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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2004
Amy Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Amy Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, an apparatus and a carrier medium for securely distributing multimedia while still retaining compatibility with existing CA systems. The method includes forming a packet including a plurality of encrypted multimedia stream segments. The packet further includes, for each segment of the plurality, a field providing conditional access information associated with the segment. The method further includes sending the packet to an intermediary. The method is such that the intermediary receiving the packet can send a first segment of the plurality and any associated conditional access information to a first receiver, and send a second segment of the plurality and any associated conditional access information to a second receiver. The method is also such that no decryption of any segment of the plurality is required by the intermediary to send the first segment or to send the second segment.