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Definitions

• the CR may request the CS to download the requested data, information items, or content at a scheduled time. Still further, the CR may request the data, information items or content be downloaded or delivered to a second device, i.e., a content receiver or consumer (CC), either immediately or at a scheduled time.
• a second device i.e., a content receiver or consumer (CC)
• CC content receiver or consumer
• This latter operation is suitable when the CR device is operating on a low-bandwidth network and lacks sufficient bandwidth to download the required information.
• a user may use a cellular device operating over a low- speed network to request audio and/or visual (multimedia) information be delivered to a receiving device, such as a home or laptop computer.
• the method is operable at a receiving device located at a remote site in communication with a network for receiving a first information item scrambled using an encrypting key known by the remote site, descrambling the first information item using a corresponding decrypting key, wherein the information item includes an access code and a content key, receiving a second information item scrambled using the content encryption key after the server hosting the second information verifies the access code and descrambling the second information item using the content key.
• a location of the desired content is included with the first information item. The location may be also encrypted using the key.
• Figure 2 illustrates an exemplary process for providing secure content delivery for the delivery framework shown in Figure 1 ;
• Figure 3 illustrates a diagram of another exemplary content delivery framework
• Figure 4 illustrates an exemplary process for providing secure content delivery in the content delivery framework shown in Figure 3;
• Figure 5 illustrates a flow chart of a process for scrambling content information secured in accordance with an aspect of the invention
• Figure 6 illustrates a flow chart of a process for descrambling secure content information in accordance with an aspect of the invention.
• Figure 7 illustrates a device for executing the process shown herein.
• Figure 1 illustrates a diagram of the communications of a content delivery framework 100 comprising a Content Requester (CR) 110 in communication with Content Server (CS) 120 through network 130.
• CS 120 is further in communication with Content Consumer 150 through network 140.
• network 130 may be a low-speed network while network 140 may be a high-speed network.
• networks 130 and 140 may be the same network or different networks of comparable speeds.
• CR 110 may be a cellular telephone and network 130 may be a relatively low speed wireless network.
• Network 140 may be a high-speed network, such as the Internet or a specialized content delivery network (CDN).
• CDN content delivery network
• CR 110 may be a laptop computer and network 130 may be a local-area network connected to the Internet, which can be represented by network 140.
• Figure 2 illustrates an exemplary operation 200 for providing secure content delivery over the network configuration shown in Figure 1.
• CR 110 generates a request for information content, shown as arrow 210, to CS 120 via network 130.
• request 210 may include an encryption key associated with Content Consumer (CC) 150.
• CC Content Consumer
• the public key of CC 150 may be provided to CS 120.
• Digital certificates may also be used to verify that content requester 110 is authorized to access CS 120.
• the key, Pu may be a key value that is known or shared by CS 120 and CC 150.
• the provided encryption key may itself be scrambled or encrypted using a key that is known to or shared by both CR 110 and CS 120.
• a shared key denoted as So and represented by arrow 210, assures CS 120 that CR 110 is authorized to make a request.
• CR 110 may, in one aspect, be provided with shared key So when registering for the service provided by CS 120.
• CR 110 may be in communication with CS 120 using a secured link, which may be set up by transmitting a conventional user name and password to CS 120.
• CS 120 may in response provide shared key S 0 to user CR 110.
• a reference to the designated CC 150 e.g., Internet Protocol address, or location, etc., may also be contained within the request.
• CS 120 after authenticating that CR 110 is authorized to make request 310, creates a Content Access Credential (CAC) or access code for the designated content consumer.
• the CAC is used to access the requested content by the designated CC 150 at a later time.
• Notification 220 in this case, includes the CAC and a content key, referred to as K c .
• Key K c is used to scramble or encrypt the requested content.
• CAC and K c are scrambled or encrypted using key P u , associated with CC 150, which, in this illustrated case, was provided by CR 110.
• a use- limitation or license may also be associated with content key K c .
• license LIC may limit the number of times or a time period that key K c is rendered valid. Such use-limitation on key K c provides a means to limit subsequent distribution of the content.
• CC 150 decrypts or de-scrambles the notification message to obtain the CAC and key K c using the decryption key associated with the key P u .
• the CAC is then transmitted to CS 120, shown as arrow 225, to authorize the transmission or downloading of the requested information item.
