption information and the content key comprises:

acquiring an NSC file and the WMV live streaming media encrypted;

parsing the NSC file to acquire the encryption information;

acquiring the content key from a rights issuer according to a rights issuer identifier included in the encryption information;

the decrypting the WMV streaming media encrypted according to the encryption information and the content key comprises;

determining a decryption key based on the content key according to key indication information in the encryption information; and

decrypting the WMV live streaming media according to a decryption algorithm in the encryption information and the decryption key.

21. An encryptor, comprising:

a transceiver unit, configured to receive an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file with WMV on-demand streaming media;

a key generation unit, configured to generate a content key; and

an encryption execution unit, configured to encrypt the Window Media Video (WMV) on-demand streaming media in the ASF file received by the transceiver unit using the content key generated by the key generation unit.

22. The encryptor of claim 21, wherein the encryption execution unit parses each Packet in the Data Object in the ASF file received by the transceiver unit, and respectively encrypts, according to the parsing result, the Payload data with WMV on-demand streaming media in each Packet using the content key generated by the key generation unit.

23. A device for decrypting Window Media Video (WMV) streaming media, comprising:

a unit for acquiring a rights issuer identifier carried in an Advanced Systems Format (ASF);

a unit for acquiring a Real Time Protocol (RTP) message carrying an encrypted data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media in the ASF file and encryption information;

a unit for acquiring a content key from a rights issuer according to the rights issuer identifier; and

a unit for decrypting the encrypted data packet with WMV on-demand streaming media carried in the RTP message according to the content key and the encryption information.

24. A device for encrypting Window Media Video (WMV) streaming media, comprising:

a first unit for acquiring WMV streaming media;

a second unit for generating a content key; and

a third unit for encrypting the WMV streaming media using the content key.

25. The device of claim 24, wherein the first unit comprises:

a unit for acquiring an NSC file from a program source according to information for the NSC file; and

a unit for acquiring WMV live streaming media according to the IP address and port information of the WMV live streaming media in the NSC file;

wherein the third unit encrypts the WMV live streaming media using the content key.

26. A device for decrypting Window Media Video (WMV) streaming media, comprising:

a first unit for acquiring WMV streaming media encrypted, encryption information and a content key; and

a second unit for decrypting the WMV streaming media encrypted according to the encryption information and the content key.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the first unit comprises:

a unit for acquiring an NSC file and the WMV live streaming media encrypted;

a unit for parsing the NSC file to acquire the encryption information; and

a unit for acquiring the content key from a rights issuer according to a rights issuer identifier included in the encryption information;

the second unit comprises;

a unit for determining a decryption key based on the content key according to key indication information in the encryption information; and

a unit for decrypting the WMV live streaming media according to a decryption algorithm in the encryption information and the decryption key.