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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Curtis H. Bruner, Longmont, CO (US);
Christopher J. Squires, Westminster, CO (US);
Curtis H. Bruner, Longmont, CO (US);
Christopher J. Squires, Westminster, CO (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
An end user system comprises a communication interface configured to receive content in a protected state and transfer the content in the protected state, a processing system coupled to the communication interface and configured to receive the content in the protected state, process the content with a key hard coded internally to the processing system to modify the content to an unprotected state, and transfer the content in the unprotected state, and a user interface coupled to the processing system and configured to receive the content in the unprotected state and output the content.