• content downloading is represented by arrow 230.
• the information item is de-scrambled or decrypted, represented by arrow 240, using the provided key, K c .
• CC 150 is now able to view the de-scrambled content requested by CC 110.
• key K c is used to encrypt and decrypt the content provided and may thus be referred to as an encryption key, a decryption key or a content delivery key.
• CAC from CS 120 may occur at a predetermined time or with a predetermined delay calculated from the time the initial request was made.
• the transmission of CAC from CC 150 to CS 120 may be performed automatically or manually. In the manual case, a user may initiate an action on CC 150 to cause CAC to be transmitted.
• CS 120 may delay transmission of CAC and content key K c until a known time or after the lapse of a known time offset.
• FIG. 3 illustrates a diagram of a content delivery framework 300 in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.
• CR 110 and CS 120 are in communication via network 130 as previously described.
• CS 120 is also in communication with CDN broker 310 via network 140 and CDN broker 310 may further be in communication with one or more Edge Servers, represented by ES 320, via network 330.
• CC 150 in this illustrated case, has access to at least network 330.
• networks 130, 140 and 330 may be networks that have different, the same or comparable data transmission rates.
• network 130 may be a low-speed, low bandwidth network and networks 140 and 330 may be high speed, large bandwidth networks.
• Network 330 may further be representative of a specialized content delivery network (CDN). As would be recognized by those skilled in the art, networks 130, 140 and 330 may also be the same network.
• CDN broker 310 enables the system to distribute requested content to different edge servers that may be local to a plurality of users that may request the same content.
• FIG 4 illustrates an exemplary chronological sequence 400 for providing secure content delivery over the network configuration shown in Figure 3.
• CR 1 10 requests, represented as arrow 210, that CS 120 provide designated content to CC 150, as previously discussed.
• Content Server 120 obtains information regarding a designated ES associated with CC 150 from the CDN broker 310.
• CS 120 further generates a CAC and creates a Cache Content Access Credential (CCAC).
• CAC includes the address of the designated CC 150 and a password.
• the CCAC includes the address of a designated edge server (ES) 320, and a second password.
• the CAC and CCAC are encrypted and provided to CDN broker 310, as represented by arrow 410.
• CAC and CCAC are encrypted using a key, denoted as S ls which is known or shared by CS 120 and CDN broker 310.
• CDN broker 310 decrypts the transmitted information, and in this case, re-encrypts the CAC and CCAC using a key, referred to as S 2 .
• Key S 2 is common to or shared by CDN broker 310 and ES 320.
• ES 320 uses the CAC to access the requested content, as represented by arrow 430, which is scrambled using a content key, K c , from CS 120.
• CS 120 further provides a notification, as shown by arrow 220, to CC 150.
• the notification 220 contains information regarding the location of the requested information or content, e.g., address of ES 320, and the encrypted or scrambled CCAC and content key K c .
• the CCAC and key K c are encrypted using the key P u associated with or known by CC 150.
• the location of the content may also be encrypted.
• the location of the content may be provided unscrambled.
• CC 150 may then decrypt the information and transmit the received CCAC to
• FIG. 5 illustrates a flow chart of an exemplary process 500 for decrypting requested content in accordance with the principles of the invention. In this exemplary process, a determination is made at block 510 whether a message has been received. If the answer is negative, then the process continues to wait for the receipt of a message.
• the message is decrypted or descrambled using a private key at block 520.
• the content access code and a key, K c are obtained from the decrypted message.
• the content access key or code is the generated CAC whereas, with regard to Figure 3, the content access key or code is the generated CCAC.
• the location of the desired content may also be included in the message.
• the location may be provided in the clear or may be scrambled.
• the content location may be known by the CC 150 and, thus, need not be contained in the transmitted message.
• the content access key (CAC or CCAC) is transmitted to the known or specified content location, at block 550.
• the content is received and at block 570 a determination is made whether all the content has been received. If the answer is negative, then processing continues at block 560 to continue receiving the desired content. However, if the answer is in the affirmative, the content is decrypted using the provided content key, i.e., K c .
• FIG. 6 illustrates a flow chart of a process 600 for generating content delivery keys or codes in accordance with the principles of the invention.
