JP2005332241A - Control method of content delivery control server, control method of content encryption server, control method of client device, control method of license server, control method of disclosed information management server, client device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deliver an encrypted digital content to a client device without sharing of secret information by a plurality of content servers and a plurality of license servers. <P>SOLUTION: An encrypted content obtained by encrypting a digital content by use of a common key by a common key encryption method is stored in a content storage server in conformation to an encrypted common key obtained by encrypting the common key by use of an identifier of the digital content and disclosed information issued by a license server, and license location information showing the location of the license server which issued the disclosed information and content location information showing the location of the content storage server storing the digital content are stored in a content delivery control server in conformation with the identifier. The content delivery control server transmits, on receipt of a delivery request of the digital content with the set identifier from a client device, the license location information and content location information corresponding to the identifier to the client device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a content distribution control server control method, a content encryption server control method, a client device control method, a license server control method, a public information management server control method, a client device, and a program.

  As a technology for protecting the copyright of digital content, there is a digital rights management (DRM) technology. When distributing digital content to a user, it is possible to limit how digital content is handled by using DRM technology. For example, the owner of digital content restricts the user to whom the digital content is to be distributed from copying the digital content and redistributing it to other users, or allowing it to be played a predetermined number of times. The playback can be limited to only a specific device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an information processing system that includes a package server that encrypts and distributes digital content, and a license server that issues a decryption key for decrypting the distributed digital content to a user. . In this information processing system, secret information called a license seed is shared in advance between the package server and the license server.

Further, Patent Document 2 discloses an information processing system using an ID-Based encryption method (Identity-Based Encryption) disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1. In the ID-Based encryption method, digital content can be encrypted using information such as a content ID and public information issued by a license server.
JP 2004-46833 A JP 2004-112042 A Dan Boneh, Matthew Franklin, “Identity-Based Encryption from the Weil Pairing”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, August 2001, Vol. 2139, p.213-229

  In the information processing system of Patent Document 1, secret information is shared between the license server and the package server. Therefore, the administrator of the package server may illegally generate a decryption key for decrypting digital content using the license seed and distribute it to the user.

  In addition, in the information processing system of Patent Document 1, when there are a plurality of package servers and license servers in consideration of load distribution and the like, when the confidential information held by one of those servers is leaked, There is a possibility that digital contents stored in the package server may be used illegally.

  In the information processing system of Patent Document 2, digital content is distributed using an ID-Based encryption method without sharing secret information between a package server and a license server. In order to decrypt the encrypted digital content, it is necessary to obtain a secret key from the license server that issued the public information used for the encryption. In the distribution of digital contents, it is required to configure a plurality of package servers and license servers for load distribution and the like. However, Patent Document 2 does not disclose a method for specifying a package server or license server used by a user when a plurality of package servers or license servers are configured.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and includes a content distribution control server control method, a content encryption server control method, a client device control method, a license server control method, a public information management server control method, The main object is to provide a client device and a program.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the main invention of the present invention is that a license server that generates a secret key necessary for playing back digital content, and that the digital content is encrypted by a common key encryption method using a common key. A content storage unit in which encrypted encrypted content, an encrypted common key obtained by encrypting the common key using the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server are stored in association with each other The content storage server, the license location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the public information, the content location information indicating the location of the content storage server in which the digital content is stored, and the identifier are associated with each other Content distribution control server having location information storage unit stored in memory And a client device that reproduces the digital content, wherein the content distribution control server is configured to set the identifier from the client device. And receiving the license location information and the content location information corresponding to the identifier from the location information storage unit, the license location information acquired from the location information storage unit and the license location information The contents location information is transmitted to the client device.

  A content distribution control server control method, a content encryption server control method, a client device control method, a license server control method, a public information management server control method, a client device, and a program can be provided.

== System configuration ==
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system includes a content server 10, a license server 20, and a client device 30. The client device 30 is communicably connected to the content server 10 and the license server 20 via the network 40.

  The content server 10 is a server device that encrypts and distributes digital content. The license server 20 is a server device that issues a secret key necessary for reproducing digital content. The client device 30 acquires the secret key from the license server 20 and the encrypted digital content from the content server 10 via the network 40. Then, the client device 30 decrypts the encrypted digital content using the secret key, and reproduces the digital content. The network 40 is, for example, the Internet.

  The content server 10 includes a content encryption server 50, a content storage server 60, and a content distribution control server 70. The content encryption server 50, the content storage server 60, and the content distribution control server 70 are information processing devices such as workstations and PC servers, and are connected to each other using a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like.

The content encryption server 50 includes a license disclosure information registration unit 51, a content registration unit 52, and a license disclosure information storage unit 53.
The license disclosure information registration unit 51 stores license disclosure information in the ID-Based encryption method issued by the license server 20 in the license disclosure information storage unit 53. The content registration unit 52 generates content public information and content secret information in the ID-Based encryption method. The content registration unit encrypts the digital content using the license disclosure information stored in the license disclosure information storage unit, and stores the encrypted digital content in the content storage unit 62 of the content storage server 60. Further, the content registration unit 52 includes license location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the license disclosure information used for encryption, and content indicating the location of the content storage server 60 in which the encrypted digital content is stored. The location information and the content ID that is the identifier of the digital content are associated with each other and stored in the location information storage unit 73 of the content distribution control server 70.

  The content storage server 60 includes a content transmission unit 61 and a content storage unit 62. When the content transmission unit 61 receives a content acquisition request from the client device 30, the content transmission unit 61 distributes the encrypted digital content stored in the content storage unit 62 to the client device 30.

