Associating content with households using smart cards
US7080039B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/109
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Media content is associated with households using smart cards. The media content is encrypted and/or decrypted based on a household identifier corresponding to a smart card. Media content is encrypted such that it can only be decrypted with the same (or similar) smart card. Thus, the encrypted media content can be safely transferred within a computing device, stored, transferred to other computing devices, etc. because it cannot be decrypted without the smart card.
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