SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION USING ENCRYPTION KEY BLOCK
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    发明公开
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION USING ENCRYPTION KEY BLOCK 审中-公开
    设备和方法处理的信息使用密钥块

    公开(公告)号:EP1204236A4

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-05

    申请号:EP01938704

    申请日:2001-06-15

    申请人: SONY CORP

    IPC分类号: G11B20/00 H04L9/08 H04L9/00

    摘要: Sub-trees separated according to the data processing capability of a device are defined in a key tree in which keys are assigned to the roots, nodes, and leaves which are devices of a tree. A management entity of each sub-tree creates a sub make-effective key block effective in the entity. A key issuing center creates a make-effective key block decodable only by an entity having common capability according to the capability information on the entity. Each entity manages the partia trees (sub-trees) of the key tree, creates a sub make-effective key block according to only the nodes of the sub-trees or the keys corresponding to the leaves, and creates a make-effective key block decodable only by the selected entity by using the sub make-effective key block. Thus, a make-effective key block can be created in accordance with the data processing capability of a device and distributed, and the key tree hierarchical structure can be dividedly managed.