Methods and apparatus for secure distribution of program content

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7469345
APP PUB NO 20030123670A1
SERIAL NO

10316675

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Methods and apparatus in accordance with the present invention are operable to carry out certain functions including: receiving an encrypted program at a processing apparatus; transmitting at least some identification information related to the processing apparatus over a network to an administrator; receiving an encrypted decryption key at the processing apparatus over the network from the administrator in response to the at least some identification information; decrypting the encrypted decryption key; decrypting the encrypted program using the decryption key; re-encrypting the program using at least some of the identification information ; and storing the identification information and the re-encrypted program in a first storage device.

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SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INCTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kanee, Kazuhiro Chiba, JP 12 155
Kimoto, Yousuke Kanagawa, JP 14 408
Komaki, Kenjiro Saitama, JP 17 437
Okada, Toyoshi Tokyo, JP 18 457
Shimada, Muneki Tokyo, JP 22 431

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