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Signing and authentication devices and processes and corresponding products, notably for DVB/MPEG MHP digital streams

US7627762B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2002
Grant dateDec 1, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/835
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a device and a process for signing digital streams, each of them comprising contents, related to audiovisual information, and a signaling. The device applies encrypting to selectively determined descriptors of the signaling, called authenticated descriptors, to obtain signature. The invention also concerns corresponding authentication device and process. Application to authentication of DVB/MPEG digital streams, notably for MHP.

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