Proximity control method for transmitting content and node in network using the proximity control method

• US 8,667,168 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2007
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryu, Hyun-Surk, Garner, Geoffrey M., Den Hollander, Cornelis Johannis, Feng, Fei Fei, Jeong, Hong-Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J
• Application Number:
  US11/878,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20080126561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,419 Days
• Field of Search: 709/218, 709/234, 709/233, 370/229, 370/231
• US Class Current: 709/234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/64 Hybrid switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

A proximity control method for transmitting a content and a network node using the proximity control method is provided. A proximity control method for transmitting a content performs a different proximity control mechanism depending on each of a single proximity control (SPC) domain, a mixed proximity control (MPC) domain, and a network-based service domain, and each of nodes performs the different proximity control mechanism based on a physical distance from a neighboring node, the nodes being comprised in the SPC domain, the MPC domain, and the network-based service domain.

Claims

1. A proximity control method for transmitting content from a source node to a destination node, the method comprising:

receiving or relaying a content request from the destination node; and

performing, at each node in a link from the source node to the destination node, a proximity control mechanism based on whether the transmitting is in a single proximity control (SPC) domain, a mixed proximity control (MPC) domain, or a network-based service domain, and based on a physical distance with respect to a neighboring node, wherein

the SPC domain comprises a relay node,

the relay node functions as a switched network in the SPC domain and the relay node comprises an Audio/Video Bridge (AVB), and the AVB comprises a second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) which utilizes a first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) as an initial reference model, and an Internet Protocol (IP) comprises the first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP), and

the second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) comprises a standard carrying out wireless local area network communication in any one of domains of the second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) when the second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) has a proximity probability to a layer 2 (L2).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the SPC domain comprises a domain enabling a logical point-to-point connection between a node transmitting the content and a node receiving the content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the SPC domain comprises a distance measurement scheme about a common link to check a proximity validity between configuration elements, and a proximity control mechanism within the SPC domain comprises a physical distance as a proximity parameter, the physical distance being measured using the distance measurement scheme.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the network-based service domain comprises a relay control node for a proximity control, and the relay control node is authenticated by a content provider (CP) node transmitting the content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the network-based service domain further comprises at least one of the SPC domain and the MSC domain.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the relay control node comprises a set-top box which relays a link between the CP node and a home network comprising a destination node of the content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the MPC domain comprises a proximity control mechanism for the SPC domain, and an additional proximity control mechanism.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional proximity control mechanism comprises an edge node between a relay node of the SPC domain and a destination node of the content, and the edge node performs the additional proximity control mechanism between the relay node and the destination node.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional proximity control mechanism comprises a proximity control mechanism using any one of a serial bus interface standard, a wireless serial bus interface standard, Bluetooth, a Universal Serial Bus (USB), or a wireless USB.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing the method of claim 1.

10. A network comprising:

a plurality of nodes on a link, each node including a proximity validity checker processor configured to check proximity validity with either a previous node of the plurality of nodes or a subsequent node of the plurality of nodes in a link to receive a content, wherein

the proximity validity checker processor is configured to perform the proximity validity checking based on whether the node is in a single proximity control (SPC) domain, a mixed proximity control (MPC) domain, or a network-based service domain, and based on a physical distance with respect to a neighboring node,

the proximity validity checker checks the proximity validity by utilizing a physical distance as a proximity parameter, the physical distance being measured by using a distance measurement scheme, and

the distance measurement scheme comprises a second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) which utilizes a first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) as an initial reference model, and an Internet Protocol (IP) comprises the first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP).

11. The network of claim 10, wherein the network is a home network.

12. The network of claim 10, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes comprises the proximity validity checker processor.

14. A plurality of nodes on a link configurable in a home network, each node comprising:

a proximity validity checker processor configured to check proximity validity with either a previous node or a subsequent node in a link to receive a content, wherein

the proximity validity checker processor is configured to perform the proximity validity checking based on whether the node is in a single proximity control (SPC) domain, a mixed proximity control (MPC) domain, or a network-based service domain, and based on a physical distance with respect to a neighboring node,

the proximity validity checker processor checks the proximity validity by utilizing a physical distance as a proximity parameter, the physical distance being measured by using a distance measurement scheme, and

the distance measurement scheme comprises a second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) which utilizes a first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) as an initial reference model, and an Internet Protocol (IP) comprises the first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP).

15. The plurality of nodes of claim 14, wherein the each node corresponds to an edge node comprising any one of a home appliance connecting with the home network, a relay control node comprising a set-top box, or a relay node comprising an Audio/Video Bridge (AVB), and a mechanism associated with any one of a serial bus interface standard, a wireless serial bus interface standard, Bluetooth, a Universal Serial Bus (USB), or a wireless USB.

16. A relay control node located between a Content Provider (CP) node and a home network, the relay control node comprising:

an authentication process processor for performing an authentication process with the CP node that provides content; and

a proximity validity checker for checking a proximity validity with a subsequent node in a link to receive the content, wherein

the proximity validity checker is configured to perform the proximity validity checking based on whether the relay node is in a single proximity control (SPC) domain, a mixed proximity control (MPC) domain, or a network-based service domain, and based on a physical distance with respect to a neighboring node,

the proximity validity checker checks the proximity validity by utilizing a physical distance as a proximity parameter, the physical distance being measured by using a distance measurement scheme, and

the distance measurement scheme comprises a second Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) which utilizes a first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) as an initial reference model, and an Internet Protocol (IP) comprises the first Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP).

17. The relay control node of claim 16, further comprising:

a transceiver for receiving an encrypted content stream from the CP node and transmitting the encrypted content stream to a destination node of the content; and

a device authentication and key exchange (AKE) processor for transmitting a device AKE to the destination node via the link checked with the proximity validity.

18. The relay control node of claim 17, wherein the device AKE processor transmits the device AKE to the destination node when the proximity validity between all nodes existing in the link is verified.