Patents by Inventor Kenjiro Ueda

Kenjiro Ueda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9398330
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a data processing unit that performs format conversion of converting MPEG-2 TS format data into MP4 format data, wherein the MPEG-2 TS format data is data that includes each segment region having a plurality of pieces of variation data decryptable with different keys, and wherein the data processing unit selects encrypted MP4 variation data from the segment region of the MPEG-2 TS format data and stores the MP4 variation data as MP4 format structure data in an MP4 file, while the encrypted variation data remains, without performing a decryption process and a re-encryption process for the selected MP4 variation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Yoshikazu Takashima
  • Publication number: 20160155466
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a data processing unit that executes reproduction processing of content recorded in an information recording medium. The content includes an individual segment region formed of a plurality of variation data in which identification information different from each other is embedded and each of which can be decrypted by a different key, and a common segment region formed of single data. The variation data is formed of a 6144 byte aligned unit. The data processing unit calculates a reproduction path by applying a device key held in a memory, and selects an aligned unit corresponding to one variation data that corresponds to the calculated reproduction path from a plurality of aligned units configuring the plurality of variation data in the individual segment region included in the data read from the information recording medium, and then, executes the decryption and reproduction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjiro UEDA, Tateo OISHI, Kouichi UCHIMURA, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Kaoru MURASE, Hiroshi YAHATA
  • Patent number: 9311956
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a data processing unit that executes a process of reproducing content recorded in a medium, wherein the data processing unit acquires a token from the medium, the token being management data corresponding to content recorded in the medium, compares a server ID recorded in the acquired token with a server ID recorded in a server certificate acquired from a server from which the management data is acquired, and halts reproduction of content when the two server IDs are not identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Koji Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kuno, Takamichi Hayashi, Munetake Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20160057112
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a data processing unit that performs a content playback process; and a communication unit that communicates with a server, wherein the content is content that has a segment region configured with a plurality of pieces of variation data which can be respectively decrypted by different keys, and for which a plurality of playback paths can be configured according to variation data which is selected as a playback object, wherein each piece of variation data is data for which a variation data identifier can be analyzed from decrypted data, and wherein the data processing unit receives playback path information which is allowed to be played from the server through the communication unit, and selects variation data from the segment region so as to perform content playback, according to the playback path information received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenjiro UEDA, Tateo OISHI, Yoshikazu TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160057491
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a data processing unit that performs format conversion of converting MPEG-2 TS format data into MP4 format data, wherein the MPEG-2 TS format data is data that includes each segment region having a plurality of pieces of variation data decryptable with different keys, and wherein the data processing unit selects encrypted MP4 variation data from the segment region of the MPEG-2 TS format data and stores the MP4 variation data as MP4 format structure data in an MP4 file, while the encrypted variation data remains, without performing a decryption process and a re-encryption process for the selected MP4 variation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenjiro UEDA, Tateo Oishi, Yoshikazu Takashima
  • Patent number: 9171570
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit receives playlist sequence information which represents the use sequence of a playlist applied to reproduction processing of copy data recorded in the second medium, from a management server and performs processing for generating an attribute file which stores the playlist sequence information and recording the generated attribute file in the second medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sont Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tateo Oishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Kazuo Yamamoto, Motoki Kato
  • Publication number: 20150143135
    Abstract: The present disclosure realizes a structure that can unify the management of the storage block for the encryption key to be used in decrypting encrypted content stored in a memory card. This structure includes: an information processing apparatus that stores content into an information storage device such as a memory card including an access allowed block based on an access right check made on each block, and uses the content; a content usage managing server that provides content usage permission information to the information processing apparatus; and a content correspondence information providing server that provides the encryption key to be used in decrypting the encrypted content stored in the information storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Hiroshi Kuno, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9037867
    Abstract: A configuration for achieving efficient content verification processing based on hash values is provided. Hash values of hash units set as segmented data of a content stored on an information storage medium are recorded in a content hash table and are stored on the information storage medium together with the content. An information processing apparatus for executing content playback executes hash-value comparison processing based on one or more randomly selected hash values. Regardless of the data amount of content, the configuration can perform hash-value determination and comparison processing based on hash units having a small amount of data, so that user equipment for executing content playback can perform efficient content verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Yoshitomo Osawa, Katsumi Muramatsu, Motoki Kato, Yoshikazu Takashima
  • Patent number: 9032019
    Abstract: A content providing device serving as a server for executing content providing processing as to a client, includes: a data processing unit for executing content providing processing in response to a content request from the client; wherein the data processing unit receives a disc recorded identifier for identifying a disc or content recorded in the mounted disc of the client, and the identification information of at least either the device identifier of a device on the client side, or the user identifier of a user on the client side, from the client, accumulates the history information of the disc recorded identifier received from the client in a management database in increments of devices or users, and analyzes the user's preference on the client side to provide a content adapted to the user's preference. Thus, content which interests a user or commercial content can be selectively provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Shinichi Fujita
  • Patent number: 9026794
    Abstract: An information processing system including a medium where a content to be played is stored; and a playing apparatus for playing a content stored in the medium; with the playing apparatus being configured to selectively activate a playing program according to a content type to be played, to obtain a device certificate correlated with the playing program from storage by executing the playing program, and to transmit the obtained device certificate to the medium; with the device certificate being a device certificate for content types in which content type information where the device certificate is available is recorded; and with the medium determining whether or not an encryption key with reading being requested from the playing apparatus is an encryption key for decrypting an encrypted content matching an available content type recorded in the device certificate, and permitting readout of the encryption key only in the case of matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Hiroshi Kuno, Takamichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8972720
