System and method for digital content management and controlling copyright protection

• US 20050060544A1
• Filed: 07/21/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yuen Foong Paper Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yuen Foong Paper Company Limited
• Inventors: Cheng, Chia-Hsin, Hsu, Yung-Chang, Chiu, Des-Shian, Ho, Chin-Yee, Huang, Wen Hsien
• Application Number:
  US10/895,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20050060544A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/165
• 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 21/645 using a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party

Abstract

A digital content application system comprises a first user means, a second user means and a digital content application platform. The first user means comprises a storage unit and an information management unit. The storage unit stores personal secure information and an electronic file. The electronic file comprises an encrypted digital content and an encrypted symmetric key. The information management unit decrypts the encrypted symmetric key by using the personal secure information so as to generate a symmetric key, and decrypts the encrypted digital content by using the symmetric key for generating a digital content. In conjunction with the decryption of the digital content, the information management unit determines the integrity of the digital content based on two hash values. The digital content application platform receives the digital content from the second user means and transmitting the electronic file to the first user means.

Claims

1. A digital content management system, comprising:

a storage unit for storing personal secure information and an electronic file, wherein the electronic file comprises an encrypted digital content and an encrypted symmetric key; and

an information management unit for decrypting the encrypted symmetric key by using the personal secure information so as to generate a symmetric key, and decrypting the encrypted digital content by using the symmetric key for generating a digital content.

2. The digital content management system of claim 1, further comprising a media playback module displaying the digital content.

3. The digital content management system of claim 1, wherein, in conjunction with decrypting the encrypted digital content, the information management unit obtains a digital signature corresponding to a user of the digital content, generates a first hash value corresponding to the digital content, receives a publicized key corresponding to the user, decrypts the digital signature by using the publicized key so as to generate a second hash value, and determines whether the digital content is modified according to the first and the second hash values.

4. The digital content management system of claim 3, wherein the digital signature is generated in accordance with a secret key corresponding to the publicized key and the first hash value corresponding to the digital content.

5. The digital content management system of claim 3, wherein the publicized key corresponding to the user is in a digital certificate corresponding to the user, and the digital certificate comprises identity information corresponding to the user.

6. The digital content management system of claim 1, wherein the encrypted symmetric key is encrypted by using a publicized key corresponding to a user of the digital content, and the personal secure information is a secret key corresponding to the publicized key.

7. The digital content management system of claim 1, wherein the encrypted digital content is encrypted by using the symmetric key.

8. The digital content management system of claim 1, further comprising an information analysis unit for analyzing the encrypted digital content so as to obtain a copyright control information corresponding to the digital content.

9. The digital content management system of claim 8, wherein the digital content comprises a plurality of file partitions, at least one of the file partitions having the copyright control information.

10. The digital content management system of claim 8, wherein the copyright control information comprises an authorization period corresponding to the digital content.

11. The digital content management system of claim 8, wherein the copyright control information comprises printing restriction information corresponding to the digital content.

12. The digital content management system of claim 8, further comprising a media playback module for displaying the digital content according to the copyright control information.

13. The digital content management system of claim 1, wherein the personal secure information and the electronic file are stored in a portable storage device.

14. A digital content application system, comprising:

a first user means associated with a first user, comprising;

a storage unit for storing personal secure information and an electronic file, wherein the electronic file comprises an encrypted digital content and an encrypted symmetric key; and

an information management unit for decrypting the encrypted symmetric key by using the personal secure information so as to generate a symmetric key, and decrypting the encrypted digital content by using the symmetric key for generating a digital content;

a second user means associated with a second user for providing the digital content,; and

a digital content application platform used for receiving the digital content from the second user means and transmitting the electronic file to the first user means .

15. The digital content application system of claim 14, wherein the first user means further comprises a media playback module displaying the digital content.

16. The digital content application system of claim 14, wherein the second user means further comprises an additional storage unit for storing a secret key and the digital content and an additional information management unit for generating a hash value corresponding to the digital content, and generating a digital signature corresponding to the digital content by encrypting the hash value by using the secret key corresponding to the second user.

17. The digital content application system of claim 16, wherein the digital content application platform receives the digital signature corresponding to the digital content from the second user means, generates a first hash value corresponding to the digital content, receives a publicized key corresponding to the secret key, decrypts the digital signature by using the publicized key so as to generate a second hash value, and determines whether the digital content is modified based on the first and the second hash values.

18. The digital content application system of claim 14, wherein the digital content application platform comprises:

a digital content file unit for storing the digital content;

an authentication unit for storing a publicized key corresponding to the second user;

an encryption unit for performing encryption of the digital content; and

a digital content network management unit for being coupled to the digital content file storage unit, the authentication unit, and the encryption unit.

19. The digital content application system of claim 18, wherein the publicized key stored in the authentication unit is in a digital certificate corresponding to the second user, the digital certificate storing identity information corresponding to the second user.

