Recording and playback apparatus for stream data and transmission method for stream data

• US 7,343,012 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2001
• Issued: 03/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Okamoto, Hiroo, Kudo, Yoshimichi, Yoshioka, Atsushi, Owashi, Hitoaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Song; Hosuk
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAN, PEILIANG
• Application Number:
  US10/006,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20020114462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,283 Days
• Field of Search: 713/200, 713/201, 713/188, 713/194, 713/2, 713/1, 710/3, 711101-104, 709/222, 380/200, 380/201, 380/255, 380/277, 726/2, 726/26, 726/31, 386/40, 386/66, 386/79, 386/94
• US Class Current: 380/201
• 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 23/284 on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/00 Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus with cameras or projectors G03B31/00 ; recording/reproducing of music for electrophonic musical instruments G10H1/0033; automatic arrangements for answering calls or for recording messages for absent subscribers H04M1/64; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with dictation recording and playback systems H04M11/10; connection of TV recorder with other related apparatus, e.g. TV camera or receiver, in which the TV signal is significantly involved H04N, e.g. H04N23/00, H04N5/765; combination of radio or TV with other apparatus, e.g. with vehicles H05K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/91364 the video signal being scrambled
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/913 for scrambling ; for copy protection
• 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

In transmission of stream data protected for copyright on a bus, transcription of stream data once recorded on a recording apparatus to a medium of another recording apparatus is realized. Authentication is carried out between a stream recording and playback apparatus and another recording apparatus to interchange a key for data scramble. By using this key, data is added with copy control information used when the data is recorded initially and thereafter the data is transmitted. After the data has been recorded on the recording apparatus, the data is deleted from an original recording medium. During transmission of the data, authentication from a different apparatus is rejected to prevent a plurality of copies from being made.

Claims

1. A streaming data playback apparatus comprising:

a playback circuit which reproduces streaming data from a recording medium;

an interface circuit which performs a scramble process on the streaming data reproduced by the playback circuit and adds copy control information to the scrambled streaming data for transmission to a destination apparatus;

wherein the interface circuit exchanges key information used for the scramble process and a descramble process with the destination apparatus for the streaming data by performing an authentication process with the destination apparatus; and

during transmission of the streaming data from the recording medium to the destination apparatus, the interface circuit changes the copy control information, refuses to perform an authentication process with any apparatus other than the destination apparatus, and after the transmission of the streaming data, deletes the streaming data on the recording medium,

wherein the copy control information is changed to copy-prohibited status when the streaming data is retained on the recording medium for playback after transmission and the copy control information is changed to copy-permitted status when the streaming data is deleted from the recording medium after transmission.

2. A streaming data playback apparatus comprising:

a playback circuit which reproduces streaming data from a recording medium;

an interface circuit which performs a scramble process on the streaming data reproduced by the playback circuit and adds copy control information to the scrambled streaming data for transmission to a destination apparatus;

wherein the interface circuit establishes a channel to the destination apparatus of the streaming data for transmission of the streaming data;

wherein the interface circuit exchanges key information used for the scramble process and a descramble process with the destination apparatus by performing an authentication process with the destination apparatus; and

wherein when transmitting the streaming data from the recording medium to the destination apparatus, the interface circuit changes the copy control information, disconnects channels other than the channel used for transmitting the streaming data to the destination apparatus, and after the transmission of the streaming data, deletes the streaming data on the recording medium,

wherein the copy control information is changed to copy-prohibited status when the streaming data is retained on the recording medium for playback after transmission and the copy control information is changed to copy-permitted status when the streaming data is deleted from the recording medium after transmission.

3. The streaming data playback apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when transmitting the streaming data to the destination apparatus on the channel, the interface circuit refuses to authenticate any apparatus which tries to share the key information used in the channel.

4. A streaming data playback apparatus comprising:

a playback circuit which reproduces streaming data from a recording medium;

an interface circuit which performs a scramble process on the streaming data reproduced by the playback circuit and adds copy control information to the scrambled streaming data for transmission to at least a first and a second destination apparatus;

wherein the interface circuit establishes a first channel to a first destination apparatus of the streaming data for transmitting the streaming data, and a second channel to a second destination apparatus of the streaming data for transmitting the same streaming data;

wherein the interface circuit exchanges first key information used for the scramble process and a descramble process with the first destination apparatus by performing an authentication process with the first destination apparatus, and exchanges second key information, different from the first key information, used for the scramble process and the descramble process with the second destination apparatus by performing the authentication process with the second destination apparatus; and

when transmitting the streaming data from the recording medium to the at least first and second destination apparatus, the interface circuit adds to the scrambled streaming data on the first channel the copy control information indicating that the transmitted streaming data may be recorded into a recording device, and the interface circuit changes the copy control information, adds to the scrambled streaming data on the second channel the copy control information indicating that the transmitted streaming data can not be recorded by a recording device, and deletes the streaming data on the recording medium after the streaming data transmission,

wherein the copy control information is changed to copy-prohibited status when the streaming data is retained on the recording medium for playback after transmission and the copy control information is changed to copy-permitted status when the streaming data is deleted from the recording medium after transmission.

5. The streaming data playback apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the first destination apparatus comprises a recording device and the second destination apparatus comprises a display device.

6. A streaming data playback apparatus comprising:

a playback circuit which reproduces streaming data from a recording medium;

an interface circuit which performs a scramble process on the streaming data reproduced by the playback circuit and adds copy control information to the scrambled streaming data for transmitting the scrambled streaming data and the copy control information to a recording device;

wherein when transmitting the streaming data, the interface circuit changes the copy control information added to the scrambled streaming data to copy-prohibited status when the streaming data is retained on the recording medium for playback after the streaming data transmission and the interface circuit changes the copy control information added to the scrambled streaming data to copy-permitted status when the streaming data on the recording medium is deleted from the recording medium after transmission of the streaming data, and

when the data transmitted is deleted from the recording medium, the interface circuit interrupts the recording operation and changes the copy control information to the copy-permitted status, and when the interface circuit detects that the transmission of the streaming data fails to proceed, reading of the data is stopped and the data remaining on the recording medium at that moment is retained.