  The content distribution control server 70 includes a content list transmission unit 71, a content management unit 72, and a location information storage unit 73. The content list transmission unit 71 uses the format of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or the like to send information (content ID, content title, content overview, etc.) related to the digital content stored in the location information storage unit 73 to the client device 30. Send to. The content management unit 72 updates or deletes information stored in the location information storage unit 72.

  The license server 20 includes a license management server 80 and a license issuance server 90. The license management server 80 and the license issuance server 90 are information processing devices such as a workstation and a PC server, and are connected to each other using a LAN or the like so as to communicate with each other.

  The license management server 80 includes a public / secret information generation unit 81, a license generation unit 82, and a public / secret information storage unit 83. The public / secret information generating unit 81 generates license public information and license secret information in the ID-Based encryption method, and stores them in the public / secret information storage unit 83. The license generation unit 82 generates license data including a secret key for decrypting the encrypted digital content based on a license issuance request received from the client device 30 via the license issuance server 90.

  The license issuance server 90 includes a user management unit 91, a license issuance unit 92, a user information storage unit 93, and a license information storage unit 94. The user management unit 91 receives user information such as a user ID and a password from the client device 30 and stores the user information in the user information storage unit 93. The license issuance unit 92 receives a license issuance request from the client device 30 and transmits the license data generated by the license generation unit 82 to the client device 30. The license issuing unit 92 stores the license data transmitted to the client device 30 in the license information storage unit 94.

The client device 30 is an information processing device that can communicate with the content server 10 and the license server 20 via the network 40, and is, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, or the like.
The client device 30 includes a distribution request transmission unit 31, a license issuance request transmission unit 32, a content acquisition request transmission unit 33, a content reception unit 34, a decryption unit 35, and a license information storage unit 36.

The distribution request transmission unit 31 receives a content list from the content distribution control server 70, and sends a distribution request in which the content ID of the digital content desired to be reproduced among the digital contents included in the content list is set to the content distribution control server 70. Send to.
The license issuance request transmission unit 32 transmits a secret key issuance request to the license issuance server 90 based on the license location information transmitted from the content distribution control server 70 in response to the digital content distribution request. In addition, the license issuance request transmission unit 32 stores license data including the secret key transmitted from the license issuance server 90 in response to the issuance request in the license information storage unit 36.
The content acquisition request transmission unit 33 transmits the digital content acquisition request to the content storage unit server 60 based on the content location information transmitted from the content distribution control server 70 in response to the digital content distribution request.
The decryption unit 35 decrypts the encrypted digital content received from the content storage unit server 60 using the private key received from the license issuing server 90, and reproduces the digital content.

== Hardware configuration ==
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the client device 30, the content encryption server 50, the content storage server 60, the content distribution control server 70, the license management server 80, and the license issuance server 90 in the present embodiment.
The client device 30 and each server 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 include a CPU 100, a memory 101, a storage device 102, a recording medium interface 103, a communication interface 104, an input device 105, an output device 106, and the like. When the client device 30 is a mobile phone or a mobile terminal, the storage device 102 and the recording medium reading device 103 may not be provided.

The programs stored in the storage device 102 are sequentially stored in the memory 101, and the CPU 100 executes the programs stored in the memory 101, so that the client device 30 and the servers 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 Functions are realized. The storage device 102 is, for example, a hard disk drive, and stores various information without being limited to programs. When the client device 30 is a mobile phone or a mobile terminal, the program may be stored in the memory 101 instead of the storage device 102.
The recording medium interface 103 can read a program recorded on a recording medium 107 such as a CD and write it to the storage device 102. Further, the client device 30 can read data recorded on the recording medium 107 such as a DVD or write data to the recording medium 107.
The communication interface 104 is an interface for communicating with the client apparatus 30 and each server 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 via the LAN or the network 40. The input device 105 is input means such as an input key of a keyboard, a mouse, a tablet, or a mobile phone. The output device 106 is output means such as a display.

== System initialization process ==
In the present embodiment, the ID-Based encryption method disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1 is used in the distribution of digital content. Then, before distributing digital content to the client device 30, system initial setting processing, content registration processing, and user registration processing are performed.

  First, a process for generating license public information and license secret information, which is one of the system initial setting processes, will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the license disclosure / secret information generation process executed by the license management server 80.

  The public / secret information generating unit 81 of the license management server 80 receives the license public information “p”, “q”, “P”, “sP”, “function G”, “function H”, and license secret information “s”. Generate (S301). Here, “s” in the license public information and the license secret information is an integer satisfying 1 <s <q, “p” and “q” are prime numbers, and “P” is a value indicating a point on the elliptic curve.

  Then, the public / secret information generating unit 81 stores the generated license public information and license secret information in the public / secret information storage unit 83 (S302). Further, the public / secret information generation unit 81 transmits the generated license public information and license location information indicating the location of the license server 20 to the content encryption server 50 (S303). The license location information is access information for acquiring a secret key necessary for the client device 30 to decrypt the digital content encrypted using the license disclosure information.

  The transmission of the license disclosure information to the content encryption server 50 may be downloaded by the content encryption server 50 using a Web server or the like. Alternatively, the license disclosure information may be recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disc or a magnetic disk, and the license disclosure information may be notified to the content encryption server 50 via the recording medium.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the license disclosure information registration process executed by the content encryption server 50. The license disclosure information registration unit 51 of the content encryption server 50 receives the license disclosure information and the license location information generated by the license management server 80 (S401). Then, the license disclosure information registration unit 51 stores the received license disclosure information and the license location information in the license disclosure information storage unit 53 in association with each other (S402).