20. The digital content application system of claim 18, wherein the encryption unit generates the symmetric key, encrypts the digital content by using the symmetric key, receives a publicized key corresponding to the first user, encrypts the symmetric key by using the publicized key corresponding to the first user and combines the encrypted digital content by using the encrypted symmetric key as the electronic file.

21. The digital content application system of claim 20, wherein the personal secure information corresponding to the first user is a secret key corresponding to the publicized key corresponding to the first user.

22. The digital content application system of claim 18, further comprising an information analysis unit for analyzing the encrypted digital content so as to generate copyright control information corresponding to the digital content.

23. The digital content application system of claim 22, wherein the digital content comprises a plurality of file partitions, at least one of the file partition having the copyright control information.

24. The digital content application system of claim 22, wherein the copyright control information comprises an authorization period corresponding to the digital content.

25. The digital content application system of claim 22, wherein the copyright control information comprises printing restriction information corresponding to the digital content.

26. The digital content application system of claim 22, wherein the user means further comprises a media playback module for displaying the digital content according to the copyright control information.

27. The digital content application system of claim 14, wherein the personal secure information and the electronic file are stored in a portable storage device.

28. A digital content management method, comprising steps of:

providing an electronic file comprising an encrypted digital content and an encrypted symmetric key;

decrypting the encrypted symmetric key by using personal secure information so as to generate a symmetric key; and

decrypting the encrypted digital content by using the symmetric key so as to generate a digital content.

29. The digital content management method of claim 28, further comprising displaying the digital content.

30. The digital content management method of claim 28, further comprising steps of, in conjunction with the step of decrypting the encrypted digital content:

obtaining a digital signature corresponding to a user of the digital content;

generating a first hash value corresponding to the digital content;

receiving a publicized key corresponding to the user of the digital content;

decrypting the digital signature by using the publicized key so as to generate a second hash value; and

determining whether the digital content is modified according to the first and the second hash values.

31. The digital content management method of claim 30, further comprising a step of generating the digital signature by generating the digital signature in accordance with a secret key corresponding to the publicized key corresponding to the user and the first hash value corresponding to the digital content.

32. The digital content management method of claim 30, further comprising a step of storing the publicized key corresponding to the user in a digital certificate corresponding to the user, the digital certificate comprising identity information corresponding to the user.

33. The digital content management method of claim 28, further comprising steps of encrypting the symmetric key by using a publicized key corresponding to a user of the digital content so as to generating the encrypted symmetric key and encrypting the digital content by using the symmetric key so as to generating the encrypted digital content.

34. The digital content management method of claim 33, wherein the personal secure information is a secret key corresponding to the publicized key corresponding to the user of the digital content.

35. The digital content management method of claim 28, further comprising analyzing the digital content so as to obtain copyright control information corresponding to the digital content.

36. The digital content management method of claim 35, wherein the digital content has plural file partitions, and at least one of the file partitions has the copyright control information.

37. The digital content management method of claim 35, wherein the copyright control information comprises an authorization period corresponding to the digital content.

38. The digital content management method of claim 35, wherein the copyright control information comprises printing restriction information corresponding to the digital content.

39. The digital content management method of claim 35, further comprising displaying the digital content in accordance with the copyright control information.

40. The digital content management method of claim 28, further comprising storing the personal secure information and the electronic file in a portable storage device.

41. A method to identify integrity of a digital content, comprising steps of:

generating a first hash value based on a digital content;

creating a digital signature based on a secret key corresponding to a user of the digital content and the first hash value;

generating a publicized key corresponding to the secret key;

decrypting the digital signature by using the publicized key so as to generate a second hash value; and

determining whether the digital content is modified based on the first and the second hash values.

42. The method to identify integrity of a digital content of claim 41, further comprising receiving a digital certificate corresponding to the user so as to identify the user.

43. The method to identify integrity of a digital content of claim 42, wherein the digital certificate comprises the publicized key.

44. A method of controlling copyright of a digital content, comprising steps of:

generating a symmetric key;

encrypting a digital content by using the symmetric key;

generating a publicized key corresponding to a user of the digital content;

encrypting the symmetric key by using the publicized key corresponding to the user; and

combining the encrypted digital content and the encrypted symmetric key as an electronic file by using the encrypted symmetric key.

45. The method of controlling copyright of a digital content of claim 44, further comprising generating copyright control information corresponding to the digital content.

46. The method of controlling copyright of a digital content of claim 45, wherein the copyright control information comprises an authorization period corresponding to the digital content.

47. The method of controlling copyright of a digital content of claim 45, wherein the copyright control information comprises printing restriction information corresponding to the digital content.

48. The method of controlling copyright of a digital content of claim 45, wherein the digital content has plural file partitions, and at least one of the file partitions has the copyright control information.