Information processing device, information recording medium, information processing method, and computer program

• US 8,516,600 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takashima, Yoshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Arani, Taghi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jeudy, Josnel
• Application Number:
  US13/243,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20120017283A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 713/189, 713/193, 380200-202, 714/45, 714 48- 50, 714/52
• US Class Current: 726/26
• 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: G06F 21/80 in storage media based on magnetic or optical technology, e.g. disks with sectors preventing unauthorised reproduction or copying of disc-type recordable media G11B20/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 Authenticate client device independently of the user
• 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 20/00246 wherein the key is obtained from a local device, e.g. device key initially stored by the player or by the recorder
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00362 the key being obtained from a media key block [MKB]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00528 wherein each title is encrypted with a separate encryption key for each title, e.g. title key for movie, song or data file
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/18 Error detection or correction; Testing , e.g. of drop-outs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

An information processing device, for executing content reproduction processing from an information recording medium, includes a security information processing unit for determining output messages based on security check information in a content reproduction sequence, and outputting a message output command accompanied by selection information of the output message to a user interface processing unit, and a user information processing unit for obtaining message information based on the selection information input from said security information processing unit and outputting to a display unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device for executing content reproduction processing from an information recording medium, comprising:

a security information processing means for determining an output message based on security check information in a content reproduction sequence, and for outputting an output message to an application executing device;

an application executing means for obtaining the output message from the security information processing means;

a first register configured to receive data written from the security information processing means and provide data read by the application executing means;

a second register configured to receive data written from the application executing means and provide data read by the security information processing means; and

a third register configured to receive and provide processing status data which is both written and read by both the security information processing means and the application executing means, wherein

a write notification is made to the security information processing means when the data is written at the second register,

the first register is a register to which the security information processing means executes write actions and from which the application executing means executes read actions,

the second register is a register to which the application executing means executes write actions and from which the security information processing means executes read actions, and

the third register is a register in which both the security information processing means and the application executing means execute write and read actions,

the application executing means, the security information processing means, and the first and second registers are configured such that;

the security information processing means does not execute a write action to the second register and does not execute a read action from the first register, and

the application executing means does not execute a write action to the first register and does not execute a read action from the second register.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

upon detecting, by the security information processing means, a security problem in the content reproduction processing from the information recording medium, the security information processing means executes a first write action to write an error code to the first register, which causes an event notification based on the first write action to be made to the application executing means to inform the application executing means the first write action has been executed to the first register, and

upon being informed of the first write action having been executed to the first register, the application executing means obtains the error code from the first register and outputs a message set corresponding to the obtained error code.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein:

upon detecting a user input responding to the message set, the application executing means executes a second write action to write the user input to the second register, which causes an event notification based on the second write action to be made to the security information processing means to inform the security information processing means the second write action has been executed to the second register, and

upon being informed of the second write action having been executed to the second register, the security information processing means performs processing according to the second write action.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein:

upon being informed of the second write action having been executed to the second register, the security information processing means obtains user input values responding to the message set and executes processing corresponding to the user input values.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein:

the third register is set to values according to a progress of the security information processing means and the application executing means in executing respective write and read actions, and

the third register is reset to an initial setting value when the processing of the security information processing means and the application executing means are canceled or ended.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the application executing unit and the security information processing means are configured to execute a reliability confirmation processing, including:

generating verification data and writing, by the application executing means, the verification data to the second register,

upon writing the verification data to the second register, writing a status value to the third register,

the security information processing means detecting the verification data being written to the second register, reading the verification data, executing predetermined processing on the verification data to generate resultant data, and writing the resultant data to the first register,

upon writing the resultant data to the first register, updating the status value in the third register, and

the application executing means detecting the resultant data being written to the first register, reading the resultant data, and executing verification of the resultant data by executing the predetermined processing on the verification data and comparing a result thereof with the resultant data.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the verification data is a random number.

8. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the verification data is based on shared secret information.

9. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined processing is encryption processing or computation processing.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

upon the security information processing means executing a first write action to the first register, an event notification based on the first write action is made to the application executing means to inform the application executing means the first write action has been executed to the first register.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

upon the application executing means executing a second write action to the second register, an event notification based on the second write action is made to the security information processing means, which performs processing according to the second write action.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the third register is a processing status notification register between the security information processing means and the application executing means.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the application executing means is configured to execute application programs for executing Java or HDMV (high definition movie mode) contents stored in the information recording medium.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first, second and third registers are processor registers.

17. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the write notification is an interrupt that is transmitted to the security information processing device by the second register in response to the data being written to the second register.

14. An information processing method for executing content reproduction processing from an information recording medium, the method comprising:

determining, by a security information processing device, an output message based on security check information in a content reproduction sequence;

outputting an output message to an application executing device configured to obtain the output message from the security information processing device;

receiving, at a first register, data written from the security information processing device;

providing, from the first register, data to the application executing device;

receiving, at a second register, data written from the application executing device;

providing, from the second register, data to the security information processing device; and

receiving and providing, via a third register, processing status data which is both written and read by both the security information processing device and the application executing device, wherein

a write notification is made to the security information processing device when the data is written at the second register,

the first register is a register to which the security information processing device executes write actions and from which the application executing device executes read actions,

the second register is a register to which the application executing device executes write actions and from which the security information processing device executes read actions,

the third register is a register in which both the security information processing device and the application executing device execute write and read actions, and

the application executing device, the security information processing device, and the first and second registers are configured such that;

the security information processing device does not execute a write action to the second register and does not execute a read action from the first register, and

the application executing device does not execute a write action to the first register and does not execute a read action from the second register.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by an information processing device, causes the information processing device to perform a process for executing content reproduction processing from an information recording medium, the process comprising:

determining, by a security information processing device, an output message based on security check information in a content reproduction sequence;

outputting an output message to an application executing device configured to obtain the output message from the security information processing device;

receiving, at a first register, data written from the security information processing device;

providing, from the first register, data to the application executing device;

receiving, at a second register, data written from the application executing device;

providing, from the second register, data to the security information processing device; and

receiving and providing, via a third register, processing status data which is both written and read by both the security information processing device and the application executing device, wherein

a write notification is made to the security information processing device when the data is written at the second register,

the first register is a register to which the security information processing device executes write actions and from which the application executing device executes read actions,

the second register is a register to which the application executing device executes write actions and from which the security information processing device executes read actions,

the third register is a register in which both the security information processing device and the application executing device execute write and read actions, and

the application executing device, the security information processing device, and the first and second registers are configured such that;

the security information processing device does not execute a write action to the second register and does not execute a read action from the first register, and

the application executing device does not execute a write action to the first register and does not execute a read action from the second register.