    Abstract: An information processing system including a medium where a content to be played is stored; and a playing apparatus for playing contents stored in the medium; with the playing apparatus being configured to discriminate the content type of a content selected as an object to be played, to selectively obtain a device certificate correlated with the discriminated content type from a storage unit, and to transmit the selectively obtained device certificate to the medium; with the device certificate being a device certificate for content types in which content type information where the device certificate is available is recorded; and with the medium determining whether or not an encryption key with reading being requested from the playing apparatus is an encryption key for decrypting an encrypted content matching an available content type recorded in the device certificate, and permitting readout of the encryption key only in the case of matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Hiroshi Kuno, Takamichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8972301
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a local memory unit storing data including encrypted content; a memory storing data including key information to be used in a process of reproducing the encrypted content; and a data processing unit selectively reproducing encrypted content stored in a disk or the local memory unit, wherein the data processing unit reads a medium ID from the disk when the content to be reproduced is stored in the disk and reads a medium ID from the memory when the content to be reproduced is stored in the local memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Jun Yonemitsu
  • Publication number: 20150046719
    Abstract: An information processing device including: a data processing unit that generates an encryption key of content; and a communication unit that transmits an encryption key generated by the data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit generates, as the encryption key, individual keys that are different for each new content recording prates sing on a recording medium in a content recording device, and transmits the individual keys through the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Kenjiro Ueda, Munetake Ebihara, Takamichi Hayashi, Koji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8955159
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit performs processing for referencing copy restriction information received from a management server, comparing the copy restriction information with apparatus setting information set in a memory of the information processing apparatus, determining whether or not the copy processing is permitted in accordance with the comparison result, and copying recorded data of the first medium to the second medium under the condition it is determined that the copy processing is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tateo Oishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8938073
    Abstract: An information processing device including: a data processing unit that generates an encryption key of content; and a communication unit that transmits an encryption key generated by the data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit generates, as the encryption key, individual keys that are different for each new content recording processing on a recording medium in a content recording device, and transmits the individual keys through the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Kenjiro Ueda, Munetake Ebihara, Takamichi Hayashi, Koji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8929540
    Abstract: To provide a configuration in which a unit classification number corresponding to a content playback path is set based on various units. A unit classification number defining a playback path of content including encrypted data having different variations generated by encrypting a segment portion which forms the content by using a plurality of segment keys and encrypted content generated by encrypting a non-segment portion by a unit key is set based on various units, such as a content management unit and an index. In a CPS unit key file storing key generating information concerning CPS units as content management units, settings of unit classification numbers are indicated. Based on the CPS unit key file, a unit classification number to which content to be played back belongs can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Takashima, Tateo Oishi, Katsumi Muramatsu, Kenjiro Ueda, Motoki Kato
  • Patent number: 8917970
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a communication unit which performs communication with a management server; and a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit performs processing for displaying a content list having a data entry compatible with a copy unit included in recorded data of the first medium on a display unit on the basis of the received information from the management server, and the data processing unit displays a data entry in which the data form of each copy unit is identifiable in accordance with selection information included in the received information from the management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tateo Oishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8914904
    Abstract: A configuration is achieved in which content copying between media and content downloading are performed effectively and under strict management. In content copying between media, the identification information (medium ID) of a copying destination medium is obtained using an API for providing a predefined processing, then the obtained medium ID is transmitted to a server to obtain copying permission information from the server, and then content copying is performed under the management of the server. This configuration allows a copying destination medium to be managed, which can eliminate the unauthorized use of the content. Also, the configuration in which content downloading from the server is performed according to, for example, a Java® program allows a ROM disc on which the content is recorded to store the program and to be provided to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Jun Yonemitsu, Masanobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8868904
    Abstract: A configuration is provided wherein usage restrictions of an application are determined in accordance with timestamps. A certificate revocation list (CRL) in which the revocation information of a content owner who is a providing entity of an application program recorded in a disc is recorded is referred to verify whether or not a content owner identifier recorded in an application certificate is included in the CRL, and in the case that the content owner identifier is included in the CRL, comparison between a timestamp stored in a content certificate and a CRL timestamp is executed, and in the case that the content certificate timestamp has date data equal to or later than the CRL timestamp, utilization processing of the application program is prohibited or restricted. According to the present configuration, a configuration is realized wherein an unrevoked application is not subjected to utilization restriction, and only a revoked application is subjected to utilization restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Tateo Oishi, Katsumi Muramatsu, Motoki Kato, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8868627
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an application execution unit configured to generate data to be recorded onto a medium that records data or reproduce data from the medium, a file system unit configured to manage data recorded on the medium using a file system, and a file conversion unit configured to perform conversion between a first file format processable by the application execution unit and a second file format defined by the file system. The file conversion unit converts a file of the first file format generated by the application execution unit into a file of the second file format having an allowable size defined by the file system and supplies the converted file to the file system unit in the form of a file to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro Ueda, Hiroshi Kuno, Toshiya Hamada, Kazuo Yamamoto