Data recorder restoring original data allowed to exist only uniquely

• US 7,930,558 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2001
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hori, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Jung
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALMEIDA, DEVIN E
• Application Number:
  US10/471,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20040088510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,508 Days
• Field of Search: 713/171
• US Class Current: 713/193
• 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 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2153 Using hardware token as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3552 Downloading or loading of personalisation data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3576 Multiple memory zones on card
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A log region (1415A) and a license region (1415B) are arranged in a memory of a memory card. The license region (1415B) stores licenses such as license IDs and license keys Kc as well as validity flags corresponding to entry numbers 0-(N−1). The log region (1415A) includes a receive log (70) and a send log (80). The memory card serving as a sender of the license accepts a receive state from the memory card on a receiver side, and validates the validity flag of a region designated by the entry number in the send log (8) when the receive state is ON. Consequently, even when communication is interrupted during shifting or copying of the license, the license to be shifted or copied can be restored.

Claims

1. A data storage device for shifting specific data allowed to exist uniquely to a different data storage device, comprising:

a history information holding unit holding first history information for specifying processing of shifting said specific data to said different data storage device;

a storing unit for storing encrypted content data;

a specific data holding unit holding said specific data and an output enable/disable flag indicating whether a part or a whole of said specific data can be externally output or not; and

a control unit, wherein

said control unit, in response to a request for shifting of said specific data, sets said output enable/disable flag to disable the output of said specific data and then shifts said specific data to said different storage device, when said output enable/disable flag is set to enable the output of said specific data;

said control unit, in response to a request for shifting of said specific data, does not shift said specific data to said different storage device and does not change said output enable/disable flag, when said output enable/disable flag is set to disable the output of said specific data;

said control unit receives, in response to a request for restoration of said specific data, communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device and held in said different data storage device and second history information for specifying said shifting processing held in said different data storage device, checks the state of communication with said different data storage device based on said communication information, and determines whether said second history information matches with said first history information or not, when said communication information represents that said shifting has been discontinued before completion;

said control unit sets said output enable/disable flag to enable the output of said specific data when it is determined that said second history information matches with said first history information; and

said specific data is a license for decrypting the encrypted content data.

2. The data storage device according to claim 1, wherein

said first history information is a first session key produced by said different data storage device when the communication for said shifting is established, and received from said different data storage device, and

said second history information is a second session key produced by said different data storage device when the communication for said shifting is established, and being the same as said first session key held by said different data storage device.

3. The data storage device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signature determining unit determining validity of said communication information and said second history information based on an electronic signature, wherein

said control unit further receives the electronic signature added to said communication information and said second history information from said different data storage device together with said communication information and said second history information, and determines said communication state and the fact that said first history information matches with said second history information when said signature determining unit confirms the validity of said communication information and said second history information.

4. The data storage device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a session key producing unit producing a session key for specifying the communication with said different data storage device; and

a decrypting unit decrypting the data encrypted with the session key produced by said session key producing unit, wherein,

in an operation of restoring said specific data,

said session key producing unit produces a third session key specifying communication for restoring said specific data, and

said control unit sends said third session key to said different data storage device, and receives the second history information encrypted with said third session key from said different data storage device.

5. The data storage device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a session key producing unit producing a session key for specifying the communication with said different data storage device; and

a decrypting unit decrypting the data encrypted with the session key produced by said session key producing unit, wherein,

in an operation of restoring said specific data,

said session key producing unit produces a third session key specifying communication for restoring said specific data, and

said control unit sends said third session key to said different data storage device, and receives the second history information encrypted with said third session key and data of said electronic signature encrypted with said third session key from said different data storage device.

6. The data storage device according to claim 1, wherein

said history information holding unit holds first data specifying information included in said specific data to be shifted together with said first history information, and

said control unit further determines whether second data specifying information received from said different data storage device and being to be shifted matches with said first data specifying information or not, and when said second data specifying information matches with said first data specifying information, said control unit determines said communication information, and confirms the matching of said first history information with said second history information.

7. The data storage device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a signature determining unit determining validity of said communication information, said second history information and said second data specifying information based on an electronic signature, wherein

said control unit further receives the electronic signature added to said communication information, said second history information and said second data specifying information together with said communication information, said second history information and said second data specifying information, and, when said signature determining unit confirms the validity of said communication information, said second history information and said second data specifying information, said control unit confirms the matching of said second data specifying information with said first data specifying information, determines said communication information and confirms the matching of said first history information with said second history information.

8. The data storage device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device; and

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, wherein

when said control unit receives, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in the processing of shifting said specific data, said control unit updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, records said third history information in said additional history information holding unit, and provides said additional communication information and said third history information in accordance with an externally applied request for output of the history information.

9. The data storage device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device;

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device; and

a session key producing unit producing a session key for specifying communication with said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, wherein

when the communication is established for receiving the specific data to be shifted from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device;

said session key producing unit produces a fourth session key specifying communication for receiving, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in said processing of shifting the specific data, and

said control unit sends said fourth session key to said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, stores said fourth session key as said third history information in said additional history information holding unit, updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, and provides said additional communication information and said third history information in response to an externally applied request for output of the history information.

10. The data storage device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device;

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device; and

an electronic signature producing unit producing an electronic signature for said additional communication information and said third history information, wherein

when receiving, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in said processing of shifting the specific data, said control unit updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, records said third history information in said additional history information holding unit, and provides said additional communication information, said third history information and said electronic signature in response to an externally applied request for output of the history information.

11. The data storage device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device;

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device; and

an encryption processing unit performing encryption with a fourth session key provided from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, wherein

when receiving, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in said processing of shifting the specific data, said control unit updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, records said third history information in said additional history information holding unit, and provides said additional communication information and said third history information encrypted with said fourth session key by said encryption processing unit in response to an externally applied request for output of the history information.

12. The data storage device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device;

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device;

an encryption processing unit encrypting data with a fifth session key provided from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device; and

an electronic signature producing unit producing an electronic signature for said additional communication information and third history information encrypted by said encryption processing unit with an externally provided fourth session key, wherein

said encryption processing unit encrypts said third history information and said electronic signature independently of each other with said fourth session key,

when receiving, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in said processing of shifting the specific data, said control unit updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, records said third history information in said additional history information holding unit, and provides said additional communication information said third history information encrypted with said fourth session key and said electronic signature encrypted with said fourth session key in accordance with an externally applied request for output of the history information.

13. The data storage device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device as well as third data specifying information specifying the specific data to be shifted from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device;

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device; and

an electronic signature producing unit producing an electronic signature for said additional communication information, said third history information and said third data specifying information, wherein

when receiving, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in said processing of shifting the specific data, said control unit updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, records said third history information and said third data specifying information in said communication information unit and provides said third data specifying information and said additional communication information recorded in said communication information holding unit as well as third history information held in said additional history information holding unit and electronic signature produced by said electronic signature producing unit in accordance with an externally applied request for output of the history information.

14. The data storage device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a communication information holding unit holding additional communication information representing a state of communication with said different data storage device or an additional data storage device other than said different data storage device as well as third data specifying information specifying the specific data to be shifted from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device; and

an additional history information holding unit holding third history information for specifying processing of shifting the specific data from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, wherein

when receiving, from said different data storage device or said additional data storage device, the specific data to be shifted in said processing of shifting the specific data, said control unit updates the additional communication information held by said communication information holding unit in accordance with progression of the communication for the receiving, records said third history information and said third data specifying information in said communication information unit and provides said third data specifying information and said additional communication information recorded in said communication information holding unit as well as third history information held in said additional history information holding unit in accordance with an externally applied request for output of the history information.