Digital video recorder employing a unique ID to interlock with encrypted video programs stored on a storage device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6853731
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09676635

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The present invention may be regarded as a digital video recorder (DVR) comprising a storage device for storing an encrypted video program, a unique ID for interlocking the encrypted video program with the digital video recorder, and a cryptography facility. The cryptography facility comprises an encoder, responsive to the unique ID, for encrypting a plaintext video program into the encrypted video program stored on the storage device, and a decoder, responsive to the unique ID, for decrypting the encrypted video program stored on the storage device into the plaintext video program during playback.

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KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INCONE MORGAN IRVINE CA 92618
KEEN PERSONAL TECHNOLOGIES INCONE MORGAN IRVINE CA 92618

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boyle, William B Lake Forest, CA 87 8660
Rice, Alan P Santa Ana, CA 7 584

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