Telecommunications apparatus and method, storage medium, and program

• US 8,264,984 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2009
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakano, Takehiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Application Number:
  US12/630,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20100074122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/254
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/163 In-band adaptation of TCP data exchange; In-band control procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic

Abstract

A data transmitting apparatus including a transmitting unit connected to a first network and configured to transmit a check packet to a data receiving apparatus; a control unit configured to receive an acknowledgment message to the check packet from the data receiving apparatus, the acknowledgment message including acknowledgment information based on shared data shared with said data receiving apparatus; a computing unit configured to compute an expected acknowledgment information based on the shared data shared with said data receiving apparatus; a comparing unit configured to produce a comparison result for said data receiving apparatus based on the acknowledgment information and the expected acknowledgment information; a timer configured to determine whether a response time of the acknowledgment message is less than a predetermined time; and a judgment unit configured to judge whether to stop transmission of content data based on the comparison result and the determination of the timer.

Claims

1. A data transmitting apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to generate a packet data including a random number that is different from random numbers transmitted in other packet data;

a communication interface connected to a first network and configured to transmit said packet data to a data receiving apparatus, and receive a response message from said data receiving apparatus, said response message including first information generated by said receiving apparatus based on a shared secret key shared with said data receiving apparatus;

a computing unit configured to compute second information based on said shared secret key;

a comparing unit configured to compare said first information and said second information;

a timer configured to measure a response time of said response message from said data receiving apparatus; and

a judgment unit configured to judge whether content data transmitted to said data receiving apparatus will be limited in usage right based on a result of said comparison by said comparing unit and a result of said measurement by said timer, wherein

said judgment unit determines whether said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through a Wide Area Network (WAN) based on a result of said judging, and

said content data transmitted to said data receiving apparatus is limited in usage right when said judging unit determines that said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through said WAN.

2. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein if said response message is not received, said judgment unit determines that said data receiving apparatus is connected to said data transmitting apparatus through said WAN, and subsequent content data transmitted is limited in usage right.

3. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said communication interface is further configured to transmit a predetermined number of packet data to said data receiving apparatus.

4. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 2, wherein said first network is a Local Area Network (LAN).

5. The data transmitting apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said data transmitting apparatus is one of a personal computer and an AV device.

6. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said communication interface is configured to transmit said packet data to said data receiving apparatus using Transfer Control Protocol (TCP).

7. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said communication interface is configured to transmit said packet data to said data receiving apparatus using User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

8. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said communication interface is configured to transmit a plurality of packet data to said data receiving apparatus, and said processor is configured to increment a counter for each of said plurality of packet data transmitted.

9. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said shared secret key is authentication key data shared between said data transmission apparatus and said data reception apparatus prior to transmitting said packet data from said data transmitting apparatus to said data receiving apparatus.

10. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a user input.

11. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said content data includes video content.

12. A data transmitting method, implemented on data transmitting apparatus, comprising:

generating packet data including a random number that is different from random numbers transmitted in other packet data;

transmitting, via a first network, said packet data to a data receiving apparatus;

receiving a response message from said data receiving apparatus, said response message including first information generated by said receiving apparatus based on a shared secret key shared with said data receiving apparatus;

computing second information based on said shared secret key;

comparing said first information and said second information;

measuring a response time of said response message from said data receiving apparatus;

judging whether content data transmitted to said data receiving apparatus will be limited in usage right based on a result of said comparing and a result of said measuring;

determining whether said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through a Wide Area Network (WAN) based on a result of said judging, and

limiting in usage right the content transmitted to said data receiving apparatus when said determining determines that said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through said WAN.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein if said response message is not received, said determining determines that said data receiving apparatus is connected to said data transmitting apparatus through said WAN, and subsequent content data transmitted is limited in usage right.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting a predetermined number of packet data to said data receiving apparatus.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said first network is a Local Area Network (LAN).

