Perceptual encryption and decryption of movies

• US 7,020,284 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2001
• Issued: 03/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Patrick Oscar Boykin, Riccardo Boscolo
• Original Assignee: Patrick Oscar Boykin, Riccardo Boscolo
• Inventors: Boscolo, Riccardo, Boykin, Patrick Oscar
• Primary Examiner(s): Peeso, Thomas R.
• Application Number:
  US09/891,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20030063745A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,737 Days
• Field of Search: 380/200, 380/239, 380/240
• US Class Current: 380/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/30 using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability H04N19/63 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 in combination with predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23476 by partially encrypting, e.g. encrypting the ending portion of a movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44055 by partially decrypting, e.g. decrypting a video stream that has been partially encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/1675 Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58

Abstract

The present invention is a combined encoder and perceptual encrypter for a file of high quality video. The combined encoder and perceptual encrypter includes an encoder and perceptual encrypter. The encoder encodes the file of high quality video as encoded data. The perceptual encryption module perceptually encrypts the encoded data in order to generate restricted video data as perceptually encrypted encoded data.

Claims

1. A combined encoder and perceptual encrypter for a high quality video, said combined encoder and perceptual encrypter comprising:

a. an encoder which encodes the high quality video as a data file in an MPEG format; and

b. an encryption module which perceptually encrypts a first part of said data file and leaves a remaining portion as an unencrypted second part of said data file as thereby generating a restricted quality video.

2. A combined perceptual decrypter and decoder for use with said combined encoder and perceptual encrypter according to claim 1, said combined perceptual decrypter and decoder comprising:

a. a decryption module which decrypts said encrypted first part of said data file and combines said decrypted first part of said data file with said unencrypted second part of said data file thereby regenerating said data file; and

b. a decoder coupled to said perceptual decryption module wherein said decoder decodes said data file thereby regenerating the high quality video.

3. A combined encoder and perceptual encrypter for a high quality video, said combined encoder and perceptual encrypter comprising:

a. an encoder which encodes the high quality video as a data file; and

b. an encryption module which perceptually encrypts a first part of said data file and leaves a remaining portion as an unencrypted second part of said data file as thereby generating a restricted quality video.

4. A combined perceptual decrypter and decoder for use with said combined encoder and perceptual encrypter according to claim 3, said combined perceptual decrypter and decoder comprising:

a. a decryption module which decrypts said encrypted first part of said data file and combines said decrypted first part of said data file with said unencrypted second part of said data file thereby regenerating said data file; and

b. a decoder coupled to said perceptual decryption module wherein said decoder decodes said data file thereby regenerating the high quality video.