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Security device and building block functions

US8527756B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

35Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Leonid Sandler · Jerusalem, IL
Yaron Sella · Jerusalem, IL
Erez Waisbard · Or Yehuda, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2006
Grant date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/08
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system of securing content is described, the method including establishing communication between a secure module source and a content rendering device, loading a dynamically generated pseudo-unique secure module to the content rendering device from the secure module source, establishing communication between the secure module source and the dynamically generated pseudo-unique secure module, and transferring a decryption key from the secure module source to the dynamically generated pseudo-unique secure module, thereby enabling decryption of encrypted content, the encrypted content being encrypted according to the decryption key. Related methods and apparatus are also described.

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