Streaming system and streaming method

• US 8,572,380 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2003
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Futagami, Motomasa, Sakaguchi, Tatsumi, Horiguchi, Masato
• Primary Examiner(s): ARMOUCHE, HADI S
• Application Number:
  US10/498,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20050108746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,653 Days
• Field of Search: 725/31, 725/135, 380/46, 380/277, 713/170
• US Class Current: 713/170
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0457 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply dynamic encryption, e.g. stream encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for stream encryption H04L9/065
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/164 at the network layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/00 Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2347 involving video stream encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4405 involving video stream decryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]
• 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

A streaming system includes an authoring unit (2), a stream server (3) and a client terminal (5). The authoring unit generates a file composed of encrypted contents data and the ancillary information at least containing the packetizing control information for generating an RTP packet, a non-encrypted codec dependent header made up of the information pertinent to encoded contents data, and the encryption information for decrypting the encrypted contents data form packet to packet. The streaming server packetizes the encrypted contents data along with at least the codec dependent header and distributes the resulting data as a stream. The client terminal refers to the codec dependent header of the received packet, re-assembles the packet, and decrypts the encrypted contents data of the re-assembled packet to generate contents data.

Claims

1. A streaming system comprising:

stream distribution means for packetizing, based on packetizing control information received from an external authoring device, both previously encrypted contents data, encrypted by the authoring device and including encoded picture data and/or speech data, and non-encrypted encoding information, received from the external authoring device and specifying a type of encoding used to encode said picture data and/or speech data, such that each packet in a resulting packetized data includes a non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information and a non-encrypted crypto-header, and for distributing the resulting packetized data as a stream; and

stream receiving means for receiving said packetized data from said stream distribution means, re-assembling the received packetized data based on the non-encrypted encoding information and decrypting the encrypted contents data of the re-assembled packetized data to generate the contents data by decrypting each packet individually using packet specific information included in the respective crypto-header.

2. The streaming system according to claim 1, wherein said encrypted contents data are data obtained on encrypting the contents data without changing the data length thereof.

3. The streaming system according to claim 1, further comprising

the authoring device having ancillary information generating means for generating the ancillary information at least containing said encoding information and the packetizing control information for managing control for generating a packet of a preset form, and encrypted contents data generating means for generating the encrypted contents data.

4. The streaming system according to claim 3, wherein said encrypted contents data are data obtained on encrypting the contents data without changing the data length thereof.

5. The streaming system according to claim 3,

wherein said ancillary information generating means generates encryption information specifying the information for packet-based decryption of said encrypted contents data, and

wherein said stream distribution means packetizes said encrypted contents data along with at least said encryption information and the non-encrypted encoding information, based on said packetizing control information, and distributes the resulting packetized information.

6. The streaming system according to claim 3,

wherein said ancillary information generating means generates the transmission protocol information specifying information pertinent to a transmission protocol for streaming, and

wherein said stream distribution means packetizes said encrypted contents data along with at least said transmission protocol information and the non-encrypted encoding information, based on said packetizing control information, and distributes the resulting packetized information.

7. The streaming system according to claim 3,

wherein said ancillary information generating means generates authentication information specifying the information pertinent to authentication, and

wherein said stream distribution means packetizing said encrypted contents data along with at least said authentication information and the non-encrypted encoding information, based on said packetizing control information, and distributes the resulting packetized information.

8. The streaming system according to claim 1, wherein said packet is made up by transmission protocol information specifying information pertinent to the transmission protocol for streaming, encryption information specifying information for decrypting said encrypted contents data, the non-encrypted encoding information and said encrypted contents data.

9. The streaming system according to claim 1, wherein said stream receiving means decrypts said contents data, the encrypted contents data of which has been decrypted, to the original picture data and/or the speech data.

10. The streaming system according to claim 1, wherein said authoring device includes:

a provider owning copyrights of said picture data and/or the speech data; and

a license management server managing said copyrights,

wherein said stream receiving means, on making a request to said provider for viewing said contents data, acquiring permission of viewing said contents data from said license management server.

28. The streaming system according to claim 1, wherein the stream distribution means packetizes the packetized data such that it is possible to repacketize the packetized without decrypting the encrypted contents data based on the non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information.

30. The streaming system according to claim 1, wherein said external authoring device generates the non-encrypted encoding information specifying the type of encoding used to encode said picture data and/or speech data before encrypting the contents data which includes the encoded picture data and/or speech data.

11. A streaming method for distributing data from a stream distributing server to a stream receiving terminal, comprising:

a stream distribution step of packetizing, based on packetizing control information received from an external authoring device and using the stream distributing server, both previously encrypted contents data, encrypted by the authoring device and including encoded picture data and/or speech data, and non-encrypted encoding information, received from the external authoring device and specifying a type of encoding used to encode said picture data and/or speech data, such that each packet in a resulting packetized data includes a non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information and a non-encrypted crypto-header, and for distributing the resulting packetized data as a stream; and

a stream receiving step of receiving, at the stream receiving terminal, said packetized data from said stream distribution step, re-assembling the received packetized data based on the non-encrypted encoding information and decrypting the encrypted contents data of the re-assembled packetized data by said stream receiving means to generate the contents data by decrypting each packet individually using packet specific information included in the respective crypto-header.

