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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2003
Applicants:

Randal Eye, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

Thomas Siner, Chesterfield, VA (US);

Jeffrey Segal, Midlothian, VA (US);

David Moshe Goldschlag, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Robert Wilhelm Schumann, Oakton, VA (US);

Inventors:

Randal Eye, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

Thomas Siner, Chesterfield, VA (US);

Jeffrey Segal, Midlothian, VA (US);

David Moshe Goldschlag, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Robert Wilhelm Schumann, Oakton, VA (US);

Assignee:

Cinea, Inc., Reston, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is a system for securing broadcasting content locally at receiving stations that may be remote to a broadcaster. Embodiments of this invention implement controllable and renewable security measures, compatible with many other content processing and display systems. These security measures may include re-encrypting received broadcast content using locally generated keys, watermarking the received broadcast content, and logging both processing and display of broadcast content.


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