16. The method of claim 12, wherein said data transmitting apparatus is one of a personal computer and an AV device.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions which cause a computer to execute a method of controlling a data transmission apparatus, comprising:

generating packet data including a random number that is different from random numbers transmitted in other packet data;

transmitting, via a first network, said packet data to a data receiving apparatus;

receiving a response message from said data receiving apparatus, said response message including first information generated by said receiving apparatus based on a shared secret key shared with said data receiving apparatus;

computing second information based on said shared secret key;

comparing said first information and said second information;

measuring a response time of said response message from said data receiving apparatus;

judging whether content data transmitted to said data receiving apparatus will be limited in usage right based on a results of said comparing and a result of said measuring;

determining whether said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through a Wide Area Network (WAN) based on a result of said judging, and

limiting in usage right the content transmitted to said data receiving apparatus when said determining determines that said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through said WAN.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein if said response message is not received, said determining determines that said data receiving apparatus is connected to said data transmitting apparatus through said WAN, and subsequent content data transmitted is limited in usage right.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting a predetermined number of packet data to said data receiving apparatus.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said first network is a Local Area Network (LAN).

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said data transmitting apparatus is one of a personal computer and an AV device.

22. A data transmitting apparatus comprising:

means for generating packet data including a random number that is different from random numbers transmitted in other packet data;

means for transmitting, via a first network, said packet data to a data receiving apparatus;

means for receiving a response message from said data receiving apparatus, said response message including first information generated by said receiving apparatus based on a shared secret key shared with said data receiving apparatus;

means for computing second information based on said shared secret key;

means for comparing said first information and said second information;

means for measuring a response time of said response message from said data receiving apparatus; and

means for judging whether content data transmitted to said data receiving apparatus will be limited in usage right based on a result of said comparing by said means for comparing and a result of said measuring by said means for determining;

means for determining whether said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through a Wide Area Network (WAN) based on a result of said judging by said means for judging, and

means for limiting in usage right the content transmitted to said data receiving apparatus when said means for determining determines that said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through said WAN.

23. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 22, wherein if said response message is not received, said means for determining determines that said data receiving apparatus is connected to said data transmitting apparatus through said WAN, and subsequent content data transmitted is limited in usage right.

24. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 22, wherein said means for transmitting is further configured to transmit a predetermined number of packet data to said data receiving apparatus.

25. The data transmitting apparatus of claim 23, wherein said first network is a Local Area Network (LAN).

26. The data transmitting apparatus recited in claim 22, wherein said data transmitting apparatus is one of a personal computer and an AV device.

27. A data receiving apparatus comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive, from a data transmitting apparatus, packet data including a random number that is different from random numbers in other packet data transmitted by the data transmitting apparatus;

a processor configured to generate first information based on a shared secret key shared with said data transmitting apparatus; and

said communication interface configured to transmit a response message including said first information to said data transmitting apparatus, wherein

said data transmitting apparatus judges whether content data transmitted to said data receiving apparatus will be limited in usage right based on a result of said comparison between said first information and second information generated at said data transmitting apparatus based on said shared secret key, and a response time of said response message received from said data receiving apparatus, and said data transmitting apparatus determines whether said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through a Wide Area Network (WAN) based on a result of said judging and limits in usage right the content transmitted to said data receiving apparatus when said determining determines that said data transmitting apparatus and said data receiving apparatus are connected through said WAN.

28. The data receiving apparatus of claim 27, wherein said data receiving apparatus is one of a personal computer and an AV device.

29. The data receiving apparatus of claim 27, wherein said communication interface is configured to receive said packet data from said data transmitting apparatus using Transfer Control Protocol (TCP).

30. The data receiving apparatus of claim 27, wherein said communication interface is configured to receive said packet data from said data transmitting apparatus using User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

31. The data receiving apparatus of claim 27, wherein said communication interface is configured to receive a plurality of packet data from said data transmitting apparatus.

32. The data receiving apparatus of claim 27, wherein said shared secret key is authentication key data shared between said data receiving apparatus and said data transmitting apparatus prior to receiving said packet data from said data transmitting apparatus.

33. The data receiving apparatus of claim 27, wherein said content data includes video content.