• a determination is made whether a message has been received. If the answer is negative, then the process continues to wait for a message. [00029] However, if the answer is in the affirmative, then a determination is made, at block 620, whether the sender is authorized to request content delivery. If the answer is negative, then the process returns to block 610 to continue waiting for a message. However, if the answer is in the affirmative, then at block 625 the request message is decrypted using a key common to both parties.
• the message includes information regarding the desired content and may include a desired consumer location if the desired consumer location is not known, prefixed or predetermined, e.g., predesignated address. This information may be sent unencrypted.
• the consumer public key or other encryption information is sent encrypted.
• a content access key and a content key, K c are generated and are encrypted using the public key or other encryption information provided by the requester or user.
• the encrypted information is transmitted to the consumer via a notification message at block 640.
• the content access key or code is encrypted or scrambled using an encryption key known between the content server and the edge server that contains or will contain the desired content.
• the content is encrypted using the content delivery key, K c .
• K c to scramble the content is advantageous as the server does not require additional levels of security to prevent unauthorized access to the content.
• storing the media using the key, K c is further advantageous as it stores the content in a form that is transparent to the consumer regardless of whether the content server or an edge server delivers the content.
• the content is transmitted to the location of the consumer or user.
• process shown in Figure 5 relates more specifically to the sequence shown in Figure 4, which includes additional process sequence steps over those shown in Figure 1.
• process 600 may also relate to the sequence steps shown in Figure 1 when the location of the content is known by the consumer.
• Figure 7 illustrates a system 700 for implementing the principles of the invention as depicted in the exemplary processing shown in Figures 2-4.
• input data is received from sources 705 over network 750 and is processed in accordance with one or more programs, either software or firmware, executed by processing system 710.
• the results of processing system 710 may then be transmitted over network 770 for viewing on display 780, reporting device 790 and/or a second processing system 795.
• processing system 710 includes one or more input/output devices
• Communication medium 725 may represent a communication network, e.g., ISA, PCI, PCMCIA bus, one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media.
• Processing system 710 and/or processor 720 may be representative of a handheld calculator, special purpose or general purpose processing system, desktop computer, laptop computer, palm computer, or personal digital assistant (PDA) device, etc., as well as portions or combinations of these and other devices that can perform the operations illustrated.
• PDA personal digital assistant
• Processor 720 may be a central processing unit (CPU) or dedicated hardware/software, such as a PAL, ASIC, FGPA, operable to execute computer instruction code or a combination of code and logical operations.
• processor 720 may include code which, when executed, performs the operations illustrated herein.
• the code may be contained in memory 730, may be read or downloaded from a memory medium such as a CD-ROM or floppy disk, represented as 783, may be provided by a manual input device 785, such as a keyboard or a keypad entry, or may be read from a magnetic or optical medium (not shown) when needed.
• processor 720 may be accessible to processor 720 through input/output device 740, as shown. Further, the data received by input/output device 740 may be immediately accessible by processor 720 or may be stored in memory 730. Processor 720 may further provide the results of the processing to display 780, recording device 790 or a second processing unit 795.
• processor, processing system, computer or computer system may represent one or more processing units in communication with one or more memory units and other devices, e.g., peripherals, connected electronically to and communicating with the at least one processing unit.
• the devices illustrated may be electronically connected to the one or more processing units via internal busses, e.g., serial, parallel, ISA bus, microchannel bus, PCI bus, PCMCIA bus, USB, etc., or one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media, or an external network, e.g., the Internet and Intranet.
• internal busses e.g., serial, parallel, ISA bus, microchannel bus, PCI bus, PCMCIA bus, USB, etc.
• internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device e.g., the Internet and Intranet.
• an external network e.g., the Internet and Intranet.
• hardware circuitry may be used in place of, or in combination with, software instructions to implement the invention.
• the elements illustrated herein may also be implemented as discrete hardware elements or may be integrated into a single unit.
• Processing system 710 may also be in two-way communication with each of the sources 705. Processing system 710 may further receive or transmit data over one or more network connections from a server or servers over, e.g., a global computer communications network such as the Internet, Intranet, a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a local area network (LAN), a terrestrial broadcast system, a cable network, a satellite network, a wireless network, or a telephone network (POTS), as well as portions or combinations of these and other types of networks.
• networks 750 and 770 may also be internal networks or one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media or an external network, e.g., the Internet and Intranet.

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