12. The streaming method according to claim 11, wherein said encrypted contents data are data obtained on encrypting the contents data without changing the data length thereof.

13. The streaming method according to claim 11, further comprising generating, at the authoring device, ancillary information at least containing said encoding information and the packetizing control information for managing control for generating a packet of a preset form, and generating encrypted contents data.

14. The streaming method according to claim 13, wherein said encrypted contents data are data obtained on encrypting the contents data without changing the data length thereof.

15. The streaming method according to claim 13,

wherein said ancillary information generating step generates encryption information specifying the information for packet-based decryption of said encrypted contents data, and

wherein said data distributing step packetizes said encrypted contents data along with at least said encryption information and the non-encrypted encoding information, based on said packetizing control information, and distributes the resulting packetized information.

16. The streaming method according to claim 13,

wherein said ancillary information generating step generates transmission protocol information specifying information pertinent to a transmission protocol for streaming, and

wherein said data distributing step packetizes said encrypted contents data along with at least said transmission protocol information and the non-encrypted encoding information, based on said packetizing control information, and distributes the resulting packetized information.

17. The streaming method according to claim 13,

wherein said ancillary information generating step generates authentication information specifying information pertinent to authentication, and

wherein said streaming server packetizes said encrypted contents data along with at least said authentication information and the non-encrypted encoding information, based on said packetizing control information, and distributes the resulting packetized information.

18. The streaming method according to claim 11, wherein said packet is made up by transmission protocol information specifying information pertinent to the transmission protocol for streaming, encryption information specifying information for decrypting said encrypted contents data, the non-encrypted encoding information and said encrypted contents data.

27. The authoring method according to claim 11, further comprising:

before the stream distribution step of packetizing,

generating the non-encrypted encoding information specifying the type of encoding used to encode the picture data and/or speech data based on the contents data before encryption, and

encrypting the contents data including the encoded picture data and/or speech data.

29. The authoring method according to claim 11, further comprising:

repacketizing the packetized data without decrypting the encrypted contents data based on the non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information.

19. A client terminal comprising:

receiving means for receiving distributed packets, said packets including both packetized encrypted contents data, the contents data including encoded picture data and/or speech data, and non-encrypted encoding information, received at a packetizing server from an external authoring device and specifying a type of encoding used to encode said picture data and/or speech data, such that each packet includes a non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information and a non-encrypted crypto-header, said packets packetized based on packetizing control information received at the packetizing server from the external authoring device;

re-assembling means for re-assembling said packetized encrypted contents data based on the non-encrypted encoding information contained in each of said received packets; and

decrypting means for decrypting the re-assembled encrypted contents data by decrypting each packet individually using packet specific information included in the respective crypto-header.

20. The client terminal according to claim 19, wherein said encrypted contents data are data obtained on encrypting the contents data without changing the data length thereof.

21. The client terminal according to claim 19,

wherein said packet is said encrypted contents data having appended thereto said non-encrypted encoding information and encryption information for decrypting the encrypted contents data from packet to packet, and

wherein said decrypting means decrypts said encrypted contents data based on said encryption information.

22. The client terminal according to claim 19, including communication means for communication with a provider having copyrights for said contents data and with a license management server supervising the copyrights for said contents data, said receiving means receiving a permission for viewing said contents data and said packet from said license management server after a request for viewing said contents data is transmitted to said provider through said communication means.

23. A data decrypting method executed using a stream receiving terminal, comprising:

a receiving step of receiving, at the stream receiving terminal, distributed packets, said packets including both packetized encrypted contents data the contents data including encoded picture data and/or speech data, and non-encrypted encoding information, received at a packetizing server from an external authoring device and specifying a type of encoding used to encode said picture data and/or speech data such that each packet includes a non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information and a non-encrypted crypto-header, said packets packetized based on packetizing control information received at the packetizing server from the external authoring device;

a re-assembling step of re-assembling, using the stream receiving terminal, said encrypted contents data based on said non-encrypted encoding information contained in each of said packets; and

a decrypting step of decrypting, using the stream receiving terminal, said re-assembled encrypted contents data by decrypting each packet individually using packet specific information included in the respective crypto-header.

24. The data decrypting method according to claim 23, wherein said encrypted contents data are data obtained on encrypting the contents data without changing the data length thereof.

25. The data decrypting method according to claim 23,

wherein said packet is said encrypted contents data having appended thereto said non-encrypted encoding information and encryption information for decrypting said encrypted contents data from packet to packet;

and

wherein in said decrypting step, said encrypted contents data are decrypted based on said encryption information.

26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by a computer execute performs preset processing, said program including:

a receiving step of receiving distributed packets, said packets including both packetized encrypted contents data the contents data including encoded picture data and/or speech data, and non-encrypted encoding information, received at a packetizing server from an external authoring device and specifying a type of encoding used to encode said picture data and/or speech data, such that each packet includes a non-encrypted header corresponding to the non-encrypted encoding information and a non-encrypted crypto-header, said packets packetized based on packetizing control information received at the packetizing server from the external authoring device;

a re-assembling step of re-assembling, using the stream receiving terminal, said encrypted contents data based on said non-encrypted encoding information contained in each of said packets; and

a decrypting step of decrypting, using the stream receiving terminal, said re-assembled encrypted contents data by decrypting each packet individually using packet specific information included in the respective crypto-header.