Patent ID: 7809138
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
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 comprising at least two sub-streams which have been mixed together, the digital bit stream including: a control arrangement including: a demux designed to separate and route the sub-streams; a decompression unit configured to decompress at least one of the sub-streams, the decompression unit and the demux being connected by a pathway for the transmission of information; a rendering unit designed to process decompressed content information for rendering; and a stream controller operatively connected to the decompression unit and the control arrangement, the stream controller including decryption functionality configured to decrypt at least a portion of a sub-stream based on at least one key passed from the control arrangement and pass the decrypted sub-stream to the decompression unit.