== Content registration processing ==
Next, content registration processing for registering digital content to be distributed to the client device 30 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing content registration processing. The content registration process is executed according to an instruction from the content creator or the administrator of the content server 20.

  First, the content registration unit 52 of the content encryption server 50 acquires content attribute information such as a title of digital content. The content attribute information is input from the input device 105 of the content encryption server 50 or the like. Then, the content registration unit 52 includes a content ID and encryption ID of the digital content, content attribute information, license location information stored in the license disclosure information storage unit 53, and content indicating the location of the content storage server 60. The location information is associated and stored in the location information storage unit 73 of the content distribution control server 70 (S501).

  The content ID and the encryption ID are identifiers for identifying the digital content issued in the content distribution control server 70. The encryption ID is an “ID” having a long bit length used for encryption in the ID-Based encryption method, and uses a random number or the like that is difficult to collide with each other. Since the content ID is used when the user or the system administrator identifies digital content, the content ID is shorter and easier to understand than the encryption ID. The content location information is access information for the client device 30 to acquire digital content from the content storage server 60.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the location information storage unit 73 of the content distribution control server 70. The location information storage unit 73 stores a content ID, an encryption ID, a content title, a bit rate, a packet size, license location information, content location information, and a free area in association with each other. In the free area, for example, information such as the playback time and content of digital content is stored.

  Returning to the description of the content registration processing in FIG. The content registration unit 52 generates a common key (hereinafter referred to as “content key”) “Ks” for encrypting digital content by a common key encryption method such as an AES encryption method (Advanced Encryption Standard) (S502). . Note that there may be one content key for one digital content, or a plurality of content keys, such as changing the content key every second.

Next, the content registration unit 52 generates content public information “rP” and content secret information “r” in the ID-Based encryption method (S503). “R” is an integer satisfying 1 <r <q that is arbitrarily determined by the content registration unit (or content registrant). The content registration unit 52 then displays the license disclosure information “p”, “q”, “P”, “sP”, “function G”, “function H” stored in the license disclosure information storage unit 53, and S503. Using the content secret information “r” generated in step 1 and the “encryption ID” for the digital content, the content key “Ks” is encrypted by the ID-Based encryption method, and the encrypted content key “CKs” is generated. (S504). The encrypted content key “CKs” is generated by the following equation (1). Note that “ID” in the equation represents “encryption ID”. Here, e is a bilinear map that satisfies e (aP, bP) = e (P, P) ^ab for arbitrary integers a and b.

  Next, the content registration unit 52 generates a content header (S505). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the content header 110. The content header 110 includes “content ID” and “encryption ID” for the digital content, the content public information “rP” generated in S503, and the license public information “p” stored in the license public information storage unit 53. ”,“ Q ”,“ P ”,“ sP ”,“ function G ”,“ function H ”, and attribute information such as a content title.

  Then, the content registration unit 52 encrypts the digital content “M” by the common key encryption method using the content key “Ks” generated in S502, and generates the encrypted content “C” (S506).

  Next, the content registration unit 52 generates a distribution package for distribution to the client device 30 (S507). FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the distribution package 120. In the distribution package 120 of FIG. 8, the content key is changed for each predetermined size for the digital content. By changing the content key for each predetermined size, it is possible to prevent the entire digital content from being decrypted even if part of the content key is decrypted or leaked.

  The distribution package 120 includes the content header 110 generated in S <b> 505 and the main body 130. The main body 130 is composed of a plurality of content blocks 140 (T1 to Tn). The content block 140 “T1” includes encrypted content “C1” 141, “CKs1” 142 obtained by encrypting the content key “Ks1” obtained by encrypting the encrypted content “C1” 141, and encrypted content “C1” 141. “L1” 143 indicating the total size of the size and the encrypted content key “CKs1” is set.

  Returning to the description of the content registration processing in FIG. The content registration unit 52 stores the distribution package 120 generated in S507 in the content storage unit 62 of the content storage server 60 (S508).

  The above content registration processing is performed for each digital content. Note that deletion and update of information stored in the location information storage unit 73 of the content distribution control server 70 by the content registration process is performed by the content management unit 72 of the content distribution control server 70. When the content management unit 72 receives a digital content deletion request in which a content ID is set, the content management unit 72 deletes information corresponding to the content ID stored in the location information storage unit 73. When the content management unit 72 receives a digital content update request in which attribute information such as a content ID and a title is set, the content management unit 72 updates information corresponding to the content ID stored in the location information storage unit 73.

== User registration processing ==
Next, user registration processing for registering a user who receives digital contents will be described. The user registration process is executed by the user management unit 91 of the license issuing server 90. The user management unit 91 generates a unique user ID for each user and stores it in the user information storage unit 93 together with user information such as a user name, password, and mail address. The user information may be transmitted from the client device 30 to the license issuance server 90, or may be input from the input device 105 of the license issuance server 90 by the administrator of the license server 20.

  The user management unit 91 can delete and update user information stored in the user information storage unit 93. When the user management unit 91 receives a user information deletion request for which a user ID is set, the user management unit 91 deletes the user information corresponding to the user ID stored in the user information storage unit 93. In addition, when receiving a user information update request in which the user ID and the changed user information are set, the user management unit 91 updates the user information corresponding to the user ID stored in the user information storage unit 93. .

