WO1999038325A2 - Conditional access - Google Patents
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- WO1999038325A2 WO1999038325A2 PCT/IB1999/000037 IB9900037W WO9938325A2 WO 1999038325 A2 WO1999038325 A2 WO 1999038325A2 IB 9900037 W IB9900037 W IB 9900037W WO 9938325 A2 WO9938325 A2 WO 9938325A2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
- H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
- H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
- H04N21/2347—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving video stream encryption
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
- H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
- H04N21/4623—Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message]
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N7/00—Television systems
- H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
- H04N7/167—Systems rendering the television signal unintelligible and subsequently intelligible
- H04N7/1675—Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence
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- the invention relates to a conditional access apparatus, a method of scrambling a signal, and a transmission system comprising a conditional access apparatus.
- a conditional access (CA) apparatus performs a combination of scrambling and encryption to prevent unauthorized use, for example, reception of information.
- Scrambling is the process of rendering sound, pictures and/or data, etc. unintelligible.
- Encryption is the process of protecting the secret keys (control words) which have to be transmitted with the scrambled signal for the descrambler to operate, that is to say, to descramble the scrambled signal.
- the primary purpose of a CA system for broadcasting is to determine which individual receiver(s)/set-top decoder(s) will be able to receive and supply particular program services, or individual programs to the viewers. After this determination, the chosen receivers will receive the information they need to operate.
- Conditional access systems are known, for example, from the article "Functional model of a conditional access system", EBU Technical Review, Winter 1995.
- This article describes a functional model of a CA "reference" system.
- a multiplexer multiplexes picture, sound and data information, generating an MPEG-2 transport stream.
- This MPEG transport stream is forwarded to a scrambler. After scrambling and modulation, the signal will be sent to the receiving side.
- the signal will be demodulated, descrambled and demultiplexed.
- an improved scrambling system has been described in this article wherein the scrambler uses control words (CW) to scramble the transport stream. These control words are generated by a control word generator.
- CW control words
- the generated control words are supplied to an encrypter for encryption of the control words under the control of a service key (for example, a smart card), and the encrypted control words are supplied as entitlement control messages (ECMs) to the multiplexer.
- ECMs entitlement control messages
- a decrypter is needed to decrypt the ECMs to obtain the CWs.
- a service key for example, a smart card
- This prior-art conditional access system operates pretty well in a studio environment where the control word generator and encrypter are placed in a secured room. However, when the CA system has to be used on a mobile basis, the control word generator and the encrypter are no longer in secured rooms. Consequently, there will be a great risk of theft of the conditional access apparatus and/or smart card.
- a first aspect of the invention provides a conditional access apparatus as defined in claim 1.
- a second aspect of the invention provides a transmission system as defined in claim 3.
- a third aspect of the invention provides a method of scrambling as defined in claim 4.
- a processor can determine the set of control word and entitlement control message that will be used for the next predetermined time.
- a new table of control words is sent to the other operating conditional access apparatuses at the transmitting side. Thereafter, the stolen conditional access apparatus can no longer be used.
- the unencrypted control words and the encrypted control words can be generated centrally by an authorized person who distributes the tables obtained to the authorized users. Consequently, the conditional access apparatus will also become cheaper.
- An embodiment of the conditional access apparatus according to the invention has the features of claim 2.
- control word(s) and the encrypted control word(s) are written into the respective storing means.
- control means control the means for reading out the storing means.
- the storing means may be read out in a random order and changed as often as is deemed necessary to prevent unauthorized persons from cracking the scrambling control words.
- Figure 1 shows a prior-art conditional access system
- FIG. 2 shows a conditional access apparatus according to the invention.
- a prior-art conditional access system CAS is shown, comprising a transmission system TS and a receiving system RS.
- the transmission system TS can receive a video input signal Sv, an audio input signal Sa and/or a data input signal Sd at inputs II, 12, and 13, respectively.
- These inputs II, 12 and 13 are coupled to multiplex means MUX wherein these signals are multiplexed together with a signal ECM.
- the multiplex means outputs a signal Strs which signal is supplied to scrambling means SCR for scrambling the signal Strs, using a control word CW.
- This control word is generated by a control word generator CWgen.
- the control word is also supplied to an encrypter ENCR for encrypting the control words and supplying entitlement control messages ECMs (encrypted control words), which, as described above, are supplied to the multiplex means MUX.
- the encrypting means can be controlled by a service key SK (for example, a smart, card).
- the output signal of the scrambling means SCR is supplied via a modulator MOD to transmission means Tx for transmitting the obtained signal to the receiving system RS by air or alternatively by satellite or cable. At the receiving side, the received signal is handled inversely, i.e.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a conditional access apparatus CAA2 according to the invention, having inputs 121, 122 and 123 for receiving video, audio and/or data input signals Sv2, Sa2 and Sd2, respectively. Elements corresponding to those in Figure 1 have the same reference symbols.
- the inputs 121, 122 and 123 are coupled to multiplex means MUX2 for multiplexing the input signals with entitlement control messages in the form of an encrypted code word ECM2.
- the multiplexed signal Strs2 is supplied to scrambling means SCR2 for scrambling the signal Strs2 under the control of code words CW2.
- the scrambling means supplies a signal Sscr2 to the output 021.
- the conditional access apparatus CAA2 of the invention does not have a control word generator but comprises storing means MEM in which a table is stored with control words CW2 and corresponding encrypted control words as entitlement control messages ECM2.
- This table of control words and entitlement control messages can be generated centrally by an authorized person who distributes (for example, sends) it to the authorized users.
- the storing means MEM are controlled by a control unit CPU which determines the set of control word CW2 and entitlement control message ECM2 that will be supplied to the scrambling means SCR2 and the multiplexing means MUX2, respectively.
- the read-out of the control words and the entitlement control messages may be chosen at random by the control unit CPU and changed as often as is deemed necessary to prevent unauthorized persons from cracking the scrambling control words.
- a new table of control words is sent to the other operating conditional access apparatuses at the transmitting side and, if necessary, a new service key (for example, a smart card) at the receiving side, and thereafter the stolen conditional access apparatus can no longer be used, for example, to receive scrambled information.
- a new service key for example, a smart card
- conditional access apparatus instead of using the conditional access apparatus as described above it is also possible to implement the multiplexing, scrambling and the tables with control words and entitlement control messages in software.
- a service key for example, a smart card as the prior art does
- a service key may be used at the receiving side to further improve the operation of the receiving system RS.
- an alternative option is to implement the communication between the memory MEM and the scrambler SCR2 as a secure channel. This may be implemented by combining the scrambler and the memory in one unit.
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EP99900028A EP0970585A2 (en) | 1998-01-23 | 1999-01-14 | Conditional access |
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