Patent ID: 8526610
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A streaming media player providing content protection and digital rights management, including: a port configured to receive a digital bit stream, the digital bit stream including: content which is encrypted at least in part, and at least one secure container including control information, the control information including one or more rules for controlling at least one aspect of access to or use of the content and for selectively determining whether to proceed with a decrypting step and comparing a system identifier included in the control information with an identifier associated with the player, the secure container further including at least one key suitable for decryption of at least a portion of the content; and a control arrangement including: a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including program code, the program code being operable, when executed by the processor for opening the at least one secure container and extracting the at least one key; and a stream controller operatively connected to receive the at least one key, the stream controller further decrypting at least a portion of the encrypted content based on the at least one key and when allowed by the one or more rules.