== Content distribution processing ==
Next, content distribution processing for distributing encrypted digital content to the client device 30 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing content distribution processing.

  First, the content list transmission unit 71 of the content distribution control server 70 transmits a list of digital contents stored in the location information storage unit 73 to the client device 30 in HTML format or the like (S901).

  The client device 30 receives the list of digital contents transmitted from the content distribution control server 70 (S902), and outputs it to the output device 106 such as a display. The user selects content to be reproduced from the list of digital content. The distribution request transmission unit 31 of the client device 30 transmits a distribution request in which the content ID of the selected digital content is set to the content server 10 (S903).

  Upon receiving the distribution request transmitted from the client device 30 (S904), the content list transmission unit 71 obtains the encryption ID corresponding to the content ID set in the distribution request, the license location information, and the content location information. Obtained from the location information storage unit 73 (S905). Then, the content list transmission unit 71 transmits the location information in which the content ID, the encryption ID, the license location information, and the content location information are set to the client device 30 (S906).

  The license issue request transmission unit 32 of the client device 30 receives the location information transmitted from the content distribution control server 70 (S907). Then, the license issuance request transmission unit 32 accesses the license issuance server 90 based on the license location information set in the location information, and transmits a license issuance request in which the content ID and the encryption ID are set (S908).

  The license issuance unit 92 of the license issuance server 90 receives the license issuance request transmitted from the client device 30 (S909), and transmits the encryption ID set in the license issuance request to the license management server 80. The license generation unit 82 of the license management server 80 generates a secret key corresponding to the encryption ID (S910) and transmits it to the license issuance server 90. Then, the license issuing unit 92 of the license issuing server 90 transmits the license data including the issued secret key to the client device 30 (S911).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the license data 150. In the license data 150, a license ID, a content ID, a user ID of a license data issuance user, a secret key generated by the license generation unit 82, reproduction control information, and copy control information are set. The reproduction control information and the copy control information are set as necessary according to a request from the user. Note that the reproduction control information and the copy control information are not essential and may not be set.

  The license ID is a number assigned sequentially to identify the license data 150. In the reproduction control information, the number of times digital content can be reproduced is set. In addition, information indicating whether or not the digital content can be copied to a recording medium such as a DVD is set in the copy control information. Note that the reproduction control information and the copy control information are set in the license issuance request transmitted from the client device 30. That is, a fee for issuing the license data 150 can be set according to the number of reproductions and whether or not copying is possible.

  In addition, the license issuing unit 92 of the license issuing server 90 receives the license ID, content ID, issue destination user ID, and encryption ID corresponding to the content ID of the license data 150 transmitted to the client device 30 as the license information storage unit 94. To remember. By using information stored in the license information storage unit 94, it is possible to perform statistical processing such as determining digital contents that are frequently desired to be reproduced.

  When the license issuance unit 92 receives the license issuance request, the license issuance unit 92 requests user information from the client device 30, and the user information transmitted from the client device 30 and the user information stored in the user information storage unit 93. It is also possible to perform user authentication by checking the above.

  The license issuing unit 92 can also encrypt the license data 150 in order to ensure safety when transmitting the license data 150 to the client device 30. For example, the license data 150 is encrypted by the public key cryptosystem using the public key published by the user to whom the license information 150 is issued, and transmitted to the client device 30. A user who has acquired the encrypted license data 150 can decrypt the license data 150 using his / her private key.

  Returning to the description of the content distribution processing in FIG. The license issue request transmission unit 32 of the client device 30 receives the license data 150 transmitted from the license issue server 90 (S912), and stores the received license data 150 in the license information storage unit 36. Further, the license issuance request transmission unit 32 stores the license ID, content ID, reproduction control information, and copy control information set in the license data 150 in the license information 160 shown in FIG. The license information 160 is stored in the license information storage unit 36, and is associated with the license data 150 by the license ID or the content ID. It is also possible to ensure the confidentiality of the license information by encrypting and storing the license information 160 using the user's public key.

  Next, the content acquisition request transmission unit 33 of the client device 30 transmits a digital content acquisition request to the content storage server 60 based on the content location information set in the location information received in S907 (S913).

  Upon receiving a digital content acquisition request from the client device 30 (S914), the content storage server 60 transmits the target distribution package 120 to the client device 30 based on the acquisition request (S915). Then, the content reception unit 34 of the client device 30 receives the distribution package 120 transmitted from the content storage server 60 (S916). The user can decrypt the distribution package 120 using the license data 150 received from the license issuance server 90 in the client device 30 and reproduce the digital content.

== Secret key generation processing ==
A license data generation process in which the license server 20 generates the license data 150 in S909 and S910 of the content distribution process will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the license data generation process.

The license issuance unit 92 of the license issuance server 90 receives a license issuance request from the client device 30 (S1201). In the license issuance request, a content ID, an encryption ID, reproduction control information, and copy control information are set. The license issuing unit 92 transmits the received license issue request to the license management server 80.
The license generation unit 82 of the license management server 80 includes the license public information “p”, “q”, “P”, “sP”, “function G”, “function H” stored in the public / secret information storage unit 83. And license secret information “s” are acquired (S1202).
Then, the license generation unit 82 uses the encryption ID received from the client device 30 and the license disclosure information and license secret information acquired in S1202 to obtain the encrypted content key “CKs” by the ID-Based encryption method. A secret key “Ds” for decryption is generated by Ds = sG (ID) (S1203). Note that “ID” in “sG (ID)” indicates an encryption ID.
The license issuing unit 92 of the license issuing server 90 generates the license data 150 in which the secret key “Ds” generated in S1203 is set (S1204). As described above, the license data 150 is also set with a license ID, a content ID, an issuance destination user ID, reproduction control information, and copy control information.

