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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Yoshihiro Saga, Ichikawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Saga, Ichikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a generating unit generating a first encryption key specific to the broadcast receiving apparatus including identification information; a recording unit recording a broadcast stream that is included in a certain channel of broadcast signals and that includes an individual information stream and a content stream requiring a second encryption key for decryption, the individual information stream periodically including first individual information items and second individual information items; a searching unit searching for the earliest first individual information item and the earliest second individual information item from the individual information stream included in the broadcast stream; and an overwriting unit overwriting the found second individual information item at a position that is earlier than the position of the found second individual information item and that is later than the position of the found first individual information item in the individual information stream.