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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
William Tsu, San Jose, CA (US);
William Tsu, San Jose, CA (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention systems and methods facilitate secure communication of information between devices. A present invention system and method can enable secure communication of proprietary content in a HDCP compliant configuration. In one embodiment, a high definition content protection key secure management method is utilized to enable efficient and secure storage of a HDCP key. A high definition content protection key value is received. The high definition content protection key is encrypted utilizing a secure key value, wherein the secure key value is not accessible via an external port. In one exemplary implementation, the secure key is stored in fuses included in a processing unit. The results of said encrypting in a memory (e.g., a BIOS memory, flash memory, etc.).