Digital content distribution using web broadcasting services

• US 7,277,870 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Issued: 10/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pacifici, Giovanni, Munson, Jonathan P., Youssef, Alaa S., Tantawy, Ahmed, Mourad, Magda
• Primary Examiner(s): Worjloh; Jalatee
• Application Number:
  US11/251,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20060053077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 705 50- 59, 902/2, 380200-203, 726 27- 33, 725 86-104
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• 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: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials

Abstract

A method of securely receiving data on a user'"'"'s system from a web broadcast infrastructure with a plurality of channels. The method comprising receiving promotional metadata from a first web broadcast channel, the promotional metadata related to data available for reception; assembling at least part of the promotional metadata into a promotional offering for review by a user; selecting by a user, data to be received related to the promotional metadata; receiving data from a second web broadcast channel, the data selected from the promotional metadata, and wherein the data has been previously encrypted using a first encrypting key; and receiving the first decrypting key via a computer readable medium, the first decrypting key for decrypting at least some of the data received via the second web broadcast channel. In another embodiment, a method and system to transmit data securely from a web broadcast center is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of securely providing content data over a web broadcast infrastructure, the method comprising:

broadcasting over a broadcast infrastructure a plurality of packages forming encrypted content data for reception by at least one user'"'"'s system, wherein the encrypted content data is encrypted using a first encrypting key, wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages in format that is compatible with a content Secure Container (SC) format which is a self-contained cryptographic container independent of encryption algorithm for transmission over a telecommunication infrastructure and wherein the content secure container includes a bill of materials (BOM) part with information about parts of the content SC;

transferring an encrypted first decrypting key, which has been encrypted with a second encrypting key of a trusted third party, to the user'"'"'s system via a removable computer storage readable medium, whereby in order to use the encrypted first decrypting key the user'"'"'s system must send the encrypted first decrypting key to the trusted third party and receive from the trusted third party the first decrypting key; and

in response to receiving a request from the user'"'"'s system for retransmission of at least one of the plurality of packages, transmitting to the user'"'"'s system the packages which have been requested over a non-broadcast channel,

wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages in format that enables a single player application to interface with an emulator of the trusted third party as if the single player application is receiving the encrypted content data from the telecommunication infrastructure.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

broadcasting promotional metadata related to the encrypted content data over the broadcast infrastructure, wherein the promotional metadata is sent over a channel that is different from a channel used to broadcast the encrypted content data.

3. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein the promotional metadata is sent over a channel in a format compatible with DirecPC™

.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the transmitting to the user'"'"'s system the packages which have been requested over the non-broadcast channel is a unicast network.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages using a carousel format for transmission in a cyclical structure that repeats transmission periodically based on a cycle of the carousel format.

6. A computer readable medium for securely providing content data over a web broadcast infrastructure, the computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

broadcasting over a broadcast infrastructure a plurality of packages forming encrypted content data for reception by at least one user'"'"'s system, wherein the encrypted content data is encrypted using a first encrypting key, wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages in format that is compatible with a content Secure Container (SC) format which is a self-contained cryptographic container independent of encryption algorithm for transmission over a telecommunication infrastructure and wherein the content secure container includes a bill of materials (BOM) part with information about parts of the content SC;

transferring an encrypted first decrypting key, which has been encrypted with a second encrypting key of a trusted third party, to the user'"'"'s system via a removable computer storage readable medium, whereby in order to use the encrypted first decrypting key the user'"'"'s system must send the encrypted first decrypting key to the trusted third party and receive from the trusted third party the first decrypting key; and

in response to receiving a request from the user'"'"'s system for retransmission of at least one of the plurality of packages, transmitting to the user'"'"'s system the packages which have been requested over a non-broadcast channel;

wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages in format that enables a single player application to interface with an emulator of the trusted third party as if the single player application is receiving the encrypted content data from the telecommunication infrastructure.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the transmitting to the user'"'"'s system the packages which have been requested over the non-broadcast channel is a unicast network.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages using a carousel format for transmission in a cyclical structure that repeats transmission periodically based on a cycle of the carousel format.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 6, further comprising:

broadcasting promotional metadata related to the encrypted content data over the broadcast infrastructure, wherein the promotional metadata is sent over a channel that is different from a channel used to broadcast the encrypted content data.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the promotional metadata is sent over a channel in a format compatible with DirecPC™

.

11. A broadcast system for securely providing content data over a web broadcast infrastructure, the broadcast system comprising:

a broad center for broadcasting over a broadcast infrastructure a plurality of packages forming encrypted content data for reception by at least one user'"'"'s system, wherein the encrypted content data is encrypted using a first encrypting key, wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages in format that is compatible with a content Secure Container (SC) format which is a self-contained cryptographic container independent of encryption algorithm for transmission over a telecommunication infrastructure, and wherein the content secure container includes a bill of materials (BOM) part with information about parts of the content SC;

an electronic store for transferring an encrypted first decrypting key, which has been encrypted with a second encrypting key of a trusted third party, to the user'"'"'s system via a removable computer storage readable medium, whereby in order to use the encrypted first decrypting key the user'"'"'s system must send the encrypted first decrypting key to the trusted third party and receive from the trusted third party the first decrypting key; and

a non-broadcast channel coupled to the broadcast center whereby in response to receiving a request from the user'"'"'s system for retransmission of at least one of the plurality of packages, transmitting to the user'"'"'s system the packages which have been requested over the non-broadcast channel;

wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages in format that enables a single player application to interface with an emulator of the trusted third party as if the single player application is receiving the encrypted content data from the telecommunication infrastructure.

12. The broadcast system of claim 11, wherein the transmitting to the user'"'"'s system the packages which have been requested over the non-broadcast channel is a unicast network.

13. The broadcast system of claim 11, wherein the broadcasting over the broadcast infrastructure the plurality of packages forming encrypted content data includes broadcasting the plurality of packages using a carousel format for transmission in a cyclical structure that repeats transmission periodically based on a cycle of the carousel format.

14. The broadcast system of claim 11, wherein the promotional metadata is sent over a channel in a format compatible with DirecPC™

.