== Content decryption processing ==
Next, content decryption processing that is processing for decrypting the distribution package 120 in the client device 30 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing content decryption processing.

  The decryption unit 35 of the client device 30 acquires the content ID, the license disclosure information, and the content disclosure information from the content header 110 of the distribution package 120 received from the content storage server 60 in S916 (S1301). Then, the decryption unit 35 acquires the secret key corresponding to the content ID from the license data 150 stored in the license information storage unit 36 (S1302).

Next, the decryption unit 35 obtains the license public information “p”, “q”, “P”, “sP”, “function G”, “function H”, and content public information “rP” acquired in S1301, and S1302. The encrypted content key “CKs1” set in the content block 140 “T1” of the distribution package 120 is decrypted by the ID-Based encryption method using the secret key “Ds” acquired in step S1. Ks1 "is generated (S1303). The content key “Ks1” is generated by the following equation (2).

Then, using the content key “Ks1”, the decryption unit 35 decrypts the encrypted content “C1” set in the content block 140 “T1” of the distribution package 120 by the common key encryption method, and the content “M1” Is generated.
The decryption unit 35 repeatedly generates the content key and decrypts the content for the content blocks 140 “T2” to “Tn” of the distribution package 120 (S1303 to S1306), and reproduces the content “M”.

== Number of playbacks / duplication control ==
Next, processing for controlling the number of reproductions and copying to a recording medium using the reproduction control information and the copy control information set in the license information 160 will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a reproduction count control process for controlling the number of reproductions based on the reproduction control information.

  The user inputs a content ID of digital content desired to be reproduced from the input device 105 of the client device 30. The distribution request transmission unit 31 of the client device 30 receives the content ID input from the input device 105 (S1401). The distribution request transmission unit 31 acquires the reproduction control information of the license information 160 corresponding to the content ID stored in the license information storage unit 36, and confirms whether or not the number of permitted reproductions remains (S1402).

  If the number of permitted reproductions remains (S1402: YES), the content acquisition request transmission unit 33 transmits an acquisition request for the distribution package 120 corresponding to the content ID to the content storage server 60 (S1405), and the distribution package. 120 is received (S1406). Then, the decrypting unit 35 executes the content decrypting process shown in FIG. 13 (S1407), and decrements the number of times permitted to reproduce the playback control information corresponding to the content ID stored in the license information storage unit 36 (S1408). ). When the reproduction permission count becomes 0, the decryption unit 35 deletes the license information 160 corresponding to the content ID.

  If the number of permitted reproductions does not remain (S1402: NO), the license issuance request unit 32 transmits a license issuance request for the content ID to the license issuance server 90 (S1403) and receives license data (S1404). Thereafter, content acquisition and decryption processing (S1405 to S1408) is performed.

  The decrypting unit 35 refers to the copy control information set in the license information 160 corresponding to the content ID after executing the process. When information indicating that copying is possible is set in the copy control information, the distribution package 120 received from the content storage server 60 is written in a recording medium such as a DVD. When the writing to the recording medium is completed, the decryption unit 35 sets information indicating that copying cannot be performed in the copy control information of the license information 160 corresponding to the content ID.

  Since the distribution package 120 is recorded on a recording medium such as a DVD, the distribution package 120 cannot be decrypted and digital content cannot be reproduced without obtaining license data from the license issuing server 90. . Thereby, unauthorized reproduction of digital content can be prevented. By recording the identifier of the client device 30 in addition to the distribution package 120 on a recording medium such as a DVD, the digital content can be played back only by the client device 30 that has written to the recording medium. Similarly, by recording the user ID in addition to the distribution package 120 on the recording medium, it is possible to control so that only the user who acquired the license data can play the digital content.

  In the content distribution processing described with reference to FIG. 9, when playing back digital content, the user selects content from the content list received from the content distribution control server 70 (S902). In addition to this, it is also possible to select digital content to be reproduced with reference to the license information 160 stored in the license information storage unit 36 of the client device 30.

  First, the client device 30 displays a list of license information 160 on the output device 106 such as a display. The user selects the digital content desired to be reproduced from the license information 160 displayed on the output device 106, and inputs the content ID of the digital content from the input device 105 of the client device 30. The client device 30 reads the distribution package 120 in which the content ID specified by the input device 105 is set from a recording medium such as a DVD, and decrypts and reproduces the distribution package 120. As described above, when the distribution package 120 has the recording medium on which the distribution package 120 is recorded and the number of reproducible times remains, the content distribution control server 70, the content storage server 60, and the license issuance server 90 are communicated via the network 40. Digital content can be reproduced without any problem.

== Application example to collective housing ==
Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to digital content distribution in an apartment house such as an apartment will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system that distributes digital contents in the apartment house 170. The configurations of the content server 10, the license server 20, and the client device 30 are the same as those shown in FIGS.

  The apartment house 170 is provided with an antenna 175 for receiving broadcast radio waves such as digital television broadcasts. The antenna 175 is connected to the content server 10 installed in the apartment house 170. The content server 10 stores the distribution package 120 generated from the digital content received via the antenna 175 in the content storage unit 62.

