Method and apparatus for protection of recorded digital data
CA 2304148 A1 · Owner: Canal + Societe Anonyme · Inventors: Benardeau, Christian
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A method of restricting access to recorded digital data on a digital support medium (2) using an integrated circuit e.g. on a smart card (4) containing a first decryption key (Kf) characterized in encrypting with a corresponding encryption key (Kf) one or more elements of the volume descripter (V) of the support medium (2), recording the encrypted elements of the volume descripter together with non-encrypted data on the support medium and when accessing the , support medium (2) using the integrated circuit decryption key (Kf) to decrypt the encrypted elements of the volume descripter (V) and to supply a reader (5) with these elements so as to permit the reading and/or writing of …
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- Filed September 22, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 22, 2018.
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