Copy protection apparatus and information recording medium used in this copy protection apparatus

• US 6,438,692 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2001
• Issued: 08/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Endoh, Kenjiro, Kato, Taku, Yamada, Hisashi, Kato, Takehisa, Endoh, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Barron, Gilberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): JACK, TODD M
• Application Number:
  US09/934,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20020003880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: 713/176, 380/210, 380/201, 380/203
• US Class Current: 713/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0021 Image watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2201/0064 for copy protection or copy management, e.g. CGMS, copy only once, one-time copy
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0021 involving encryption or decryption of contents recorded on or reproduced from a record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00253 wherein the key is stored on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00884 involving a watermark, i.e. a barely perceptible transformation of the original data which can nevertheless be recognised by an algorithm

Abstract

This invention protects the unauthorized copy of multimedia data, recorded on an information recording medium, by using electronic watermark information and key information. The electronic watermark information embedded in the multimedia data is extracted by an electronic watermark extraction unit on the decryption system side. A disk key is obtained using the electronic watermark information and a part master key. The multimedia data is decrypted using the resultant disk key.

Claims

1. A computer program product for operating a computer, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

encrypted disk key data encrypted using a disk key itself for a purpose of authentication;

disk key data encrypted using a master key;

multimedia data in which electronic watermark information serving as some of the master keys is embedded; and

multimedia data encrypted using the disk key,

wherein each of said data is recorded on said medium in executable form and is loadable into the computer for execution by the processor.

2. A computer program product for operating a computer, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

encrypted disk key data encrypted using a disk key itself for a purpose of authentication;

disk key data encrypted using a master key;

multimedia data which is encrypted using the disk key and in which electronic watermark information serving as some of the master keys is embedded; and

multimedia data encrypted using the disk key and the watermark information,

wherein each of said data is recorded on said medium in executable form and is loadable into the computer for execution by the processor.

3. A computer program product for operating a computer, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

encrypted disk key data encrypted using a disk key itself for a purpose of authentication;

disk key data encrypted using a master key;

multimedia data which is encrypted using the master key and in which electronic watermark information serving as some of the master keys is embedded; and

multimedia data which is encrypted by the disk key and on which the electronic watermark information is superposed,

wherein each of said data is recorded on said medium in executable form and is loadable into the computer for execution by the processor.

4. A method of recording audio data and key information on a recording medium, comprising:

embedding an electronic watermark which is a part of master keys in a part of the audio data;

recording the part of the audio data in which the electronic watermark is embedded on the recording medium;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark is not embedded by using a disk key;

recording the encrypted audio data in which the electronic watermark is not embedded on the recording medium; and

recording the disk key being encrypted by master keys and the disk key being encrypted by itself on the recording medium, wherein the disk key is encrypted by itself for a purpose of authentication.

5. A method of recording audio data and key information on a recording medium, comprising:

embedding an electronic watermark for generating an encryption key in audio data;

generating the encryption key based on a disk key and the electronic watermark;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is embedded by a disk key;

recording the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is embedded on a recording medium and which is encrypted by the disk key;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is not embedded by the generated encryption key;

recording the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is not embedded and which is encrypted by the encryption key on the recording medium; and

recording the disk key being encrypted by master keys and the disk key being encrypted by itself on the recording medium, wherein the disk key is encrypted by itself for a purpose of authentication.

6. A method of recording audio data and key information on a recording medium, comprising:

embedding an electronic watermark to be superposed on subsequent audio data in the audio data;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark to be superposed on subsequent data is embedded by a disk key;

superposing the electronic watermark on the subsequent audio data;

encrypting the subsequent audio data on which the electronic watermark is superposed by the disk key;

recording the subsequent audio data on which the electronic watermark is superposed and which is encrypted by the disk key; and

recording the disk key being encrypted by the master keys and the disk key being encrypted by itself on the recording medium, wherein the disk key is encrypted by itself for a purpose of authentication.

7. A method of producing a recording medium on which audio data and key information are recorded, comprising:

embedding an electronic watermark which is a part of master keys in a part of the audio data;

recording the part of the audio data in which the electronic watermark is embedded on the recording medium;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark is not embedded by using a disk key;

recording the encrypted audio data in which the electronic watermark is not embedded on the recording medium; and

recording the disk key being encrypted by master keys and the disk key being encrypted by itself on the recording medium, wherein the disk key is encrypted by itself for a purpose of authentication.

8. A method of producing a recording medium on which audio data and key information are recorded, comprising:

embedding an electronic watermark for generating an encryption key in audio data;

generating the encryption key based on a disk key and the electronic watermark;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is embedded by a disk key;

recording the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is embedded on a recording medium and which is encrypted by the disk key;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is not embedded by the generated encryption key;

recording the audio data in which the electronic watermark for generating the encryption key is not embedded and which is encrypted by the encryption key on the recording medium; and

recording the disk key being encrypted by master keys and the disk key being encrypted by itself on the recording medium, wherein the disk key is encrypted by itself for a purpose of authentication.

9. A method of producing a recording medium on which audio data and key information are recorded, comprising:

embedding an electronic watermark to be superposed on subsequent audio data in the audio data;

encrypting the audio data in which the electronic watermark to be superposed on subsequent data is embedded by a disk key;

superposing the electronic watermark on the subsequent audio data;

encrypting the subsequent audio data on which the electronic watermark is superposed by the disk key;

recording the subsequent audio data on which the electronic watermark is superposed and which is encrypted by the disk key; and

recording the disk key being encrypted by master keys and the disk key being encrypted by itself on the recording medium, wherein the disk key is encrypted by itself for a purpose of authentication.