Method for controlling the use of a conditional access content and multimedia unit for implementing said method
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a use of a conditional access content by a multimedia unit, said conditional access content being sent to a plurality of multimedia units connected to a management center, said method comprising:
- receiving management messages containing a plurality of content profiles, at a plurality of multimedia units linked to said management center, a content profile being a set of usage rules for different existing controlled content usage types, each of the content profiles having an associated usage rule for at least two controlled content usage types, a usage rule being an instantiation of a given controlled content usage type, and each controlled content usage type corresponding to a specific aspect of conditional access content management;
storing the content profiles in a memory of the multimedia units;
receiving the conditional access content and a control message containing at least information indicating a content profile that is to be linked to the content;
extracting the information indicating the content profile that is to be linked to the conditional access content;
accessing the content profile corresponding to the information indicating the content profile that is to be linked to the conditional access content, said information containing at least a content profile identifier; and
using the conditional access content by the multimedia unit according to the usage rules contained in the content profile that is to be linked to the content.
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for controlling the use of a conditional access content (C0), said content being sent to a plurality of multimedia units (STB) connected to a management center (CG). The method comprises the steps of defining controlled content usage types; defining a set of usage rules (UR) for at least two controlled content usage types by setting condition values for these controlled content usage types; defining at least two content profiles (CP) by associating one usage rule of said at least two controlled content usage types; sending management messages containing the content profiles (CP) to at least a set of multimedia units (STB) linked to said management center; storing the content profiles (CP) in the concerned multimedia units; sending the conditional access content (C0), and joined sending of a control message (ECM) containing at least a means for determining the content profile (CP) that is to be linked to the content (C0); further to the reception by a multimedia unit of the encrypted content (C0) and of the corresponding control message (ECM), extracting the means for determining the content profile that is to be linked to the content; searching in the multimedia unit, the content profile corresponding to the means for determining the content profile that is to be linked to the content; and of using the content (C0) by the multimedia unit according to the usage rules contained in the content profile that is to be linked to the content. The invention further concerns a multimedia unit for implementing said method.
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1. A method for controlling a use of a conditional access content by a multimedia unit, said conditional access content being sent to a plurality of multimedia units connected to a management center, said method comprising:
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receiving management messages containing a plurality of content profiles, at a plurality of multimedia units linked to said management center, a content profile being a set of usage rules for different existing controlled content usage types, each of the content profiles having an associated usage rule for at least two controlled content usage types, a usage rule being an instantiation of a given controlled content usage type, and each controlled content usage type corresponding to a specific aspect of conditional access content management; storing the content profiles in a memory of the multimedia units; receiving the conditional access content and a control message containing at least information indicating a content profile that is to be linked to the content; extracting the information indicating the content profile that is to be linked to the conditional access content; accessing the content profile corresponding to the information indicating the content profile that is to be linked to the conditional access content, said information containing at least a content profile identifier; and using the conditional access content by the multimedia unit according to the usage rules contained in the content profile that is to be linked to the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for controlling the use of a conditional access content by a multimedia unit, said conditional access content being sent to a plurality of multimedia units connected to a management center, said method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of content profile families at each of the multimedia units, each of the content profile families including a plurality of content profiles, a content profile being a set of usage rules for different existing controlled content usage types, each content profile having an associated usage rule for at least two controlled content usage types, a usage rule being an instantiation of a given controlled content usage type, and each controlled content usage type corresponding to a specific aspect of conditional access content management, each of the multimedia units being associated with a user profile, each user profile being associated with a content profile of a content profile family; storing the content profiles of each content profile family in a memory of the multimedia units; receiving the conditional access content and a control message containing at least information indicating a content profile family associated with the conditional access content, said information containing at least a content profile family identifier; extracting the information indicating the content profile family associated with the conditional access content; accessing, in the multimedia unit, the content profile family corresponding to the information indicating the content profile family associated with the conditional access content; accessing, in the multimedia unit, a content profile to be linked to the conditional access content from among the content profiles of the content profile family accessed in the previous step; using the conditional access content by the multimedia unit according to the usage rules contained in the content profile that is to be linked to the conditional access content. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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