Security device for digital contents and method of using the same

Abstract

An improved security device for digital contents and a method for using the security device are provided. The improved security device and method include a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving data necessary for authentication with a mobile device, and for transmitting and receiving contents of the mobile device and a controller for performing authentication with the mobile device, and for decrypting re-encrypted contents from the mobile device when the authentication is successful. The improved method and device provide enhance mobility for users.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES

The above and other aspects of the present invention will be more apparent by describing certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a secure consuming system of digital contents according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the method of operating a secure consuming system of digital contents according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates the exemplary operation of the secure consuming system of digital contents when the desired contents is stored in the rendering apparatus; and

FIG. 4 illustrates the exemplary operation of the secure consuming system of digital contents when the desired contents is stored in the mobile device.

Claims

1. A rendering apparatus, comprising: a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving data necessary for authentication with a mobile device, and for transmitting and receiving contents of the mobile device; anda controller for performing authentication with the mobile device, and for decrypting re-encrypted contents from the mobile device when the authentication is successful.

2. The rendering apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a rendering unit for rendering decrypted contents.

3. The rendering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller performs authentication with the mobile device by applying one of a broadcast encryption and a public key authentication.

4. The rendering apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a display unit for displaying a list of contents comprising at least one of contents stored in the mobile device, contents provided from a content provider, and contents stored in advance, whereinthe controller generates a rendering request message with respect to contents which are selected by a user from the list of contents displayed through the display unit, andthe transmission and reception unit transmits the rendering request message, and contents information corresponding to the selected contents to the mobile device.

5. The rendering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission and reception unit communicates with the mobile device via a secure channel.

6. The rendering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contents transmitted by the transmission and reception unit are protected with a DRM (Digital Rights Management) measure.

7. The rendering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission and reception unit receives re-encrypted contents with session keys from the mobile device in the form of streaming data.

8. The rendering apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller decrypts the re-encrypted contents using the session keys wherein the session keys are shared with the mobile device.

9. A method of rendering digital contents, the method comprising: transmitting and receiving data necessary for authentication with a mobile device;transmitting and receiving contents to or from the mobile device;performing authentication with the mobile device; anddecrypting and the re-encrypted contents from the mobile device when the authentication is successful.

10. The rendering method of claim 9, wherein the performing authentication with the mobile device comprises applying one of a broadcast encryption and a public key authentication.

11. The rendering method of claim 9, further comprising: displaying a list of contents comprising at least one of contents stored in the mobile device, contents provided from a content provider, and contents stored in advance, whereinthe performing authentication comprises generating a rendering request message with respect to contents which are selected by a user from the displayed list of contents and the transmitting and receiving contents comprises transmitting the rendering request message and contents information corresponding to the selected contents to the mobile device.

12. The rendering method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting and receiving contents comprises performing communication with the mobile device via a secure channel.

13. The rendering method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting and receiving contents comprises protecting the transmitted contents with a DRM (Digital Rights Management) measure.

14. The rendering method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting and receiving contents comprises receiving the re-encrypted contents with session keys from the mobile device in the form of streaming data.

15. The rendering method of claim 14, wherein the performing authentication comprises decrypting the re-encrypted contents using the session keys wherein the session keys are shared with the mobile device.

16. A mobile device, comprising: a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving data necessary for authentication with a rendering apparatus, and for transmitting and receiving contents to or from the rendering apparatus;a DRM agent for decrypting the contents; anda controller for encrypting the decrypted contents, and transmitting the re-encrypted contents to the rendering apparatus via the transmission and reception unit, when the authentication is successful.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the controller performs authentication with the rendering apparatus by applying one of a broadcast encryption and a public key authentication.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the transmission and reception unit communicates with the rendering apparatus via a secure channel, and transmits the re-encrypted contents in the form of streaming data.

19. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the contents received at the transmission and reception unit are protected with a DRM (Digital Rights Management) measure.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the DRM agent decrypts the contents using a secret key of DRM-protected contents.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the controller re-encrypts the decrypted contents using session keys shared with the rendering apparatus.

22. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the contents are selected by a user from a list of contents which is provided via a user interface of the rendering apparatus.

23. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the DRM agent checks information about license and rights on the contents based on the contents information corresponding to the contents, and for determining whether the contents corresponding to the contents information may be rendered or not, and the transmission and reception unit receives the contents when the DRM agent determines that the contents may be rendered.

24. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the controller authenticates the rendering apparatus based on the data necessary for authentication which is received via the transmission and reception unit.

25. A method of providing contents, comprising: transmitting and receiving data necessary for authentication with a rendering apparatus;transmitting and receiving contents to or from the rendering apparatus;decrypting the contents;re-encrypting the decrypted contents; andtransmitting the re-encrypted contents to the rendering apparatus via the transmission and reception unit, when the authentication is successful.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the transmitting and receiving comprises applying one of a broadcast encryption and a public key authentication for the authentication with the rendering apparatus.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the transmitting and receiving comprises transmitting and receiving the contents to or from the rendering apparatus via a secure channel and the transmitting the encrypted contents comprises transmitting the re-encrypted contents in the form of streaming data.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the transmitting and receiving contents comprises transmitting and receiving contents protected by a DRM (Digital Rights Management) measure.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein decrypting the contents comprises decrypting the contents using a secret key of the DRM-protected contents.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the transmitting the encrypted contents comprises re-encrypting the decrypted contents using session keys shared with the rendering apparatus.

31. The method of claim 25, further comprising selecting the contents by a user from a list of contents which is provided via a user interface of the rendering apparatus.

32. The method of claim 31, the selecting the contents comprises selecting contents from at least one of contents stored in advance, contents provided by a contents provider, and contents stored in the rendering apparatus, the decrypting comprises decrypting the contents selected by the user,and the transmitting comprises re-encrypting the decrypted contents and transmitting the re-encrypted contents to the rendering apparatus.

33. The method of claim 25, wherein the decrypting comprises checking information about license and rights on the contents based on contents information corresponding to the contents, and determining whether the contents corresponding to the contents information may be rendered or not, and the transmitting and receiving comprises receiving the contents when the contents are determined to be renderable in the decrypting.

34. The method of claim 25, wherein the transmitting comprises authenticating the rendering apparatus based on the data necessary for authentication which is received in the transmitting and receiving.

35. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a set of instructions for computer program for rendering digital contents, the instructions comprising: a first set of instructions for transmitting and receiving data necessary for authentication with a mobile device;a second set of instructions for transmitting and receiving contents to or from the mobile device;a third set of instructions for performing authentication with the mobile device; anda fourth set of instructions for decrypting the contents from the mobile device when the authentication is successful to render the contents.

36. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the third set of instructions comprises instructions for applying one of broadcast encryption and a public key authentication.

37. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, further comprising: a fifth set of instructions for displaying a list of contents comprising at least one of contents stored in the mobile device, contents provided from a content provider, and contents stored in advance, whereinthe third set of instructions comprises instructions for generating a rendering request message with respect to contents which are selected by a user from the displayed list of contents and the second set of instructions comprises instructions for transmitting the rendering request message and contents information corresponding to the selected contents to the mobile device.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the second set of instructions comprises instructions for performing communication with the mobile device via a secure channel.

39. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the second set of instructions comprises instructions for protecting the transmitted contents with a DRM (Digital Rights Management) measure.

40. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the second set of instructions comprises instructions for receiving the re-encrypted contents with session keys from the mobile device in the form of streaming data.

41. The computer-readable medium of claim 40, wherein the fourth set of instructions comprises instructions for decrypting the encrypted contents using the session keys wherein the session keys are shared with the mobile device.