  The client device 30 in the apartment house is communicably connected to the content server 10 via the LAN 180. The client device 30 is connected to an external network 190 such as the Internet via a router 185 or the like, and can communicate with the license server 20 installed outside.

  The client device 30 receives location information for the digital content desired to be reproduced from the content server 10 (S907), and transmits a license issuance request to the license server 20 based on the location information (S908). The license server 20 performs user authentication, billing processing, etc., generates license data (S1201 to S1204), and transmits the generated license data to the client device 30.

  The client device 30 acquires the distribution package 120 for the digital content desired to be reproduced from the content server 10 (S916). Then, the client device 30 decrypts the distribution package 120 using the secret key set in the license data acquired from the license server 20, and reproduces the digital content (S1301 to S1305).

In the present embodiment, secret information is not shared between the content server 10 and the license server 20. Therefore, the content server 10 and the license server 20 can be operated independently.
Therefore, for example, the content server 10 installed in each apartment house 170 can store and distribute digital contents, and the license server 20 installed outside can perform user management and billing management. By installing the content server 10 for each apartment house 170, the number of users to be distributed by the content server 10 can be reduced. Thereby, it can prevent that the access to the content server 10 concentrates.
Further, the license server 20 executes processes requiring safety such as license issuance, user management, and billing management. In the present embodiment, the license server 20 can be installed in a place such as a computer center where safety can be ensured, separately from the content server 10.

== Configuration example of a plurality of content storage servers ==
Next, an embodiment in which a plurality of content storage servers 60 and license servers 20 are configured will be described. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system when a plurality of content storage servers 60 and license servers 20 are provided. The configurations of the content encryption server 50, the content storage server 60, the content distribution control server 70, and the license server 20 are the same as those in FIGS.

  The distribution package 120 generated by the content encryption server 50 is stored in any one content storage unit 62 of the plurality of content storage servers 60. The content encryption server 50 includes the content ID of the digital content, the license location information of the license server 20 that issued the license disclosure information used for encryption, and the content location of the content storage server 20 in which the digital content is stored. The information is associated and stored in the location information storage unit 73 of the content distribution control server 70.

  The client device 30 receives location information of digital content desired to be reproduced from the content distribution control server 70. Then, the client device 30 acquires license data from the license server 20 specified by the license location information set in the location information. In addition, the client device 30 acquires the distribution package 120 from the content storage server 60 specified by the content location information set in the location information. Then, the client device 30 decrypts the distribution package 120 using the secret key set in the license data, and reproduces the digital content.

  In this way, by configuring the content storage server 60 and the license server 20 in a plurality of units, the load of the content storage server 60 and the license server 20 when distributing digital content is distributed, and the speed of the digital content distribution processing is increased. Can be improved.

== Notification method of license public information ==
Next, an embodiment in which the content encryption server 50 and the license server 20 are configured in a plurality of units will be described. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system when a plurality of content encryption servers 50 and license servers 20 are provided. The configurations of the content encryption server 50 and the license server 20 are the same as those shown in FIGS. The public information management server 200 is a server device that is communicably connected to the content encryption server 50 and the license server 20 via the network 205. The hardware configuration of the public information management server 200 is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. The network 205 is, for example, the Internet.

  Each license server 20 transmits the issued license disclosure information to the license disclosure information management server 200. The public information management server 200 generates a public information file 210 from the license public information transmitted from the license server 20.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a public information file 210 generated by the public information management server 200. The public information file 210 includes a license server ID, license location information, and license public information. The license server ID is an identifier for identifying the license server 20. As described above, the license location information is information necessary for obtaining a secret key for decrypting the encrypted content key “CKs” encrypted using the license disclosure information. URL and the like are set.

  The public information management server 200 transmits the generated public information file 210 to each content encryption server 50. The transmission to the content encryption server 50 may be performed by registering the mail address of the administrator of each content encryption server 50 in the public information management server 200 and transmitting the public information file 210 to the mail address. The public information file 210 may be stored in a predetermined storage area of the public information management server 200, and the content encryption server 50 may download the public information file 210.

  The content encryption server 50 stores the acquired public information file 210 in the license public information storage unit 53. Accordingly, when the content encryption server 50 generates the encrypted content key “CKs” using the license disclosure information, the location information storage of the content distribution control server 70 associates the corresponding license location information with the content ID. It can be stored in the unit 73.

  In this way, by using the public information management server 200, in a configuration in which there are a plurality of content encryption servers 50 and license servers 20, the license public information issued by each license server 20 is collectively collected into the content encryption server 50. Can be sent to. Therefore, operations such as when a new license server 20 is installed or when license disclosure information is updated in the license server 20 can be facilitated.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. According to the present embodiment, by using the location information, the client server 30 can identify the license server 20 that has issued the license disclosure information used when the common key is encrypted. Therefore, a plurality of license servers 20 can be configured. If a plurality of license servers 20 are configured, the load when acquiring the secret key can be distributed. Further, since the secret information held by each license server 20 is different, even if the secret information of one license server 20 is leaked, all digital contents are not used illegally.

  In the client device 30, the content storage server 60 in which the encrypted digital content is stored can be specified. Therefore, a plurality of content storage servers 60 can be configured. If a plurality of content storage servers 60 are configured, the load at the time of digital content acquisition can be distributed.

  Further, secret information is not shared between the content server 10 and the license server 20. Therefore, there is no possibility that the secret key for decrypting the encrypted common key is illegally issued by the administrator of the content server 10 or the like.

