INFORMATION PROCESSOR

• US 20100138934A1
• Filed: 12/01/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Minoshima, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US12/628,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138934A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/30
• 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

An information processor for controlling a storage device for storing content information, includes: a controller for receiving content information from the exterior and storing the content information in the storage device; and a generator for generating unique information that is unique to combination of the content information and the information processor through an operation of identification information of the content information and the information processor; wherein when the controller receives content information, the controller checks whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of both the information allows the content information to be stored in the storage device.

Claims

1. An information processor for controlling a storage device for storing content information, comprising:

a controller for receiving content information from the exterior and storing the content information in the storage device; and

a generator for generating unique information that is unique to combination of the content information and the information processor through an operation of identification information of the content information and the information processor;

wherein when the controller receives content information, the controller checks whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of both the information allows the content information to be stored in the storage device.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein when the controller receives content information including permission information indicative of permission of copy, the controller allows the content information to be stored in the storage device without confirmation of matching of the unique information, and when the controller receives content information including restriction information indicative of restriction of copy, the controller checks whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of matching of both the information allows the content information to be stored in the storage device.

3. The information processor of claim 1, wherein the controller stores the unique information in a nonvolatile memory.

4. A method for controlling, an information processor for storing content information in a storage device, comprising the step of:

receiving content information from the exterior;

generating unique information that is unique to combination of the content information and the information processor through an operation of identification information of the content information and the information processor; and

checking whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of both the information so as to allow the content information to be stored in the storage device after receiving the content information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

allowing the content information to be stored in the storage device without confirmation of matching of the unique information after receiving content information including permission information indicative of permission of copy; and

checking whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of matching of both the information allows the content information to be stored in the storage device after receiving content information including restriction information indicative of restriction of copy.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of storing the unique information in a nonvolatile memory.

7. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program of controlling an information processor for storing content information in a storage device, the computer program comprising the step of:

receiving content information from the exterior;

generating unique information that is unique to combination of the content information and the information processor through an operation of identification information of the content information and the information processor; and

checking whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of both the information so as to allow the content information to be stored in the storage device after receiving the content information.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, the computer program further comprising the steps of:

allowing the content information to be stored in the storage device without confirmation of matching of the unique information after receiving content information including permission information indicative of permission of copy; and

checking whether the content information includes information matching with the unique information and upon confirmation of matching of both the information allows the content information to be stored in the storage device after receiving content information including restriction information indicative of restriction of copy,.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, the computer program further comprising the steps of storing the unique information in a nonvolatile memory.