Secure streaming container

• US 8,578,464 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Digital Reg of Texas, LLC (DRM Technologies LLC)
• Original Assignee: Digital Reg of Texas, LLC (DRM Technologies LLC)
• Inventors: Phillips, Eugene B. II, Ornstein, Seth, Ventors, Carl Vernon III
• Primary Examiner(s): REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A
• Application Number:
  US13/598,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20130046977A1
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/9
• 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 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2143 Clearing memory, e.g. to prevent the data from being stolen
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0866 involving user or device identifiers, e.g. serial number, physical or biometrical information, DNA, hand-signature or measurable physical characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0891 Revocation or update of secret information, e.g. encryption key update or rekeying

Abstract

A system and method for securely streaming encrypted digital media content out of a digital container to a user'"'"'s media player. This streaming occurs after the digital container has been delivered to the user'"'"'s machine and after the user has been authorized to access the encrypted content. The user'"'"'s operating system and media player treat the data stream as if it were a being delivered over the Internet (or other network) from a streaming web server. However, no Internet connection is required after the container has been delivered to the user and the data stream suffers no quality loss due to network traffic or web server access problems. Encrypted content files are decrypted and fed to the user'"'"'s media player in real time and are never written to the user'"'"'s storage device. This process makes unauthorized copying of the digital content contained in the digital container virtually impossible.

Claims

1. A method of providing electronic data, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a secure streaming container (SSC) to a device, the SSC having streaming media content, a container identification and an associated original key;

receiving data unique to the device at a computer;

combining at the computer the received data and the container identification to produce a permission token; and

sending the permission token to the device,

wherein the SSC is configured to rekey the original key using the permission token and configured to rekey the streaming media content so that decryption of the streaming media content is locked to the device, and wherein a first portion of the secure streaming media content is accessible for streaming while a second portion of the secure media content remains secure in the SSC.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer comprises a server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing a SSC step includes providing digital rights management (DRM) in the SSC which controls access to the SSC at the device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of encrypting at least a portion of the SSC.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing step provides the SSC to at least one of:

a cell phone, a personal data assistant (PDA), a personal computer, a portable music player, a tablet computer, a cable modem, a cable television tuner, and a satellite receive.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request from the device to access the SSC; and

receiving transactional information from the device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

sending the transactional information to a digital container verification server; and

receiving a response from the digital container verification server, the response indicating approval or denial of a transaction.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the transactional information includes at least one of:

credit card information, personal data of a user, financial data, biometric data, a password, and identification of a user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the streaming media content comprises at least one of video, animation, audio, and text content.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing an execution batch file in the SSC for controlling presentation of the streaming media content in at least one of:

a preset sequence, a relative sequence, and a timing interval.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising establishing limits on access to the streaming media content based on at least one of:

a period of time and a number of access instances.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a media player in the SSC, the media player configured to play the streaming media content on the device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising including computer executable instructions in the SSC to control the media player and to control playing of the streaming media content at the device.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable recording medium having readable program code embodied on the medium, the program code when read and executed by a processor performing the following steps:

providing a secure streaming container (SSC) to a device, the SSC having streaming media content, a container identification and an associated original key;

receiving data unique to the device at a computer;

combining at the computer the received data and the container identification to produce a permission token; and

sending the permission token to the device,

wherein the SSC is configured to rekey the original key using the permission token and configured to rekey the streaming media content so that decryption of the streaming media content is locked to the device, and wherein a first portion of the secure streaming media content is accessible for streaming while a second portion of the secure media content remains secure in the SSC.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request from the device to access the SSC; and

receiving transactional information from the device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

sending the transactional information to a digital container verification server; and

receiving a response from the digital container verification server, the response indicating approval or denial of a transaction.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the transactional information includes at least one of credit card information, personal data of a user, financial data, biometric data, a password, and identification of a user.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the streaming media content comprises at least one of:

video, animation, audio, and text content.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising the step of providing an execution batch file in the SSC for controlling presentation of the streaming media content in at least one of:

a preset sequence, a relative sequence, and a timing interval.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising establishing limits on access to the streaming media content based on at least one of:

a period of time and a number of access instances.