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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
David A. Barr, San Jose, CA (US);
Aaron G. Wells, Piedmont, CA (US);
David A. Barr, San Jose, CA (US);
Aaron G. Wells, Piedmont, CA (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for securing a content is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a media key by decrypting a media key block based on a device key unique to a particular player of a plurality of players, (B) modifying the media key by decryption based on a class key such that the media key is unique for each of a plurality of subscriber classes, (C) writing an encrypted title key in a media by encrypting a title key based on both the media key after modification and a media identification value unique to the media and (D) writing an encrypted content in the media by encrypting the content based on the title key.