Sony Corporation

Kazunori Yoshitomi

Kenji Yoshino

Yasuhiro Yamanaka

Fumiaki Hisamatsu

Shinichi Ueno

An authoring system authors content data for distribution through an information terminal by encryption for copyright protection. The system includes an authoring device and an authoring key generator. The generator generates a content identifier uniquely allocated to each of the content data, an authoring key enabling key uniquely allocated to the authoring device, and an authoring key obtained by encrypting a content key for encrypting the content data and a second content key using the CID and the CEK. The second content key is formed by encrypting the content key using a root key. The authoring device has a unit which decrypts the content key and the second content key using the CID and the CEK, and a unit which encrypts the content data using the decrypted content key to generate authored encrypted content data.

Authoring system, authoring key generator, authoring device, authoring method, and data supply device, information terminal and information distribution method

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kazunori Yoshitomi