Recording Apparatus and Recording Medium

• US 20080260157A1
• Filed: 07/28/2006
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamauchi, Kenichiro
• Application Number:
  US11/663,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20080260157A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/277
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0822 using key encryption key
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/14 using a plurality of keys or algorithms

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes an encryption/decryption section for encrypting first and second contents obtained from the same content, using first and second keys, respectively, and outputting the results as first and second encrypted contents, respectively, and a recording medium. The encryption/decryption section encrypts the first and second keys using the second and first keys, respectively, and outputs the results as first and second encrypted keys, respectively, to the recording medium. The recording medium records the first and second encrypted contents and the first and second encrypted keys.

Claims

1. A recording apparatus comprises:

an encryption/decryption section for encrypting first and second contents obtained from the same content, using first and second keys, respectively, and outputting the results as first and second encrypted contents, respectively; and

a recording medium,

wherein the encryption/decryption section encrypts the first and second keys using the second and first keys, respectively, and outputs the results as first and second encrypted keys, respectively, to the recording medium, and

the recording medium records the first and second encrypted contents and the first and second encrypted keys.

2. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the encryption/decryption section moves or copies the second encrypted content recorded in the recording medium to another recording medium without decryption or encryption, and decrypts the second encrypted key to obtain the second key, encrypts the second key using a key different from the key used when obtaining the second encrypted key, or using a method different from a method used when obtaining the second encrypted key, and moves the result to the other recording medium.

3. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the encryption/decryption section moves the second encrypted content recorded in the recording medium to another recording medium, and decrypts the second encrypted key and moves the result to the other recording medium.

4. The recording apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the encryption/decryption section, when moving the second encrypted content to the other recording medium, moves the first encrypted content and the first encrypted key to the other recording medium without decryption.

5. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the first encrypted key has an encrypted region and a non-encrypted region.

6. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the encryption/decryption section encrypts the second content using a plurality of keys as the second key, sequentially one by one, to obtain the second encrypted content, and encrypts the first key using one of the plurality of keys as the second key to obtain the first encrypted key.

7. The recording apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the encryption/decryption section obtains a restoration key for generating the key which has been used to obtain the first encrypted key, from another key of the plurality of keys as the second key, and records the restoration key into the recording medium.

8. The recording apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the encryption/decryption section encrypts the restoration key using a part of the first key, and records the result into the recording medium.

9. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the encryption/decryption section performs an operation between the first key and copy control information to obtain the first encrypted key.

10. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the encryption/decryption section performs an operation between the part of the second key and copy control information, and performs encryption using the result to obtain the first encrypted key.

11. The recording apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the encryption/decryption section encrypts a partial region of the first key using a region of the first key other than the partial region to obtain the first encrypted key, and

the encryption/decryption section encrypts the second key using the partial region of the first key to obtain the second encrypted key.

12. A recording medium, wherein

first and second encrypted contents obtained by encrypting first and second contents obtained from the same content, using first and second keys, respectively, and first and second encrypted keys obtained by encrypting the first and second keys, respectively, are recorded, and

the first encrypted key is obtained by encrypting the first key using a part of the second key.

13. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein

the first encrypted key has an encrypted region and a non-encrypted region.

14. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein

the second encrypted content is obtained by encrypting the second content using a plurality of keys as the second key, sequentially one by one, and

the first encrypted key is obtained by encryption using one of the plurality of keys as the second key.

15. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein

a restoration key is further recorded for generating the key which has been used to obtain the first encrypted key, from another key of the plurality of keys as the second key.

16. The recording medium of claim 15, wherein

the restoration key is encrypted using a part of the first key.

17. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein

the first encrypted key is obtained by performing an operation between the first key and copy control information.

18. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein

the first encrypted key is obtained by encryption using a result from performing an operation between the part of the second key and copy control information.

19. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein

the first encrypted key is obtained by encrypting a partial region of the first key using a region of the first key other than the partial region, and

the second encrypted key is obtained by encrypting the second key using the partial region of the first key.