Patent ID: 7712144
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A secure device for copy protection, comprising: an ID database that stores identification number IDs for decrypting copy protected encrypted content, wherein each ID is assigned to a different person and, together with each ID, information of an assignment to a specific person is stored in the ID database; a transceiving means for transmitting and/or receiving IDs to and/or from an external device via a short range transmission system; and an ID handler that controls the transmission and reception of the IDs in accordance with predefined transmission and/or reception rights, wherein the ID handler is configured to store a received ID in the ID database and to transmit an ID stored in the ID database via the transceiving means, at least one ID stored in the ID database is assigned to a user of the secure device, and the ID handler permits transmission of the at least one ID assigned to the user of the secure device to a second secure device of a second user.