  Further, by adding the reproduction control information to the license data, it is possible to control the number of times that the user can reproduce the digital content.

  Further, by adding the copy control information to the license data, it is possible to control the copy of the digital content to the recording medium by the user. Note that since the encrypted digital content is stored in the recording medium, the digital content cannot be reproduced unless it is a client device that has obtained a secret key. Therefore, unauthorized distribution of a recording medium copied with digital content can be prevented.

  Further, by using the public information management server 200, when the license server 20 and the content encryption server 50 have a plurality of configurations, the license public information issued by each license server 20 is collectively notified to the content encryption server. can do. Therefore, when the license server 20 is added or the license disclosure information is changed, the administrator of the license server 20 needs to notify each content encryption server 50 of the generated license disclosure information individually. Absent. Therefore, the operation in the notification of the license public information when the license server 20 and the content encryption server 50 are configured in a plurality of units becomes easy.

  Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above examples are for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

  For example, in this embodiment, a common key encryption method is used when digital content is encrypted, and the common key used for encryption is encrypted using an ID-Based encryption method. It is good also as encrypting itself using ID-Based encryption system. However, in general, the common key cryptosystem has a shorter time for decryption than the ID-Based cryptosystem, and the load of decryption processing is lower. For this reason, as shown in the present embodiment, the digital content is more smoothly reproduced by the client device if the digital content is encrypted using the common key encryption method.

It is a figure showing the whole information processing system composition which is one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a client apparatus, a content encryption server, a content storage server, a content delivery control server, a license management server, and a license issue server. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a license publicity / secret information generation process. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a license public information registration process. It is a flowchart which shows a content registration process. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a location information storage part. It is a figure which shows the structure of a content header. It is a figure which shows the structure of the package for delivery. It is a flowchart which shows a content delivery process. It is a figure which shows the structure of license data. It is a figure which shows license information. It is a flowchart which shows a license data generation process. It is a flowchart which shows a content decoding process. It is a flowchart which shows a reproduction frequency control process. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information processing system which distributes a digital content in an apartment house. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information processing system at the time of using a plurality of content storage servers and license servers. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information processing system at the time of using two or more content encryption servers and license servers. It is a figure which shows a public information file.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Content server 20 License server 30 Client apparatus 31 Distribution request transmission part 32 License issue request transmission part 33 Content acquisition request transmission part 34 Content reception part 35 Decoding part 36 License information storage part 40 Network 50 Content encryption server 51 License release information registration Unit 52 content registration unit 53 license public information storage unit 60 content storage server 61 content transmission unit 62 content storage unit 70 content distribution control server 71 content list transmission unit 72 content management unit 73 location information storage unit 80 license management server 81 disclosure / secret Information generation unit 82 License generation unit 83 Public / secret information storage unit 90 License issue server 91 User management unit 92 License issue unit 93 User information record Part 94 license information storage unit

Claims (12)

