Patent ID: 7346580
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06F,G06T,G11B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method on an end-user device to prevent an unauthorized recording of multimedia content as a result of rendering at least part of the multimedia content, the method comprising: accessing encrypted multimedia content intended for playing on the end-user device using multimedia output devices and/or pods of the end-user device after decryption of the multimedia content; prior to decryption of the encrypted multimedia content, blocking access to multimedia content input devices and/or ports of the end-user device, the blocking being accomplished by opening all multimedia content input devices and/or ports of the end-user device that can receive any part of a multimedia content, to prevent use of such multimedia content input devices and/or ports, thereby preventing re-recording of decrypted multimedia content by the end-user device; decrypting at least part of the encrypted multimedia content; and subsequent to decryption, and while access to all such multimedia content input devices and/or ports is blocked, rendering the at least part of the multimedia content.