Patent ID: 7620814
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for distributing content access data to a user, the content access data providing rights management data indicating a right of the user to at least one of reproduce and copy distributed content, the system comprising: an applications device including an applications program forming a trusted player for at least one of receiving, reproducing and copying the distributed content; a smart card access device operable to access a smart card which is uniquely associated with the user; a trusted server operable to communicate securely the content access data to the smart card via a communications network by encrypting the content access data using a first encryption key pre-stored on the smart card and known to the trusted server, the smart card being operable to decrypt the encrypted content, access data using the first encryption key and to store the decrypted content access data on the smart card; wherein the trusted player is operable to request from the smart card the content access data independently of the distributed content, to receive from the smart card the content access data encrypted with a second local encryption key shared between the smart card and the trusted player, to access the rights management data provided with the content access data on the smart card, and to at least one of reproduce and copy the distributed content in accordance with the rights management data.