A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted using the encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
License location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the public information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server storing the digital content, and the identifier are stored in association with each other. A content distribution control server comprising a location information storage unit;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A method of controlling the content delivery control server in an information processing system including
The content delivery control server is
Receiving a delivery request for the digital content in which the identifier is set, from the client device;
Obtaining the license location information and the content location information corresponding to the identifier from the location information storage unit;
Transmitting the license location information and the content location information acquired from the location information storage unit to the client device;
A content delivery control server control method characterized by the above. A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
A content encryption server comprising a public information storage unit in which public information issued by the license server and license location information indicating the location of the license server are stored in association with each other;
A content storage server comprising a content storage unit storing encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content;
Content distribution control comprising a location information storage unit in which the license location information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server in which the digital content is stored, and an identifier of the digital content are stored in association with each other Server,
A method for controlling the content encryption server in an information processing system comprising:
The content encryption server is
Encrypting the digital content with a common key using a common key encryption method to generate the encrypted content;
Encrypting the common key using the public information stored in the identifier and the public information storage unit to generate an encrypted common key;
Storing the encrypted content and the encrypted common key in association with the content storage unit of the content storage server;
The content location information of the content storage server storing the encrypted content, the license location information corresponding to the public information, and the identifier are associated with each other and stored in the location information storage unit of the content distribution control server. To do,
A method for controlling a content encryption server. A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted using the encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
License location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the public information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server storing the digital content, and the identifier are stored in association with each other. A content distribution control server comprising a location information storage unit;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A method for controlling the client device in an information processing system including:
The client device is
Sending the digital content delivery request with the identifier set to the content delivery control server;
Receiving the license location information and the content location information transmitted from the content delivery control server in response to the delivery request;
Sending a license issuance request in which the identifier is set to the license server based on the license location information;
Receiving the license information set with the secret key transmitted from the license server in response to the license issuance request;
Sending the digital content acquisition request to the content storage server based on the content location information,
Receiving the encrypted content and the encrypted common key transmitted from the content storage server in response to the acquisition request;
Decrypting the encrypted common key using the secret key to generate the common key;
Decrypting the encrypted content using the common key to reproduce the digital content;
A method for controlling a client device. A method for controlling a client device according to claim 3, comprising:
The client device is
Storing the identifier, the content location information, and the reproduction key information indicating the number of times the digital content can be reproduced in association with the secret key set in the license information in a predetermined license information storage unit;
When receiving the reproduction request of the digital content in which the identifier is set from a predetermined input device, the reproduction control information corresponding to the identifier stored in the license information storage unit is referred to,
When information indicating that playback is possible is set in the playback control information, the acquisition request for the digital content is transmitted to the digital content storage server based on the content location information corresponding to the identifier. ,
A method for controlling a client device. A method for controlling a client device according to claim 3, comprising:
The client device is
Storing the identifier in association with the secret key set in the license information and the copy control information indicating whether or not the digital content can be copied in a predetermined license information storage unit;
When information indicating that copying is possible is set in the copy control information corresponding to the identifier of the digital content, the encrypted content is written to a predetermined recording medium;
A method for controlling a client device. A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted using the encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A method for controlling the license server in an information processing system comprising:
The license server
Receiving a license issuance request in which an identifier of the digital content and playback control information indicating the number of times the digital content can be played are set from the client device;
Generating the secret key for decrypting the encrypted common key stored in the content storage unit using the identifier set in the license request;
Transmitting license data in which the generated secret key is associated with the reproduction control information set in the license request to the client device;
The control method of the license server characterized by this. A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted using the encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A method for controlling the license server in an information processing system comprising:
The license server
Receiving from the client device a license issuance request in which the identifier of the digital content and copy control information indicating whether or not the digital content can be copied are set;
Using the identifier set in the license issuance request to generate the secret key for decrypting the encrypted common key stored in the content storage unit;
Transmitting license data in which the generated secret key is associated with the copy control information set in the license issuance request to the client device;
The control method of the license server characterized by this. A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
A content encryption server including an encryption unit that encrypts the digital content using a common key by a common key encryption method, and encrypts the common key using an identifier of the digital content and public information issued by the license server When,
A public information management server for managing the public information;
A method for controlling the public information management server in an information processing system comprising:
The public information management server
The public information transmitted from the license server and the license location information indicating the location of the license server are associated with each other and stored in a predetermined public information storage unit,
Transmitting the public information and the license location information stored in the public information storage unit to the content server;
A public information management server control method characterized by the above. A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted using the encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
License location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the public information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server storing the digital content, and the identifier are stored in association with each other. A content distribution control server comprising a location information storage unit;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A client apparatus in an information processing system comprising:
The client device is
A content distribution request transmission unit for transmitting a distribution request for the digital content in which the identifier is set to the content distribution control server;
A license issuance request transmission unit for transmitting a license issuance request in which the identifier is set in the license server based on the license location information transmitted from the content distribution control server in response to the distribution request;
A license information receiving unit configured to receive license data in which the secret key transmitted from the license server in response to the license issuance request is set;
A content acquisition request transmitting unit that transmits the digital content acquisition request to the content storage server based on the content location information transmitted from the content distribution control server in response to the distribution request;
A content receiver that receives the encrypted content and the encrypted common key transmitted from the content storage server in response to the acquisition request;
Decrypting the encrypted common key using the secret key to generate the common key, decrypting the encrypted content using the common key, and reproducing the digital content;
A client device comprising: A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted using the encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and the identifier of the digital content and the public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
License location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the public information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server storing the digital content, and the identifier are stored in association with each other. A content distribution control server comprising a location information storage unit;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A program to be executed by the content distribution control server in an information processing system including:
The program is
Receiving a distribution request for the digital content in which the identifier is set from the client device;
Obtaining the license location information and the content location information corresponding to the identifier from the location information storage unit;
Transmitting the license location information and the content location information acquired from the location information storage unit to the client device;
A program comprising: A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
A content encryption server comprising a public information storage unit in which public information issued by the license server and license location information indicating the location of the license server are stored in association with each other;
A content storage server comprising a content storage unit storing encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content;
Content distribution control comprising a location information storage unit in which the license location information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server in which the digital content is stored, and an identifier of the digital content are stored in association with each other Server,
A program that is executed by the content encryption server in an information processing system including:
The program is
Encrypting the digital content with a common key using a common key encryption method to generate the encrypted content;
Encrypting the common key using the identifier and the public information stored in the public information storage unit to generate an encrypted common key;
Storing the encrypted content and the encrypted common key in the content storage unit of the content storage server in association with each other;
The content location information of the content storage server storing the encrypted content, the license location information corresponding to the public information, and the identifier are associated with each other and stored in the location information storage unit of the content distribution control server. And steps to
A program comprising: A license server that generates a secret key required to play digital content;
Encryption common in which the common key is encrypted by using an encrypted content obtained by encrypting the digital content by a common key encryption method using a common key, and an identifier of the digital content and public information issued by the license server A content storage server comprising a content storage unit in which keys are stored in association with each other;
License location information indicating the location of the license server that issued the public information, content location information indicating the location of the content storage server storing the digital content, and the identifier are stored in association with each other. A content distribution control server comprising a location information storage unit;
A client device for reproducing the digital content;
A program to be executed by the client device in an information processing system configured to include:
The program is
Transmitting the digital content distribution request with the identifier set to the content distribution control server;
Receiving the license location information and the content location information transmitted from the content delivery control server in response to the delivery request;
Transmitting a license issuance request in which the identifier is set to the license server based on the license location information;
Receiving license information in which a secret key transmitted from the license server in response to the license issuance request is set;
Transmitting the digital content acquisition request to the content storage server based on the content location information;
Receiving the encrypted content and the encrypted common key transmitted from the content storage server in response to the acquisition request;
Decrypting the encrypted common key using the secret key to generate the common key;
Decrypting the encrypted content using the common key to reproduce the digital content;
A program comprising:

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